Lea Design Studio

So lucky to found John to work on our house renovation, it was great through the whole process. As a first time renovation I was unsure on the process. John was so supportive throughout and helped us with every step of renovation. We couldn’t be happier with our home design from Lea design. Anyone engaging John, will be in very good hands. Highly recommend!!

Amazing experience and pleasure dealing with John. From our first meeting through to our final review for my home renovation I’m so happy in every steps with Lea design studio. Extremely reliable, service on time, with an honest and professional advice. We’re so lucky to find John Lea. Very very highly recommend!!

We found John Lea Designs from Houzz and are very impressed by their professionalism and helpful attitude. We chose him over architectural companies from his previous impressive designs and what his previous clients said about him and that didn’t disappoint! John is very good at what he does and listens well to what we wanted. He also help us deal with a very difficult body corporate with patience and professionalism. Thanks John we hope to start the building process soon.

We moved to the Gold Coast recently, and were looking for a reputable Architect to design our new beachfront home. We found John via Google on Houzz website and were impressed by the very good reviews from his previous clients. John was chosen as our preferred candidate after meeting with him and a couple of other Architects with experience in upmarket residential design. John presented us with a very detailed proposal from initial sketch design through to building completion giving us good visibility of all the steps in the process. Since engaging John, the design experience has been very interactive and he has always responded positively to our input. We’ve found the 3D modelling and Virtual Reality tours particularly beneficial in allowing us to experience and understand the design. We have no hesitation in recommending John to others looking for an Architect who will provide attentive service and outstanding design results. Shirley & John Huberts

John was recommended to us and our creative design journey with him has been exciting and rewarding. Being experienced builders, John has exceeded our expectations; tailoring a design outcome and documentation service, to suit our specific needs in designing our new home. The constraints of a small and irregular shaped site for our residential home – a fan shape with two street frontages- gave John plenty of opportunity to demonstrate his high skill set and creativity in transforming our initial sketch into a unique, functional and aesthetically charming home design. Each meeting with John has been exciting, as he continues to amend and develop our vision; where the design is now almost at completion. From 3D Design Modelling to Virtual Reality walk through presentations, we’ve found the entire design experience to be an impressive revelation of the benefits provided by the cutting edge technologies that Lea Design Studio offer. John has enthusiastically guided us towards a range of building products and appropriate websites to assist us in our building finishes, whilst always considering the constraints of our budget. In addition, he has been active in coordinating with the engineer, town planner and certifier to move our design towards submission for approval. John is nothing short of professional and it was clear from the outset that he is very passionate and dedicated to arriving at the optimal outcome. He is a sincere and friendly person who makes communication easy and meetings pleasant and enjoyable. We wholeheartedly endorse John and Lea Design Studio for the exceptional skills, talents, capabilities and professionalism they bring to any customised architectural project!

I first connected with John almost 2 years ago. We are now so close to starting the our build of our once in a lifetime dream home. John has been a huge asset and has lead the way through the entire process. He has not only delivered a home that will fit perfectly on our property but it will also fit perfectly with our family which was a priority for us. John is as professional as they come, from finding the right builder, landscape designer and interior designer, to taking the lead at meetings. John listened to our needs and incorporated every little detail. Our vision and Johns vision finding synchronicity.

John Lea is an absolute professional. From initial mood boards to final design the quality of his work has been terrific and has exceeded all expectations. He has listened carefully to what matters to us and has skillfully combined our voice with what is practical and aesthetically pleasing. John has aptly applied his extensive design experience to our residential build and has embraced the challenges of a remote coastal site to design something that will be robust, beautiful, unique and most importantly, has livability front-of-mind. His use of traditional presentation techniques augmented with 3D imaging and fly-throughs have really helped us to envisage what will be our home and business. We’ve ‘walked’ through our design queries and just as importantly, these clever technologies have helped to sustain a level of excitement throughout what will be an 18-month process. Thanks to John we have a design that we love to look at, that fulfills our brief and that can be built within our budget.

When my husband and I decided to add another storey to our family home, we decided we should engage an Architect to assist us. We found Lea Design Studio through Houzz. John has guided us successfully through the design process and created a well resolved extension that we are excited to be commencing soon. We provided to John an initial budget and builders have returned to us estimates within this. We’d highly recommend John to anyone considering undertaking a major renovation or designing a new home.

We had been planning our new home for 11 months and had come to the realisation that we needed professional assistance to distil all of our ideas into a successful design outcome. Having never used an Architect before, we discovered John’s Studio through a comprehensive online search. Lea Design Studio appealed to us because he checked out. It is as simple as that. I feel his multi-faceted experience has given him an understanding of the intricacies of the whole process; not just the “Architects” point of view. There is a lot more to designing a home than we anticipated but with Johns guidance and support, not to mention his contacts this has been a rewarding journey. Johns professionalism and integrity has been evident throughout the project not only in his design but more importantly in his ability to listen and amend the design to our requirements without pushing his own agenda. The design solution that John created exceeded all of our expectations. He has taken our sketch which contained multiple square boxes within a larger rectangular box with kilometres of hallway and deciphered what my wife and I were trying to achieve. I am still blown away with how he took what we proudly presented to him at the time and created our dream home. A home that not only looks beautiful but is functional. His guidance and co-ordination of the entire design process has made the journey a very positive and enjoyable experience. We’d have no hesitation in endorsing John and Lea Design Studio to anyone looking for architectural assistance with the design of their new home or other projects. James & Alesha Anderson

An astute professional. Tracy and I throughly enjoyed each meeting design session with John, designing and establishing a complete set of drawings, plans and strategies for our floor level beachside renovation. The guidance, leadership and natural ability to listen to our ideas has seen John deliver a spectacular design that will indeed result in a world class new property. Thank you john, a fantastic outcome and totally enjoyable journey!, we loved it, and thank you for that.

Being from interstate, we relied on an internet search to find the best Architect to design a major renovation of our Queensland holiday home. We found John's firm through Houzz website. He responded immediately to our inquiry. He met with us on site when we visited the Gold Coast several weeks later. We have been exceptionally pleased with John's prompt attention to our project. The well resolved design outcome and his assistance in co-ordinating the necessary consultants to obtain building approval. We would highly recommend John and Lea Design Studio to family, friends and anyone looking for an Architect on the Gold Coast. Mary and Paul Victoria

My wife Di and I commissioned John to redesign our waterfront entertaining area to incorporate a 15m lap pool, spa and BBQ pavilion on a difficult sloping site. We had a few attempts to find an Architect who would listen to the brief and interpret the style and design that we liked. We engaged John who took into full account the attributes of the home and blended it in seamlessly with the prominent north facing waterfront block where our home is located. John throughout the entire process has been proactive in not only the design, but also in co-ordinating and hastening the structural engineer and other consultants to guide it successfully through the complex Council approvals process. We would certainly have no hesitation in recommending John for any project. Chris Otley-Doe. Director at Accenture.