Elegant Simplicity

Martin Kolarik  Home Design
Creating Simply Elegant Home Designs For Your Family
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Home Renovation and New Home Design in Chatswood

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So you have finally decided to make your dream home a reality by planning for a home renovation in Chatswood.

If you’re starting to outgrow your home and don’t want to leave because the location is great, renovating it is a smart and cost-effective solution.

By making this decision, you are bringing yourself one step closer to having your dream home in the neighbourhood that you love.

This is a very exciting period of your life… yet, it could very well turn into a bad experience if you choose the wrong home designer.

Get a home designer who listens

This is especially true if the home designer you hire for the job is the type who would impose his or her own artistic vision on you and completely ignore your input. The right home designer is not only good at designing but also good at communicating and listening.

Martin Kolarik, MK Home Design’s resident home designer, will listen to your dreams, expectations, and your long-term plans, and create a design that merges your personal vision with his professional experience. He will use his decades’ worth of experience to make suggestions but never push an idea so as to muddle your vision.

Achieving the delicate balance between your vision and design

designing homes in Chatswood - Martin KolarikSome home designers tend to go overboard with the application of their creativity in their designs. A standout home designer brings creativity, experience, a good listening ear, and sensitivity to your vision.

With Martin’s many years of experience, he has learned to put a premium value on your suggestions and ideas. And he will do his best to incorporate them into his design.

He believes that a home designer who does not work hard to understand and accommodate your wishes and needs should not be in the home design business.

While he puts his creative mark on every project, he never does it at the expense of your vision.

In every home design project he’s involved with, he has his client’s best interests and vision at heart. This is, after all, your dream home. He’s just there to help you build it.

Over many years in the industry, he is well-known for coming up with designs that show a perfect balance between his vision and that of his clients’.

Creating a new home design for your home renovation in Chatswood

Every home designer has his or her own preferences when doing their work. For Martin, he prefers simplicity and practicality, with clean lines, natural lighting, and good ventilation.

Unlike many home designers, Martin is never partial to designs that sacrifice either function or form. He subscribes to the idea that a home can both be aesthetically pleasing and functional. And it consistently shows in his work.

Martin also helps you (and himself) get a clearer picture of what’s in store for the project by asking you important questions. He finds out your budget, the number of people who will live in that house, and any questions pertaining to your family’s needs and lifestyle.

All these aspects are crucial to the implementation of the design. And you need to answer Martin’s questions as honestly as you can for the best results.

Working within your budget

Unlike many designers and architects, he understands that your budget is your budget. It’s not a starting point, therefore he will not ignore it. So he does everything in his power to make the most of every dollar. There’s not much point building the perfect home only to find that you can’t afford to live in it.

Securing council approval for your home renovation in Chatswood

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Any home renovation work done in Australia needs to follow local council regulations.

He will discuss with you which application process is best. He will also submit the Construction Certificate application needed prior to the commencement of building.

Martin is well-versed and updated on such regulations. This is basically an assurance that any home renovation in Chatswood that he undertakes will be met with approval by the local council.

In fact, Martin has a 100% success rate of approvals at both Willoughby Council and State Government levels.

This ensures that you steer clear of the home renovation nightmare of spending a small fortune on a renovation, only to have the local council order it to be torn down due to the violation of council regulations.

Knowledge of bushfire safety regulations in Chatswood

Martin is one of a handful of home designers who knows the ins and outs of Bushfire Safety regulations in Chatswood. He builds his designs in keeping with those regulations. He also keeps abreast of any updates to make sure his home design and home renovation projects are fully compliant.

accredited chartered building designer ChatswoodCompleting a home renovation in Chatswood is not the easiest process. But we at MK Home Design, however, would only be too glad to make it easier for you.

Give us a call, and we will listen to your vision for your new home and create a design to make your dream home a reality.

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

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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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