Dear Barry:

As the house is coming to completion, I wanted to write you this letter and let you know that I am most grateful and blessed to have had you as the Architect and Contractor.

You did a wonderful job. You worked within my budget and I could not have done this project without your knowledge and guidance. Much thought went into the design and detail. The quality and workmanship is excellent. I cannot believe that it was completed so quickly and no problems.

Barry, it was a pleasure working with you. You were always there watching over my interest as well as being very conscientious and caring as were all who worked for you on the job.

The house is truly beautiful. Again, I want to thank you. You have done a great job and come highly recommended.

Sincerely,

Joyce F. Albright

Retirement home for a single woman who moved to a California beach city. The environment and site lends itself to a Mediterranean style design with palm trees on the property and a pool with an adjacent detached building containing an exercise space. Amenities include a patina-painted iron electric gate at driveway entrance, two fireplaces, smooth white plaster walls, skylights in kitchen and master bath and volume ceilings strategically located in parts of the home.

Dear Barry,

Paraphrasing Plato…It’s not so much the object, but rather the emotion one attaches to the object. And that’s exactly what you did so masterfully in designing and building our home. You brought to live our vision of transforming a circa 1939 English cottage into a sophisticated and contemporary Japanese inspired craftsman. Our appreciation of your talent is validated often by folks passing on foot and by car, stopping to admire both your architectural and landscaping prowess. Comments such as – Your home is just beautiful… Your home is awesome… Your home makes me feel good every time I see it… I love your home – have become common occurrence.

What people don’t see from the street is your design penchant for light, space, volume and flow. Not until someone has lived in a home over a period of months can they fairly appraise balance between form and function. Now in our new environment for six months, we can honestly say that balance is centric to the architecture. Even without using a Feng Shui consultant, the house flows effortlessly from old to new and back again with Zen sensibilities.

When you love something as much as we do our home, you want it to last a lifetime. And quality craftsmanship is abundant here, evidenced by everything form foundation and framing to fit and finish of exterior stucco to solid cherry wood kitchen cabinets and granite counters.

As everyone knows, the construction process is never without stumbling blocks and frustrations. Of importance to us, was you attentiveness to construction timelines and ability to marshal subcontractor resources.

Thank you, Barry for helping us create a metropolitan respite that is at once a simple, peaceful, inviting house…and a very happy home.

Warm personal regards,

June & Jim Bardwil

P.S. Your enthusiasm is infectious!

Barry,

We think you should know that Bert and I couldn’t be happier.

All our lives the only stories we had heard were how regretful it is to build or remodel and how horrid contractors are…headaches, fights, lawsuits and dissatisfaction were all status quo. Neither of us knew a single person who had an even halfway positive experience remodeling, so we braced ourselves for the battles ahead.

In amazement, we smile smugly to ourselves and say, “What battles?” We have no idea why God saw fit to bless us so wonderfully or how on earth we could have gotten so lucky, but we were, when you landed on our doorstep.

We had a simply flawless experience and it is 100% attributable to your skill and experience. There was not a single argument or disagreement. Bert and I are perfectionists, so you can imagine what a pleasant surprise it was to fine someone even more particular that we.

There are several issues which made this such a wonderful experience for us:

1. You surveyed our needs without our even knowing it during the meetings prior to drawing the plans, so that your first set of drawings was virtually perfect. You know that we sat with the plans for a week after you presented them, met with you to discuss our extensive list of questions only to find that you had thought things through far beyond our ken. And we were satisfied with your reasoning and opted to change nothing.

2. You added some surprises to the house…ones we didn’t even know yet that we wanted…and we adore them.

3. You responded immediately and respected our concerns, even the teeny ones.

4. You built to specifications even higher than the code requires.

5. You gave us design and decorative suggestions that perfectly suited our taste as you have come to know it.

6. You re-did work if it was even just slightly imperfect–we love that!

7. You hired sub-contractors that truly reflect your perfectionist style and your work ethic. They turned out to be nice people to have around the house for such an extended period of time and we found we missed each crew member when their finished their job and moved on.

8. You moved at lightening speed and finished relatively on time. (We had some last minute additions to the work load).

9. You were personally on the job virtually every day. The attention made us fee special, cared about and important.

Barry, we could go on and on, but suffice it to say that we walk around our new house at night and sit in each room, admiring your work, pointing out all the little special touches you did that we love so much and reveling in what a beautiful, architect’s “cottage” you built for us.

We are quite satisfied.

Thank you.

Bert Wahlen & Siri Kay Jostad

New Second Story Addition and First Floor Major Remodel (house shown with material upgrade options of wood siding and stone veneer)

Barry Shaw designed and constructed a second story addition of 1,100 sq. ft. to our 1,500 sq. ft. home. He incorporated everything from our wish list in a fabulous and functional design. We love our new home and all of it’s features. Over the course of (10) months, his crew worked tirelessly to expand our garage and connect it to the house, add a mud room, pantry, expand and redesign the kitchen, redesign parts of the bottom floor, as well as add three bedrooms and three bathrooms to our new second floor, all while keeping the original footprint and aesthetic of our house. The project was completed sooner than expected, though it did exceed our budget. Barry Shaw is an excellent designer. He created a modern, yet comfortable, home and added unique design elements such as our wooden ceiling in the living room (which we get compliments on all the time). We were very pleased with his design from the very beginning and changed very few things. Barry also gave us guidance on the finishing touches and interior design such as cabinetry, flooring and tile. It was very helpful to have a professional set of eyes at these intimidating decisions. We are thrilled with the overall design of the house. Even when the project was complete, Barry was reachable and instrumental in repairing/replacing items in the house. When our housekeeper broke one of the wall sconces, Barry was able to get us a new one within days, even when the store insisted they were sold out. He is currently helping us search for a discontinued tile that broke on our shower floor. I have no doubt Barry will find it and replace it.

“I have looked over the plans and can see how beautiful and easy the design would be to live in and enjoy the pool. I had visualized the driveway down on the North side of the property to the garage which was in the middle of the lot and entrance to garage was on the North side. I don’t know how I came up with that!

But I love this design and of course the shorter drive into the garage is great and less costly.

Good planning and YOU are the Architect.

Merry Anne Stone”

Working with BSA Inc Design & Construction has been a dream.

This was my first significant home project. To say I was nervous, is to say the least. Barry listened carefully to all my desires. I asked for champagne on a sparkling water budget and assumed we would have to scale back to accommodate said budget.

Unbelievably, Barry delivered on absolutely everything and then some. I couldn't be happier with the results. Barry is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of design and construction. He addressed all my concerns and questions in a timely manner and is not only professional but also relatable.

BSA Inc Design & Construction is a fantastic company, and Barry Shaw, one of the nicest people you will ever meet. I highly recommended this company.

I highly recommend reaching out to BSA Inc. to discuss your project needs! BSA Inc. Design & Construction is a highly reputable firm!! Barry has been top-notch and provided a very creative design to help optimize the needs of our family. He has also been very instrumental with assisting us with providing construction consultation services. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to do business with BSA Inc. If you are looking find an architectural design and construction consultation partner who is professional, highly experienced, trustworthy, and customer-focused, give BSA Design a call!!! Barry goes above and beyond to provide the highest quality service!!!!

T. Weil

Barry provides timely and responsive designs that are a combination of his clients desire and budget framework. His work on our proposed multi family project far exceeded our expectations.

I hope all is going well with you, your family and business. I wish you much success in all parts of your life. I just finished watching a 20/20 segment regarding contractors and the problems homeowners had regarding the quality of work. I have to say I smiled from ear to ear with positive memories. Your timeliness, coordination of schedules of your subs and the quality of the work make me a very happy camper. Considering my medical issues during the construction, you could have taken advantage of my situation. You were and are a stand-up guy who took care of me. I look around my house and am so happy. I never want to leave. Thank you for making my retirement years so pleasant.

Katherine Wadden

When it comes to looking for a terrifically talented Architect and experienced creative Contractor for your Residential New House or an overdue Remodel, take time to meet with them. Immediately, you'll enjoy meeting and talking to Barry why, because he listens to you for all the right reasons. He understands how important it is to help you "Live your Dreams" and be able to afford and enjoy the building process with all of its emotional ups and downs and last minute decision making during the finishing touches.

"Barry is one in a million. I am so grateful to have found him when I did!

He has helped us with our 3,000 ft. commercial project in Northglenn, Colorado for floor plan approvals and the coordination with me along the way, also with construction consulting work. The communication and intelligence behind Barry and this company are second to none.

This is going to be your guy. I absolutely recommend Barry Shaw and BSA Inc. Design and Construction.

I cannot say it enough, thank you for everything Barry.

Rick and Ashley Rudd, Owners"

With this letter I just want to inform you, how pleased we were of BSA Inc. for his performance with the addition to our home. We choose to have our addition handled by Mr. Shaw and Assoc. from architectural drawings until the end of construction. We were absolutely pleased with his timeliness, work performance and most of all the quality of his work.

Appointments were made and completed. Decisions were made and taken care of right away. Issues were always handled in a very professional manner. When it came to construction, we were so pleasantly surprised, because Mr. Shaw’s crew worked in such a proper way. We were pleased of how all jobs were always lined up properly and timely. The crew was very neat and clean. They were instructed to inconvenience the customer as little as possible. This was very impressive for my family and me. At all times we knew what was going on. We were told the project was going to take 4 months. Indeed, Mr. Shaw made sure, that the project was completed at the end of 4 months. We can highly recommend Mr. Shaw and Associates for any kind of architectural and / or construction work.

Sincerely,

Ursula Matheson

Yoel and Obi,

I know you guys in the future are planning to expand on the buildings for your auto sales and service business for exotic cars.

I highly recommend Barry Shaw for the architecture work who designed our offices. Barry is cc’d on this and I promised Obi to pass along his information.

Darren S. Enenstein, Attorney at Law Enenstein & Ribakoff, APC

I wanted to express my deep gratitude for taking on my first home remodel like it was your own. As a first time home buyer, I had many questions and wanted to be a part of creative process. Thank you for making that happen…

As we got to know each other I valued your opinion, your expertise, your suggestions and your guidance in making the best decisions for each step. It really has turned out better than I imagined. Happy to say that all the projects your team worked on made this holiday season the best ever. Tearing down the wall of the galley kitchen and making it an open floor plan …made my heart happy. I was very proud to invite all my friends and family to my new home and to show off your work.

Thank you so much Barry to you and your team. Many people have talked about the nightmares of remodeling, but my experience with you and your team was great. Even watching the inspector shake your hand at the final walk-thru and telling you ”good work” is a tribute to you really mastering your craft.

Dear Mr. Shaw:

The plans you developed are some of the most professional and legible plans we have received this year, which is over a thousand.

It is a pleasure to work with quality plans, since what we provide will be more accurate as a result.

Thank you.

Dennis A. McClain, CEA, CEPE, NR08-99-528, R08-89-303

Engineer

I have known Barry since Architectural School at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and we have worked together on Architectural and Construction projects together over the years. Barry is a very competent and well respected Architect and Contractor. He provides excellent service to his clients

- John Rix, NCARB

There really aren’t enough words to describe how amazing this man is at his job. He contracted us to do work at one of his new two-story custom home projects & he strived for quality work. From beginning to end he made it very clear that we needed to focus on details & that the most important thing was delivering extraordinary work & nothing less. His professionalism, knowledge and work ethics is unmatched. We have been in business many years & worked for many companies but none like Barry’s. We would not only continue to work with him but we would definitely recommend him for anyone looking for an architect or General Contractor.

Barbara N. Subcontractor

BSA is a wonderful company to work with and for. I have had the pleasure to work with Barry on a number of occasions and his attention to detail, communication, and understanding of the construction process and the needs of his clients made for a great experience with minimal revisions needed based on owner review or as-built changes.

- Joshua Miller