Donald Joseph Inc. - Sacramento, California

Sulaiman Z.

STAY AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN. Nothing but a snake oil salesman.
We had talked to another architect that was going to draw the whole plan including adu for about 23k where Donald's comes out to about 40k since he has the secret sauce and charges for garages also? (Apparently that's not a thing amongst other architects 🙂 We met with Donald for the initial consult and I gave him a drawing of what I had in mind and he boasted about how I'm lucky to be working with him that he's so good and so on... (should've been my first warning) then as he went back and forth he kept saying how what I wanted wasn't doable and kept changing the plans and what I wanted. He knew better and I should listen to him and so on. Somehow I wanted a 3500 sqft home but based on his lengthy experience that wasn't doable and I needed a 4100 sqft home? I didn't know what I wanted but he knew better.

Anyways fast forward, we decided that we no longer wanted to build and will be going a different direction. BOOM all of a sudden Donald disappears. Keep in mind that prior to this he'd constantly email us like a used car sales man to come see him and he has ideas etc including weekend and late at night. Once I said I'm no longer building he just disappeared and stopped responding. His secretary took a week to get back to me and at the end they want to charge me $4800+ for a drawing that I can do in a matter of minute on a 11x14 legal sheet.

The guy is nothing but a self loathing ego maniac and the moment he heard a no he turned into a whole different person and in turn wants to charge me 18 hours of work at 275/hr!

So yea do your research find someone reputable that's Not gonna nickel and dime or get their feelings hurt in a business environment.

Mike S.

We are so thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Kevin Bryan and Donald Joseph to design our custom home. They truly helped us make our dream home a reality. From our very initial meeting, Kevin was extremely friendly, customer oriented and truly listened to our wishes, thoughts and ideas. The entire process was well organized, efficient and fun!

We wanted a contemporary style home and Kevin delivered! We remember walking out of one of our early design meetings telling Kevin he nailed it! We obviously used them for the external design and floor plan but it’s important to call out that we are so thankful we used Donald and Kevin for their interior architecture design as well. We still remember Kevin telling us that while its important and desirable to have a beautiful floor plan and exterior design for us to remember that we will spend the majority of our time inside our home. Oh boy are we glad to have taken them up on this service. We are so thrilled with the entire design and decorating touches they provided us. As some others face making so many decisions while keeping the budget in mind can be a challenge. What was great about Donald and Kevin is they understood our budget and never made us feel uncomfortable or belittled in any way with what we could afford. They did a fantastic job in providing us suggestions that met our style and fit into our overall budget.

We honestly believe the reason we had such a positive experience is because both Kevin and Donald took the time to really listen to us and understand our vision and style. They provide a personal touch and show true genuine care in helping their clients dreams come true. Kevin and Donald are an extremely talented team. To anyone who is out there looking for top notch talent search no more. We highly recommend Donald Joseph Inc not only for the quality of their services but also for the friendship this experience allowed us to develop.

Robert V.

Donald is the go to for your design needs. He is very knowledgeable in his field and as always provided incredible work.

Laurel S.

Great architect good team

Diane H.

Creative, intuitive, amazing architect.

kevin S.

Josh A.

Trevor J.