Mark Ives
1/5
Not An Architect
Beware that people who offer architectural services may not be architects. This can cause issues if a complaint is raised, as they are not covered by a regulatory body. Unfortunately we fell into this trap with Mr Strong who is not a registered architect and charged us £1000 but did not complete the work quoted for and refused to provide a refund. Unfortunately we had errors to our architectural drawings, there were discrepancies in the fire safety, his communication with the council and our builder was lacking and his recommendations for trades people unfortunately caused large build delays due to no shows. I hope that this review will help you avoid the same mistakes we did with our house extension by using a registered professional.
Just as an update post the response. As we have found with interacting with Mr Stone, he lacks the ability to take any responsibility for his errors. The building regulations, part L that updated the insulation requirements for homes changed in June 2022 and our plans were drawn in October 2022 and therefore this was an error and meant that our wall would need to be demolished to add further insulation. Instead we had to pay an additional cost to offset the error in the rest of our house! Instead of taking responsibility for this, as you can see further excuses keep being made!