Dan Nesovic designed our kitchen remodel in the Fall of 2012. Dan contacted us and made an appointment to come to our home to learn about our project and to take measurements of our kitchen. Thus began a rather long and fruitful relationship. Dan's approach to a complex remodel job is to get to know his clients so he understands what they really want in the end product. Our remodel project was complicated because there were two very different options to consider. One involved maintaing the existing room configuration and the other required removing a part of an adjoining wall and reconfiguring the traffic flow of the kitchen. Both were possible and Dan drew up plans for each scenario. We held several meetings to discuss how either configuration would fit our personal preferences. In the end, to our surprise, we choose to stay with the existing configuration. This decision was directly related to our meetings with Dan. Dan would question our ideas and brought different perspectives to each plan. There were things we had not given thought to regarding our lifestyle and practical use of the space and it was a great opportunity for us to envision not only the end product but our use of the space as well. As of the writing of this review we have lived with our new kitchen for 4 years and are still overwhelming pleased with everything we had done. The details: Initially Dan proposed to do all the work, demolition, framing and drywall, electrical, plumbing and cabinetry. We had bids for several aspects of this job and Dan was flexible enough to allow us to use other tradesmen for some of these tasks. The other tradesmen were excellent workers and communicators and Dan worked seamlessly with them. Using other tradesmen simply meant more work for us as we had to perform the job of general contractor and keep everyone coordinated, a job maybe better left to Dan. We decided not to remove the wall and relocate the peninsula. We did raise the ceiling and worked with Dan on the design of the custom cabinets to fit our space. This was another interesting experience. My wife and I (and friends) built our own first home, a two story home. We built it from below the ground up (we even rented tractor and backhoe to dig the basement ourselves). I say this to give some feeling of what Dan had to deal with. He had to present ideas that sometimes were in contrast to tried and true building practices we had previously used. We had our disagreements and Dan and I could be both stubborn and persuasive. I found Dan to be very reasonable in defending his opinions and more often than not, after I consulted with independent builders I knew personally, his approach was the better. He allowed us to rigorously evaluate those things we were unsure of and would bend towards our preferences if we were not satisfied. This is what made for a great working relationship. Dan provided the custom cabinets, the Corian countertops and advised us on the extensive lighting plan allowing us to use premium lighting fixtures at affordable prices (his fixture vendor). Dan's installer was very personable, professional and capable. He is an asset because he could trouble shoot unexpected installation problems leaving the final cabinets fitting well and looking beautiful. The cabinets were made to fit our space with no wasted dead space behind (the pantry was full depth to the back wall whereas stock pantries are a standard depth leaving hidden unused dead space). Dan was not satisfied until the detail work was complete and even had to have some side panels remade to fit tighter because of the unevenness of our old walls. Dan worked within our time frame which was very extended due to some unexpected life changes. We started meeting with Dan in September of 2012 and work began in January 2013, completed in the middle of February 2013. He was patient with the longer delays between setting up the plan and actually executing the project and never seemed frustrated with us. This made the whole experience much easier to deal with.
Fast forward to 2017 and a remodel/update of our master bath. We brought Dan in to design and over see the project. Again, Dan was flexible with the various tasks involved with the project an I was able to do the demo, drywall repair and some simple construction. We included a lot of extras (an entire wall of linen closets) and worked thru these additions with the greatest of ease. I won't go into more detail because it would read the same as the kitchen upgrade above. As of this writing, all that is left to do is the counter/basin install (which is set for today). Overall I can sincerely give Dan Nesovic an enthusiastic recommendation.
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