Elegant Simplicity

Martin Kolarik  Home Design
Creating Simply Elegant Home Designs For Your Family
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Home Renovation in Willoughby Council

Renovating your home in Willoughby Council is an exciting prospect. Transforming your home is a significant undertaking. So entrusting it in the right hands will help prevent the excitement turning into stress.

You may want to renovate to update your ageing house or to accommodate your growing family. Either way, you want a designer who will listen to you and create a design that merges your personal vision with his professional experience. Someone who is attuned to the values of your local council.

A good designer who knows Willoughby Council inside and out will reduce your worries and retain the excitement of making your dream home a reality.

Renovating Your Home in Willoughby Council

When it comes to home design and renovation, Willoughby Council values building sustainability into your home. They want homes that are healthy, comfortable, and high-quality to benefit you in the long term and save you money.

Willoughby Council hosts workshops and events throughout the year to learn more about passive design principles and choosing the right building materials.

You will, therefore, want a Designer who is experienced in and aligns with these values. Home renovation in Willoughby Council requires local experience and knowledge. This includes experience with certifications, design principles and sustainability elements.

Helping You through the Renovation Process

Martin Kolarik, of Martin Kolarik Home Design, is an expert Designer of homes in the Willoughby Council area. He is a resident of the North Shore and raised his family in this area of beautiful parks, classic churches and friendly residents.

Martin’s first priority is to ensure that your home will be a reflection of your dreams and needs. Often, the issue between designers and clients is that the designer presumes to know what is best for his or her clients.

This is very different with Martin. His first priority is always to listen to your needs. He believes that a home Designer who does not work hard to understand and accommodate his client’s wishes and needs should not be in the home design business.

He will listen to what you want and look out for your family’s needs now and in the longer term. Martin will also advise you on what will help increase the value of your home and what will not.

Designing Renovations for Bushfire Prone Land

Much of the land in Willoughby Council is Bushfire Prone. If your land falls into that category, your materials and roof systems must comply with the appropriate BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) rating requirements.

Renovating on Bushfire-Prone Land is Martin’s expertise. Many of his projects are on Bushfire Prone Land. Therefore, he always has bushfire safety regulations in mind when creating a home design. He also has been a team coordinator for his local Community Fire Unit for the last decade.

Renovation of Heritage Homes

Willoughby is home to 12 Heritage Conservation Areas and over 240 Heritage Items. This means many new development or renovation projects have to conform to the heritage requirements of the area.

Renovation of Heritage Homes needs a considered approach to design and sensitivity around an integration of the original part of the house with the new addition. The aim is not to try and replicate the original, but rather to design a renovation which balances the old and the new.

Martin and his team have successfully designed renovations of heritage properties in councils across Sydney’s north, including Willoughby council.

Getting Council Approval

Before you begin a major renovation project, you need to get the approval of Willoughby Council. Martin takes the stress out of requesting Council approvals.

Intimate Knowledge of Council Rules

Martin stays up to date on the latest changes in DA (Development Applications) and CDC (Complying Development Certificate) regulations. This means he knows not just the words in the regulations, but also the intent. That is arguably far more important, as some house improvements may seem counter to the stated council rules, but are still permissible as long as they satisfy the intent of Willoughby Council’s regulations.

He will discuss with you which application process is best for you. He will also submit the Construction Certificate application needed prior to the commencement of building. Martin has a 100% success rate of approvals at both Willoughby Council and State Government levels.

You want a Designer of this level of experience, sensitivity, and knowledge in home renovation and home design. It will not only be a pleasant and exciting experience to renovate your home. It will be a joy to live in once it is complete.

Call us now for a friendly discussion that might just result in the home of your dreams.
0407 900 068

About Us

Accredited Building Designer

Martin Kolarik Home Design your Sydney North Shore specialist home designer. We live here, work here and have done so for decades.

We design extensions and renovations of houses to deliver beautiful, functional homes that complement your lifestyle and budget.

Martin Kolarik’s central design philosophy is modernism for its elegant simplicity.

He appreciates and employs the use of architecture to introduce natural light and ventilation as significant components of the design. This in turn has a positive effect on the sustainability of your home.

Martin creates spaces which are designed to be aesthetically elegant, comfortable and functional which will stand the test of time. He challenges the design solutions to ensure your design maximises every opportunity and the investment you are making to achieve a home that you will be excited to live in.

Welcome

home designer in Sydney

Welcome to my website. My purpose is to help you create a wonderful place you and your family can call home.

It is about listening and understanding your needs and what you would like to achieve. I have spent the better part of my life learning how to create warm and welcoming spaces rather than simply designing houses.

Please have a look around. View the galleries of some recent projects and read the testimonials from past clients.

I have also written many articles on my blog to help you on your journey to creating your dream home. I look forward to assisting you,

Martin Kolarik

0407 900 068

Testimonials

A few words from our clients. Read them all in full here

Extremely Happy

The conversion of our 2 bedroom 1950’s bungalow to a modern 4 bedroom house has been an enjoyable journey that completed on time, on budget and with results that far exceeded our expectations.

Jon and Lindley Randle

Lane Cove

Invaluable Expertise

You can see quality in every design detail. During the construction process, Martin's expertise proved invaluable when dealing with council and a somewhat recalcitrant builder.

Dolien and Peter Nicolsen

Berowra NSW 2081

Innovative, highly professional and sympathetic

We wanted to suit the needs of our young family but Martin advised us on how to future proof our house design and meet our needs as our family grows up. We now have a stunning home and we couldn’t be happier with the architectural design.

David & Pauline

St Ives Chase

Fantastic

Martin Kolarik was instrumental in the design and documentation of our family home renovations a few years ago and I have pleasure in recommending his professional services.

Warwick J. Higgs

Chartered Accountant, Wahroonga

Far Exceeded Our Vision

At the completion of the building works, the end result is fantastic and far exceeds the vision we had all those years ago. Martin was able to take our scattered ideas for what we needed in a major extension/ renovation, at all times patiently working with our changing requirements, and deliver an end result that we are extremely pleased with.

Graeme Bradford

Turramurra

Very Happy

Martin's capable oversight of the builders and other contractors ensured we had a trouble free building experience. We continue to be very happy with the result of his efforts.

Patrick and Laura Mooney

A Joy To Work With Martin

Martin is very knowledgeable, organised and professional and it is a joy working with him. He gives every request due consideration, no matter how challenging the request.

Anja & Perry Poehlmann,

St Ives Chase.

Seven years on and still really happy

Seven years on and still really happy I am sitting here typing this testimonial for Martin, 7 years later, and really appreciating this amazing home we live in that is part of the bush environment, as well as providing my family with a very comfortable and modern home.

Mateki and Liam Payne

Hornsby Heights

Exceeded Our Expectations

Martin's ability to understand our core requirements and present answers and new ideas for our project exceeded our expectations. Several design features that Martin presented to us regularly get positive comments from visitors to our home, these comments have come from builders, designers and engineers.

James Douglass J.P.

Lane Cove

Invaluable

Martin has exceeded our expectations during a lengthy design and approval process. His attention to detail and flexibility in being able to interpret our ideas into a new functional space has been outstanding. His assistance during the quotation phase of the project was invaluable and resulted in us engaging a first class builder to complete the works.

Teresa and Peter Gray

Very Attentive

Martin listened very attentively to our requirements and very cooperatively finalised the plan, with careful discussion back and forth. We felt he always took on board our thinking, while respectfully putting his own suggestions.

James and Irene Franklin

Lane Cove

Very Happy

Now that we have lived in the finished product we can categorically state that we wouldn't change any part of the design. Indeed, the only parts of the renovation that we would change are those you weren't involved with!

Michael and Quyen

I Cannot Begin To Thank Martin Enough

One of our main concerns was getting the design through council as we were in a conservation area. Again Martin handled it with ease, going through first time with no amendments! Practically unheard of in our area.

Joe and Sonya La Rosa

The Ultimate Professional

On each occasion I have dealt with Martin and his business I have always found him to be the ultimate professional. One of Martin's strong points, which I particularly admire, is his ability to design to a budget and his understanding of building costs. I feel this is an area of design which many designers are particularly weak.

Mark Newman, Director, Newmark Constructions

www.newmark.com.au

Excellent All the Way

Martin Kolarik was the first person to provide a solution that specifically addressed our requirements. His additional suggestions very much enhanced our living and the value of our home. His unwavering commitment continued until the last paperwork was done, long after the final fee was paid.

Ross & Daphne Bishop

West Pymble

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