i initially decided to ask Lisa for help selecting a railing design but it turned into so much…read moremore. I am updating my 34 year old home and needed a professional eye. Lisa came highly recommended as you can see from the reviews and at an affordable rate. She gave me the direction i needed and many other suggestions. This helped me move forward and get closer to finishing what i started. Grateful for all your help, Lisa.

Lisa is thoughtful, knowledgeable, and highly professional. Importantly, she is a careful listener…read morewith a warm and engaging personality. We met with Lisa to discuss ideas on remodeling our 1990s-era bathrooms because we were unsure of how to proceed. Lisa was able to present us a new vision, rescaling our plans and saving us a significant amount of money while still achieving our goal of creating an elegant, updated look and enhancing the function of the spaces. The savings on our bathroom remodels will allow us to embark on other redecorating projects that we thought were beyond our reach. We are thrilled! Lisa has amazing insights into melding function with beauty, and she has an appreciation of and respect for collectibles and antiques, and how best to display them to tell our family story. She has extensive resources to help us realize our vision. We are looking forward to continuing to work with Lisa to enhance our entire home, thereby enriching our family life. We are so pleased to have her as our guide in this journey! Kristine W.

Jeremy Moore was an absolute pleasure to work with. He took our jumbled thoughts and conversations…read moreand turned them into an amazing home design. He has an amazing attention to detail and I would highly recommend the entire firm to anyone looking to design a custom home. We couldn't be happier with our house plans.

From the owner: Our product is progress. JDS Consulting is a leading engineering, design and energy company…read moreheadquartered in Raleigh, NC, with field offices in Charlotte, NC and Wilmington, NC. We are delivering cost-effective and creative solutions to seamlessly address every stage of the building lifecycle. Check out our diverse service offerings and make JDS your preferred professional services partner today! Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Public.

We could not have been happier with Steve Clipp as our architect! From the very beginning, it was…read moreclear that our needs were foremost in his design of our dream home. And, we love the end product! Every morning we wake up to the beauty of our surroundings--both the architecture of our home and the outdoors. One of our goals was to bring the outside in and Steve took advantage of every view. He designed our home to fit the land. Every detail of our home was well thought out and reflects us as well as Steve's creativity. Friends and neighbors constantly comment on the beauty and uniqueness of our home. Every opportunity we get, we suggest Steve as an architect!

From the owner: Exclusively Residential Architects; Custom Home Design, cost effective Renovations and seamless…read moreAdditions You have an image of your dream home. My job as your Architect is to make your dream into a reality. My passion is to make your home better than you can imagine, at the best possible price. Even the smallest project, a bathroom or deck, deserves the attention of a skilled designer. Renovation projects are often great brain teasers. If you are selling your home, a presale consult can produce a faster sale at a higher price. If you are buying, a consult before you make an offer can save you from unanticipated and costly pitfalls.

We signed a home renovation design contract with Doug Hervey in early November 2023. We have paid…read morehim over $4000. It is now late March 2024 and we have not received design or construction drawings, and he has not responded to emails in weeks. We have repeatedly requested a refund of our money, but he has not replied. Soon we will be forced to take legal action. I will update this post when the situation changes.

Doug Hervey designed a small massage studio for me a couple of years ago. The structure ended up…read morebeing exactly what I needed given the limited space available. We had to go through a couple of revisions in order to comply with planning requirements, and Doug was able to accommodate this with ease. Doug has many years of experience and great ideas. I highly recommend him.

Perhaps I am writing this a little late but my wife and I had the world's best home-building…read moreexperience with Leon Meyers, who has now retired from BuildSense. Leon built our house in Duke Forest in 1988 and I had never then and never since seen a builder so focused on quality in his product and his relationships than Leon. He managed his subs so superbly that they performed magnificently. Our house was completely custom designed by Richard Bell (Bell/Glazener Design Group) so everything was novel. From the first bulldozer to take out the designated trees until we moved in was under six months and there were *no call backs*. The house was done. Punch list completed. It was perfect. We could not believe it. From what I know, the approach that Leon took to his work has become the culture of BuildSense. There is no reason that building a house from scratch should be anything but thrilling and joyful, as it was for us. If you want that experience, this is where to go.

From the owner: Thanks for considering BuildSense for your design and/or build needs. For more information on…read moreBuildSense, visit our website at buildsense.com. For reviews from clients and colleagues, see our profiles on Guild Quality and Houzz.