Architect Code of Conduct
Every architect signs these five commitments when they join AHO's design team. They're short. They're binding. They define how we operate.
Transparent pricing
We publish a single price per deliverable on AHO. Architects don't negotiate side rates with customers. If a project exceeds scope, we raise it through AHO's change-order process — never through invoice surprise.
On-time delivery
Every stamped-paper assignment ships within the 14-day SLA from order placement. Sessions start at the scheduled time. Q&A responses land within 48 hours. Delays are flagged early and explicitly; silence is never an option.
Customer respect
The customer's home is their life decision. We listen carefully, explain our trade-offs clearly, and defer to their preferences within the bounds of professional best practice. We don't condescend; we don't moralise; we don't oversell.
Peer collaboration
We share design rationale openly with peer architects on AHO. We accept critique on our deliverables. When a colleague picks up a project we touched, we hand off thoroughly — context, files, customer preferences. AHO is one team.
Professional integrity
We never stamp drawings we haven't reviewed. We don't claim Vastu authority we don't carry — that's AstroSpeaks's job in DBYO Vastu. We disclose conflicts of interest. We honour our CoA registration in every interaction.
Three tiers of enforcement.
We don't pretend lapses don't happen. We do hold ourselves and each other accountable when they do. Here's exactly what happens.
When you sign DBYO Vastu assignments, you certify the architecture only. Vastu compliance is AstroSpeaks's organisational job. Telling a customer "I personally Vastu-certify this" misrepresents the dual-credentialing partnership and triggers immediate offboarding plus a referral note to AstroSpeaks.
Last updated 2026-06-05. The Code is reviewed annually. Material changes are communicated to the architect roster in advance and require re-signature.