We contacted Ben a year ago. We had just moved into our forever property however the house was not working for us. We wanted to have a functional house for our family of 5 without much wasted space. I spoke to Ben on the phone and he had me sold. Telling me that he liked to design houses with purpose and would make sure to see what our family's current and future needs would be. We are not into huge houses with wasted spaces. We were looking for a mix of mid century and modern farm house. We wanted to maintain the bungalow to "age in place".
With the first elevation delivered he nailed our design taste. It was perfect! ( Actually we thought of modifying it but ended up back at his original exterior design because it was perfect from the get go) the layout was great too. Such a great combination of open concept and private spaces.
Ben did advise us that going up , adding a second story, may be cheaper. We decided we liked the function of the bungalow and proceeded with that. As it turns out it was more expensive than we had hoped and COVID pricing didn't help either with prices coming in about 100 k+ over our budget. Yikes. Our eyes were definitely bigger than our pockets.
With our heads hung low, we contacted Ben again and he graciously listened to our thoughts and provided us with new elevations that reflect a partial two story. He had many ideas and didn't shy away from showing them to us.
Ben had been a pleasure to work with. He is extremely flexible, he listens to ideas and input from the client. He has excellent communication and will email back in a very timely manner. He also recommended several general contractors that might be a good fit for us. I often worried I was being a bother, but Ben always reassured me that I was not and it was all part of the design process.
At this stage, we are still sitting in the design phase as life got a little in the way.
We are extremely excited to get back to work with Ben and turn our home into our beloved forever home.
I would certainly recommend BM architectural design for your home design needs time and time again.
Thank you! We are excited.