New & Custom Home Builders Near West Hartford

“It was an absolute pleasure to work with Design by the Jonathans. Jonathan Gordon designed our kitchen, powder room, and our boys’ bathroom. Our home was built in 1913, and after a few questions and a tour of the space, Jonathan quickly understood what we were looking for. He had thoughtful ideas that focused equally on function and style, supporting our modern needs within an old American Four Square home. His designs are BEAUTIFUL without losing focus on functional placement, alleviating bottlenecks, etc. He somehow created MORE space in our kitchen with his strategic thinking. For example, he had the clutch idea of moving the powder room, which had previously been popping out of a corner of the kitchen, to a closet under the stairs. Did we lose our 1st floor closet? Nope - he created a mud hall where the butler’s pantry was located that really works. Jonathan has strong relationships with high quality vendors/suppliers, which we hadn’t anticipated would be that important until we saw how he was able to use those relationships when needed (e.g., to help make sure installations were spot on). He guided us patiently through the design choices, letting us show our personal style and also giving his opinion exactly when we wanted it. He interviewed our contractors with us and guided us through the bidding process, offering important perspectives based on his loads of experience. As the project moved to execution, he followed along. He worked really well with our contractors, and when we reached a few stumbling blocks along the way, that’s when he shined. He collaborated with our contractors to problem solve and didn’t let go until he was comfortable that the issue had been resolved. Reviews aren’t helpful unless they give a little of what could have been better. We don’t have much to offer. Sometimes scheduling could be a tad difficult. For example, we had to wait a few weeks for our initial consult. Our reaction? High quality service providers are busy and worth the wait. We are glad we got in line - Jonathan was worth it!”

“Working with Keith and the whole Kling team was the best thing we could have asked for. Remodeling our kitchen was a huge project for us to undertake. Keith, Steve and Kyle were incredibly patient with us from the architectural design work to the laborious process of picking cabinets, through to the management of the project itself. Every person they had working with and for them was courteous, professional, and most importantly of all, competent. Communication was terrific and no detail was too small for them to listen to our input and provide us with the best direction. Great people, great service, we won’t be going to anyone else for our home improvement needs from now on.”

“We engaged Jimmy Crisp to design and help us build a 7-figure new construction home after reviewing his portfolio and loving their design style. We only had a vague idea of what we wanted to do, and Jimmy and his team were extremely helpful in developing ideas and trying anything on paper we asked to see. Their plans are extremely detailed with every nuance thought out, they regularly brought up helpful ideas and perspective that we would have not thought of on our own, and when it came to construction itself they are demanding of builders to carry out the design and quality exactly as set forth in the final plans---looking out closely for our interest as owners. Further, his team was extremely helpful and proactively involved in all the day-to-day items that come up during the course of construction, making small changes, suggestions, and adapting to whatever each week would bring that needed to be worked though. We appreciated in particular how inviting and adaptive they were for us to have any amount of involvement we wanted---I would have felt equally comfortable with Crisp "watching the store" as we built if we were out of the country than I was being as involved as I chose to be. Jimmy and his company have built quite the reputation for themselves as a company catering to high quality design and building, and in my opinion it is very easy to see why---they do what they say they will, when they say they will. Highly recommended for any top shelf project!”