Alan D. Esparza, Architect

We contacted Alan to get drawings for an addition we were planning on our Sanibel home. We thought it best to meet him at our home so we could go over the scope of work. Alan showed up unprepared and only wanted to "grab a check" and leave. He promised us he would start right away, but didn't. Tried to charge us extra for what he agreed was his scope of work and than blamed the delays on his personal health. Now he is refusing to return our deposit. Beware if this group. Do not do diligent work and practice unethically. STAY AWAY.

Alan is an incompetent architect and business owner. In our initial conversation with him, he told us that his estimated wait time was two months and then at that point it would be another two weeks to complete our plans. It has now been five months and we all he has produced is a rudimentary line drawing. He misled us about his qualifications in ICF construction by initially telling us that he did have experience in designing this type of home. Then a couple of months later he told us that he actually was not only not up to speed with this type of build, but that he was not able to use CAD software to design plans either. We even shared links to the ICF engineering specifications needed to complete our plans as well as a contact at our ICF manufacturer that offered to answer any questions that he may have had. He never bothered to contact the resources, so to us he clearly had no interest in ever completing our plan. He provided no feedback when we asked questions regarding our plan and outright ignored our requests for information. He refused a face-to-face meeting to try and expedite the process and were told to "back off" when we requested an update on when our plan might be completed. We requested a full refund of our retainer where upon he told us that he would not refund our money and that if we wanted it, we should sue him. We have documented everything along this process and can substantiate all of these comments.