The owner and everybody else that works at this place I called them out of the blue for somebody cause I'm a contractor in California that was looking for an architect Lake Havasu. The guy was so nice and so reasonably priced I couldn't believe it. read more

Richard was amazing! Got us through permitting stage first time, in a short time, was flexible and helped us get what we needed to do an owner build. He is no nonsense, priced fairly, and does excellent work. I will use him again in a second. Thank you so much Richard Widman and co-workers. read more

My husband and I met with ACE Design and Drafting (ACE) in August 2023 to review the drawings we had prepared and conduct an interview regarding skills, experience, and process in preparing the plans. As a result of the interview, in August 2023 we entered into an agreement for ACE to prepare building ready plans for our project. The estimate to complete the plans was 3 months. Although our experience with ACE began as amiable, it slowly deteriorated to less than satisfactory. Our verbal phone communication and interaction with ACE soured, and we were no longer able to communicate/interact with ACE verbally over the phone, only by email. Unfortunately, communication with ACE through email did not improve. Our communication issues or lack of communication with and from ACE caused a considerable delay of the submittal of our plans to the County. They were not able to be submitted to the County for initial review until February 2024, nearly six (6) months after entering into the agreement with ACE. We experienced unfavorable interactions with ACE which are noted below. * ACE misplaced the drawings we provided. As we did not have a second copy of the drawings (our mistake), this delayed ACE in preparing the plans. We were in California, so it was necessary to travel to Lake Havasu City, Arizona and assist ACE in locating the drawings in the office. * The plans were submitted to Mohave County (County) for review and the County noted various corrections/redlines were required. ACE was contacted by letter which detailed the redlines needed for the house and shop. Per the County, ACE did not make all the required corrections/redlines (although our agreement states required corrections will be made when ordered by the County). The County representative was very helpful and was able to make the remaining required corrections/redlines as noted below. House - Correction requested - Wall bracing for this structure does not meet minimum of code. Please revise. (Ref. IRC 2018 R602.10) * This was as a result of stucco vs metal siding. The correction from wording of stucco to metal siding was noted on the plans, however, the legend which showed wall board was being used was incorrect as was the use of the wall board legend icon (a 3 in a triangle) noted around the exterior of the structure. As our home would have metal siding, wall board is not required. However, sheathing (a 2 in a triangle) is required on the entire exterior of structure. The County made the correction by striking through the "wall board" legend icon and replacing in red ink the "sheathing" legend icon. Shop - Correction requested - Header over garage door fails loading. Please revise. (Ref. IRC 2018 R301.1) * The plans show a correction of a "4x12 header"; however, in this situation a 6x12 header was required. The County made the correction by striking through "4x12 header" and replacing in red ink "6x12 header". read more

We engaged the services of Richard at ACE Design Drafting for our recent steel building/house in Arizona. ACE Design created our interior living areas while providing some great ideas and changes to our original plans, and we are happy with the price from ACE Design Drafting. Thanks read more

We are building a home in Bullhead City, AZ. Dick charges a great price for what you get. I would recommend Dick to other and if we build again I would use Dick again. read more

We had Richard design our house. He was quick and workable on our design and we passed the county permit stage right away. He always answered his phone right away or called us right back. Have great ideas and had a good understanding of what would look good in a house design. Thank you so much! read more

Contracted with Dick at Ace Design Drafting to design our forever home. Completed product was very nice and surpassed our expectations. Dick even worked with us on the price to bring the project within budget. read more

I cannot say enough good things about Dick at Ace Design Drafting. He has been so extremely helpful in every way possible. He had to make multiple changes for us and always did so in a timely manner. He even went to the city for us as a huge favor as we live out of town. I would highly recommend Dick to anyone needing Design/Drafting services. read more