Martin Kolarik Home Design

I'm very happy to recommend Martin to anyone looking to renovate their home. Martin was a pleasure to deal with from our first contact. He listened carefully to what I wanted to achieve, and came up with great suggestions, including adding in ideas for some improvements I wished for but didn't think were practical, while staying within my budget. He was happy to review his plans based on my feedback, and was very patient with answering questions arising out of my lack of confidence and knowledge of how to go about the renovation. The process of applying for and receiving DA approval, in a bushfire and heritage area, were handled expertly and with no issues arising, and the builder and other trades that came recommended by him have been a pleasure to work with.

Martin talked us through our initial plans. We found his sound advice very valuable in validating our plans and telling us which parts won't work so well for certain reasons. Very honest and practical advice. Highly recommended

We met Martin soon after purchasing a new property and we were quite uncertain whether to go ahead with some home modifications or not. He patiently listened to our ideas regarding what we want to do versus what is needed while carefully exploring the property. He managed to put our minds at ease by helping us to set priorities and being realistic about what we need to do with our house. My wife and I were both impressed by his honest and professional opinion on the matter. I think he saved us from getting into something we would have regretted, had we started off without a consultation with him. We’re very thankful and highly recommend him to anyone planning a major renovation.

Martin was a pleasure to work with, bring professionalism, great ideas and an awareness of every fine detail throughout the design process. He was able to help us achieve our current goals for extension of our home, but also ensure this worked with a longer-term plan for our future wish list of changes.

We are incredibly happy with the result and are enjoying the space, light, and practicality it has brought to our home.

It's clear in hindsight that without Martin's expert knowledge we would almost certainly have made mistakes with the first extension stage that would have proved costly in the future - we are very grateful for his planning and foresight.

We had an excellent experience working with Martin on the renovation of our home. He was very accepting of our vision to create an "echo of deco" look for our very dated and dark home. He was enthusiastic about the challenge and met our brief with some wonderful ideas to make an open plan, bright and individual looking house. Thank you Martin and your team, we are delighted with our finished product.

We highly recommend Martin - he literally made our dreams come true! He took our very woolly ideas, our outdated floor plan and our bushfire rated house and came up with some interesting design options which met all our criteria. He guided us through the entire process with grace and good humour and his technical expertise ensured that our plans were approved by council without a hitch.

I have no hesitation in recommending Martin Kolarik. Martin came to my house and after a discussion about what I was looking for he came up with a number of different options or concept plans. Martin understands the processes involved in getting plans approved by council and he is reliable with respect to estimating the time frame of the steps over which he has some control. We are very happy with our new home which is a vast improvement on the dysfunctional floor plan I had lived with for years.

I cannot recommend Martin high enough, based on his professionalism, his technical knowledge and skill and the ability to manage a project from start to finish, without us having to worry about anything other than colours etc. We have had several engagements over the past 18 or so years and would not embark on a project without consulting him as a first step.
Oh, and he also possesses that enviable quality of carefully managing a guy who kept saying: I can do a lot myself... He is the ultimate gentleman and we regard the cost of engaging him as an investment, not a burden.
Dolien and Peter N.

Martin is fantastic. Highly recommended if you are looking for someone who will take the time to understand your requirements whilst balancing to your budget.

We we introduced to Martin through a friend who had used him to 'fix' the issues caused by another designers poor work on their renovation. Based on this recommendation, we used Martin's services to design an extension to a 1940's fibro house. We wanted the design to look like it 'had always been there' and to maintain the original feel and features of the house. We are very happy that Martin's design managed to do both of these things while creating a modern, usable space for our family. The end result is exactly what I imagined from Martin's drawings. Martin was always available for consultations outside of 'office hours' and always professional. I am happy to recommend his service to our friends.