Testimonials

Testimonials

Rick Harrison Site Design

Here's what customers are saying about Rick Harrison Site Design!

Nick Rhodes – Land Developer and Home Builder – Rio Grande Valley, Texas:


β€œThe current development landscape is rapidly changing as new buyers continue to enter into the housing market. Cities and developers are having to think outside the box to fill the demand to produce the housing inventory to meet the needs of the modern buyer. 


Rick Harrison Site Design and their technology are critical in educating all parties involved in the development process. The 3d capabilities streamline the development process so cities and developers can be on the same page when presenting new concepts and everyone can virtually walk the streets and understand the livability of what is getting built. Their technology and plans have been an extraordinary asset for our company in developing several projects that offer a higher quality of life than competing developments. 


We would not have been able to get them approved without being able to have city staff and commission visualize the project.”


Home Buyer B Turner, in Hunters Pass Estates, Albertville, MN:


β€œSpeaking on behalf of our entire neighborhood, we would like to thank you for the design of this community! We are a very close-knit neighborhood of 39 homes. The coving design provides each home with a view and allows us to feel connected to each other due to the openness and ability to see other homes in the neighborhood. 


Speaking on behalf of myself. My family had just built and were living in a home in a conventional neighborhood in St Michael. We never had the feeling of being part of our neighborhood. Our house was the second from the corner, when we looked out our window we could see 2 houses across the street and 2 on the opposite corner. The neighborhood had standard sidewalks but nobody ever seemed to use them much. Walks always seemed to be a planned event with the intended destination being back home. When encountering neighbors it tended to be a wave and friendly "hello" and you continued on your way around the blocks then back home. 


My wife drove through Hunters Pass Estates when only the models existed. She called me right away and spoke not only of the models but of the neighborhood design. Needless to say, we were sold but had a hard time deciding which lot as each was unique but all offered the feeling of openness and the sense of connectivity we were looking for in a neighborhood. 


We ultimately decided on a lot in the cul de sac. We couldn't have asked for more. I look out my front window or sit on my porch and can see the retention pond, lake, and 15 other homes in our neighborhood. The meandering sidewalks allow all neighbors to get to know each other better. Walks now tend to end up with our children playing with others, neighbors talking with neighbors, and more than one impromptu neighborhood get together that involved having pizza delivered to the house all of the neighbors seemed to end at that night. 


The design also provides a sense of security. Our neighborhood has nearly 70 children with the majority being under 12. The coving design and narrow streets slows traffic, the wide meandering sidewalks provide a safe space for children, the openness allows you to see your children playing at other neighbors’ homes along with keeping an eye on each other’s property.”


Chris Canaday – Developer and Builder in California:


β€œWe developed Placitas de La Paz which contained 270 homes. The community is located in small city that was virtually 100% low income Hispanic population. The home sizes were small and the density was higher. The design was new and different resulting in more interest and privacy than a standard land plan. They were virtually sold out before construction was completed in each phase. 


The land plan was an important factor in our success. (Side note: Placitas de la Paz won Affordable Neighborhood of the Year). 

We did not hike the sales prices and still made an excellent profit. Today, resale of home prices are substantially higher in spite of the huge real estate problems we experience in California.”


Ed Taravella – Head of the Houston Builders Association & Land Developer:


β€œWould you like to see the as-built environment of a new development before it is built? Want to fly/drive/walk through the development you are proposing in virtual reality? The incredible thing about this feature is that it is just a by-product provided by RHSD planning. I was pretty amazed when I saw my tract of land transform into my own immersive community. Usually we only see our plans in 2D. With their plans, you not only walk through your proposed community, you can also walk through the actual homes (or buildings) you propose to build. 


The technology used by RHSD has the ability to determine environmental density and show in a pie chart how the site is covered i.e. streets, driveways/flatwork and building pad. I have never seen a land plan break out the coverage quite like this. But in today’s market, impervious cover and the resulting drainage issues are now at the forefront of local government regulation.


There is still nothing like their technology combined with their advanced methods out there. It can integrate the different elements of the land development and construction process. Engineering, surveying, land planning, development, home construction and virtual reality in one integrated system.  A system as tightly integrated as this, is accurate and precise (nothing is lost in translation as there is nothing to translate).”


Greg Somers: Land Developer – Mentor, Ohio


β€œRick Harrison Site Design’s plans have completely transformed, innovated, and most importantly streamlined the process of pursuing and obtaining new community development approvals. Gone are the days when we would present a black and white plat map. The technology brings a community to life prior to ever existing. The virtual reality, color renderings, and color site plans have an immediate positive impact when presenting a new community plan.


One of the most important functions the firm employs is that their technology provides is the ability to address neighbor concerns instantly and show that the new community is going to be an asset vs. a liability. 


We have had many circumstances when we may not have been able to obtain approvals and community acceptance if it weren’t for the technology and design methods that Rick Harrison provides when being used in the design and presenting of a new community development plan.”


Jamil Ford, Architect Mobilize Design & Architecture:


β€œWhen Rick Harrison Site Design merges home interiors with exterior spaces, the floor plan becomes an integral function of the neighborhood. 


They exceed clients’ expectations. Their blending of architecture and land allows them to plan communities no other home owner would be able to experience.”


Planning Commission member:


ο»Ώβ€œyour submittal and presentation sets a new standard for future applicants”


From another Planning Commission member last June in MO:


ο»Ώβ€œThe 3D model site plan helps us with the transformation from paper to reality of what the development will look like”


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