If you're looking for an architect Brian is your guy!!! He doesn't just draw plans he helps you visualize and where you can cut cost. Thanks for your help Brian read more

June 18, 2009 12:00pm -First meeting with Brian Scott. August 13, 2009 - Called Brian Scott to schedule an appointment. August 22, 2009 9:00am - Wife and I met with Brian Scott to go over the process and fees. We gave Brian a $1,500 first payment. We outlined what we envisioned and asked for his input. He measured the house inside and out. We were told that drawings would take roughly two weeks. We told Brian that in approximately two weeks we would be leaving for vacation. He said he would try and get them done. September 12, 2009 - On Vacation for two weeks. September 26, 2009 - Returned from vacation. No correspondence received from Brian Scott. October 6, 2009 - Called Brian Scott and scheduled appointment. October 10, 2009 10:00am - 7 Weeks / 49 days / 1 month & 18 days pass after our first meeting on August 22nd. Wife and I met with Brian Scott to review the conceptual set of drawings. We talked for more than one hour and before Brian left he took some more measurements. We paid Brian another $1,500. October 15, 2009 7:24am - Received an e-mail from Brian. "Here are 4 different options for the bath, and a revision for the room due to the pools location. Let me know your thoughts. I'm working on the courtyard concept and fireplace." The revision for the room was due to a dimensional mistake by Brian. He drew the room too large. Brian volunteered to develop the courtyard and fireplace. We did not request it. October 16, 2009 4:39pm - Acknowledged Brian's e-mail and responded with comments and questions. October 29, 2009 4:49pm - Sent Brian an e-mail. I asked him how he was doing on the plans. November 21, 2009 10:00am - Called Brian again and left a message. November 21, 2009 10:44am - Sent Brian an e-mail stating that I had called him twice; asking if he was receiving our messages; and how the revisions were coming. November 23, 2009 8:22pm - 5.5 Weeks / 38 Days / 1 month & 7 days pass after Brian sent his October 15th e-mail. After six (6) unanswered e-mail messages and two (2) phone calls, Brian responded via e-mail and sent three (3) 3D renderings and one (1) floor plan. November 24, 2009 10:00pm - I acknowledged Brian's e-mail in an e-mail. My message to Brian read, "Got your message. Traveling to xxx tomorrow; returning on the 30th. Will be in touch." December 21, 2009 9:41pm - I sent Brian an e-mail requesting that we meet in January. I also had some comments on the conceptual drawings. December 22, 2009 3:22pm - Received message from Brian. "We can meet early in January to go over the items you listed. I'm attaching the plans as we have now to this email, because the only issue at the time was the bathroom in the rear, and we have put it where you asked. We have finished up the plans and they are ready for submittal to the city. The codes are changing substantially in January for the Energy Compliance (Title24) and we didn't want you to have to comply with the new roofing regulations, as they will be quite expensive. Call me at you earliest convenience and we can discuss a game plan." We never authorized Brian to proceed with a construction set. We were led to believe that we were to review the conceptual set and get back to Brian with feedback. December 23, 2009 10:44am - I called Brian Scott. Discussed last minute surprises in e-mail. Brian scheduled the meeting for December 29: 2009 9:00am. December 29, 2009 8:50 - I arrived at HB Building department. Walked around; all doors locked. I called HB Building department. Got recorded message that their offices would be closed until January 4, 2010. December 29, 2009 9:18am - I called Brian Scott's office. Brian answered. I told Brian that I was waiting for him in parking lot. He said he had our meeting at 10:00am on his calendar. I confronted Brian and said, "Come on Brian. You made this meeting. It was nine o'clock." I then told Brian that the building department was closed. He said that he would not have made the appointment if he knew that they were closed. To abbreviate what I said, I told Brian that our arrangement was not working out; I told him that the 'communication' was horrible; and that these kinds of things are inexcusable. I told him we wanted him to refund our money and we would go our separate ways. Brian told me that these jobs typically only take six weeks. Brian got irate, and was yelling at me. He said that I'd better read the contract; that the plans were his (he owned them); that on January 4th he was going to submit them to the city. I told him not to. He wouldn't let me talk and he would not listen to reason. Ultimately when he called me an "ignorant idiot" I hung up. December 29, 2009 - I called the city of Seal Beach, Westminster and Fountain Valley Building departments - all were closed until January 4th. You would think that a seasoned "Architect" would know building department's schedules. Bad Brian. read more

Be very careful with this guy. Comes off and nice and knowledgeable but his work is amateur at best. Also gets testy if you question much anything. read more

I was the first to review Brian Scott Building Design many years ago, and had since referred a friend to Brian. When it was time to do another remodel, of course I hired Brian. I am sad to say, the quality of work, the responsiveness, the attention to detail, all gone. Our "planning" that was supposed to take a couple months is more than 2 years in the making. Perhaps Brian's company got too busy during the pandemic, or maybe there were too many other people doing some of the work, or maybe the stress of the pandemic was too much. I go to work everyday as a frontline worker, and I expect others to do the same, to maintain their professionalism. I don't think this is too much to ask. Through these 2 years, we had to constantly bug Brian for updates, and we often got the feeling that he was avoiding our calls. He was definitely not proactive or concerned for our time. After extensive discussions during in person meetings, apparently he did not take any notes and did not remember what was discussed, so changes did not get drawn into the plans. He would of course not remember the encounter at all, so we started sending him emails with itemized lists of issues. He would often brush off some of our concerns. And for the changes he would make, new plans would have some pages with the new version but some pages with the previous version. Once or twice he literally brought over the wrong plans for our meeting, and had to reschedule after we had already blocked off our own work schedules to meet with him. This level of disorganization makes us wonder whether he sent the correct plans to the engineer. We finally got our plans through the city. But when we tried to get bids from contractors, we were told there were additional details missing. When we asked Brian to add these, he was unresponsive. Pretty much we are ready to give up on the remodel altogether and look for a house to move instead. read more

We are relocating the kitchen, adding a bathroom, removing to 9 foot walls, and adding a patio/balcony. Fairly basic stuff, and our plans haven't changed in over 20 months. Yet we still wait for Brian to get correct plans. I have tried very hard not to leave a negative review of Brian Scott, however we are two years into a basic remodel "Planning", Yes just the planning after two years, and it isn't even correct. We have shown our work to several builders who have pointed out many issues with the plans, and Brian has yet to fix the issues with our plans (prior to requesting permits). Brian said he would fix the issues in the permitting processing, and he did not. We do amazingly have permits, finally after two years, but they are nearly worthless. There are still dozens of mistakes in our plans that Brian said he would fix while in the permitting process, yet we wait. As another reviewer has stated, Brian talks like a nice older veteran. He promises so much, yet fails to deliver what we have asked for. He always promises he will fix his mistakes, and months go by. Worst of all, he waits for months and months before make corrections, so we just wait and wait. When he finally did make the corrections, the updates did fix a couple of his mistakes, yet the plans had several new mistakes. This process kept repeating itself over and over again. Our lives have been put on hold, and the service has been beyond terrible. After two years of waiting for Brian, we still can't start work. I am not willing to wait for another 3-6 months for him to make corrections. We are to the point where we need to start legal action to get our money back. After two years this is about principle, and about trying to help others to avoid all of the issues we have had over the past two years. Do not trust Brian Scott. There is a reason he only has a few reviews after being in business for over 20 years. What is even worse is we have had contractors waiting to start work for about a year, while we wait for Brian to make corrections. The corrections that are needed are so major the contractors have had issues even bidding the work as structural details are missing, electrical is missing, and the plans have so many inconsistences (wrong window sizes, door sizes, measurements, different elevation views do not match, the plans from one page do not match what should be the same plans on another page). The list of issues is really too long to list here. If I could give a negative star review, I would. read more

We worked with Brian over the last few years for a major remodel in Cerritos. Our journey started back in 2018 and it took a few years to get our plans completed, because we both went back and forth often and sometimes, life gets busy and you don't respond right away. But when we finally got the plans completed, it was our dream build. Brian was able to fit everything we wanted where we wanted it. Our dream home was ready to go through the City. Fast forward to present day, we had a hiccup at the very end of our approval process where the City wanted us to change the drawing of the front of our house to match exactly what we ended up putting in! The City wanted us to change the picture of the door Brian had drawn three years ago to what we actually bought and put in, because it wasn't the same! Well, it was a drawing! Anyhow, called Brian up after not speaking to him for almost 7 months and asked him to redraw the picture to match how our home turned out and he delivered it back within the hour! I was so thankful that at the last minute he came through and did this change for us so we could get the final approval from the City. Brian has always been responsive to us and really helped us out with this last change. He has a ton of experience and we always enjoyed working with him. read more

I'm currently using Brian for a partial remodel on my home. He has been super helpful in dealing with the city and all their demands. I feel that I can have on the level conversation with Brian and he is looking out for my best interest. Highly recommend Brian Scott read more

Brian is so friendly and fast paced. He has designed ADU plans for us, and the design he and his daughter created surpassed our expectations. He is well versed in the laws, codes, and guidelines required to get plans approved. He has been a true pleasure to work with and I highly suggest his company for any architectural job. You will not be disappointed! read more