Frederick R. Strathdee

We hired Fred to draft some plans for a home addition. He was the cheapest bid by a couple thousand dollars and there is a reason why. After coming out and doing some initial measurements Fred was extremely unresponsive. I would often have to call multiple times to get a hold of him as he would not call me back. He took longer than promised to deliver the plans and when he did they were filled with mistakes. It has now cost me thousands of dollars to fix the items he incorrectly drew or planned and likley he wound have cost me even more if I had not gone to city hall to argue a number of points. Based on his plans he seems to copy and paste items from previous plans without considering how they actually fit into the project or the necessity or costs involved in building When we finally got the plans approved from the city, and saw them there were a number of changed items which he had made without consulting me or my contractor, which has caused my contractor numerous headaches and cost me big time. Please learn from my mistake and hire an architect who will take the time to do your job professionally.