What We Mean When We Say We’re a Boutique Architecture Firm in Long Beach, CA
If you’ve been looking around our website, you may have seen our company referred to as a “boutique” architecture firm in Long Beach. You might have known right away what we meant by that, but maybe that phrase put a little question mark in your head because when you hear the word boutique, it might […]
Building a Custom Home on Vacant Land? When to Bring in an Architecture Firm in Long Beach, CA
Do you have a dream of building a custom home from the ground up in the Long Beach area? Have you been searching for that perfect piece of property on which you can build the home you’ve always wanted? You might already be working with a real estate agent to secure a property, and that’s […]
Having Trouble Finding Architecture Firms in Long Beach, CA Willing to Help You Remodel Your Historic Home?
Here at Grisafe Architecture, we love a good historic home, and there are so many beautiful examples of historic residences in the City of Long Beach that were built early in the 20th century. Within the borders of Long Beach, you’ll find Craftsman bungalows, Victorians, Spanish Colonial Revival homes, Mission Revival homes, and more. Purchasing […]
Can an Experienced General Contractor Be a Substitute for an Architect in Long Beach, CA?
If you’ve been considering a remodel of your home or commercial building in Long Beach, you have probably had some conversations with others in the area who have gone through the process already. You want to know what you can expect from the process—how long it will take, how much it will cost, and how […]
Lifestyles Change Over Time and So Should Your Long Beach Home’s Floor Plan
Do you live in an older house that you don’t love, but you have been “making it work?” Maybe it’s simply outdated in the way it looks, but more than likely, it has a floor plan that was built for a family living in a different time. So many of the older homes we work […]
An Architecture Firm in Long Beach for Modern Office Space Design
Did your company recently move into a new or new-to-you office space in Long Beach that could use some renovations? Or maybe you’ve been in your current office space for many years now, and it’s been a while since you’ve taken a hard look at how the space is used. Working with an architecture firm […]
When You Want an Architect in Long Beach, CA Who Is Creative But Still Grounded
Have you ever met a really creative person—like a really creative person? Someone who is always full of ideas, most of which seem pretty far out there, but kind of impressively so. Their brain seems to work in ways that are just different from most people’s. They probably dress in a quirky fashion, decorate their […]
How a Long Beach Architect Can Make Your Home Make Sense for You
Unless you live in a completely custom home that you had a hand in designing, your Long Beach home was not built with you and your family in mind. If you live in a custom home built by someone else, it was designed with the original owner’s lifestyle in mind, and if you live in […]
Customer Reviews for Grisafe Architecture, Architect in Long Beach, CA
Over the past year or so, our architecture firm has received a lot of great feedback from past customers in the form of Google reviews. These customers took the time to offer their feedback about what it was like to work with Grisafe Architecture, and let us tell you, we were quite pleased with what […]
Should I Hire a Long Beach Architect to Design My ADU or Use One of the Pre-approved ADU Plans?
If you’ve looked into having an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) built on your Long Beach property, you may have noticed that the City of Long Beach has some pre-approved plans online. These are plans that were submitted by architects in the area and have already been reviewed and approved by the City. You would purchase […]