Creative Eye Design + Build, LEED AP

I have worked with Susan for 8 years. Susan makes sure things are done right and on time. She does great work. Looking forward to many more projects together.

We have worked with Creative Eye Design build for many years. We are a counter top contractor. We really enjoy working with Susan on her jobs, she always has something challenging for our team and we know she has the customers best interest in mind. She will never settle for sub par quality, she always uses quality subcontractors and is always on site to make sure things are perfect. We work with many contractors and she is one of the few I would like to design and build my personal home, hopefully soon.

Susan’s ability to listen to her clients desires/needs along with her trustworthy reputation, puts her at the top of my list.

On quick look at their profile, and you will understand why Creative Eye Design + Build has been a Best of Houzz award winner 3 years in a row. We have had the pleasure of servicing them for over 10 years. We are privileged to call them one of our valued partners.

Susan is wonderful to work with. She is very knowledgeable and has been in this industry for a long time. Her design choices are right on! She works well with all her trade partners and all of her clients are more than satisfied with the quality of her design and build qualities. I would not hesitate to recommend Creative Eye Design and Build for future projects.

Susan has been excellent. We hired her for a complete remodel of our home and we wanted to be involved in every decision along the way. She picked up on our vision from the get go and has worked hard to ensure that we're getting exactly what we want. She is fun, likable, and easy to communicate with but do not be fooled by her relaxed demeanor. She is extremely thorough, organized, responsive, and professional. On top of that she has a knack for hiring quality sub-contractors. We've been happy with every single aspect of the build process and when things did not turn out as expected making the necessary changes has been swift and painless. I cannot recommend Susan enough.

I have had the pleasure of working with Susan on several projects over the years. Her work is always unique and beautifully executed and she is a pleasure to work with.

My husband and I did a complete tear down and rebuild, turning a post war shack into a stately craftsman that compliments the neighborhood. Susan was with us for every step of the process from our meetings with the architect to advice on how high to hang the curtains after our move in. Susan’s organizational skills and attention to detail are outstanding. She made lists of every item that we needed to pick out from toilets to drawer pulls with budget targets next to each item. She narrowed down our choices to recommended products then gave us just a few items each week or so to make decisions on. This made the process an absolute joy rather than the nightmare that others warned me of. Susan has the best sub-contractors around! The quality of craftsmanship is absolutely amazing in every area of our home. All of the people who worked on our house were super friendly and answered all of our questions. Susan is the very definition of grace under pressure. I never once saw her get upset or frustrated. When any unavoidable mishaps came to light, she calmly found solutions. This was true even when the details were so small that I never would have known there was a problem. The biggest thing that set Susan apart from other contractors was her commitment to us as individuals rather than just clients. She never hesitated to talk through any little thing with us. We needed a lot of hand holding and we got it. Susan isn’t just a contractor or designer. She is also a counselor and good friend.

My wife and I hired Creative Eye Design + Build at the same time we hired our architect for a full demolition of our 1400 sq ft home and rebuild of our new 2250 sq ft two story craftsman style home. We couldn't be happier! Although we had been planning on this project for about ten years, we had never done a project of this magnitude before, and were naturally very worried about all the details. Susan was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and also calming and friendly. She seemed to understand the stress we were under, and would met out the decisions we had to make in a way that never overwhelmed us. She was there at our first meeting in our old living room when we were sketching ideas on blank pieces of paper, and she was there when the final inspector came by to sign off on the last detail. We met Susan at an open house for another craftsman remodel in our neighborhood (also one story to two, and about doubling the square footage). We were immediately impressed with her, but still did our due diligence and called about a dozen of her references. All of her references were very good, many even saying that they remain in contact with her after completion of their project. Susan has long standing relationships, and clearly the respect of, many of the most skilled subcontractors in the area. Having watched her work with them for almost a year I can also say that she holds them to very high standards as well. We were impressed with the professionalism of all the subs. We have even had other contractors stop at the house to admire the craftsmanship! Susan realizes that it takes more than simply knowledge of construction, scheduling, budgeting, and project management to build a new home. It also takes an ability to council and support the home owners through what is likely the largest expenditure of their lives. We had heard many horror stories about how difficult and stressful it would be to build a house, but Susan made the process so smooth and successful that I'm struggling to remember any specifics that caused us stress. I recommend her without reservation.

Susan has an incredible eye for detail. She listens and then delivers. It's rare to find someone who has the breadth of skills like Susan. She is organized, extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of the building process and is incredibly prompt and creative with solutions!

The Creative Eye Design + Build team is professional, and all of the people who worked on our project were wonderful - expert in their trade, but also courteous and respectful to our family. The design was exquisite and the installation flawless and very professional. We highly recommend working with them!

I love Susan and Creative Eye! I have witnessed first hand her high standards of workmanship, her attention to detail and her passion for the art of design. Susan's excitement for each project is contagious and she does it all with a wonderful sense of humor! If you are dreaming of building a dream home and enjoying the experience along the way I highly recommend you contact Creative Eye!

I've worked in the kitchen and bath industry for 15 years and I mostly work with designers, contractors and design & build teams. I have to say Susan is a true professional with an eye for detail. I've specified plumbing fixtures, appliances and hardware for many of Susans projects and her clients are always very thrilled with the end results.

Without a doubt, Susan is one of Sacramento's top contractors - especially if you're remodeling a historic home in areas like Land Park or East Sacramento. While she has a great eye for design, she's moreover very respectful of what homeowners want and doesn't waste time trying to talk you out of decisions or dismiss you for being petty about details - she understands it's your home and you're the one that has to live there...so if something as small as a plug isn't in the right spot or there's something unique that you want done, she's happy to make it happen for you. She wants you to be satisfied with the finished product - she's just not interested in getting in and getting out of the job. She has my highest recommendation.

When my husband and I decided to remodel our kitchen we knew what we wanted, a sleek contemporary kitchen that seamlessly tied into our recently renovated family room. And we knew we would have to gird ourselves for the usual issues one faces in such a project: Inability to get all of our desired features, budget over runs, work extending well beyond due dates, friction between the contractor and designer, etc. Well, we were surprised, but not in the way we expected… Susan Prang helped us build a kitchen, bath and office that works as a cohesive space. I had never worked with an interior designer who was also my contractor and now that I have, I’ll never go back to the traditional split roles. Somehow, Susan took residence in our minds—it’s the only way I can explain it. She listened to our description and came back with a dream kitchen including elements that fit a mid-century modern home. From function to finishes her taste matched ours and she built a kitchen that flows easily with our family room. Everyone who walks into our homes says, “Who did your family room and kitchen, they are gorgeous.” Susan constructively solved problems along the way and came up with the biggest surprise of all: she was on time and UNDER budget on the whole project. I’ve done numerous remodeling projects over the years…big and small…and I have never had a better experience than working with Susan. If you are considering a remodel or new build, I strongly advise you to talk with Susan Prang of Creative Eye Design + Build. You will not be disappointed!

We loved working with Susan Prang and all of the individual contractors that worked on our addition. It was no easy task- to join a detached garage and a home that were on two different levels and at different angles- and to make it look as if it was built that way- but she pulled it off!! I loved the "green" philosophy of Susan and we liked the learning curve about new green technology and materials. She was approachable, available, honest, professional, and accommodating. She came in very close to the original budget- always a few unforeseen change orders in large projects. She was never pushy with us. Loved that she offered not only the build element, but also the design element when choosing colors, fixtures, etc. You should definitely go with Susan Prang- she'll be the only contractor we call in the future for the building of our dream green home.

My husband and I were fortunate to be introduced to Susan during the design process of our Tuscan-style pool house/outdoor kitchen and dining room. She was a one-stop-shop for design esthetics and her well-coordinated construction scheduling made our project fun and enjoyable. The finished product...absolutely beautiful!

I hired CEDB to do a complete remodel on my kitchen. I have nothing but high marks to say about Susan. She is excellent in her communication; very prompt. She is very capable to handle all the decisions for a project if that's what someone wanted but she is also happy to collaborate and incorporate the owner's ideas. She has a great rapport with the sub-contractors and works with them often which results in high quality work in a timely manner and the finish work actually gets completed! Compared to when I acted as the contractor for a previous kitchen remodel i can say that hiring CEDB made it so much easier.