Ukalovic Design

I Searched for months for a Home designer who I could collaborate with. Someone that give’s clear, precise plans (especially in 3D) allowing you to walk around your home and visualize it so much easier. Someone who is passionate about what he does and pleasure to throw ideas around with. Someone who treats the design and the process like he’s building it for his own family. Someone who adds the extra touches that make a good design...great. Whether it be the simplicity of changing the pitch of the roof, or double posts instead of one to add that extra quality feel to the facade. Or finding a way of connecting two balconies together for better flow, always keeping in mind the practical costs of engineering. The house I built was no easy feat. The project was huge. 360sqm 3 level home, 6 bed, 3 living, 4 bath. pool, huge retaining walls and engineering, separate garage and landscaping design. Yep. Jay drew it up, we talked, we tweaked. And then we built it. And every aspect worked. Brilliantly. I’m not just saying that. I’m never leaving this house, ever. And also I must say. Don’t read this review and think “oh he must be expensive” He’s not. He’s just humble and fair and good at what he does. As you may have realised. I’m a big fan. You can even call me on it. Jonathan Nyquist, Newport 0405134006

We would highly recommend Ukalovic Design. Jay's approach is absolutely professional but at the same time he is so friendly and supportive. We had a difficult design process due to the requirements around our existing house but he persevered, going through a number of different design ideas that ultimately gave us an excellent design outcome. Jay works so well with everyone and many of the other professionals involved on the project have commented on what a great job he has done coming up with a design that meets council requirements while still delivering a beautiful home. The other consultants he has referred us to have also been excellent. We will always be thankful that we chose Jay and Ukalovic Design to help us with our renovation. If we were ever to go down this crazy path of renovating again we would use Jay in a heartbeat!

Jay from Ukalovic designs is a very talented man who is able to think outside the box and come up with amazingly creative yet practical ideas. Our house has been transformed from a very dowdy house to a spectacular one thanks to Jay. He is very reliable, hardworking and a lovely guy. Thankyou so much Jay ,we are beyond lucky to have you create the perfect house for us.

Looking back, the outstanding feature of the service provided by Ukolavic Design was their dedication to not only designing the home that we desired, but to shepherding the project through the various initial stages in order to ensure council approval and this issuance of the construction certificate. Their services far exceeded the architectural drafting services I expected. And for their support, knowledge of the byzantine council processes, and their tenacity to see it through to the stage where we were able to start building I will be forever grateful. And the house design is awesome!

I would highly recommend Jay from Ukalovic Design. Renovating can be a highly stressful task. From our initial meeting to the completion of our renovation Jay made the process much easier compared to previous renovations we have done. Jay contributed some great ideas in the planning stage but was always very conscious of what we wanted to achieve. Our builder complimented his plans and said they were very easy to work with. Jay was always available to discuss any issues we had. Jays fees were very reasonable and very transparent. We are extremely happy with our renovation.

Jay's patience and willingness to explore many ideas that we put to him helped us to finally put together a design that we had not even thought would work, and interestingly although it is far from what we started with, it absolutely feels right for our family. We would recommend Jay to anybody looking to explore different concepts for building.

Jay provided some great (superior) drawings to meet building and council standards when our original design and build company let us down. He also helped coordinate other services to support us to get urgent approval from Council. We received approval yestetday! We highly recommend Jay for his expertise, service and support.

My wife and I are relatively new to the Central Coast having moved to Point Frederick from Sydney. After settling into our home we decided to undertake some renovations. We wanted to add a covered walkway from our front gate to the house as well as extending the cover over a large balcony and redesigning it transforming it into a large outdoor entertainment area. We were looking for someone to help us with design through to building. Enter Jay of Ukalovic Design. From the first moment we met Jay we were impressed with his understanding of what we needed, his attention to providing the best most cost effective way to achieve our renovations wanted while still maintaining the high quality we were seeking. Jay took care of all the details, from drawing up plans to council lodgement and beyond. He helped us source builders, structural engineers and certifiers . Once a team had been assembled he liaised with them all once He helped connect us with structural engineers, private certifiers and builders liaising with all keeping everybody involved informed and updated on the progress of the plans through council and of any changes that were made. When our plans were being drawn up, nothing was too much trouble. Jay ensured that we were happy with the design making any changes we suggested and explaining clearly why somethings had to be a certain way. The final results were clear and concise plans both on paper and 3D images in a digital format both reviewed in his office and sent to us by email to keep on file for our reference. Jay proved to be not only professional in the way in conducted himself and his business but we also found him to be well connected and respected in the building industry. He has always conducted himself in a polite and friendly manner, has gone over and above anything we could have expected. We cannot recommend him more highly and we would certainly not hesitate to use his services again.

We engaged Jay to draw plans up for our renovation and driveway. Jay has been a so amazing. Working with us on the plans, arranging council approval, sorting out engineering issues for our sloping block and helping us find the right builder. He had been incredibly patient with us when we changed our minds it changed details and his design was exactly, if not better, than we could have hoped for. He understood what we were hoping to achieve and helped us work within our budget. His communication is excellent and worked well with us given our busy lives. We have no hesitation in recommending Jay - for any type of job. Jo and Scotty

We were so pleased to have found Jay. Jay understood our brief and was able to transform our rough floor plan into a practical building with an interesting roofline and including all on our wish list. Given we had a narrow block to work with this needed some innovative work from Jay. Jay was great to work with,always very pleasant and easy to communicate with. We would be happy to recommend his services to any one about to embark on a building project

Jay went above and beyond to make me happy with our design for our renovations. He knew this was the first time we had done this and was extremely patient and helpful. Nothing was ever too much of a ask and gave us advise on alot more! Could not have been happier with the design! Jay listened to us and somehow could see what I was seeing in my mind! Will and would definitely highly recommend them to everyone!

We first met Jay several years ago when he designed our current home. He was brilliant, he just wants it to be right & making changes was not a problem. He also had ideas of his own & made lots of suggestions along the way. It was the first house we have built (3 in total) where after living in it for a while there was nothing we wanted to change. He did such a great job last time we managed to track him down & have engaged his services to do our next home. From what he has shown us to date we made the right choice. If you are after a home that has street appeal, a wow factor, is practical , meets your lifestyle,a difficult site, Jay will go the extra mile to meet your needs. Stephen & Vicki