Worst experience with an architect ever. Brax stated he had a flat fee of $600 for a set of…read morefloorplans and code analysis. He stated that if the City needed anything else, he would be happy to provide. The City rejected the materials provided by Brax due to rookie mistakes, such as mislabelings and fire code violations within the provided plans. Brax said he would correct. Four months later and a slew of unanswered phone calls and text messages, still no results. Carr Construction attempted to contact Brax for an update and was told he was too busy to correct his mistakes. BEWARE OF THIS TREMENDOUSLY LAZY INDIVIDUAL WHO REFUSES TO COMPLETE PROMISED WORK. -Ken Harper Founder of CRYO-1 (Galveston's Human Tissue Bank)

Was referred to Brax by a trusted Galveston, TX friend who used to have his own construction…read morecompany. Though our project was quite modest (adding about 200 sf to a 1902 raised Queen-Anne Cottage with only 986 initial sf) Brax gave my wife and me all of the attention-to-detail we could have hoped for. He personally represented us at the Landmark Commission (needed since we are in a registered historic district) and met personally with the engineer. We could not have made a better choice to meet our need and are thrilled with the outcome.

Loved the guy, Michael Gaertner (MG) is very personable. Hired him on a contract (10/2022) for…read moreplans and permitting with a new build in Galveston. MG said he completed the job (02/2024) and asked for final payment. After final payment MG quit responding to email or phone calls. Plans were not completed, permitting was not completed. Over the last year I have contacted Steve Ramirez - Managing Investigator www.tbae.texas.gov and filed a official complaint.

The man never met a deadline and he was the one setting the deadlines. Also completely ghosted me…read morewith out finishing the job. I have him the emeritus of the doubt for several months. Finally have has enough. Completely unprofessional. Never finished the job after I paid him.

On 3/27, I spoke to Ryan about a quote on a project and he stated that someone would get back to me…read morewithin an hour. I did not hear back. On 3/28, I called and spoke to a female rep at arkitektura development and stated would get back to me that same day. Again, I did not hear back. On 4/7: I spoke to Ryan at arkitektura development and turns out he claims he wrote the wrong #. I told him the correct number and after I told him to repeat it to me, I said no, that is the wrong number still and finally after that he repeated the correct number back to me. Terri from arkitektura development called back later that morning and basically stated that she needed certain info to give me a quote. I texted her the contact info to get the information she needed right after that. The information from the real estate agent was sent to her later that week and I never heard back. On 4/21 I texted and called her to follow up on the quote she would provide but no response or answer. This is the most unprofessional group of people I have dealt with! They leave you hanging without providing an answer. I definitely would NOT recommend this company as they have no idea how to write down correct numbers and get back to people. All I am trying to do is get a quote or estimate or even a referral to someone that can help. If they cannot even do something so simple, I would avoid them at all costs.

From the owner: Arkitektura Development is a premier construction and design company in South Texas. Together with…read moreour workforce of local; skilled craftsmen combined with the best lifting company in the United States, we provide the highest level of structural integrity for your dwelling. Our skilled professionals have safely and successfully conducted hundreds of critical elevations and structural relocations from historical dwellings to landmark buildings. Rely on state-of-the-art equipment and experience to complete your project with the highest quality of craftsmanship. Arkitektura Development's goal is to provide you and your home with the safest level of protection from future floods.

HUGE CAUTION TO ANYONE CONSIDERING SERVICES FROM THIS COMPANY…read more We engaged Brickmoon and spent $10,900 with nothing to show for it. At the first meeting we provided them with our double lot layout and some pretty thorough plans on what we wanted drawn. At the second meeting, they had redesigned the plans we gave them because our plans wouldn't fit on our single lot. Yup, our 'designer' didn't know we had 2 lots - even though we discussed this in depth during the first meeting at which she was present. During our third meeting, she suggested we were changing our plans and that we would have to give them more money because we can't change the plans in the middle of the project. Change what plans? They had not given us anything except what we had provided, and they really had not made any progress because they could not come up with a solution to our study and stairwell design. At the fourth meeting, she absolutely insisted that we were changing the plans and they demanded more money from us or they would stop working on our project. The 'designer' we were assigned has a BA in Architecture that according to LinkedIn was obtained in 2012, but her first job to utilize that degree was having been hired to Brickmoon in 2021. She is not an Architect, as she has apparently not taken or passed the Architectural Registration Exam. So we were paying architect rates, but got a brand new designer. Shame on us for not asking that question before signing their contract. Shame on them for not making clear that an actual Architect would not be working on our project. If you look at the bulk of the reviews for this company, you will notice that most of the work being lauded was done in and around 2018. We requested a copy of our invoice/time sheet and noticed some peculiarities. Apparently it takes 15 minutes to send an email to schedule a meeting. And apparently, we were billed for 7 meetings when in reality we only had 4. And apparently a considerable amount of time was spent 'designing' our home - even though all we got back from them was predominantly the design we gave them. When I met with Jeremy to discuss our dissatisfaction, he was happy to tell me that his employee was great and he was backing her on everything, and that if we wanted them to continue working we would have to cut them another check for $12,500. He was so happy in fact, that he was grinning ear to ear the entire time I was letting him know I felt suckered and swindled. We opted to terminate our agreement and they did provide us a small refund. However, we wasted almost $11,000 and 6 months of our project time

We tried to use Brickmoon for our home renovation- and walked away feeling nothing but regret and…read morediscouraged. I am sure the experience for a brand new home design is better, but if you are trying to remodel your home- STAY AWAY! Total waste of money, and they try to run it as if you are doing a brand new home. You pay a huge retainer, and they tell you in the initial meeting that it will take at least 6 months to finalize drawings to go to permit. Those 2 things should have been red flags for us. But being our first renovation, and not knowing any better, it cost us a lot of money. Their communication is terrible, in fact I have yet to ever hear back from them. If I had any idea that a client was upset, I would reach out and try to show and prove myself, however, I only received complete silence. Thankfully, we have a good team going now that has picked up the pieces that Brickmoon left for us. I walked away paying the entire retainer and I have just 2 conceptual hand drawn drawing options to show for it, and the outside elevations of the original house. Let our mistake be a savings to you.