MacKenzie Design Build

We have worked with Monica on two stages of our renovation and will definitely work with her again on the final stage. She is extremely responsive and her crew has excellent attention to detail.

Could not recommend MacKenzie Design Build more highly! We recently finished a gut renovation and addition to our 1920s cape-style home, and are so happy with the end result! It took a lot of creativity from Monica and her team to make the changes and updates to our home we wanted, but the job was finished on time and on budget - and with everything we were hoping for. Monica is wonderful at overseeing the whole job, especially managing subcontractors efficiently and helping to choose design elements from flooring and lighting to finishes, and paint colors. She works with all budgets and has relationships in every direction. We will absolutely use MacKenzie Design Build again for future projects!

We have had the pleasure of working with Monica Mackenzie several times over the years, and her work always stands the test of time. This spring, Monica and her team completely transformed our master bedroom. The deep walnut finish of our dresser and bed made the room feel dark and heavy. The space, located above the garage, is spacious but gave the impression of being cavernous instead of cozy. Enter Monica and her expert craftsmen. They painted our old furniture a light tan color so that we could repurpose it instead of throwing it out. They designed stunning built-ins that elevated the room with a custom, high-end feel, while brass hardware added a modern touch. Updated lighting and a new ceiling fan dramatically brightened the space, and wallpaper behind the bed introduced depth and texture. Working with Monica is an absolute pleasure. She pays attention to all the details from the curtains to the accent pillows on the bed to a new fiddle-leaf ficus plant in the corner of the room. I love how Monica blended pieces we already owned with thoughtful updates. I would hire her again for any design-build project. She has a terrific eye and she ensures that every element is just right.

We were fortunate to have Monica take on our renovation project at the beginning of the year. Our house is set in a beautiful location, but it is small by today's standards, and had a boxy cramped layout. Monica was able to create a new open plan which provided more storage as well as space saving solutions. It feels like a new house! As a contractor, Monica has built solid relationships with a team of very talented tradesmen. The subcontractors that she chooses to work with are easy to communicate with from a homeowner perspective. They came to work each day with a positive attitude and also came up with some creative work arounds for issues along the way. As a designer, Monica is outstanding! She welcomed our input, and then provided us with a clear picture of how the final outcome would look. Monica communicated with us often, and provided updates and "next steps" frequently. Our house turned out to be more beautiful than we ever dreamed possible. Our kitchen is amazing! If we could give Monica 10 stars we would.

Monica is an amazing design build contractor who has built an exceptional team of professionals. We just completed a large renovation to our 1910 house and were so fortunate to have worked with Monica and her team. As we expected with a house built in 1910 (read: no insultation, crooked walls, defunct heating system, corroded pipes, etc), there were a few round bumps along the way but Monica is wonderful at coming up with creative solutions to any problem that we faced in the process – and the end result was often better than we had originally expected it to be! The team was able to anticipate all the needs for us and our two young children and built a beautiful home for our family. Monica is quite talented in the design process as well and has a unique eye for the entire composition. Her subcontractors are best in class and true professionals – they have great attention to detail and take great care in the house as if it were their own. Thank you Monica and team for making our renovation process FUN and creating a beautiful home for our family for many years to come! It was a pleasure working with you. We highly recommend Monica and the team for any renovations/building projects!

My wife and I hired Monica MacKenzie and her team originally in 2021. Expansion of an existing mudroom was necessary for our active and growing family; the project would be challenging in design and construction. This was a classic infill project on a historically significant home in Crow Point dating to 1875. The exterior space would involve filling in a three-story triangular area between two parts of our Hingham Harbor coastal home. Imagine putting a slice of cake back into the cake! I was excited with the design Monica produced and the work began. They have a solid talented team, the scheduling was impressive, and the communication was frequent during the construction. The project expanded to include a bathroom and a third floor expansion that with the tone of the existing house. The dormers that were added to the attic gave me an improved and expanded view of Hingham Bay and a rare roof deck designed, permitted, and completed on the back half of the house. We are very pleased with the project. Designing and working with Monica and her team was easy and enjoyable. Our relationship has continued. We continue to do more projects with Monica and her team. I am glad to have her design skill, and positive attitude. The results are architecturally in line with the home while streamlined for an active family. I have and will continue to hire Monica in the future.

Monica is a rare find of designer and contractor. She is a wonderful person who really cares about the project and her clients and has an amazing group of subcontractors who follow her direction to get the job done as promised. She has great ideas and also listened to our ideas and combined them to create a beautiful end result.

We have worked with Monica MacKenzie for 15+, fabricating and installing all her stonework. It's such a pleasure to work with a well-organized contractor that pulls her whole team together to organize her complex jobs so that everyone is in step with each other. Monica takes pride in her work and builds relationships with customers. Monica's loyalty to her contractors is the reason we all know and work well together. It has truly become a family. From all of us at: Frangioso Granite, Inc., Braintree, Ma.

We recently completed an addition and a total home renovation with Monica as our GC. Monica was wonderful to work with throughout the entire process. Monica has great relationships with all her subcontractors which helped keep things moving smoothly during the renovation. Our renovations were during a time when getting materials was difficult but Monica had the foresight to order things in a timely manner and also make suggestions for substitutions when needed. Beyond the overall management of the project, Monica took over the design aspect of the home which was incredibly helpful. She was able to make small tweaks in the plans during construction to help the flow of our home and keep everything consistent. Monica has a great eye for color and design ideas from helping us pick out our tile, floors, kitchen and bathroom finishes, and even helped us find our new furniture. She pays attention to the small details while keeping in mind the overall big picture. We highly recommend Monica!

We are so fortunate to be able to work with Monica and her wonderful team. They just completed phase 1 of our project - in the short timeframe we had before a new baby joins us, Monica and the team were able to get everything we wanted done and much much more. Monica’s vision and design is second to none, she stays on budget and keeps everything moving along swiftly. We are planning a bigger phase 2 renovation and have complete confidence in Monica and the team. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Monica over these last 5 weeks - she is a pleasure to work with. Thank you Monica and team for making our new house a home - we are so grateful!

While in hindsight the pandemic wasn't the best time to redo our house, Monica was ever diligent in working with the sub-contractors and suppliers to get what we needed done in a timely manner. The pandemic also supplied many twists and turns from permits to designs to building materials as it became apparent that business as usual no longer existed. However, despite the challenges we are very happy with how our house turned out and continue to get compliments from neighbors and passersby that they love our house as much as we do.

My husband and I were fortunate to have worked with Monica Mackenzie on a major renovation of our newly purchased home. Her intelligence, decades of experience and savvy understanding of our design aesthetic proved to be heads above the other top designers we had considered. She seamlessly manages and works with her team of contractors to deliver a luxury finished project. We never had the stress of bids, doubts of transparency, or suspicion of sub-par options. She nailed every detail as only a luxury professional does.