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
If you are paying for knowledge make sure they have it in the true sense.
Ysabelle, if you are going to rant, or plug your friends, please learn how to spell. It really does add a bit of credibility to your posts.
If Sarah Jefferys is not licensed and someone else has to sign off on her work then Ms. Jefferys fees should be less and not more.
She did not sweat it out the way the lisenced architect did.
Respect the ones who killed to get their education with all their ducks in a row. They are the true heroes of the profession not Ms. Jefferys.
If you cut a deal with her outside her office, you are nuts.It is not about competition in the architecural field.
It is about strong character and conviction not laziness or maybe she would fail the exam.
Has anyone actually worked with her? The licensing piece is a bit besides the point. Many people with architecture degrees work for years without being licensed, and have licensed architects sign off on their drawings because the licensing process is immensely long and arbitrary, probably to keep down the competition. Obviously one would want to make sure that all proper permits are pulled, and a licensed architect signed off on desings if legally required, but otherwise, what the heck it Ysabelle going on about?
Example to my
own response.
I have a personal friend named Simone Medio who is a professor at
Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He teaches students who want to become architects.
He owns an architecural firm in Savannah, Georgia.
He interned with Lorenzo Piano in Genoa, Italy.
Simone worked on the NYTimes building and also is working on the expansion of Columbia University.
He owns a business in Georgia without architect license from that state.
He doesn’t even live there.
He is licensed but I don’t know where.
Sarah Jefferys can own an archtectural firm with out being lisenced in the field.
She can hire licensed architects to work for her company.
It doesn’t mean she herself is licensed.
Before you hire any professional to work on your residence please
double check their credentials.
Speaking to previous clients is not all that helpful because the person you want to hire will give you references that are obviously glowing.
The bad references they keep to themselves.
It is not an objective process.
It is all one sided.
Go with your gut.
If she is licensed in the UK it does not cross over to the US.
She still has to pass her US exam to get a US license.
Do you want to get into visa requirements,too?
Doe anybody really care whether sarah jeffreys has her own lisence as an arhitect?
i
Sarah Jefferys can own an archtectural firm with out being lisenced in the field.
She can hire licensed architects to work for her company.
It doesn’t mean she herself is licensed.
Before you hire any professional to work on your residence please
double check their credentials.
Speaking to previous clients is not all that helpful because the person you want to hire will give you references that are obviously glowing.
The bad references they keep to themselves.
It is not an objective process.
It is all one sided.
Go with your gut.
If she is licensed in the UK it does not cross over to the US.
She still has to pass her US exam to get a US license.
Do you want to get into visa requirements,too?
Doe anybody really care whether sarah jeffreys has her own lisence as an arhitect?
i
No dice. Sarah Jeffreys doesn’t show up on the NYS licensure site as being a registered architect in New York. Check for yourself. Here’s the link.
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm
Once again, Ysabelle, a font of misinformation.