Architect's drawing of plans is wrong but not admitting liability

[freddiemercurystwin]

Under the stairs?

 

[securespark]

Somewhere even darker!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Up your backside?

 

[LastMagicBean]

Up your backside?

Bloody favouritism.

 

[Shutpa]

My neighbour used this service last year.

http://www.arb.org.uk/concerns-about-an-architect

 

[^woody^]

The architect has drawn the window in the wrong position

That's not a simple error, that's pure negligence.

Work out your additional costs (ie your losses), ignoring any presumption that the builder should have spotted the mistake, as that is not your concern, and then inform the Architect of your loss. Give him the opportunity to pay you by a set date (10 days), or else you will issue a claim in the county court, and also complain to his professional body if he is a member of anything.

 

[LastMagicBean]

Yep, sense at last.

 

[securespark]

Up your backside?

Right area of the anatomy, wrong owner.

we can’t help you to settle the dispute with your architect

What's the point, then?

we can look to see whether they have fallen short of the standards we expect.

Ahh, that's the most important thing.

 

[D_Hailsham]

The architect has drawn the window in the wrong position.

What qualifications does the "architect" possess?

 

[noseall]

What qualifications does the "architect" possess?

Same as all the rest - the inability to be wrong.

Architects favourite sayings;

"The builder should have checked"

"Run it past BC and see what they say"

"I'd ring the SE if I were you"

"Ask the client"

"You may need to get in touch with planning"

"Ha, ha, ha, don't be silly, the drawing is just a guide"