Home Additions Services in Shelocta, PA

“Working with David is a pleasure. His ideas are progressive yet thoughtful, and his designs are timeless. Looking forward to the next collaboration!”

“Peter is one of the best small architects in Pittsburgh. J. Francis Company has built a number of his designs, and relishes each opportunity. He and his staff have a streamlined delivery process with cutting edge design.”

“I hired Mr. Calisti to design an addition for my 100 year-old residence. He had very creative solutions to problems and his work was impressive to say the least. Every detail was well thought out. Lee developed a great relationship with our contractor and was always avaliable to answer any questions that arose on the jobsite. I felt that Lee had a great knowledge base about the newest building concepts and was able to incorporate these ideas into the addittion without affecting the original historic aspect of the house. I highly recommend Mr. Calisti to anyone looking to use architectural services.””

“Approximately seven years ago my wife and I started to explore various options of expanding our home for our growing family. We I connected with Darrell through one of my wife's best friend who had hired Darrell. The journey began with what we "thought" made the most sense which was to build a four-season room with additional basement space below along with a detached 2-car garage as we had a 1-car garage. Darrell helped make our vision a reality on paper added sensible touches and value engineered the job. Having never had a job of this size (I get it that in reality it was pretty small), we experienced sticker shock when the bids came back and could not justify to investment to get any reasonable return on our investment. So we paused and gave more thought as to another strategy which was to go out the other side of our house with an open kitchen over a 2-car garage. Sounds simple but ask him to show you the photos. Not only does the space work but he made the house flow inside beyond our expectations. He also helped in re-imagining closets, powder rooms, a second floor bath an an office for my wife. We get rave reviews. Now four years after we completed the project, we are confident it was absolutely the best thing we could have done. Our builder commented several times to me that he appreciated the extensive notes on the drawings as it left very few change orders in the end. We have recommended Darrell to neighbors, family members and anyone who asks. You won't be disappointed if you work with Darrell. He is a joy to work with. He has great vision but also is a great listener. His guidance in the process was invaluable. I don't think we will move anytime soon but if we did and needed to do the work again, we know the architect we'll call. Chris and Maureen H. Fox Chapel, PA”

“David is an extremely talented young architect who is wonderful to work with. We have hired him for 3 projects which demonstrates how reliable and easy to work with David is. He listens to our ideas nad brings them to life while working within our budget.”

“Matt is great to work with! He came into the disaster zone that was my first complete property overhaul. His vision paralleled mine and he was able to give advice on design ideas I had not previously considered. For example, I knew I wanted to open up my kitchen to flow into the dining room but Matt had a brilliant idea to that allowed me to do this while also creating more counter space AND a pantry in my tiny kitchen while still feeling very open. With Matt, we also created a whole new bathroom and expanded existing bedrooms by removing one half side of a cape cod roof and replacing it with a dormer that ran the length of the house. It added over 400sq/ft of living space to the house. He was very responsive to any concerns I had and provided me with all the information I needed about my reconstruction design. Matt was available when I needed him and met all timelines. I am more than please with the results and will definitely use Matt on future projects!”

“Mary helped me with a project. She is very smart, creative, and personable. She is an excellent listener and took the time to understand the my perspective. She provided honest feedback while keeping my budget in mind.”

“We had Heather Wildman design and implement a large addition/renovation to our house that included a larger kitchen and a series of outdoor rooms that included a porch/set of fireplaces/terrace. Heather is a wonderful architect and listens to her clients so that she can create solutions to how your space should work for you. She has a way of articulating how we wanted to live and brought that to the design process. Our space is beautiful, modern yet warm and inviting, and has changed the way we live and use our home. She is very collaborative and thoughtful and listens to what you need while making suggestions as to solutions you may not have considered. She also managed our construction team and was meticulous about details in the construction that we would have never thought of such as reinforcing the floors for an exceptionally large island we were bringing in. She is well connected to expert craftsman when custom work is needed (thank you Chuck for our beautiful windows). I recommend Heather highly and believe that Wildman Chalmers is the premier architectural firm in Pittsburgh.”

“Maria was the architect for our renovation of a historic warehouse bay into the office for our new self storage business. She had to deal with architectural challenges in the conversion as the old space didn't automatically meet our needs. There were more challenges as our sub-contractors original specs wouldn't work in practice. Maria jumped up and took care of these problems often before we knew they were problems. As the founders of our business were all "design challenged", it was great to have an architect with great interior design skills as well. The results were great and allowed us to launch our business in grand fashion. You can see pictures and video of Maria's work on our website at www.citycenterselfstorage.com. Evan McDonnell Co-owner City Center Self Storage”

“Shawn, the owner of the firm has been instrumental on our house addition and renovation in taking my ideas and putting them into drawings. We have had to alter and tweak quite a bit, but he is very professional and patient. I would recommend him to anyone in the area without hesitation he and his team are definitely good folks to have on your team when negotiating plans, city red tape, and cranky General Contractors.”