VORBILD Architecture

Après avoir commandé un autre architecte en 2016 et perdu plus d'un an, nous avons rencontré Michael par l'intermédiaire d'un ami de l'école de Mougins en 2018 et il nous a immédiatement semblé serviables et professionnels. Il a recommandé un excellent entrepreneur et avant que nous le sachions, la maison était à nouveau la nôtre et nous avons emménagé juste avant le début de la pandémie. Bravo Michael, tout le meilleur à vous et à votre famille! Vous avez nos remerciements !!! Nous vous prions de nous excuser de ne pas publier de photos de notre maison ici, n'hésitez pas à demander aux futurs clients de nous contacter.

En même temps que nous avons engagé Michael et son équipe pour rénover notre maison à Londres, nous avons décidé de le laisser également rénover notre appartement à Hackney. Nous voulions simplement que les deux tâches soient effectuées en même temps! Il voyageait régulièrement entre Londres et Nice de toute façon, ce qui s'est avéré parfait pour nous aussi. Je ne sais pas si nous ferions cela à nouveau car cela signifiait beaucoup de décisions, mais Michael était calme et incroyablement rassurant que cela fonctionnerait - et c'est ce qu'il a fait! Son sympathique constructeur a fait exactement ce que nous voulions - et nous ne pouvions pas être plus heureux du résultat. Merci beaucoup Michael et nous avons hâte de prendre un café ensemble à nouveau quand nous le pourrons! Bonne chance!

I would like to commend Michael Schienke of Vorbild Architecture for the brilliant design and supervision of our extensive house project. We had a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house and needed to enlarge it so that our children and grandchildren could all come and live with us, allbeit on seperate floors of the house. We now have 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms with a kitchen on each of the 3 floors. We discussed with Michael what we wanted and he designed the layout exactly fitting our requirements. It was a lengthy job entailng a 2 storey rear extension of 4 meters x 8 meters and a complete new roof to house one daughter and her husband. It was quite a stressful time as we had to move into a rented property for almost a year and a half. However when Michael would come once a week for our site meetings with the builders he was immediately reassuring and was able to banish any worries that we had. We feel whatever the project it would be safe placed in Michael's hands.

Au début, permettez-moi de remercier Michael et le reste de son équipe pour leur aide dans notre appartement. Il était difficile pour moi de trouver quelqu'un qui écoute mes idées et qui ait la patience de proposer ses propres idées et de me dire si quelque chose ne fonctionnerait pas immédiatement. Notre projet à Nice est toujours en cours mais je voulais l'écrire pour lui.

Nous avons contacté Michael, pour la rénovation de notre duplex à Menton - 185m2 entièrement à refaire. Michael s'est montré très à l'écoute de nos besoins, et a su nous proposer 3 magnifiques projets! Par la suite il a suivit de près l'évolution des travaux, a fait des modifications la ou c'était nécessaire, nous a donné des conseils utiles et il est resté disponible et à l'écoute tout au long du chantier. Michael et très professionnel, il porte beaucoup d'attention aux détails, il est aussi très patient. Nous recommandons vivement ses services!

Nous avons rencontré Michael au début de 2018 par l'intermédiaire d'un ami pour qui il avait rénové une maison dans le nord de Londres. Nous avons été agréablement surpris par sa rapidité, son professionnalisme et son approche amicale. Nous l'avons rencontré régulièrement au cours des mois suivants et notre appartement est maintenant presque terminé, nous avons juste besoin de nouveaux canapés! Je peux recommander Michael et son équipe à tout le monde. Merci Michael!

I first came across Vorbild Architecture on Houzz. We decided to hire Vorbild Architecture having met with over half a dozen other architects- it seems they were all either re-inventing the wheel & had big plans and ideas with little consideration for costs & practicalities, or were quite narrow thinkers more focused on the process / planning application with no real value-add. Vorbild Architecture seemed to strike the perfect balance between taking into consideration what we actually wanted to achieve (rather than what would look great on a glossy architecture magazine) and offering some new perspective we had not thought of, whilst being very familiar with the procedures and having the right contacts (from party wall agreement specialists, structural engineers and planning permission consultants to suppliers of tiles, artificial grass and anything else we might need). Michael and his team never tried to impose their ideas on us, they worked with us to figure out the best way to achieve what we wanted. I found them extremely organised, getting back to us very promptly, always, providing very detailed plans always by agreed dates etc. We already had a builder we wanted to work with, Michael was perfectly happy to adapt and not try to force his contacts on us. Our builder commented a number of times that the plans & instructions he received from Michael were the clearest he had ever received: responsibilities, deadline, costs etc were clearly defined and it was a very cooperative relationship. We were also delighted with Michael's work, without some of his ideas, I think we would have been disappointed with the end result. For instance we had allowed 6 windows in a room which we thought would provide plenty light, but Michael recommended an additional walk-on glass of very precise dimensions and at a specific distance from a glass door- we later realised the walk-on glass brought as much light to the room as all of our planned 6 windows. All our friends and family are very impressed with the end project as are professionals (estate agents etc) saying we have created a very unique living space. Most importantly: it works for us as a family and its a very functional space. We have no hesitation in recommending Michael and would hire him again if we had to do another project. In fact we have recommended his services to a friend and our friend did comment that his quote came in the lowest of 12 quotes she had received.

Michael worked with us to change a small flat with limited access and no views of the garden to one with a small extension that immensely improved the amenity of the flat with additional living area with free access and views of the garden. Thank you for assisting with the minor issues more than one year following completion.

We received a very professional service and found Michael to offer advice and extra help beyond the contracted works. Would highly recommend this company.

VORBILD drew up a series of plans for the internal re-arrangement of my one-bedroom property, then refined them, layering detail. While bringing inspiration, Michael balanced creativity and practicality.

I have used Vorbild for architectural drawing services on 3 residential/rental properties (Victorian terraced houses) in the last 3 years in Islington, London. Scope of work: one full width ground floor PD extension and first floor part width extension and two full width ground floor PD extensions and first floor part width extension plus new dormer. Vorbild also converted a 1960's house where we had an integral garage into a ground floor lounge area. I enjoy working with Vorbild/Michael. They always get the job done. They are competitive on pricing. I am happy to recommend them. Kevin Jordan

I had an old house that no longer suited my needs, so I needed to turn into something more comfortable and attractive. Vorbild crew wonderfully understood what I needed and helped me with a complete house renovation. The project included bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom remodel and they did an amazing job. Now everyone who steps into my house thinks it is a new one!