I bought a nice sized lot in the hills with a small house some years back with the intention of building a new Italian style house.
I interviewed 8 Architects, all over Bay Area.
We came to know Raj from a friend who used him as her Architect to remodel their house in Cupertino. Raj was the one i've picked because of the way he approached and answered my questions regarding my options for the house given the challenges i had with the hill location.
We worked on the design, the Architecture documents, we submitted these and then we went through a Design Review which was required. Finally, after we got our permits, Raj continued helping us, supervising the project and providing solutions to the problems we've encountered as we progressed.
Raj, is very detail oriented, honest and hard working. He was willing to work with us, to listen to our ideas of the house we wanted to build and then he worked hard for providing the correct designs and solutions that make the house functional but at the same time beautiful.
We had encountered multiple problems (as almost everyone does we he builds a new house or does a remodel), but Raj was always there to help us out when we asked for his help.
We also, worked with Neelu because we needed Landscape Architecture help. Again, excellent collaboration, and support from her. Our project, because of the hill, had special challenges with Retaining walls, grading, etc. and Neelu helped us a lot through the tough parts. Of course she also helped us with tree/flower planting to match our new Italian style house.
If I had to do this again, I would use Raj and Neelu for sure.
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