Matt Snoap Architect

For 20 + years I’ve agonized over reconfiguring the front stairs/​porch of our house. It’s a corner lot, and the existing structure goes up to the lot line. The stairs are not covered & when it snows like a toboggon slide. The existing roof of the enclosed porch goes (gasp) over the city sidewalk so we needed a variance (insert aggrivation, $, & waiting in lines with forms). The set back rules would make it 2′ wide, so we needed to get an administrative adjustment. Because the property is more than 75 years old, the permit for the adjustment was free but the application fee was $ 50 (our city at work). So the drawings are complete & are cleared by zoning & the building department, now to get a permit, the city discovers that they don’t have a permit on file for the driveway (that was here long before I moved in almost 25 years ago). The driveway means forms & fees, & another trip down town. Matt let me make a couple of shuffle papers trips downtown to save $, & when it was necessary for him to be present, he tried to schedule his visit with other city hall business so I wouldn’t have to pay for a ‘special trip’
We found Matt to be
— successful (he had a design that had stumped me for 20+ years),
— clear (he explained his drawings, and instructions)
— patient (I wouldn’t be surprised if postal workers do an internship @ city hall)
— reliable (he returns phone calls and answers questions promptly)
— a good guy & a pleasure to work with ! !