Guys – I did try to make it clear I was being tongue in cheek.
I will tell you why I have distrust.
Architect 1) Insisted on their chosen finish for the outside of an extension and threatened to resign if they did’t get their way. This meant the outside finish of the extension did not match the rest of the house. Finished plans had the only lights at one end of the extension above a 1 1/2 story stairwell so difficult to change and no lighting at the other end. Inisted on a staircase arrangement that wasted space.
Architect 2
Despite being given drawings by me of what I wanted had to redo the plans 3 times because he kept altering components of the kitchen. All he had to do was put the stuff where I wanted it but he didn’t. got the spec for the internal cladding of the walls wrong – I built to his spec and and then found out from building control that it was not correct.
Archtect 3) – appointed by the council to oversee renovations on the listed building where I now live. Wanted to remove original lantern lights ( skylights) from the roof that were a nice feature and replace them with single pane UPVC units. When I asked him about listed building consent he said ” not needed as it can’t be seen from the street” I contacted historic Scotland and the planning dept and they forced him to put replicas of the original on. They are still not right and will, along with around 10 other issues, be reported as breech of planning/ listed building consent.