House Plans Services in Otego, NY

“Benjamin’s approach to planning, developing and designing is exquisite. He has incredible eyes and understanding of how to move the design process from concept to reality. He designed a vacation home for me by merging and shaping my numerous needs with conflicting styles into a beautiful home. He is easy to work with and very talented in helping to realize your vision. No matter the size of the project, the level of detail and attention is impeccable!”

“Upon purchasing a home built in the era of the 1960’s, we consulted with and hired Laura Intscher from Secret Based Design to reconfigure the space of the home which was very dated & closed off with all of the rooms separated by walls. The space needed special attention in light of the prior construction with load bearing walls which needed to be opened up for our floor plan desires. Laura was able to understand our desires and offer us a design that allowed for the rooms to be opened up, giving us a room to room flow with a more spacious desired floor plan which is exactly what we were looking for. With Laura, it was easy to communicate our wishes. Her knowledge and understanding of modern design layout and the challenges we were facing with building construction in general, allowed her to design and offer a concept that perfectly fit our wants and needs. In addition, Laura’s past experience and professional relationship with the surrounding Township’s building code department’s requirements, notwithstanding Laura’s knowledge of the processes involved was extremely helpful in obtaining permits and occupancy certificates. We consulted with Laura from start to finish on our project, including colors, furniture placement and fixtures. We would hire Laura again and have highly recommend her to our friends and family.”

“Slavica helped to combine a one bedroom and a two bedroom apt into our NYC home and oasis. She was a pleasure to work with and I always felt that she was fully vested in the project, troubleshooting contractor issues and delivering solutions construction surprises. She had clever ideas and also helped with designing recommendations when we had questions regarding look and style for our new apartment. Honest, motivated, reliable and extremely creative. We would recommend her (and have!) to anyone.”

“We aimed to redesign/repurpose the interior space for a small outbuilding on our property and stumbled upon BEAR Architects after a quick google search. Being a new business, they didn't have much in terms of reviews, however, they were very responsive so we went with our gut and gave them a chance. Thankfully our gut feeling steered us in the right direction. Beth and Andrew are incredible to deal with. We found them to be very composed, yet focused and aggressive in moving our project along. They paid close attention to the objectives we communicated. They listened to our ideas and steered us properly when their knowledge and expertise was required. They were efficient and completed our project within the scope of the timeline laid out in their proposal. Lastly, they were respectful of our budget and ensured that we received everything we needed for the amount we had earmarked for architectural work. In fact, we were provided with additional site plans that were not initially within the scope of the project. I wouldn't hesitate for a minute to use BEAR Architects. We will certainly work with them again!”

“I felt like I won the lottery after my first conversation with Shulum. He is kind, smart, a good listener, pragmatic, and has a great eye on every minor detail, always available. many more projects to come your way.”

“Merica provide me with expertise and drawings for an apartment renovation in Manhattan that involved structural engineers, gas lines, and co-op approval/architectural review. She worked with the contractors, structural engineers and the co-op architect to devise the proper plans and to iron out various issues. She took care of obtaining the necessary permits and was always available to answer my questions, offering great insight that enabled me to make sound decisions throughout the project. Working with her made what was rumored to be a short to mid-term headache nothing but a seamless process. Good quality work for a great price. Will use again!”