Lattag Studio Inc.

I hired Peter for a full gut of a 100 year old house in Forest Hill Toronto. Peter has extensive knowledge in home construction, he was pleasant to work with and always answered our calls in a timely fashion. Peter's ideas are innovative and helped us save without compromising quality. I would highly recommend Peter for any architectural services!

Peter was referred to us by friends and from our first video meeting, I was confident that he was the most knowledgeable architect we had met with. He was eager to share the many insights he had amassed over the years which helped us feel even more comfortable that he was 'the real deal.'
Over the months, his expertise shone through and every single conversation with him was strategic and thorough. The design evolved over time in response to our input and in the end, we were both sincerely impressed by the final iteration. He also guided us through a difficult CoA process with confidence and expertise.
Peter was brutally honest (a quality I strongly admired!) and straightforward in his approach. He was not the cheapest option nor was that what we wanted. His design was impeccable with a high level of detail - specifically the areas 'behind the walls' (ie. structural and HVAC design/implementation) and for that we are so so happy.
I would recommend Lattag Studio Inc. to anyone looking for attention to detail and an honest, hard working architect. If you need to be wined and dined with flashy brand names....keep scrolling :)

Peter was the architect for our custom home build (4800 sqft). This was a massive project. We met several architects and design/build experts and Peter won our business with his uncanny ability to listen to our needs (detailed as they were) and put them into a drawing that we fell in love with. From one long meeting he was able to understand our needs and put them into a drawing that met our style and respected our build budget.
From start to finish, Peter was always available and immediately accessible. He helped navigate issues as they came up and always had a solution available.
We felt especially confident when our very experienced builder (of over 800 homes) told us that he had never worked with such accurate drawings.
Peter was an absolute pleasure and we look forward to working with him on our next project!

Peter came recommended to us by our contractor hired to underpin our basement. We were so pleased with his work that we decided to continue with his services for the rest of our major renovation project, which included a third story addition and legal basement apartment. His scope of work included underpinning drawings, permits, committee of adjustment for minor variances, and interior drawings.

Renovations can be stressful, and ours was no exception as we faced some pretty strong resistance from neighbours, but Peters professionalism, knowledge, and experience helped to guide us through the process and ensure our project was successful. He went above and beyond to support with mitigating some of the resistance we faced.

Peter is extremely knowledgeable about different construction techniques and products, and always offered suggestions that were both functional, and well-designed architecturally. This included ways to find more storage space, and creative solutions to switch from a gas furnace to radiant heating without changes to the first floor (which was recently renovated).

Peter was always available to discuss different options and answered all questions thoroughly. We wouldnt have been able to do this project without him, and highly recommend Peter for any project big or small.

This project, in North York, involved an application for an additional apartment in a single family dwelling. Lattag managed all the permitting aspects and kept us apprised of all the necessary procedures. Compounding our permitting process was an immediate neighbor with a vendetta against us. We have a 20 year history with this neighbor whose modus operandi is to call the city for every perceived infraction; she actually took us to court over 15 years ago (and lost). She was front and centre at the public review.

Lattag arrived at the start of the exercise, personally collected all the measurements, drafted up the plans, and managed to stickhandle us through the process while minimizing the continuing effects of the neighbor. We were ultimately successful in what was a difficult permitting process. We are absolutely pleased with the result, as it could have gone pear-shaped on many occasions, but we prevailed.

We are planning at some point in the future to install a verandah, likely again will have to deal with a public review, (and our wonderful neighbor) and will again engage Lattag Studio.

We unconditionally recommend Lattag based on our experience. (We would rated 20 out of 10 if allowed!)

I would like to share how valuable Peter’s guidance has been in our renovation project. We have an older row home built in the late 1800s. The house had many issues that needed to be addressed, it was a small space, and we needed more room for our growing family, it is built at-grade with foundation issues, and in need of a complete update and overhaul. Peter’s knowledge and experience with the structural aspects of what needed to be done and his expert design skills were invaluable throughout the design of our project. He guided us through a process that we were completely unfamiliar with. This included first deciding on a new layout for our home and the different option available, towards guiding us through the more technical aspects of what we needed including HVAC, and ultimately to the permit stage where he provided us with very detailed drawings. He is extremely responsive and offered help, guidance, and advice throughout the time we worked together. He is also a really nice guy! We would strongly recommend Peter as an expert architect for your project.

I am so satisfied wit the service. I am trying to repair the garage floor and repair the bottom plate in Scarborough. There were problem with the city permit office. Lattag Studio Inc was able to deal with all the issues with the city engineer. Peter was very good at keeping me up to date with all what was going on. I would have no problem with referring Lattag Studio Inc.

We had a very positive experience working with Peter on our home renovation project. He came recommended from the contractor we hired to underpin our basement, and we ended up hiring him directly to help with additional structural and design
elements. Not only was he meticulous and accurate with his work, he encouraged us to consider ideas and alternatives that we might otherwise have dismissed. Now that the project is done, we’re so glad that we put our trust in Peter and listened to his recommendations!
We have another significant renovation project coming up and have already reached out to Peter to seek his help.

My experience with Peter at Lattag was unbelievable. He quite literally saved me from what had turned into a complete mess. We had originally hired a structural engineer to complete drawings to remove a load bearing wall. This engineer seemed legitimate and came to the house 3 separate times to complete measurements. He submitted the drawings to the City to start the building permit process.

After some delay, the City started asking a variety of questions which started to seem suspicious to me. After discussing the questions with the engineer I started to figure out it appeared his measurements were incorrect. I went and remeasured columns in the basement and I found out that the column span the engineer had measured was SIX FEET wider than the actual span (which was only 10 ft). This was causing chaos with the permit and significant delays. I tried to get the engineer to fix these obvious and significant errors, and he basically was just trying to make numbers up to get the permit approved. This had caused a 5 week delay with the permit approval process, pushing back my renovation start time.

I was referred to Peter to help resolve this mess. He was fantastic, I can't say enough about how friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and professional he is. He quickly understood the issues I had raised, we took new measurements all over the house which uncovered how substantially wrong the original engineers measurements really were. He revised the plans, coming up with plans which not only were accurate, but should actually make the wall removal job and beam installation significantly cheaper. He resubmitted the plans to the City and the building permit was issued in 10 days. Amazing work, highly recommend and would happily work with Peter if I had another structural project again. Thank you Peter!

We hired Peter to do our permit drawings and get our building permits from the City of Toronto for a basement renovation and small rear extension and deck. He was great! He offered great recommendations that informed our design. He was very fast in responding to any questions we had and was very knowledgeable in terms of what the City's expectations were from zoning to permits. Would definitely hire Peter again.