I am a dentist who recently hired Dev Inc (Roger Claar - Architect and Dev Anand - Contractor) to build a new office for my practice and we had a horrible experience. After starting the preliminary design work (floor plan and initial building sketch) we became irritated with our voice not being heard. We were concerned with inefficiencies in the floor plan design and loss of workflow that we have established in our current practice. Mr. Anands defensive and abrasive demeanor did not help our lines of communication. We tried to terminate the contract and pay for the few sketches that had been created. Dev Inc emailed us back and informed me that he and his architect had put close to 300 billable hours into the project and demanded a sum of near $25,000. This was shocking news to us as we had 3 documents in hand: floor plan + site plan + exterior sketch. We got legal counsel for guidance and to help us dispute our case. Dev Anands reaction was to get his lawyer to threaten a lawsuit for over $250,000 of ANTICIPATED earnings and additional expenses!!! Under the threat of Dev Inc suing me I collapsed and paid them. I have nothing to show for the $25K - except a few unwanted drawings, unwanted legal fees and countless hours of lost sleep and stress. This experience has terrified me in the entire building process. read more