Have you worked with this architect? Thoughts?
Hi all: We’re considering going with an architect named Sarah Jefferys to handle some pretty major renovation for a duplex apartment. Has anyone worked with her and if so we’d definitely be interested in hearing your impressions. Thanks, Rich
Hi all:
We’re considering going with an architect named Sarah Jefferys to handle some pretty major renovation for a duplex apartment. Has anyone worked with her and if so we’d definitely be interested in hearing your impressions.
Thanks,
Rich
I worked with Sarah Jefferys on a total gut renovation in a Landmarked district. I know a lot of architects and designers. While I understand the license issue to be confusing for some people I did not find it so. Sarah had worked with top firms in NYC, had a great reputation and we “clicked” right away. She impressed me tremendously going through proceedings with my local community board as well as the dreaded NYC landmarks commission for approval on numerous things that most expediters were afraid to deal with! Sarah also managed the contractors and crew in a solid manner that was phenomenal! She is highly professional, decently priced, fair, looks up every option for her client, is personable, and sticks by her work for years after! I have lived very happily in my home for five years since its completion. I suggest some of you stop playing so much “ring around the rosy” and just meet her if you are interested and find out for yourselves. She is aces!
By the way, therapists in NYC just recently became licensed. That sure did not stop a huge percent of the NYC population from going to therapy in the past decades did it? Good work is good work. Many unlicensed people have “superiors” as supervisors and colleagues, and this is how one progresses in their fields.
Dear smokeychimp
Thank you for taking the time to look it up.
Ysabelle you are right there is a licensing process for an interior designer in NY.
To all the people on this post in business, …..
you better learn the difference between LLC, LLP, and LLCOOLJAY
To 1:44am
I don’t want to burst your bubble but under ny state law all interior designers have to be licensed.
If you are an interior decorator no license is required by the state.
. Interior designer and interior decorator are 2 different professions.
All the overly educated people on this particular post don’t know squat.
They are so busy being creative that they are overlooking the administrative side of the business.
Don’t worry know one will sue you.
At least learn how to run your business properly.
It pays to be organized.
I am an interior decorator (no lisence required)
who owns a small high end firm with repeat business.
No, I am NOT looking to increase my clent base at the moment.
I have more than I can handle right now.
I have worked with Sarah Jeffrys and she is GREAT. Has done tons of jobs in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Eveything I’ve seen of hers is beautiful. She is a perfectionist and throws herself into a job.
Addicts of this site know that Ysabelle is a nut job and has no idea what he’s talking about.
Wow, that’s really something. On one hand, you’re arguing against a bunch of stuff I didn’t say at all. Of course architectural firms have many (most?) on their staff not holding licenses. Of course anyone can draw a building and have it approved if someone licensed stamps it. Of course holding a license is not necessarily a proof of more knowledge than someone else at all. All it proves is that someone has completed a process, that’s it.
However the question of whether the owners of an architectural firm are required to hold licenses is something else. It’s state law and these regulations can easily be found summarized at the NY Office of Professions web page, so you might want to check the information there.
And a license is not just a stamp and an inkpad. For example I discussed the question of liability earlier, this is a fundamental difference between holding a license and not.
Smokychimp, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
-A non-licensed designer can not be an owner, part- or co-owner of a firm that practices architecture. Straightforward enough.
I am a non-licensed interior designer. I am partner with my my non-liscensed architect husband. We have a triving busness (we’re incorporated in NY) with numerous clients. We hire someone to sign and seal our drawings. It’s common practice in NYC. I’ve worked for the top architectural firms in NYC, I’ve also worked for the top expediating firm in NYC, Where it’s common to sign and seal drawings from other firms (after review).
We are capable of doing all our drawings, you don’t need a license to draw. You don’t need a license to know construction, details and how to draw them. As an interior designer, I have more knowledge than some architects (it comes with experience). I just finished a gut townhouse renovation on the west side. I ‘knocked’ down every wall and added a stair / elevator bulkhead to the roof. I also changed the C of O. I…me…an interior , un-licensed, designer did ALL the drawings.
Do you think in a large architecturel firm, only licensed architects are doing the drawings? You are mistaken, they are done by anyone with a knowledge of architecture, a draftsperson.
Anyone….If you’re considering a design / architectural firm, consider them, based on their past work and recommedations not on whether they have a stamp and an ink pad.
At last, someone who knows what s/he is talking about. That said, anyone ever use the design services of Ms Jeffries (or was this whole post a set-up for Ysabelle to go off on a rant?).