Thank you a million times over to Paulette and her team for designing my dream kitchen. Paulette…read morewas an absolute pleasure to work with, she gave us amazing options to choose from. She was available to us throughout the entire renovation and her onsite availability was priceless. Paulette works with the contractors and the town throughout which alleviates so much stress off of us. I highly recommend Dimovski Architecture, you will feel like your a family member, that's how well they take care of you.

Had a great experience with Scott and his staff. Needed a small job done, a bathroom draft. He…read morewelcomed the opportunity to help and was nothing but professional and personable. He was very prompt and helpful. Price seemed very fair and advised if I needed any assistance after he completed the job, that I could reach out at any time. Highly recommend.

Thanks so much Scott and the entire staff at oyster bay drafting, my plans are submitted and my…read morepermits for finished basement are on the way. Scott always returned calls that or next day, Received emails on plans to insure plans are satisfactory to me.Scott is very Knowledgeable and I'm so so glad of his vast knowledge of building codes and just so really easy to work with please give oyster bay drafting a chance thanks Owen

Gino Longo and his team have demonstrated their knowledge, experience and professionalism in…read moresecuring a final CO for my home. The home was rebuilt from the ground up 20 + years but the contractors never had final inspections nor closed the permits. Gino and his team are very friendly and very professional with knowledge and extensive experience when dealing with the NYC DOB. Very thankful for having the right team on my side. Highly recommend Gino and his team for such services, with very reasonable fees.

I am a real estate developer in NYC and I have had a wonderful experience with the architect Gino…read moreLongo. Mr. Longo has a nice operation going. His staff is wonderful and very welcoming. New construction has not been easy in NYC in the past few years. There is so much red tape with the city agencies but Mr. Longo's office was always accessible to help me. His team is wonderful and they solve problems. I will absolutely do business with architect Gino Longo again.

Last year I received an "ECB violation" on my queens residence for converting my garage into a room…read moreto accommodate a separate entrance for a disabled handicap child. Anyone who has a home in queens know that it's pretty much impossible to convert an existing condition in your said zone due to historical preservation. Now, as good as my architect was that I had already hired, I had my doubts! So I decided to get a second opinion from my property managers recommendation and see S.M. Berger founder Sanford (Sandy) Berger who gave me more then I expected considering I already had an architect that i was paying a substantial amount of money to take care of my situation. Hiring ANY architect is very expensive due to the nature of the work because many changes can occur in completing and satisfying your needs or the governments violations. Mr. Berger not only gave me the utmost ethical, professional, creative advice he also went out of his way to get his expeditor to analyze my project and find a solution. His advice saved me alot of headache and most of all thousands of dollars. He was reliable, relentless above all determined and took time out of his schedule for weeks to gather imperative information about the history of my location and the corrections that required for me to pass my upcoming inspections. What I appreciated the most was the straight forward to the point advice, no run around no sugar coating. My cost for this very expensive situation.... He did it Pro Bono!!!! My gratitude for what he did for me, more than anyone can imagine!!!!!

We hired Sanford Berger (Sandy), from SMB Architects or S.M Berger Architecture, P.C. a couple of…read moreyears ago to create plans and manage a large renovation of our home. In summary, and consistent with feedback I've recently received, Sandy proved to be some combination of an incapable architect and a dishonest person. He "talks a big game" and presents himself as a very reputable person (talks about community involvement, multi-million dollar projects, drops names, etc.). But in my experience this man, sadly, doesn't have the skill or the creativity to be able to handle the project he claimed to be able to do. Before we hired him we discussed very clearly with him, over multiple meetings and in no uncertain terms, what the project entailed, what the absolute minimum requirements were, what our timeframe was and, most importantly, our absolute maximum budget for the project. He indicated, with complete confidence, that he could design everything we needed to have and even incorporate some "nice-to-haves" within our budget and within our necessary time frame. He said that he was doing a lot of work in our town, that he knew a lot of very good contractors, knew the town's review boards, understood current construction costs very well, and managed and administered full construction projects. In fact, a big part of the reason we hired him was because he sold us on the promise that he would manage the project and keep it moving within budget and schedule, and for which he put in a very handsome fee into the contract. But as soon as we signed the contract and sent him a deposit the problems started to show. Rather than starting right away, as he had promised, it took him a couple of months to be able to provide the first mock-ups or ideas. He was very slow and kept delaying meetings. The only sense of urgency he ever showed was to ask for payments and to cash our checks. He finally put together some plans that, although not what we had discussed, at least incorporated the minimum requirements and I acknowledge that. Before he would draw plans to get a high level bid he demanded more money, which we paid him. It turned out those mock-ups were probably around 3 times our maximum budget. He then started cutting back on the design until he wasn't meeting even the minimum specs he had committed to, and sent the designs out to his contractors for high level bids. They came back between 2-3 times our maximum budget. He truly either had no sense for what construction costs were, and/or he had not being honest in order to get us to sign the contract. In any case, that means that he's either an incompetent architect, or not an honest person. Neither of those things are what you want, or expect, when you hire an architect to work on your home. He cut back then plans to the point where they were unacceptable (tiny bedrooms in an attic with slanted walls which meant much of the tiny space was unusable, cut back master bedroom which was a central part of the project, etc.) He bid it out and was still up to 2 times the maximum budget. After wasting over 7 months and a lot of our money, he said that the project couldn't be done anywhere within the budget we had agreed to in the contract, and he stopped doing work. That was 2 years ago. I sent him multiple certified letters demanding that he return the money he took from us, but he refuses to answer. I even called the American Institute of Architects and spoke to them to see if they could help us get our money back. They called him and said that he acknowledged that he had received the letters and said his lawyer was reviewing them. But that was probably about 7 or 8 months ago and he never responded to the letters. This was a terrible experience, and it's clear that Sandy Berger (or SMB Architects or S.M. Berger Architecture, P.C.) will not return our money until and unless instructed by a court. There are a lot of creative, talented and transparent architects out there. Unfortunately, based on my experience, Sandy is not one of them.

I cannot say enough good things about my experience with Paul and his staff at Architects Rule. I…read morecame to Paul with no contractor and no experience in doing home renovations and all it entails. Not only was Paul accessible to all of my calls and texts but he recommended the best contractor for my project. Paul's best quality is the fact that he is upfront HONEST and to the point. He gave me excellent advice on many little nuances that arose during my project and his work was thorough, detailed and professional. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ARCHITECTS RULE!!!

What a diva! Someone else mentioned how emotional he gets and i couldn't agree more. Instead of…read moreworking to solve issues he just stamps his feet and pouts. While he initially sounds good on the phone, he's utterly lazy. The man cannot pick up a finger to do the work you paid him to and he'll make up excuses the whole time. He also reeks of sexism but you can judge that one on your own. There are a million architects in New York. No need to put up with this one.

I took a leap of faith from the reviews on Yelp and can't be happier that I decided to go with…read morethem--and so is my husband. We needed our master bathroom completely gutted and refinished (bad water damage from a busted pipe) and while my other half and I are usually up for doing it... we ran out of steam halfway through gutting because there is just so much other stuff in our lives at this time that we needed help. Like everyone else said, clean, efficient, price is more than reasonable, work is absolutely solid, and gives amazing recommendations when I ask about their opinion on aesthetics. Usually on time or early, if plans change they let me know way ahead of time. They also care about the longevity of their work (an example would be coming to me and letting me know I should buy a metal hose rather than use the one provided with the washer/dryer unit.) They started last Monday and had the rough done by that Thursday during which time they started the tile work--anyone whose done any DIY construction knows the rough takes the longest and they were able to start the finish work that same week. No one tried to upsell me on anything, or recommend work I didn't need done unless I specifically asked/requested. It was all about what my vision of what I wished the bathroom to look like and that is really important to me. My husband took one look at everything they did so far (he's a perfectionist, to put it lightly) and was extremely impressed--he had quite a bit of anxiety about not being able to finish it ourselves but it put him at ease when he saw the skill and care they put into making it our (my) dream bathroom. The workmanship is excellent, and they are meticulous about doing it right. Because of this, I also contacted them to work on another property I have in Queens, and again, the price of which was reasonable and since I trust their work, it was a no brainer to go with them again.

I can't say enough nice things about Voitek and his crew…read more They were efficient, clean and so polite! The quality of work is par none (and I have felt with a lot of constructors!). European charm and craftsmanship, on time and on budget. Highly recommended.

My experience with RJ Stahl architect is beyond wonderful. He was on time. He was always there…read moreready to answer any of my questions and I am extremely happy with the service that I received.

I have used this company for many years well experienced estimators…read morealways available to answer any questions, I had regarding estimates. I won a lot of jobs with them and look forward to working with them again. Great customer services and very quick responses on getting job quotes at a fair price.