Doerr Architecture

I hired Doerr Architecture to design our passive solar house in Loveland Colorado. It was a pleasure to work with them and their services were reasonably priced. The house exceded our expectations (our friends remark on on it all the time) and the energy bills have been quite low. Plus the construction costs were less than we expected. If you are looking for a talented and knowledgable architect, I highly recommend working with DA.

I hired Thomas Doerr for a garage/living space renovation. I wanted a netzero build, a design for a graywater system, more space, and help developing a budget -- I wrote him that I had $30,000 plus whatever I could add to that. He agreed to the work but only delivered on one of four. He waited until taking my deposit to tell me the netzero couldn't be done, that graywater systems are problematic, and he never submitted a budget to me despite a half dozen written requests and many more verbal requests. When I got an off the cuff estimate from him on just the the new roofline, he tossed out $100,000. This was for a garage. He indicated he would be able to recommend contractors. I called every contractor he recommended and none of them do the kind of work needed. He also agreed to working hourly for me rather than at a project cost, but then later insisted that I needed to pay the full project cost and needed the full project management.