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    Business ProfileforHouseplans, LLC

    Home Design

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    3 complaints closed in last 3 years

    2 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    Houseplans.com offers stock house plans online and related home building services, by doing home design affordable using the resources of the Web to streamline a complex process .

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    617a 2nd Street, Petaluma, CA 94952
    BBB File Opened:
    8/4/2004
    Years in Business:
    23
    Business Started:
    5/1/2001
    Business Started Locally:
    5/1/2001
    Type of Entity:
    Limited Liability Company (LLC)
    Number of Employees:
    10
    Business Management
    • Mr. Arend Spaeth, Manager
    • Ms. Jamie Roche, Manager
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Ms. Jamie Roche, Manager

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Arend Spaeth, Manager
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (415) 475-5327
      Primary Fax

    Customer Complaints

    3 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    08/21/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    On May 10 2023, I requested a quote from Houseplans.com to modify one of their stock plans. Houseplans then put me in touch with one of their modification team member, who I thought was the owner of the said plan. I spoke with the individual over phone and he gave me a quote over the phone. The team member then followed with an email detailing what exactly he wanted to get me a plan. Towards the end of July, I submitted the items that had been requested. ******** from houseplans.com then asked that before they could do any modifications I should buy the original plan, which I did. A day or two later I received an unmodified plan from another vendor, ************ (it was at this point that I realized that this is the originator of the plan). I immediately, wrote to ***** design telling them I had no use of their plan, that what I had paid for was a modified plan. I went ahead and deleted the email with the attached plan. ******** at ***** design then told me via email that when my order was placed, ******** from houseplans.com had not sent a note requesting a modified plan. She had just ordered the plan without any information about my needs. I tried by all means to resolve the issue with both Houseplans.com and ***** design to no avail. I requested a refund from houseplans.com but they dilly dallying. As gate keepers of stock plans from various architecture, houseplans is not playing fair. Communications with ******** at houseplans is difficult and not that fruitful. She doesnt attend to issues at hand and meanders a lot. I pray you will help so I might recover my money.

    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Ashley R

    2 stars

    10/05/2023

    It's not worth it spending $1k on plans when you still need to go to a draftsman and get everything else you need. This is also built to National standards meaning you need someone to come in and revise to city/state standards anyway so you have to fork out another $1k-$2k. Go somewhere else aka a draftsman if you need a building permit- It's about $2k vs $1k for these plans and you get up to 15 pages and materials list!You literally get 4 pages!! That's it! nothing else.

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