Facade Restoration
The Fund’s web site clearly states they provide expert architectural advise to there costumers. That would be us. Nothing…the Fund put their hand in OUR cookie jar, paid this f….king architect with our money and is totally unaccountable for their actions. We ended up having a meeting with the President of the fund to state…
The Fund’s web site clearly states they provide expert architectural advise to there costumers. That would be us. Nothing…the Fund put their hand in OUR cookie jar, paid this f….king architect with our money and is totally unaccountable for their actions. We ended up having a meeting with the President of the fund to state our case and to terminate the architect. The Pres was supportive of us at the meeting however totally turned into a two faced witch after the fact. No support to us, full support for the arch. The Pres, promised to work towards broking a terminatation agreement between us and this arch. 3 weeks later, we get termination letters and release clauses from the architect say SHE is terminating the contract. GEEEE I thought we where firing her not the other way around. Arguments ensure. The Pres says, oh gee nothing I can do, its between you and HER. So its now mid Feb,10mths after starting this process. We are $15,000 in the hole, we have SQUATTT.
DON’T DO IT!!!! DON’T EVER USE THE NYC HITORIC PROPERTY FUND, THEY SUCKKKKKKKKKK
I’m sorry you’re going through this and I don’t have any good advice for you. I always found it odd (suspicious) that the Landmarks Conservancy required the use of an architect while the rest of us who don’t use their program just hire a brownstone mason and with some due diligence and minimal instruction get a fine restored facade.
I agree with traditionalmod and vinca and I also see your point about not wanting to spend more time and energy on it. I would like to see you hold them accountable but that’s easy for me to say.
Good luck and don’t let the experience keep you from enjoying the end result.
I’m sorry you’re going through this and I don’t have any good advice for you. I always found it odd (suspicious) that the Landmarks Conservancy required the use of an architect while the rest of us who don’t use their program just hire a brownstone mason and with some due diligence and minimal instruction get a fine restored facade.
I agree with traditionalmod and vinca and I also see your point about not wanting to spend more time and energy on it. I would like to see you hold them accountable but that’s easy for me to say.
Good luck and don’t let the experience keep you from enjoying the end result.
Traditionalmod and vinca
Thanks for your insight and comments.
My terminology was a bit off on previous posts
This is about the Historic Properties Fund part of NY Landmarks Conservancy.
While I would love to engage and attorney to help our case, I simply can’t see spending (wasting) more money on this endevour.
Really want to bring to the general public’s attention to be VERY WARY of the Fund, they don’t know what they are doing, they do not support their clients, they are clearly in colusion with all of these architect so they can all make a buck. Please spread the word……
Traditionalmod makes several good points and suggestions. But even before going that route I’d add: take a deep breath and think twice (or, in your case, three times) before sending. Many things not clear to me from your three posts, including which agency you’re dealing with. Is it the Historic Properties Fund of the NY Landmarks Conservancy? That’s a private advocacy group, not a NYC agency.
Talk to a lawyer first before you accept their “it’s between you and her” lame shirking of responsibility, because in reality they required you to hire an architect from their list which means it’s not just between you and this woman, they’re the broker between the two of you, the payment to this woman came from them. They don’t get to do that and act as a representative for this architect without being responsible to some degree for what happens after that. If this nonprofit program hasn’t worked out legally and administratively how they deal with such issues between their architects and participants in the program, then that’s a big flaw and they need to get it together and figure it out. You should copy on all correspondence the city agency that oversees this fund. Maybe somebody there will be more concerned and informed about their responsibilities to you than those who run the fund have been so far.