Energy-Efficient Homes Services

“We engaged Darrin Albert from Sketch Building Design to design our family home renovation. Darrin came highly recommended and we were certainly not disappointed. Our vision was to develop a contemporary two storey addition to our Edwardian home. The design delivered and service provided exceeded our expectations. Darrin and the team were professional, enthusiastic, responsive and focused on our needs and budget. They were a pleasure to deal with and we would happily recommend.”

“We highly recommend Emmy Design to anyone who wants modern interior design for their homes. Recently, we hired Emmy Design to help us to renovate our home. Emmy’s work consisted of choosing new wall colors, artwork, carpets, tiles, new pieces of furniture in many rooms, and much more. Emmy demonstrated an impressive level of expertise and professionalism throughout the entire renovation process. She has transformed our home from a traditional style to a model style. We are very happy with her modern design and really enjoy our new home now. We highly recommend Emmy Design to you because: 1. Emmy is an exceptional interior designer who is passionate and extremely knowledgeable about her work. 2. Emmy treated us with patience and respect. Whenever we have any questions or requirements, she always answers us with patience and try her best to meet our requirements. 3. Last but not least, Emmy treated us like her friends.”

“I was introduced to Kate Barakovski from Moda Interiors several years ago by a client that was searching for an interior designer. Kate carefully listens to the clients and worked hard to create the home that reflected every individual requirement that was discussed at the initial site meeting. Working with Kate on the project made my job easier and reduced the construction time dramatically. I have worked closely with Kate on many other custom Homes. I find that she is a professional in every sense of the word. Her work is extremely creative, innovative and individualized to reflect each client's personal style. She can take a dull home and transform it into a master piece. She is honest and hardworking and can make the biggest design project manageable. Kate has an innate ability to understand the client’s needs. Her designs and concepts are supported with liveable floor plans and diagrams, samples of luscious materials and fabrics, leaving no stone unturned and always with the luxurious finish in mind. Over the last 15 years I have worked with many interior designers but Kate and the team at Moda Interiors manage to capture the homes full potential every time. They are energetic, enthusiastic, and understands budgets. Most certainly there isn't another interior design company that can offer the personal and professional services, supported by up to the minute state of the art technology that is backed by 15 plus years of success.”

“Lorena did an outstanding job for us on two seperate projects. The styling on both of our properties was outstanding and they did not even look like the same homes for minimal cost. The work done by Lorena Ongaro increased the value of our properties by over $50,000 each which is simply outstanding and we will use her services in the future and encourage others to do the same to realise the full potential of their property Regards Michelle Nazaroff”

“We are fortunate enough to live in and love our mid century home. We'd been delaying renovations and updates as we simply didn't know where to start and didn't want to make errors with design details. Alistair's 'Dr Retro House Call' has given us the confidence to get moving! Alistair has also brought to our attention things that the average person would not consider with regard to safety, which is particularly pertinent as parents of a young child. Alistair provided us a very thorough overview of what work and repairs are necessary and then what we can do to improve our home aesthetically. His breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm for mid century homes and design is very inspiring.”

“Pete Taylor from Taylor'd Distinction is an absolute professional, extremely easy to deal with, has great ideas & delivers amazing results. We gave Pete our wish list, an A4 page of things we'd like in our new home ( but had no idea what the final design would look like!) & he created concept drawings for our dream home. Every step of the way Pete was helpful, patient & full of suggestions but more than happy to listen to our thoughts. The results... An amazing design, totally unique & absolutely what we wanted!”

“Dalecki Design are incredibly professional, friendly and engaging to work with, creating a phenomenally creative, usable and environmentally aware space that makes us feel like we're holidaying at home. As a builder myself, the plans created by Dalecki Design were more comprehensively detailed than any I'd worked with, allowing me to save costs, increase accuracy and reduce waste. We have already recommended Dalecki Design to our family and friends and wouldn't even think twice about who we'd use to design our future homes.”

“I have worked with Evan and his team at Focus Architecture on 4 different projects now, ranging from raising a house and building in underneath, 4 Townhomes and 9 unit residential building. They are a super talented design firm who got it right everytime. They allowed me to put forward my suggestions and combined them with their talents and ideas which in turn gave me a product I'm incredibly proud of. I would absolutely recommend them. Easy to work with, fast turnarounds and they offer other services that help when developing properties. I have no hesitation in recommending Focus Architecture!”

“I love old houses! Actually am obsessed with old houses. Previously I have done renovations little by little to bring these beauties back to life. Our bungalow in Mackay, being completely asbestos (yes roof, interior and exterior cladding), meant little by little with 3 kids and a business was not an option. We engaged Tempus to help bring my love of Art Deco and Australian Post-War homes together with a renovation and extension project that would see our 2 bedroom + sleepout, 1 bathroom home become 4 bed + 2 bathroom classic family home. We had tiles selected and our theme so it was great to work with Tempus to see our our existing floor plan could be shuffled to reduce structural work and allow a seamless transition to our extension. Flipping our kitchen and lounge room? Who would have thought it would make such a difference to the flow of our home. The sleepout became the Master Ensuite and was split to allow wardrobe space for the second bedroom. For the interiors we had a pretty clear vision of what we wanted to achieve. The Tempus design team helped bring this together will a full scope of fixtures and finishings to ensure that the entire project came together, was balanced and beautiful. We have nearly completed the existing house renovation, ready to commence the extension and are grateful to be working with Tempus on this project and other in the future.”

“I have photographed a number of Kirsten's projects over the last few years. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, but the feel of the homes she creates is both warm and tasteful. I have always been impressed with the effective use of space, the amount of light drawn into the spaces, connection to the garden, and the beautiful, unique detailing Kirsten manages to incorporate into each project. I'm very much looking forward to working together again and can't recommend Kirsten and her work highly enough.”