Küchenhersteller, Küchenplaner & Küchenstudios in Greenfield

“Amy Woolf Color Consulting did a fabulous job of assisting my wife on selecting colors for a new home. The selections were refreshing, timeless and yet reflected the personality and taste of this very particular client. In just a few short hours, Amy selected a palette of colors that worked both individually and holistically. As an architect who has tackled the daunting task of color selections in the past... Amy makes it look easy; it's not! Therefore, SMOOK Architecture & Urban Design, Inc. highly recommends engaging Amy Woolf Color Consulting on your next project big or small.”

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“Todd built our dream house in 2015 and we’ve been living here for about 4 months now. We could not possibly be any more satisfied with the job that Todd and his crew did building our home. We first met Todd while we were looking for either a homesite with a view, or an existing home with a view. Todd showed us some of the houses he had built in the area and we were very impressed with the quality of the construction and the craftsmanship, but also with something undefinable about the way Todd’s houses always looked. The proportions (roof lines, window placement, etc.) were always pleasing to the eye and his homes always seemed to have grown up on the site instead of being dropped there with little regard to marriage between the structure and the site. We got so that we could recognize a “Todd house” (as we came to call them) as we drove around the Pioneer Valley looking for property, and long before we hired Todd to build our home we decided that we wanted Todd to be our builder. As a result, we didn’t bother to get competitive bids from other builders. In spite of the fact that Todd knew he was the only bidder, he gave us what we felt at the time was a very competitive price, especially considering that the quality of the construction and attention to detail ultimately exceeded even our expectations, which were already very high. Now that our home is complete, it’s clear that the price was a bargain. Sovereign Builders is a “design and build” company. We had already done a lot of the design of our house ourselves, but, before starting construction, we worked closely with Todd and his staff-architect to refine the design and to make one major change. Our original design was a long, rambling, single floor design (we want to be able to live here for the rest of our lives), but after comparing costs for many variations to try to keep costs under control, Todd suggested that we expand the main house by adding a second floor into what would have been a relatively useless attic, instead of adding another ground floor addition. We were very apprehensive about making this change at first, but the net result was more house for the same cost, and although we no longer have everything on one floor, we still have everything that we really need on the first floor. It was a good suggestion, a good compromise, and the house looks much better with the “Nantucket Dormer” on the second floor. In addition, the site has a beautiful view of the valley and adding the rooms on the second floor added a new dimension to the view. We were also apprehensive when it came time to start excavation and construction because there were lots of details (some of them major details in our minds) that had yet to be worked out. Todd’s philosophy on dealing with things like this is “we’ll work it out when we get there”. That really worried us … at first … but Todd makes it work because he seems to have a sixth sense for what’s going to look right and what isn’t. And his head carpenter (we now call him “amazing Mike”) is an artist who can do anything from framing the most complicated roof intersections to coping crown molding, to building cabinets. A good example of “work it out when we get there” is the elevation of the house. The site was tricky because it wasn’t flat. In fact, there was much more of a slope than there appeared to be. Some builders would probably have had an architect do a detailed topo site map with all the associated costs for a detailed survey before excavation began, but instead of doing this, Todd met with us on-site to discuss the look we wanted to achieve before he started the excavation. As a result of that discussion he decided to lower the elevation of the house by about 18” (as I recall) because that would allow the house to sit close enough to the ground that we’d have only two steps up to the porch and therefore we wouldn’t need a railing on the porch (which we didn’t want). How Todd could see this in his mind is beyond me because I couldn’t see it. And when the excavation for the foundation was complete and there were mountains of soil piled around the site, I really couldn’t look at the huge hole in the ground and be sure that it was going to turn out the way we wanted it. But much later, when the finish grading was done it, was clear that Todd not only got it right, he got it PERFECT. At one time Todd had warned us about possibly needing a relatively expensive retaining wall behind the house because of the tricky slope on which the house was going to sit. But “when the time came” he was able to make it all work perfectly without adding the expensive retaining wall. That’s just one example of “working it out when we get there”, but there were numerous other times when the details fell into place when the time finally came and we quickly became believers in Todd’s way of handling things like this. Todd and his crew rate a 10 when it comes to craftsmanship and attention to detail. Here’s one small example. I was walking through the house one day when Todd’s guys were putting up strapping on the ceiling joists prior to installing sheetrock. At first I couldn’t figure out what they were doing with a laser level until I realized that they were shimming the strapping and checking it with a laser level to make sure that the ceiling would be absolutely flat!! How many other builders do that? Other examples include: coping all molding joints; custom baseboards (our choice) which continue into all closets (and even into the stairway to the basement); not a gap to be seen after the hardwood floors were installed; hardwood floors continue into the closets too; hardwood floors installed under the kitchen cabinets (in case cabinet layout is changed in the future); returns at the ends of all moldings; the most perfect painting job I have ever seen … and on and on. Todd subcontracts as little as possible in order to keep costs down, and where he does use subs, he apparently uses only the best, and only those who have done great work for him in the past (the painting contractor for example). Todd never changed anything without checking with us first, even when it was something that he felt wasn’t right for whatever reason. A good example is the recessed ceiling lighting in the kitchen. There are 16 recessed lights in the kitchen all arranged carefully to be equally spaced from walls, centered, symmetric, etc. However, Todd felt that the three lights over the windows over the kitchen sink didn’t look right because they were not aligned exactly with the pattern of lights over the island (due to our design of the layout of the lights, not a mistake on Todd’s part). The lights had been like this since the rough wiring was done, and we hadn’t even noticed it … but it bothered Todd so he pointed it out to us during one of our visits to the site. We told Todd that the slight misalignment didn’t bother us but he said that it would probably bother us in the future and he wanted to do something about it. So, in about 5 minutes Todd and Amazing Mike came up with a design for a valence that visually separated the 3 lights over the sink windows from the rest of the lights in the kitchen, and now it looks perfect. Not only does it look perfect, but it also looks like it was part of the kitchen design from the beginning, not something that was added as an afterthought to correct a problem. Unlike many builders who spend little time at the site making sure everything is done correctly, Todd spends a LOT of time on site himself and ALWAYS knows what’s going on, and what’s coming next. He’s always very responsive to email and phone messages and he schedules frequent on-site meetings with the homeowners (which are VERY helpful). He’s full of knowledge and good ideas, and we’re glad that we took most of his suggestions. We’ve lived in our new house for about 4 months now, and we’re still looking for something that isn’t perfect, but no luck so far. We recommend Todd with no reservations whatsoever if you’re looking for a builder who’s: 1.Committed to making every detail of your home perfect; 2.Conscious of costs and budget; 3.Very knowledgeable about energy efficiency; 4.Spends lots of time on your jobsite; 5.Always available, responsive, and easy to contact; 6.Reliable and honest, 7.And gives you peace of mind that your house is in good hands even if you live two hours away during the construction (as we did). John & Joanne Grant”