Studio 64 Designs Inc.

Last year we took on a complete gut renovation of our house. Stephanie/Studio 64 were great through the entire process. From the designing stage to helping us find a contractor, as well as getting us the required permits. Stephanie and her team’s involvement made the whole experience less stressful, allowing us to really enjoy it instead of just feeling overwhelmed. Overall, we highly recommend her services.

We met with a few architects but eventually chose Stephanie Haddad from Studio 64 because she was warm, genuine and always willing to provide suggestions and answers to our many questions. It was a pleasure working with her. We're very happy with the design

When I first started shopping around for someone to renovate my house I really didn’t know the steps involved to bring a project like this to completion. I talked to a few contractors which didn’t get me anywhere, except one had mentioned I needed drawings. With that in mind I continued looking and found Stephanie. What a complete 180 from the others! Stephanie walked me through everything, survey, drawings, permits and layouts to consider. Things that can’t or maybe I shouldn’t do, she cared! It was an easy choice for me to pick Stephanie as my designer. I hired her to do my drawings and she also got my permits, which was less stress for me! Once my renovation started I hired Stephanie to help with my selections. With so many different options to select from now, it can be overwhelming! I truly thought this process would be fun but there was just too many nice ones out there! Stephanie helped narrow things down, she understood my taste and what worked best in the area. Even when I showed her a design feature I was considering for the tile in my foyer, she was very much for it and re-worked the materials and colour to make it work in my house. After all this, I was even able to save some money through her connections at some retail stores. Thank you Stephanie for all your help!!

Having a keen interest in design, I thought designing different aspects of my home would be an easy and fun task. After quickly realizing it's quite the opposite and difficult to pull the trigger selecting materials, Stephanie and the Studio 64 Team made this process far less challenging. Instead of spending hours searching at hundreds of options online and in-store, Stephanie presented a selected few once she fully understood my style and vision. In addition to being extremely satisfied with the finished result of my home, they were also transparent with their purchasing power and I was able to take advantage of their discount at many retailers that actually covered the cost of their service! After this experience, I can truly appreciate the value of what they offer and would strongly recommend to anyone that's designing their home.

Studio 64 just finished our 2 story home addition in the beaches and we absolutely love it. Not only did they design the house of my dreams, they finished on time and within budget
Here are a few of the things we loved about working with Studio 64 and Stephanie specifically:
- Amazing customer service: Super responsive, available, proactive and organized
- Talented designers: Stephanie took my vision and made it SO much better. She worked with what I liked but improved it to make our house better than we ever could have imagined. Our friends and relatives are just raving over the final design.
- Smart, problem solver: Stephanie was more than just a designer for us, she handled all speed bumps to make our renovation an absolutely pleasant and stress free experience. Thanks to her, when an issue arose (e.g. with a third party that we couldn't control), instead of passing the buck back to us, she found solutions to ensure the project kept running on track. Stephanie even dealt with our permits and the city so we didn't have to. Approvals and permits was a super complex, very stressful process but we didn't have to do anything! We just got to sit back and relax as any issue was handled it for us.
- Efficient: Stephanie always worked diligently and efficiently. At the end of the day we were really satisfied with value we got vs. the amount we paid. There was no funny business like charging us an extra hour for answering e-mails and phone calls that only took 15 mins. She was really diligent at tracking to actual and was also very efficient with our time (often combining trips to the store with other clients when possible so she could split the time between us). If I had to do the things she did for us it would have taken me a lot longer!
- Energetic and dynamic: Studio 64 employees are truly passionate and enjoy their projects vs. just another day at the office mentality which led to awesome results.
- Ability to work with contractors directly in an integrated fashion: Instead of using me as the go between, Stephanie worked in tandem with my contractor's (Elite Construction and Renovation) project manager to ensure everything ran on schedule and no little details were missed. Communication is absolutely key in a reno and I know that Stephanie and Elite's project manager Keith, were on the phone everyday coordinating details. I'm not sure that you would get that kind of collaboration working with another design or construction firm. If an issue arose, Elite and Studio 64 worked directly together to solve the issue instead of finger pointing or passing the buck.
- Lovely to work with: Stephanie was a pleasure to work with. Her sunny disposition and talent made our reno smooth and care free. With Studio 64 and Elite combined we finished our reno on time, within budget and worry free. I had a baby the same week we broke ground and I didn't have to worry about a thing!

I'm building an 800 SQFT back addition to my house in Toronto and I cant say enough good things about Studio 64 and Stephanie's help with the process. When I was looking for someone to do my drawings, I came across a lot of companies but I went with Studio 64 because I felt comfortable with Stephanie's approach and her knowledge of the process. What I liked the most about working with her was her professionalism and knowledge/pricing of materials. While going through the process she always kept my building budget in mind. Stephanie was a great to work with and her knowledge in design made this a pleasant experience. I couldn't decide on a few aspects of the project but Stephanie was patient and very helpful in helping me through some tough decisions!! Deciding on designs and going for permits can be difficult but Stephanie's hard work and professionalism made for a smooth transition from design to build!! I would recommend her for anyone who needs designs or permit drawings.

My wife and I purchased a home, which clearly needed to get out of the 90's. Stephanie came in with great ideas and totally brought it to the 21st century. Now it is a gorgeous, clean, white marble ensuite, with his and her sinks, massive stand up shower with jets, and a new freestanding tub. Design elements were all taken care of and thoroughly thought through. Any problems that arose on site, Stephanie was right there to deal with them and come up with a solution. Project finished on schedule (3 weeks) and on budget. Thanks for doing such a great job.