We hired Areté to add a new second floor comprised of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a laundry room, a mechanical room to our bungalow. Areté also expanded and remodeled our kitchen, added a mudroom, renovated the powder room, added a storage room in the basement, installed new hardwood floors throughout the house and built a deck.
We were impressed with Davor and Ivan, our project manager, from day one. They assessed our house and our needs and we were all able to quickly negotiate and implement a contract.
Ivan is an amazing project manager! He always promptly responds to email, texts and calls. He ensured that our project stayed on schedule as we moved back home in less than 10 months. He offered creative options and improvements throughout the project, which we almost always implemented. Ivan is very knowledgeable about construction and anticipated downstream challenges, especially those related to remodeling in Chicago. Most importantly, Ivan is honest and hard working. We really can’t say enough good things about him.
Throughout our project we received just about daily updates and photos of our project and as well as weekly summaries.
The workmanship of all the carpenters, electricians, plumbers, painters and tilers was excellent. Any mistakes were quickly corrected.
Patty’s construction and design expertise was so helpful. She guided us through each stage of our project, offering suggestions to make our space more beautiful and functional.
Ivana and Vasilka asked us for gave us lots of material and design options and walked us through the process.
Benjamin designed our mudroom and beautiful kitchen, with a built-in banquette, two pantries and floor to ceiling cabinets. He incorporated our needs and his creative accents. His 3-D design images brought our new kitchen to life and helped us make last minute tweaks to the plan.
I have already recommended Areté to friends and would choose them again for a future project.