Designing and building a custom home can be one of the most fulfilling experiences in life. This process offers a unique opportunity to incorporate many of the upscale features available today in. When building an addition, it is rather easy to penetrate and disrupt the thermal envelope of your original house.Freezing pipes and high heating bills can result. If a vented attic approach is. The new residential energy code is finally requiring more than 2 X 4 studs with R-13 cavity insulation at the exterior walls of your new home.
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We provide creative, refined design solutions after we listen and understand our clients needs. We have a reputation for delivering technically accurate drawings and details that ensure the longevity of your building. Our clients include homeowners, homebuilders, small business owners, developers and non-profit organizations.
A few years ago, when my wife and I bought our 1930's home in the Village of Orchard Park, we knew that major remodeling and updating was needed. David helped us to refine our ideas, and worked with us to find sensible solutions, as we rearranged walls and rooms on the first floor, updated our air and heating units, and added a two story addition, including a new kitchen. His plans were easily followed by the builders, and we have been very satisfied with the final product.
We have designed new custom homes and residential additions in Buffalo, NY and nearly every town and village in Erie and Niagara counties. We will tailor our design services to your needs. We will ask the right questions and give you the appropriate feedback to move your project forward. We encourage you to bring interior and exterior pictures you admire.
Reviews (10)
Steve McMaster
Mar 01, 2022
Talked to them about plans for a house addition. Like the other reviewer said DF was quite pompous and has a hard time listening. He spends a lot of time talking over you and not letting you speak. He needs to learn how to treat the customers who are paying him money, very bizarre. Would not recommend at all. There may be some people who enjoy paying someone to treat you like dirt but certainly not me. In the end I didn't use his services and was quite happy about that.
Diane Martin
Oct 23, 2021
David Fleming and his staff took an existing footprint after a devastating fire and redesigned a home that would fully accommodate new and evolving needs of a disabled veteran and family with an open floor plan, reconfigured bedrooms, and a home that is beautiful, open and easy. His professionalism, diving down into the details of an existing lot and code upgrades all the way through the fine-tuning of closets and shelving made David a joy to work with. His work was on-time and budget and. plans were clear and detailed. I cannot recommend him more highly!
Liliya Dedovets
Aug 11, 2021
Michael Schebell
Jun 28, 2021
David, Russ and the team at DRF Design were wonderful to work with. They took our residential home concept from an idea through stamped blueprint. They were timely, respectful and helped my wife and I through each step of the process. The price was fair and the service and quality were great. I would highly recommend!
Carla Piccolo
Jan 23, 2021
Patty Justen
Nov 19, 2020
Cheri Nash
Nov 18, 2020
Stop and please go somewhere else. This place does not listen to what you want and up charges when you try to express changes you want made. Horrible experience and a waste of money. Never got what I wanted had to pay his fee for something I can not ever use. I had to find another architect for our home. I wish I know how unprofessional and bad his work really is before working with him. I am the customer and he treated us like he was in charge. So sad and disappointing. David Fleming was a nightmare to work with.
Michael Cooper
Dec 08, 2019
Had them do drawings for a garage addition, started off well enough. Once they received payment for 95% completion they stopped responding to emails. After over a month of no response to any emails they said the drawings were ready. Once I started getting estimates, the contractors said the materials specified in the drawings were excessive for a garage and didn't exist in the dimensions specified.
I sent another email in early July with a question about alternatives and haven't received any response over 2 months later. At this point I'm going to have to pay to have the drawings redone. Total waste of $1200. Beware!
I sent another email in early July with a question about alternatives and haven't received any response over 2 months later. At this point I'm going to have to pay to have the drawings redone. Total waste of $1200. Beware!
William Langston
Apr 13, 2019
DRF has knocked it out of the park for my wife and I. We have been working with them on the design of our forever home and could not be happier. Their openness to our changes and offering of great ideas in response to our questions was incredible. The personal touch was so welcome. I would recommend these guys to anyone!
Mario R.
Nov 18, 2018
David @ DRF with Daniel were an absolute pleasure to work with on the design of our new home. We live out of state and had zero communication issues. We were treated like their only client at all times. We had all questions answered and concerns addressed. We will post pictures of our masterpiece upon completion. If looking for a design firm look no further! DRF is under priced for the level of detail and attention you will receive!
