We used Julie in 2002 and did not have a good experience. She attempted to over charge us on certain items. Fortunately we caught her. In hindsight, she probably did end up overcharging us on other items. One of the contractors sent us an invoice by mistake that was intended for Julie. The«cost» on that invoice was far less than the cost that Julie represented to us. When I challenged Julie she said that that«cost» was the vendor’s true cost, not her price. I believed her at the time. In hindsight, she probably did misrepresent her costs. I would not use her again. By the way, her design skills were just average.
Michele L.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Scotts Valley, CA
6.5 months late in finishing my kitchen! Company personnel made too many errors to list, cabinet manufacturer quality problems plus lots of attitude from one of the owner’s. Design 101 came out 4 additional times to fix all of the problems! If you are a masochist and have plenty of time and money, you’ll love dealing with this company.
Peter H.
Rating des Ortes: 1 Los Altos Hills, CA
Perhaps they are great if you have a ton of money to spend. I went for one of their«package» solutions(the bronze package I think) & discussed what could be achieved with my designer for that amount of money. The scope of the project didn’t change but the deliverables did– I got about 10% of what they promised and got hit up for the«next» $ installment. Over-promised and under-delivered. No thanks.
Michelle T.
Rating des Ortes: 3 San Jose, CA
I guess the pricing is okay for their design services, but in the end, I’m not sure we really needed them for our bath and kitchen remodel. I guess we just really got the blueprints from them so we could get the permits from the city. That was pretty helpful because I’m sure I would’ve wasted a lot of time on that if I had to do it myself. Their cabinetry is insanely expensive, thought I guess it’s pretty nice. They are helpful and accomodating. Some design places make you buy everything through them and use their specific contractors, etc, so it can be pricey. The good thing about Design 101 is that you can have them do as much or as little as you need.