Architect on Record
I am looking for a licensed architect who can be the architect on record for an Alt 1 filing. Will have the filing set complete. Please let me know if there are any recommendations for anyone who could do it for $2-$3K. Thank you
I am looking for a licensed architect who can be the architect on record for an Alt 1 filing. Will have the filing set complete. Please let me know if there are any recommendations for anyone who could do it for $2-$3K.
Thank you
Is it not clear that you are way over your head in your renovation? From 30%-off Chinese contractors to ARM loans and now trying to find ‘someone’ to rubber stamp your drawings – It seems like you are underwater with this renovation.
Perhaps you’ve bit off more than you can chew? It seems painfully obvious that everytime you post, the regulars here are jumping down your throat, shouldn’t this be a sign?
The commentators here have lived the pain and difficulties of townhouse renovations yet persevered to offer their wisdom yet all such advice seems to go ignored. You’re looking for easy answers, but they don’t exist. You can’t skimp your way through such an ambitious renovation. You will end up paying double or triple for everything – the first time when you did it cheaply and the second time when you have to pay someone to come in and fix the cheap job and then do the right job.
There is a reason why aphorisms like; ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it too’ or ‘you get what you pay for’ are such prevalent themes on this forum.
I hope you’ll consider adding your own experience to the renovation blogs!
Good Luck,
Drew Stuart
Incorporated Architecture & Design
http://www.incorporatedny.com/
Those days are gone my friend !!! Especially for Alt-1 applications. You MAY get a sucker but it is no more the NORM in the industry
Let’s see… you want an architect to stake his/her professonal reputation and livihood on adrawing set done by someone else? Good luck finding someone to do that.
You will find that there are very specific laws pretaining to a licensed architect reviewing and stamping drawings not done by their office. I, personally, am not a fan of it.
Jock deBoer, AIA
deBoer Architects
I am willing to bet that any licensed architect or PE who is willing to stamp your filing set for $2-3K also supplements their income by collecting cans and bottles for the 5 cent deposit.
What you need is a DeLorean with working flux capacitor to get back to the early 80s to meet your pricing requirements.
Remember that in the end cheap people always end up paying 2-3 times normal cost. This is fact.