Sara

Jay helped me re-design several areas of a small downtown loft. In particular, a tiny kitchen. He helped me understand what the kitchen needed and how I might achieve that. A suggestion, for instance, to move the fridge and create a separate cupboard for it, completely opened up the area and actually made the space flow like a much larger kitchen and increased the workspace amazingly. Another idea to partially open one wall made an incredible difference that I couldn't have imagined and never would have thought of doing. The kitchen is now modern and open and extraordinarily functional for such a small condo. He also helped me word the condo renovation application and made some wonderful suggestions for work throughout the condo, particularly with increasing storage without losing valuable space. His ideas always kept my budget in mind, but reached out creatively to add interest and fun with functionality in spite of tight funds. I had some visions of my own but no clue how to apply them successfully. Jay listened completely and helped me realize those ideas, generally with additional suggestions that made them much more practical. Jay let me run with my creative dreams, but always added in that one more thought that made the condo work more usefully as well as more aesthetically Throughout the project he supported me when I struggled with the contractors and communication. He returned to the site whenever I needed help or had a question. If I'd had the budget, I would have had him oversee the whole thing and stepped aside, but since I didn't, it was such a relief to know I could call him for help and advice. This was a small budget project to him, but not to me yet I always felt he would do whatever was necessary to make it work out for me. Initially I was going to do this on my own. I am so thankful I turned to Jay and House Call Renovation and could not recommend him more highly.

Have a small condo in Toronto with an under-the-stair space for an old-size television - so quite a large empty, useless space. Dan added 3 large, well built and beautiful drawers for much needed extra storage - they will hold extra bed linens, shoes - whatever. He also designed a special drawer that had a neat opening at the back to hold all the cables and modems, as that was where they enter the condo. Now it's all organized and easy to get to as the drawer rolls out and there they are. Also, that drawer still has plenty room for storage, still. Dan was so helpful in design, great at communicating and on time and very nice to work with all around. Highly, highly recommend.