CBH Architects

I first spoke with Bob on the phone about my town home project shortly after I purchased the property in 2017. From the very outset Bob was collaborative and extremely helpful and although I spoke with other architects the choice for me was obvious. We moved forward with plans and I did several onsite meetings with Mike to get measurements and my specifications. I was fairly sure as to my ideas and plans for my home but working with Bob and Mike I was able to finalize an exciting plan that was a great step beyond my initial vision. Bob offered practical and realistic advice as to what I should go for and Mike and supported my passion for restoring and preserving the 1900’s character of my property. These talents and skills are highly complementary but both gentlemen are extremely client focused because in contemplating a major gut renovation project you must choose your team very carefully! This is a very unfortunate lesson I learnt with my General Contractor. Bob and Mike supported me as best they could during a very stressful time to try and get the stalled project moving but it was the most hopeless situation until I found a new General Contractor. Now, that it’s all done every morning I wake up to my beautiful view and enjoy my perfect ensuite. My finished basement has become a perfect home office during this pandemic. It’s all just as I wanted, and I am finally home!

The best decision we could have made in our home renovation was to work with Mike, Bob, and Bronia at CBH Architects. Before deciding on them, we met with 4 different companies from our Google searches and in-town recommendations, but no one gave us the thoughtful attention they did. Something that blew me away from the start was the several hours-long meeting we had to kick off the project, where they asked us tons of questions to understand the pain points of our current setup and didn't just look to me to tell them what we wanted. This led us to a design I could have never thought of in my wildest dreams, and we checked off every single box we had. They also led us to our incredible contractors through their RFP process. The project, from start to finish, was on time, on budget, and just a delight. They were in constant communication with us and the contractors throughout the process and every unexpected hitch we came across was smoothed over without our intervention. Not only is our finished product beautiful, but it has also changed our family's quality of life. We will be using them again and recommend them to all our family and friends.

My wife and I hired Bob and Mike for a 3rd time for a partial basement renovation which was completed in December 2022. They did a site visit to study the layout of the basement and then drafted plans in line with our vision of what we wanted. Which was to transform a dank space with low ceilings, almost nonexistent lighting, and lots of visible pipes and wires into a more functional, inviting space. While we found a contractor on our own, Bob and Mike stayed in touch with us during the building process to make a few adjustments here and there based on the contractor's comments, as well as making a site visit during the renovation to ensure all was going according to plan. The final result was all we had hoped for before we started, a basement with added storage capacity, much better layout and lighting and has a place we actually want to spend time in. As with our experience the prior two times we hired them for renovations, they continue to be easy to work with, actively listening and providing ideas to bring our vision to life. I recommend them without hesitation!

We used CBH Architects for a complete house renovation and addition. The original house was a very old house that had undergone two previous additions, resulting in a house that had a confusing layout with no flow or functionality. While my wife and I had very particular and complex ideas of what we wanted, we had no idea where to start when it came to taking the existing layout and turning it into our dream home. CBH came in and designed us the perfect house. They showed incredible vision and innovation. They also made sure to include us at every step of the process in order to ensure every detail was to our satisfaction. Their final blueprints were so good and meticulous that they made it easy on our contractors, preventing any issues along the way. CBH are the friendliest, easiest people you will ever work with. Building a house is usually a stressful endeavor but they took it and turned it into an exciting, fun process. We owe everything to CBH as they turned a life long dream into a reality.

We hired Bob and Mike for a major renovation that included a new open kitchen, a new mudroom, addition of a new guest bathroom and laundry room upstairs and a new basement. The whole process took us about a year and half, and we couldn’t have done it without Bob and Mike’s help. Bob and Mike started our job with a detailed existing condition assessment and sent us drawings to discuss on all the design possibilities and options. They listened carefully about our vision of the house, and came up with thoughtful design ideas that match with our expectations. During construction, there were a couple of times where we needed to make a couple of design changes Bob and Mike were fast to respond and made those design changes quickly so that the construction was not delayed. Overall, Bob and Mike are a pleasure to work with, and we highly recommend them for renovation projects.