Business ProfileforHarts Design, LLC

i was quoted a onetime fee of $3400.00 for the design. He was to supply 2 different plan sketches of house designs to go off for the build. 10% down at that visit to get started. i paid that. at that meeting he only supplied one plan and stated he hopes i was ok with that. The initial plan did not look that good but i thought that we would be able to get through that. i made several changes and paid 50% of the remaining balance, thinking there would be no problem. Since the garage never tied into the house that well, i wanted to change the pitch direction of the garage to create a better peak to flow with the craftsman house building. He said he did not want to do that for drainage for the roof. i had my builder look at the plan and he agreed that the plan looked "bla". My builder stated that i should change the pitch direction (which i asked ****** about earlier) and add a valley set to tie the house with the garage, creating ***************** flow. My builder told me he could sketch it but any drafter should understand. i relayed this to ****** and he asked for a sketch, so he fully understood. when i was searching for pictures of the valley set to include with the sketch, i can across so many other plans that made more sense. ******* plan was never good enough to work for what i was asking. i contacted him stated i found a plan that makes way more sense. It only needed a couple changes. i met with him to give the plans to draw it up. i went over everything with him. He then stated this is a new plan and would expect more money. So much for the one-time fee. i told him i would be better off bringing this plan to someone else. i never felt fully confident with him. i must say, if you do go with him, make sure you have a contract before even giving him the 10% down payment. if you meet for the 2nd meeting with the plan sketches, and you do not like them..........RUN, before giving another dime, otherwise you may be throwing money away, like it did.

This individual said he was good with my drawings and then had me proceed with a number of changes. Then suddenly he found a plan he really loved and wanted me to start completely over and draw the new plan with no compensation. I tried to explain this to him but, he left without hearing me out.