LANE ALLEN ARCHITECTS INC

DIFFICULT AT TIMES. WE HIRED LANE ALLEN HIMSELF, BECAUSE HE WAS A FRIENDLY ACQUAINTANCE AND WE HAD WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE. AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, HE PUT OUR PROJECT IN THE HANDS OF HIS NEWLY HIRED ARCHITECT. THE PROJECT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT DUE TO HIS EXPERIENCE(S), AND HE ALWAYS ADDED HIS IDEAS RATHER THAN ASKING WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN THAT SITUATION. THIS WASTED TIME ON MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS AND RE-DRAWS THAT COST US EXTRA MONEY. ALSO THE NEW ARCHITECT RARELY TOOK NEEDED NOTES, I SUBMITTED NOTES THAT HE NEVER GOT AROUND TO CHANGING ON THE PLAN, AND IT COST US AND THE CONTRACTOR MORE MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET. THE CONTRACTOR WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING, AND CONSIDERED BILLING THE ARCHITECT. THE PLANS WERE A GOOD SET OF PLANS, BUT WITH THE MIS-MEASUREMENTS AND ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE FIGURED OUT ON SITE, IT DID MAKE ME ANGRY THAT I, WHO LUCKILY HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION, HAD TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME, DURING BUILDING, DRAWING ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.