Martin Kolarik Home Design

Martin has an immense knowledge of home designs. He understands all the aspects involved and designs accordingly. I can highly recommend him.

We have worked with Martin over the past 15 years on large and small projects. His design, attention to detail and ability to communicate with customers is unparalleled. He has designed and coordinated many projects from initial meeting to council approval with his customers with great results. I would recommend Martin for all your building - design projects.

Martin provided a very thorough, professional, thoughtful and friendly service. He has great attention to detail and nothing was left to chance with the design and implementation of our plans. I already had a clear vision of what I wanted to achieve for our extension and Martin turned this into practical drawings and came up with some innovative solutions to redesign our upstairs space, saving the need to build on. He was flexible and happy to incorporate some of my own ideas into his design. Such thoroughness meant things didn't always progress as fast as I hoped, but obviously, it is important to get everything absolutely right before the build commences. My builder commented on how accurate Martin's measurements were and the end result has turned out as envisioned. I didn't get lots of quotes, so I don't know whether Martin's pricing is competitive, but I felt we had value for money. I would be happy to recommend him to anyone thinking of starting a building project.

We engaged Martin for a major renovation for our home including a extra floor with master bedroom and walk-in-robe as well as a greatly enlarged living/dining/entertaining area. We found Martin very professional and a pleasure to work with. Throughout the design phase he was sensitive to our requests and came up with both practical and aesthetic solutions for our needs and budget. We were impressed by his body of work, and his experience in design and dealing with councils, certifiers and builders was evident and reassuring. We were particularly impressed with the builders he recommended and worked with during the construction phase. Martin always made himself available at times to suit us, and he gave realistic and timely updates on his progress and budget. We are delighted with the transformation to our home and have recommended Martin to several friends.

We have not hesitated to recommend MK Home Design to any friend considering a renovation. Martin has shown us an outstanding ability to balance aesthetics with practicality and his up to date knowledge of clever design and building requirements have been a huge benefit. His commitment to remain fully involved until the completion of the project is both an advantage and comfort to us and demonstrates a passion for his work and his desire to get things right for his clients. Further to this, he has guided us through our decision making with unwavering professionalism and courtesy, towards an outcome which well accommodates our requirements and budget. Thank you Martin.

Our projects involve(d) home improvements and additions, so relatively modest compared to some other works Martin has been involved in. The first one was around 15 years ago and we have been doing various things since: the date below merely states one of the more recent projects. Initially, I wanted to do a lot of research myself, project manage the thing and handle builders, as well as council. We did speak with some builders, but part of the way in, I realised the complexity of it and the fact we would lose oversight very quickly. We approached Martin first around 2000 and, on a Sunday, he visited us to discuss our ideas which, other than having some global notion of what we wanted to achieve, were not clear cut. Martin was able to translate our ideas into concrete plans and understandable language and took the whole burden of management off our hands. This first project was to design and build a fourth bedroom, walk in wardrobe and full bathroom, separate shower and spa bath, as well as a toilet. Space was our enemy, due to a 5 meter high rock face restricting expansion capability, as well as access for machinery. All of this was taken into consideration and, as our plans developed, we gained a good understanding of why certain design features were done the way they were. We saw a true professional at work with indepth knowledge and skills in his field, which is displayed in every detail of his work. We were kept informed about the stages and had regular meetings. Martin pro-actively managed the builders, tradespeople and all administrative aspects, such as council requiremetns ect. He is meticulous and extremely easy to get along with: we have always felt completely comfortable in letting him manage our projects. This year will see a further uprgade, this time a kitchen revamp, skylights installation and a possible extension of a suspended concrete slab (about 2.8m above undulated, rocky ground) to allow for a larger garage/workshop area. This particularly, requires some clever engineering and design and for us, the choice is simple: we will never embark on this, or any other project without Martin's full involvement from the beginning.