Working with Anna has been an absolute pleasure! We had some previous work on our home that required revisions, which meant documenting existing conditions and navigating a process that could have easily become overwhelming. But Anna had a way of making everything feel manageable. She was upfront and communicative every step of the way, so I never felt left in the dark. That was especially valuable during the back-and-forth with structural engineers as she always made sure I understood what was changing and why, which made the technical process much easier to follow. Her responsiveness was top notch as well. Anna stayed on top of everything and turned things around quickly. I highly recommend her if you need an architect who is knowledgeable, reliable, and genuinely easy to work with. read more

Anna is excellent at following up and chasing down issues. She was also flexible in terms of adjusting scope of the project as we encountered very tough requirements in the first round. The hardest part in doing a private job is the higher scrutiny the county has on it. So, it was definitely helpful in having someone who understands the "politics" of the process. read more

Working with Anna was a great experience. From day one she communicated clearly and consistently and kept us up to date at each step of the process. She is very knowledgeable and took the time to listen to our ideas and provide insights and ideas that we hadn't considered. We highly recommend Anna and would work with her again! read more

I want to express my appreciation for Anna's outstanding leadership in our recent home improvement project to add a sunroom. From start to finish, Anna demonstrated her professionalism, ensuring every detail was handled with care and precision. Her transparency throughout the process gave me confidence, she kept me informed at every stage, explaining steps, costs, and design choices. Anna's expertise, clear communication, and reliability made for acquiring the building permit an easy process. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a skilled and trustworthy architect for home improvement projects. read more

Our home remodel idea was pretty daunting to start with, but Anna made the entire process seamless. From our very first conversation, she pursued every question I had, providing right answers from subject matter experts without me needing to follow up. Her expertise and connections--especially with the City of San Jose--were invaluable, helping us secure permits quickly and efficiently. Anna served as our single point of contact for architecture, structural planning, Title 24, and permits, simplifying everything for us. Her industry relationships and reputation as a Best Prepared Designer in San Jose ensured that we had our permits approved pretty quickly. Throughout the project, she was diligent, knowledgeable, and consistently provided insightful recommendations. Her responsiveness to emails, attention to detail and commitment to quality made it an absolute pleasure to work with her. What stood out most was her genuine care--she approached our project as if it were her own, alerting us to potential challenges and ensuring we were prepared for execution. We are quite impressed with her work, and if we ever take on another project, we wouldn't hesitate to work with her again! read more

Anna was professional and courteous throughout the entire project, often going out of her way to provide or search for information that I needed. Highly recommend her and will work with her again on future projects. read more

Anna was very responsive to emails, text messages, and phone calls. She worked fast and professional. After months of working together, she submitted the plans to the city, and we got an approval within 2 weeks. read more

I had an excellent experience working with Anna. She is knowledgeable, responsive and a pleasure to work with. She helped us with an extensive kitchen remodel that required tearing down a load bearing wall. She delivered 2D plans and got the permit for us. Very efficient! read more

This review is long due. We needed drawings to get permit for fire reconstruction. Anna was easily reachable and she gave her all inclusive cost for taking measurements, doing the drawings and submitting the permit application. She was at the property next day to start working. And even though she had asked for 3 weeks to submit application, we were done in 2 weeks including few minor revisions of her drawings. Permit was approved in first time and all inspections passed. She was expensive compared to few other companies I had reached out to via yelp. But, she had fixed cost and was readily available. Thanks Anna for great service. read more

Anna was very professional in her approach and incredibly _prompt_ in her responses. Her work always seemed very thorough, which resulted in our permit approval process to breeze past far more quickly than we had anticipated. She was very quick at following and understanding our expectations from the redesign, during our initial conversation and the many follow ups we had over the phone. To our surprise, we were able to get all of the decisions down over phone calls during lockdown restrictions, with only the information gathered in her one elaborate visit to our house. A remarkable thing we noticed in our experience was, though she is well-versed with the city code, she would still cover all bases to see if her knowledge and assumptions reflect the current guidance from the city, and would also share citations from it to help understand our limitations. In our experience, one thing we would have liked more of is, her input in our redesign goal and her thoughts and ideas on any creative ways to reach those goals. Working with Anna was really hassle-less, and far more smooth than we had heard from others experiences. We are glad to recommend Anna to anyone looking for an architect for big or small projects. read more

Our first architect didn't know how to do light industrial. I got in touch with Anna Purvis on Christmas Eve. She got right back to me! Once she had the job she kept going, she's the most responsive, detail oriented Architect I've ever worked with. She came out, met with all the people working on the job, resubmitted with all comments answered, and I got the permit with her first review! I'll be using her on all my future projects. She works on everything from multi-million dollar commercial projects and still takes residential projects. read more

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I worked with Anna to design a 450 sq foot addition to our home. Prior to finding Anna, I struggled to find a licensed architect that would even return my calls because I wasn't doing a complete teardown. Anna returned my call immediately and gladly said she'd work with me. In addition to adding the extra square footage, I desperately needed help fixing the exterior to make it look like it was a single home rather than a bunch of mismatched "lego" pieces put together from the prior addition above the garage that was done in the 80's. She was able to come up with a simple design to join the additions together and make the home's exterior flow perfectly together. She works fast. After each of my updates, her turn around time was a few days at most. If it weren't for my delays, we would have been able to complete the design within a few months which is pretty unheard of. She also managed the structural and city permits for me. She kept tabs on them and informed me of their status. I felt her pricing was very reasonable. She did a lot of work and considering she's actually a licensed architect that was very fast, she was worth every penny. I worked with another architect to do a smaller remodel of the interior of my home and it look 4X as long because he was doing it as a side job outside of his normal job. So if you want someone that's experienced, licensed, fast, friendly and well organized, you won't go wrong by choosing Anna Purvis! I've attached the before and after pictures. The after is just a concept as our permits were just approved by the city this week, so we actually haven't started construction yet, but you can see the awesome design work Anna did to join the rooflines together to make our house design flow better. read more

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Anna is a very competent architect, very patient and super easy to work with. She is knowledgeable, prompt and responsive. She designed our contemporary style home from ground up. I would recommend her service to anyone who is looking for an architectural service. Great job Anna! read more

We decided to go with Anna Purvis Architecture in the Fall of 2021. We had interviewed other architects and finalized with Anna as she was responsive, prompt, attentive, attention to detail, and very helpful. She always kept us informed of the progress and let us know what we needed to do on our part to get the approved permit from the City of San Jose. We started with the construction in July of 2023 and from time to time we needed Anna's input, and she has been very supportive and helpful, as always. We have already referred her to the other contractors who were also looking for architects and will continue to recommend her to our friends, colleagues, neighbors, and everyone else who are looking for architectural services. read more

I am the owner of a 4,000 square foot custom home. I bought a 30,000 sf foot wooded lot in west side of Gilroy 20 years ago and built a house for the 10 members of my family. Now we are an empty nester and we feel the need to remodel the home for our changing needs. Our home is unique and I needed an architect who can transform the house as we look to make changes to our lives. Right from the beginning, Anna impressed me with how responsive she was. That trait was consistent through out the project. She get back to me usually within a couple hours. Next thing I noticed was her level of professionalism. She listened well to my requests. In fact, the first draft of the remodeling plan met 100% of my asks. I have done many design and engineering projects of consumer products over the years, I've never had anyone who can nail all of a customer's verbal requests in a single pass. Value? I would say Anna's price is absolutely fair. I actually had another architect a few months back did the same thing for much less, and the work was basically garbage. Ironically that guy had the best rating on Thumbtack for my area code (95020) . Not sure how he got to the top of the list. In any case, I think Anna should be the one of the top of that list and not that guy. Quality? Because she nailed all my requirements in the first pass, there was just a little back and forth and the design work was done. She has a good sense for design and a good understanding of the technical aspects of construction. In other words, she has a good eye for aesthetic and a great sense for what can be built. That is an great quality in an architect. In summary, the work is top notch, at a reasonable price, with no frustration whatsoever. I am happy to be a reference any time. Kwai read more

Anna was absolutely amazing to work with. We have been trying to have plans draw for the city for over a year on our historical home in Gilroy and we had hired an architect that did have the job and disappeared. We found Anna's Info on next door as a referral from another client we gave her a call and she said as able to meet with us right away. What took the previous architect over a year Anna gave us 100x better quality work in less then a month. She was the liaison with the city and us and always kept in contact with us through out the whole process. Hands down she is an awesome architect as well as person. If you need and architect who will go above and beyond what you need she is the one for you! read more

Anna is very helpful and incredibly responsive. I loved the honest and quick communication. She did a great job giving my husband and me all of the information we needed for a kitchen remodel and all of the information we needed to build new construction. She blew us away! We can't wait to work with her again. read more

Excellent Architec to hire, your professionalism and good sense of humor made it happen. Glad to have met and worked with you. Many more projects to come after we complete this ADU!!! read more

We have worked with Anna for a few months now and we couldn't be happier. Her attention to detail, honest, hard-working style really captured all elements of the design we were looking for. She delivered on-time, within budget, and was very responsive during the entire process. I would highly recommend her services, and plan to use her again for a future project. read more

I had an excellent experience working with Anna Purvis Architecture. Anna worked quickly to get our project back on track when we needed architectural and structural engineering drawings for a new permit. She was very responsive, detail-oriented, and patient as she guided us through the entire process. The turn-around time to produce the plans was fast and her pricing is very fair. I will not hesitate to work with Anna again for future projects and will happily recommend her services to others. read more

Thank you Anna for doing a great and efficient job on a complicated remodel on my home in Los Gatos! She was very easy to work with and very knowledgeable. I would not hesitate to recommend her! We will definitely use her services again. read more

I was looking for an architect and to help me with my adu garage conversion. I called 4 architects only one answered the phone and that was Anna Purvis. She gave me a rough idea of the process of going about getting a permit and what her scope of work would be and how it would be a great idea to have an architect to help me in the process. She also gave me her price for her work. So I actually did not call her back until a few months after the first phone call but when I did call her back she actually remembered me and we talked a bit more and I hired her. It was best decision I made in this entire process. The first meeting we had she was on time, unlike any of the contactors we had visit us. she took a look at the garage and assured she was going to take great care of us through this process and she has done an outstanding job. she said she would do some drawings over the weekend and send them to us by Monday, well she had them done on Friday. She is extremely prompt, knowledgeable and polite. She answered all of my questions no matter how many or dumb the questions were. She is very detailed and knows exactly how to navigate the permit process. She didn't want me to do work that was unnecessary to keep the project cost effective. She will even let you know if she thinks a bid is too high. I highly recommend having Anna Purvis on your side when dealing with this process. She has been worth every penny, you will not be disappointed. read more