Architectural Designers in Walnut Creek

“Artistic Kitchen and Design has remodeled our kitchen and both our bathrooms of our Eichler house. We chose AKD because they are a "one stop shop". They handled the design, project management, inspections, and all the labor for all the projects. The designs do speak for themselves. They were designed to our liking and have made our living space more usable than it ever was before. Sylwia designed our kitchen. We ran into some issues that we did not anticipate, but we were not surprised since the house is older and previous remodels were not done to code. All changes (electrical, plumbing, architectural, etc.) are now to code. One issue encountered was upgrading the electrical to the island in our kitchen. Because the original electrical pipe was not thick enough to pull old and new wires through, a new pipe had to be installed to get electrical to the island. There was also an issue after the project was done where the fan/vent installed had a small leak...which was only discovered after heavy rains. AKD fixed this issue promptly. Sylwia's design gave us a great-looking kitchen, more storage, and more natural light. We did use a temporary storage area for our kitchen furniture, but AKD did build a small covered area within the kitchen/dining area for temporary use (ie. microwave, refrigerator). Yana designed both our bathrooms. We love the pebbled shower floor in the Master. The colors make the room interesting dry or wet. Make sure the water drains to the drain and doesn't puddle. The puddling can be fixed. The use of pebbles and colors, and the materials that Yana chose was on target for the zen-ish look and feel that I wanted the bathroom to have. Without her vision of design, I'm not sure we would have gotten the room we wanted. We are very happy with this bathroom. I only wish our kids would stay out of it more often, but they find the pebbles so interesting. The guest bathroom has more storage and is pleasantly a new look from the previous bathroom. The tiles, vanity, lighting, and colors really came together to give the bathroom a new look and feel. Even though the toilet, sink, tub/shower are in the same place as the previous look, the transformation is immense with Yana's design. The colors added with the rain glass window make the bathroom brighter and much more pleasant than the former bathroom. Because most Eichlers have radiant heating, be sure to have a radiant heating expert check for any leaks and get those fixed before any tile work is done. AKD was able to find some piping in our master bathroom that had to be re-worked because the previous work on a pipe there was not done correctly. I like the way AKD staff works together to find solutions to the problems encountered. I will post pictures of the projects once the final pictures are ready. If you want to see pictures of before, during and after any of these projects or have any questions, let me know....I'll be happy to share AKD's great work. Cabinets for our projects were made by Crystal Cabinets. Kitchen tiles are from Bedrosians. Bathroom tiles are from Porcelanosa. All bathroom accessories from http://faucetdirect.com.”

“We worked with Project Haven in the remodel of our house in order to put it on the market for sale. Although we did not select Project Haven to complete our project (primarily because we had a higher number of referrals for another contractor, but still found Project Haven great to work with on the bid process. I give Project Haven 5 stars, however, for the quality of the bid they put together for us. Their bid was the most precise and polished, with a lot of details about plans, costs, and timelines. I particularly appreciated the way they offered guidance on what would or would not be a good investment to make in order to meet our goals. They were responsive to our questions, and timely with their answers. Project Haven will definitely meet your expectations if you're looking for clear communication, a clear bid, and a clear understanding of costs and value.”

“Sung Construction did a remarkable job on a remodel we needed to get finished in time to market it before Christmas. Mr Kim was a professional in every way; he was at the worksite almost daily to monitor and evaluate the work of subs, he communicated with me regularly and responded to texts quickly to answer questions and make decisions, he helped us decide on layout that made a much finer home in the end, he finished the job quicker than I anticipated, his team keep the job site clean, he used high quality materials which gave us a remarkable product, and many more things could be said. One remarkable example...someone had accidentally dropped something on a new tub that left a small chip. Although the framing was all done and the sheetrock in place, he pulled out the tub and replaced it at his own expense...I didn't have to ask him. Mr Kim is a man of high integrity and does what he says, and says what he means, and can be completely trusted. My did was a builder and I understand the trades well and know how many builders are not honest. Mr Kim instead is a man of high moral character and I am going to use him on future jobs. Don't look elsewhere...Mr Kim is the BEST!!!”