Ink Architecture + Interiors

Thank you so much, Jackie! It has been great working with both of you as well!

I'm so sorry you are unhappy with the results of your beautiful 7000 sf house that I designed. According to our contract, ink Architecture LLC was responsible for the design of the exterior of your home and would employ a SC registered structural engineer to provide structural drawings.

The drawings were completed and sent to the Daniel Island Architectural Review Board and were successfully approved for Conceptual, Preliminary and Final Review. The drawings were permitted through the City of Charleston with me, Anita King, AIA, LEED AP of ink Architecture LLC, as the Architect of Record.

After the drawings were 90% complete, you authorized the structural engineer to complete his portion of the work. After that milestone, you requested additional services that significantly changed the the location of bearing walls, structural beams, deck and pool changes, dimensional changes and changes in materials that resulted in additional coordination and drawing time. You withheld payment for those services, even though I was charging for only 14 hours of time and those were far fewer hours than it actually took to complete the request. At that time, the remainder of the architecture drawings were completed for permitting and construction. Eventually, you paid the final invoice and our contractual obligations were complete.

The structural engineer provided an estimate to complete the changes to his drawings as well and you chose to proceed with a different engineer rather than pay additional services for the changes you requested. I understand you decided to make additional minor changes during construction and I granted a consultant of mine access to those CAD files and drawings to complete those changes outside of my contract. Additionally, I believe you chose to employ a different landscape plan than that of the Landscape Architect. And, then, last but not least, you had some kind of conflict with the contractor you chose and proceeded with yet another contractor to finish the house.

Whew! That's a lot of changes with a lot of professionals! Incidentally, I still have great relationships with each of those consultants and each of them have helped fulfilled many of my clients' dreams for their perfect home. I'm sorry the collective team of highly regarded professionals were not able to meet your expectations.

Until you disputed that you were creating significant changes to the plans that actually caused additional time and work, we did indeed have a good working relationship. You even wrote a review for my previous website that said in full, "When my husband and I bought a piece of property, we were struck by the insurmountable options which varied from hiring a licensed architect to a ‘home designer’. Once we met Anita, the decision was made easy. Anita King listened to my thoughts and agreed to work along with me: An interior designer who has strong opinions. She had innovative and interesting ideas which only enhanced my own and together, we created my dream home; one that my husband and I plan on living happily in for many years to come." - Michele Kenney, IIDA, IDEC, NCIDQ, Registered Interior Designer & Client

I'm so sorry that you don't like that I have taken photographs of the house that I designed, but per our AIA B151 contract, Article 9, section 9.9, "The Architect shall have the right to include photographic or artistic representations of the design of the Project among the Architect's promotional and professional materials. The Architect shall be given reasonable access to the completed Project to make sure representations. However, the Architect's materials shall not include the Owner's confidential or proprietary information if the Owner has previously advised the Architect in writing of the specific information considered by the Owner to be confidential or proprietary, The Owner shall provide professional credit for the Architect in the Owner's professional materials for the project."

It's unfortunate that you've taken such a negative approach to what turned out to be a beautiful house.