A1 Lofts - Snakeoil and Promises

[LoftOwner]

I have used A1 and all I can say is you should think very carefully whether to use them. Steve, the salesman will promise you the world, "a beautiful space", "designed for you" etc. In the end we paid over ?2,000 to have a "Designer" take our initial ideas and transpose them directly into a plan. The spaces in the plan were horrifically out of proportion and we had another 4-5 amendments where we had to provide 90% of the ideas, point out that they had stairs terminating in the middle of door frames, that the plan was not drawn to proportion etc etc. It then took them many weeks (where they did not communicate at all) to come back with quotations and we simply gave up and went with a more professional outfit.

Conclusion - I am sure they build a perfectly decent space (for probably the highest price in the market) and you will be fine if you want a sausage machine loft with limited design input. If you take an interest in your loft, point out the huge chasm between their design promise and their real capability (or query why they only provide 2 spot lights for a massive room etc) they get tetchy and start ignoring you. There are more professional and accommodating providers out there!

[DirtyBox]

Personally I think a company name designed solely to be first in a list is a big red flag...