Heidi at Streamlined Home Services was my advocate and support system as I went through an…read moreemotional and stressful situation of selling my deceased Mother's home. Heidi not only held my hand through the whole process but also worked directly with my Realtor. My Realtor was grateful for Heidi's support as Heidi had a lot of experience and could help the Realtor quickly get the home ready for sale. Heidi helped me decide on the right updates for the home without me spending too much money. Heidi recommended specific small updates inside and out - and these small things made a great impact on the increased sales price. The support and care was just what I needed; I would highly recommend hiring Streamlined Home Services!

Ariana and her team are exceptional to work with! She is a brilliant designer who brings new and…read morefresh ideas, things we never would've thought of on our own and unlike what we saw from other designers. She is professional and gracious. Highly recommended.

Lee Edwards is an innovative designer, a trustworthy associate, and consummate professional…read more Referring my own clients to him is a no-brainer, as there is never any doubt that he will take the utmost care of them. As a Realtor, I've been fortunate enough to sell homes designed by Lee, and I've seen firsthand how impressed buyers are with his inspiring designs and quality craftsmanship.

Lee is an excellent designer and project manager. I have worked with Lee on a number of projects…read moreand can't count the number of compliments we received. I wholeheartedly recommend Lee for any residential design project.

Mauricio and his crew are knowledgeable, easy to talk to, and, most importantly, are willing to…read morework with you on whatever project you have. They are equipped to take on large jobs but I have found that they, unlike most companies I've called, are willing to take on the smaller jobs, too. (With other companies, I've been quoted very high minimums for small jobs that I needed done.) Mauricio is very reasonably priced, offers excellent value, and can be trusted to do the job right. I'm remodeling a house and he has been helpful as both a reliable contractor and a generous conuslting resource--thank you, Casabella! Looking forward to working more with you.

Casabella installed a cat door for me on our exterior door. They were professional and very…read moreflexible on time & day. The door looks great and they cleaned up after themselves! Win win. Thanks, Casabella!

My husband and I chose Nicolette because we were looking for a clean European style for our new…read morehome. Coming from Germany ourselves and Nicolette being from the Netherlands, we knew that she would understand what we were looking for. Nicolette is a master in guiding you through the design process. She would come up with ideas, colors and arrangements that I would never dreamt of (e.g. I would not have dared to pick a blue-grey color for two accent walls, but they turned out perfectly). At the same time she listens carefully and incorporates the clients ideas. She made mood boards for us, so we could see and compare beforehand what our fireplace would look like. All designs were made to scale, which made it easy to read and understand. The result is an interior design that truly reflects our style, just way better than if we would have done it without her. With the help of Nicolette we have turned the new house into our stunningly beautiful home. Thank you so much Nicolette!

I hired Nicolette when I finally got tired of the messy home office syndrome. She was fantastic!…read moreShe started to envision solutions right away. I didn't know what to do with all my paperwork and business stuff. Now, I have implemented her design and when I had her come back to help me organize the stuff into their places that are logical for me and my business, she made it look so easy. She is remarkably left brain (logical) and right brained (creative) and I am remarkably happy! Thank you Nicolette!

We are forever grateful for having been introducted to Studio Dec (Dan Corcoran). Initially we got…read morean estimate for our project from the Contractor firm hammer in hand. They said we would need to find a good architect for our project and are actually the ones that recommended Dan to us! Our project was for a Dadu on the footprint of the existing 15x30 garage and some renovations in our tiny 25x25 bungalow. He gave us 3 3-D mockups of the front space and great estimates of how much our different options would cost. His design suggestions were incredible with a back addition to move our staircase to the basement (now more living space) flow through the back of the house and add a new glassed in room that is truly the best room in our entire home! He was also integral to selecting our contractor (we did NOT go with hammer in hand who quoted 4x the price of everyone else we spoke to). We wanted to do a large portion of the work ourselves and Dan was very knowledgable all along the process and helped us find the help we needed and answer questions as they arose. He is a massive walking memory bank of knowledge in all things architecture and building based. We could not have asked for a better experience...and have highly recommended him to others including our neighbors!

We couldn't have asked for better than Dan! Dan Corcoran (the DEC in StudioDEC) designed the redo…read moreof our apartment. He gave us 3 different layouts to choose from, each with computer generated 3-D images of the finished product. He listened to our feedback and came up with a final design that met our needs exactly. As the construction progressed, Dan was there on site, supervising the contractors, making changes as needed. Thank god he was there to make the decisions that only someone with experience and expertise (not us) could make correctly. He has an excellent eye, a thorough knowledge of materials and resources, and was able to keep us well under budget. Even though we live outside of Seattle, he was able to network with local businesses and use creative solutions to get us what we needed. He has been in touch since completion to make sure everything went as planned and spoke with the contractors a couple of times to get them back and make the needed adjustments. All in all, a fantastic job!!

I am extremely disappointed with their design, which caused us significant frustration and added…read moreexpense. I would not recommend this firm to anyone. They specified 7' interior and exterior doors, which must be special-ordered and cost nearly three times more than standard 6'8" doors. By the time this issue was identified, the house was already framed. We requested that the contractor lower the door openings from 7' to 6'8", which required additional materials and labor. In construction, any change order means redoing completed work, resulting in unnecessary additional costs. The bathroom windows are also oversized for the rooms. No privacy. Additionally, the drawings were inconsistent across the three bathrooms. In two bathrooms, the toilets were correctly centered at 18", but in the third bathroom the toilet was centered at only 15", even though there was sufficient space for 18". The plumber had to move the toilet 3", which again resulted in added expense.

This review doesn't exist for any reason other than to let others know of our life-altering…read moreexperience from trusting AIRD with our home; a fact-based caveat emptor of sorts. An outcome of trusting AIRD is delayed retirement to fund remediation of design/construction defects so our 1000sf house can function w/o long-term structural, water & other damage. AIRD's reviews & ratings on this site as well other sites are compromised by reviews made by employees of the general contractor she collaborated with). (Rebuttal to Jan2023 reply: Alexandra Immel did not fully cover costs related to one of her firm's erroneous omissions. We were still stuck w a $3K balance for one subcontractors. We paid for/endured delays due to her employee's other omissions. Wasting $3K+, extra months of double rent/mortgage, do-over construction materials & labor is a tiny expense relative to our total cost of remediating issues that originate AIRD's design (& omissions), as well as trusting the contractor Alexandra so wholeheartedly recommended for executing AIRD's plans. The client should never need to research City construction energy code when they're paying professional designers. But I was forced to. Like most people, I *want* to give good reviews, want to believe that when several hundred thousands of dollars is being borrowed & spent, it's spent it wisely. In reality, some people will allow emotions to positively bias their reality of such a huge investment, their reviews, enable excuse-making for individuals they find personally amiable, overlook the aspects that were professionally lacking. Unlike them, for this project, I invested time & money not to make a new "friend" to forgive, but to have a home with better space & small 250sf addition for a better quality of life. The cure is almost always worse than doing things right w the right people from the start. We had/hv no choice but to remediate ASAP. The time to minimize risk of preventable rot (of materials Alexandra insisted on), leaks & other defects is upon discovery of such design defects, not 5-10 years down the road which is when they would have shown up in the form of compromised structural integrity (final product & plans were evaluated by several design/construction pros). There's no space for "positivity bias" in this case no matter how much benefit of the doubt I wanted to extend. When a project involves moving out/in, (14mos of gas guzzling time-suck commuting is more than adequate for adding 250sf & a bathroom), mortgage $, it's critical staff hv adequate skill, knowledge & attn to structural/enviro detail, be *up-to-date* on critical skills/issues involved (appropriate materials, enviro impact, bldg & energy codes). Also essential is a genuine leader of a team who also truly values the time & financial resources of their client. AIRD fell short in all these respects. I'll never forget the comment spoken out loud at an early zoom meeting where Alexandra Immel literally said, in her own words w/ a smile, "money is cheap" (interest rates were lower; conversation is on record). The standard *looking* design plans AIRD produced were so lacking in detail, especially at critical structural junctures that the builder Alexandra recommended could not to execute her firm's designs, w/o trial & error & multiple do-overs, as if they were learning on the job & lacked the experience Alexandra Immel claimed they had. They'll naturally blame each other but absent legal action, the client is stuck w/ the total cost. Cascades of decisions are based on upstream decisions & good data, visual renderings. In our case they were asked for & promised at the start. But were never delivered in a timely manner PRIOR to critical decision points. A logical *looking* workflow on paper from a designer means nothing w this frequency of omissions (incl on plans signed off by the then lone registered architect in the firm at that time & caught by the city inspector). Any builder is dependent not just on designers' plans, but also knowledge of & respect for city code, as well as time-tested experience. Per WA records for just the last 7 yrs, the builders so heartily, *gushingly* recommended by Alexandra Immel had numerous safety violations & violations involving unlicensed (in our case, also incompetent) workers. Per state court records the builders also have 16 cases listed, between the state SUPREME, Appellate courts plus superior courts of at least two counties. When I checked with the state, spoke with Olympia, Immel's own registration attempt as an architect stalled out over two decades ago. Which would be fine had she kept up with the ever-evolving field of residential design (sub 4000sf builds don't require registered architects). I wasn't looking for inspiration, just competency, honesty. What I got was, & is still to this moment, a nightmare of a mess to tediously undo & clean up at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, robbing us of years of quality of life.

George with Velocipede architects was wonderful! My dad was restarting a home remodel project that…read morestopped about 10 years ago. I hired George for a consultation. He came out to the house at 9:00 am this morning, discussed the project with us, and by 11am, we had the reinstated permit from City of Seattle!! I can't thank you enough George!!