Taylor Design

I hired him through my the contractor ( Zito remodeling) for a remodeling project of my house. Showed quite a bit of interest and once he took the advance was very poor in response. Finally six months later, the plan was submitted to the city which was totally incomplete. When it was brought to his attention, there was no activity from his side. After spending moths again, few of his ex partners ( who were not even paid by him and they had to split for whatever reasons) were able to complete the job and I have to pay almost double and end up wasting tons of time with him.

We are currently gut renovating a single family home. It has been a fairly ambitious remodel. Structurally, we've moved a load bearing staircase, reconfigured the entire back elevation, added a bedroom and powder room, and removed a balcony from the back elevation. We've also completely remodeled the kitchen and all bathrooms. The torturous process of home renovation has held up to its reputation. FRUSTRATING! Brett has really been the support that's gotten me through. He's very knowledgeable and thinks creatively to solve difficult problems. Brett quickly responds to phone calls and emails. He takes the time to talk you through issues with the remodel, and was an excellent sounding board for my ideas/frustrations. Brett is an active listener and you walk away from each conversation feeling like your wishes were heard and will be executed. He gave me realistic timeframes, even though I may not have liked the answer. He was honest and transparent throughout the entire project. I may have gone completely insane without his help. He's the best!

Brett did a wonderful job, on a pain in the butt project. Total remodel down to the sticks!. He needed to draw the old, envision the new, and put to paper what my wife and I had dreamed, what our dream home, should be. There was of course only so much you could do inside the parameters of the existing home, so there were many evenings discussing options and making changes. Brett took them all in stride, and with the help of a patient contractor our home has way surpassed our dreams! Thanks Brett

I wanted to build a small art studio behind my house in the Tower District and when I inquired at city hall how to go about getting started, they looked at my lot to see if I had enough open space, then said hire a designer, get some plans drawn up, then come down to talk to us. Because I'm in a historic neighborhood, I wanted to (and was required to) have the addition match the house and detached garage as much as possible. After using a home design program and coming up with the general outline of what we wanted, I had Brett Taylor design the building. He was great at working with the elements we wanted (same roof line, vertical windows, etc.) while keeping the project within code and within budget. Brett then shepherded the project through the permitting process which was well worth the additional cost. As a first time owner-builder, I had no idea how critical the prints Brett drew up would be to the overall success of the project, but all the details were included in the drawings and the inspector referenced them on every visit. Brett was very professional and easy to work with, and I would highly recommend him for this type of work. My one regret on the project was I didn't get framing plans drawn up, and decided to do my own. That was a lot more work than I anticipated, and having someone who knows what they're doing draw them up would have saved me time in the building part--but that was my fault and not Brett's. Overall working with Taylor Design was a great experience and I highly recommend him.

Our experience in working with Taylor Design was great. We originally thought we wouldn't want to make any changes as we built, but we ended up making many changes along the way and Brett was great- no matter what our ask was, he made it happen in creative and practical ways. He knew what our family's needs, wants and desires were for our home and helped us to achieve our goal in building our home by going above and beyond every step of the way. We are so grateful for the blessing of working with Taylor Design!

Brett was wonderful to work with. He not only completed the design stage of our new home but he also worked with the building department to get the permit completed. He is very easy to work with and workers faster and more effective then most of the designers we have worked with in the past. We look forward to working with Brett on our future construction projects.

Taylor design did an exceptional job on our house! Brett is professional, talented and extremely responsive. I would not recommended another designer in the Fresno/Clovis area.

I hired Taylor Design to design a custom home plan for one of my clients that had very specific wants and needs and Brett did a great job to achieved that for the clients. He is very professional, easy to work with and most of all he always listens to the clients wants and needs unlike a lot of architect / designers Will definitely use Taylor Design again for my next custom home plan. Doug Avakian d.b.a. Avakian Custom Homes