We are doing a total gut of the house as well as adding an addition connected to the original with an atrium. Bart’s ideas meshed extremely well with our own ideas for a contemporary design. We are very pleased with the progress thus far. We did run into some design problems with sight lines for our ravine, and had to come to a compromise on redesigns here. 3D walkthroughs of the project before finalizing the design could have prevented this problem.

The project was a renovation of the first floor of a bungalow. It covered the bathroom, kitchen, living room, and bedrooms. As the it is a bungalow it required some creative solutions to make everything fit in a relatively unit. Bart's layout and design ideas were a great help on making the layout work. They managed the process from the drawings to obtaining the building permits.

We enjoyed working with Bart. He came up with some great ideas for dealing with a long and narrow house and also a way to brighten up the second floor. He helped navigate the city and variances needed as well.

The contractor was a problem and Bart attempted to help there but there was only so much he could do on that end with respect to fixing the mistakes that were construction errors not design errors.

We have a story and a half Etobicoke home and doubled the size with the addition. When Bart presented his ideas I was very excited with the plans. His design was beautiful and now we have recently moved in. His ideas were so good I almost couldn't believe that it would happen but here we are and the space is everything we dreamed of.
He was pleasant to work with and was responsive during construction.

Bart provided us with drawings for our permit application. He gave us a schedule at the beginning and delivered pretty much on the date he'd told us. We had a few items that got forgotten or missed but he fixed them once we noticed. Overall, was a great experience and we'd work with him again.

Bart Szoke came to our house several times and worked hard to get us what we needed. His costs were reasonable and there were no hidden costs. Very responsive.

We are very happy that we chose Bart to do the drawings for our renovation project. He was very knowledgeable and patient, working through all of our questions and revisions in a respectful manner. Our project was slightly unusual and Bart always came up with great solutions to ensure that the project was successful. He was also very helpful when our framers missed a very important structural detail in the early stages of construction. We can highly recommend his work.

We enjoyed working with Bart. He was recommended by our contractor with whom we had worked many times over the years. We had long delayed this renovation because of a handful of "problems" that we (and another architect and the contractor) had never been able to solve. Bart figured them out almost immediately. In addition, he had several inspired spatial ideas that transformed the look of our main living area. He is soft spoken but a great listener and very effective. We love the "new" place.

We got in touch with Bart because we wanted a full backyard reno, including replacing our kitchen wall with large glass doors, adding bleacher style steps down into the yard, replacing the lawn with a paved courtyard and adding a hot tub. For us, it was important that there was a flow to the garden, while keeping some of the existing features like the flowerbeds in place. Bart was friendly, approachable and thoughtful in his approach to the design. He talked through all aspects of the process with us (it was our first time doing a large project) and made us feel comfortable. We went through several altered plans before we found one that was approved by the city and us! We are absolutely delighted with the result and plan to work with Bart again in the future.

Working with Bart was a great experience. Highly recommended. He helped us brainstorm a number of options for our home renovation as we engaged him very early in the process. He was quite accommodating, in terms of flexibility in setting up meetings. We were also able to handle a lot of details over email which helped us to be efficient. Bart also offered to connect us with builders with whom he'd worked before, but there was no pressure to work with them. Once we did engage our builders, they commented that they were impressed with Bart's drawings, as they were among the most detailed that they've seen for a project of our size.