Sykora Home Design

Jim listens! He took our long list of must haves and nice to haves, along with our room preferences for primary and secondary views from our view lot, added his unique modern sensibilities and delivered a stunning contemporary design that felt like "us" from our very first look at his drawings. After a couple of small tweaks it was perfect. Now that we've moved in, we're even more convinced that Jim got it just right. This is our dream home, with beautiful spaces that work wonderfully for us. We found Jim to be a gifted designer, excellent listener and a creative individual to work with. We highly recommend Jim Sykora.

Jim did a great job designing our modern one-level home in Anacortes. He took our initial thoughts and added style and interest in the right places. Throughout the process, he communicated well, and was open to our suggested changes, pointing out the pros and cons of each. He was patient with our many questions, thorough, and a true professional. We recommend him to anyone considering building their own home.

I have used Sykora Design twice in the last 6 months, as we did a complete design change when the first plan came in too expensive to build (not Sykora's fault at all). I can't vouch for his creativity (hence the 4 star review), as I brought pretty complete ideas of what we wanted. But, we see Jim's contemporary designs elsewhere and liked what we saw. We found him easy to work with, a great sounding board for some of my crazier ideas and he generates really good 3D views and final blueprints. Each of our designs required significant structural engineering input and even the engineer said good things about Jim's work. Made for an effective team and a pleasant design process. He's very good with the software and design process. He knows how houses are built. He was responsive, his prices are fair (none of the professionals we interviewed are "cheap"), and Jim was always fair with his charges. Have no regrets using Sykora Home Design.

Jim Sykora is a pleasure to work with and a gifted home designer. This is our first time working with an Architect and he has made it a comfortable and straight-forward experience. Jim has listened carefully to our desires and brought them to light in a beautiful contemporary home. After he worked with us to get the floor plan just right so that we could get what we needed out of a small house on a very small lot, he then came back and surprised us with a magnificent looking final project. He is very pleasant and professional, and he always makes himself available. Thanks Jim!

Jim did an outstanding job of interpreting our needs into a beautiful coastal contemporary home. The design process was enjoyable and efficient and the finished product is a wonderfully livable home with very good bones. We will enjoy this home for many years.

Jim (of Sykora Home Design) has provided capable design & consulting service for my wife and I. We are currently in the process of designing our future home (scheduled to start construction in the following year). At the start of our work, Jim provided a roadmap to clarify the analysis/planning work ahead. Subsequently, @ each step, Jim listened carefully & constructively to our interests, provided capable advice, & developed drawings/plans accordingly. We’ve relied on Jim’s experience, advice, & technical abilities and have been productively served. Sykora Home Design is capable and professional and we would recommend the company’s excellent services to family and friends.

My wife and I purchased a lot with a spectacular, 180-degree view, with the goal to build a custom retirement home. We plan to have the home completed in the fall of 2019, and the total cost will be approximately $1.7 million. We contracted with Jim Sykora to design our home that maximized the view, while incorporating many special features and elements that we wanted included. Jim was able to capture all of the specific detail on our wish-list that we wanted included, and created a design for our new home that was exciting to us both. We enjoyed working with him and really valued his expertise and ideas he offered during the process. Jim provided us with an easy to understand outline of steps we would take from design to permitting, He quickly earned our trust and confidence as he worked with us and the builder, the engineer and the city. It made the process very easy for us. I highly recommend his services for anyone building a custom home.

Jim of Sykora Home Design is a pleasure to work with. When we started our home project we interviewed several designers/architects. Jim was the only person who took notes. He was genuinely interested in our project and had some great suggestions. He also demonstrated his considerable knowledge of home construction by pointing out, as we walked the building site, which of our ideas would work and those that would not and why. After we hired Jim, he always delivered plans on or ahead of schedule. He was always available to answer questions on the phone. His conduct at all times was highly professional. We live in a small town. It has been wonderful to hear the positive comments about Jim and his work from other people in the community, from those in city government to real estate agents to contractors. Jim listens well and has incorporated as many of the features that we wanted, as best he could, the only limitations were the size of the house and our budget. The result is that we love the house. It is beautiful, our family and friends are enormously complementary. We have recommended him to others and they are pleased with his service, as we are.

I've worked with Sykora Design over the past couple of years, and have found them to be excellent to work with. From helping clients with small projects in need of rendering/ visualization, to designing new custom homes, Jim Sykora works with both the homeowner and builder to produce drawings and specifications that meet the criteria of cost and quality on projects. I would highly recommend Sykora Design to anyone planning to build or renovate their home.

Jim Sykora is a gem! His responsiveness, willingness to participate in all aspects of our project; his listening ability and common sense yet artistic approach made us come back to his services again and again! He provides quality, cost effective, thorough and timely work! He returns phone calls/texts/and emails immediately and personally did leg work far beyond the scope of what others would offer! His "local" knowledge was of great value! I would highly recommend Jim for any design work large or small! We met him as a colleague - we keep him as a friend!

Jim took my ideas and planned a wonderful beach house. I had few changes to his original plan. He listened well to what I wanted and the house is amazing. I don't think I would change one thing. Jim was very accessible, always returning my phone calls promptly and meeting on site as the house was being built. I have since hired him to design a cabin on other property i own.

Mr. Sykora designed our custom home from the ground up. I cannot speak highly enough of our experience working with Jim. We found him to be patient, thorough, professional, and highly competent. He bent over backward to walk us through every step of the process and answered all our questions and concerns without making us feel inadequate. Jim is a man of real integrity. Time and time again he came through for us when he just as easily could have looked the other way. He was committed to making sure we got exactly what we wanted and needed at a price that was more than fair (on several occasions he went way beyond what was expected and charged us nothing). Jim not only designed a beautiful home that my wife and I both love, but he made two new friends for life. He is definitely a class act!