Custom Home Services in Northcote, Victoria

“Worked with Paul and Mel on a partial redesign of our house - a knock down of the back portion and a rebuild to transform a small 1880s worker's terrace into a modern light filled, stylish and spacious 21st century home. The pair exceeded expectations on the design: they took all our 'nice to haves' and added them in with the 'must haves'. I feel they truly understood our vision from the outset, so that what we ended up with is simply perfect.”

“GSC did a fantastic bespoke design for our Brunswick terrace. Given the limitations of a single front house the design was able too utilize the space to feel open and full of natural light. I highly recommend working with GSC”

“The project was delivered on time and on budget resulting in a seamlessly integrated first floor addition to our house. The house looks like it was built like that from the very beginning, everyone says. Our friends find it hard to believe but there were no variations except when we asked for them. The construction manager was an experienced professional that was a pleasure to work with. He always looked for a solution from our perspective providing high quality results. His team was comprised of very skillful professionals, friendly and easy to work with. It was a truly great experience.”

“Windiate Architects were engaged to design, provide drawings and documents, tender to builders and then manage the building contract for the renovation of our single front 2 bedroom Victorian property into a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom property. Gary was very professional, experienced, positive, enthusiastic and had lots of great idea's. The design process was very well done, with some great concepts that reflected what we wanted, but also challenged and provided more than we had or could have considered ourselves. Gary's experiences also enabled us to have confidence in the selection of many items (materials, paints, finishes, fittings) that took a lot of stress out of the renovation process. Thoroughly recommend!”

“Having been commissioned by Ben to complete numerous photography projects, It is exciting to see what Ben and his team come up with next. I enjoy looking at the use of materials and how Ben has blended them into the environment with respect and quality of workmanship ensuring the end product is eco-friendly, functional and stylish.”

“I was given the confidence and trust by Sky hence hired him to design my new house just by the marina. My journey with Sky started more than 3 years ago. Every step of the way, Sky had given me the clarity and best effort on all building and design aspect. I have to admit that I am not an easy client for I bomb Sky with numerous calls during weekends, public holidays and after hours. Yes Sky was ever willing to listen and help me with my queries. To be honest, I was hunting for an architect and had waisted some small fortune with two prior so called architect. I am glad I found Sky as his experiences, dedication and attention to detail is un-matched! Sky had helped me through from my house design to acquring planning permit, which was unbelievably difficult, and even administered my whole building project. There were massive amount of challenges due to unforeseen circumstances but Sky was able to assist in resolving them amicably in terms of timeline and cost.”

“Aleks was contracted late 2015 to re-design a previous design by another architect due to the first architect not following the brief and extending the budget beyond the project's feasibility. Aleks's re-design not only met the brief, met the budget and made the project viable but extended the owners expectations by providing them with a far superior design. Aleks's diligence and timeliness were the best I have experienced in 43 years of building. Working with Aleks was an absolute pleasure. All associated with the project owe it's success to Aleks”

“Rebecca Naughtin Architect has worked with Kart Projects for the past 2 years on multiple projects. I selected Kart Projects to assist me whilst I wasn't able to work (expanding the family) as I knew they would be a reliable team that would compliment the skills of my own practice. The directors of Kart are excellent designers with a growing portfolio of work. They work hard with their clients to achieve the best results and offer a broad range of expertise. Keep an eye out for this emerging practice in the future, sure to be doing some interesting and engaging work.”

“I can not recommend Penny Guild highly enough. We have been extremely impressed with her through both the design and construction phases of our major home renovation. We have valued her design skills, her ability to listen to our priorities/requirements (especially as a family with 3 young children) and her knowledge regarding both sustainable design practices and the building process as a whole. Her communication has been excellent, she responds to queries promptly and follows up on tasks efficiently. Her assistance with decision making along all parts of the design and construction process has been invaluable to us. Her documentation is comprehensive and she has good attention to detail which has no doubt contributed to the process running very smoothly so far!”

“Nicola completed a number of projects on my house during the early part of 2014. The first was to design a colour scheme for painting the interior. My only brief was "not white". What she did throughout was sympathetic to the vintage of the house, yet interesting and modern. Everyone comments on the colours and how each area of the house relates to the next, without being uniform. I have had photo shoots in my home for interiors magazines particularly interested in the colours. The next project was my small inner city courtyard. Nicola's design here has made brilliant use of the space, and it now feels like a beautiful "room" of the house, even though it's outdoors. Finally the bathroom. Here Nicola ingeniously created a bathroom with shower over bath, vanity, and huge wall mirror, all in space just over 2m squared. I would say Nicola's particular skill with my house was to take its smallness, and make it feel like an asset rather than a liability!”