Hi MNers,
I hired an architect for our residential house extension. Although he has submitted planning drawings and also developed BC drawings, I'm not happy with the quality of work.
- Full of spelling errors
- No measurements to the drawings - he says that measurements are not required. (see attached).
I want to review the BC drawings with a private BC controller. I also want to hire a private structural engineer for beam calculations.
The architect is not releasing the CAD drawing for some reason, he has sent me a crumpled (second class post) A0 drawing, that is so difficult to scan. And because the drawings dont have measurements, if difficult to make any sense to anyone.
Who owns the CAD drawings. Can I push the architect to give me the drawings. Anything legal ???
To make matters worse I have already paid the full amount to the architect as he has developed the drawings. I don't have any leverage. He is not picking my phone calls or not responding to emails.
We didn't have any formal contract, it was just over an email.
Any pointers...