
Village Designs Remodeling
About us
Village Designs and Remodeling is a one-stop shop for kitchen and bathroom design and remodeling. Our innovative approach to design and customer focus makes us a stand out in the industry. Our goal is to make your kitchen and bathroom remodeling dreams come true. We have developed a Design Process that we use. Village Designs and Remodeling’s goal is to turn your dream kitchen or dream bath into a reality. To achieve this goal, we would like to learn as much as possible about your design vision. A private home interview is the first step in the process. During this appointment, we encourage you to share with us anything that will help us better understand how you would like your room designed. Clients find that magazine photos, color schemes, brochures, etc., to be helpful. The next step is for a member of our team to take photos and measurements of the existing room. About a week after the initial appointment, we will submit to you our initial design. After any revisions, we will provide you with a budget and quote for the remodeling project. All the products and materials are then ordered, in order to avoid delays in construction. Once the remodeling materials have been assembled, we will contact you to regarding a construction start date. We tailor our work around your schedule and will not begin our work until you are ready. Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist.
Business highlights
Services we offer
& semi-custom cabinetry, Remodeling - kitchen & bath design & remodeling
Amenities
Free Estimates
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"Hi [Member Name Removed], Thank you so much for your kind words. It has been my pleasure working with you and getting to know you and your family all these years. Call if you need me for anything. I also appreciate the referrals. We will see you around the neighborhood..... Regards, Gene"
"Thanks [Member Name Removed] for your great review. It was so nice working with you guys. I hope you and Mark enjoy it for years to come. Will see you around the neighborhood. Thanks again....."
"Hi [Member Name Removed], Thanks for your review. Sorry for the slight delay. Hope [Member Name Removed] is getting better and you both are enjoying your new enlarged shower. Regards, Gene"
"Hi [Member Name Removed], Thanks you so much for your kind words. It was a pleasure working with both you and [Removed Member Name]. I will miss our coffee time in the morning. Enjoy your new bathroom. If you need me for anything. I mean anything, please don't hesitate to call. I am almost always passing your way.... Thanks again and be well. Regards, Gene"
"Dear [Member name removed], Thank you for your kind words. It was our pleasure working with you and [Member name removed]. If there was a review on clients I have worked with , you would be "A" rated too. :-)) Thanks again, Gene"
With his many years of experience, Gene Cherrnay was the perfect person to remodel our outdated kitchen. He listened, visualized and guided us to achieve the look we wanted in a new kitchen. Thanks to Gene's planning our project was totally completed in three weeks. The scheduling of the contractors was precisely coordinated so that each component of the remodel was completed like clockwork. Gene or his assistant, Enrique, promptly responded to our every question or concern. Gene personally resolved every issue to our satisfaction. It was a genuine pleasure to work with Gene and Enrique. We love our new kitchen and highly recommend Village Designs.
Gene came onsite and reviewed our current Master Bathroom.. He listened (very well) to our wishes as we described our ideal bathroom. He created a rendering of the new bathroom layout, and provide various samples for the material.
We selected the design and plan he proposed.. He worked with us very closely as we selected the Tile for the floor, the Tile for the shower, the accents for the tile, the Marble for the Countertops, the new bathroom fixtures.
Gene and his assistant Dan are extremely professional, and customer focused. They were both very prompt for all meetings and work that was scheduled.. They were onsite overseeing the entire project, and kept us up to date with all the status. They were quick to respond to issues that arose and executed plans to overcome obstacles encountered.
I was so pleased with the coordination of all the subcontractors and skilled workers by Gene and Dan.
if you could ever think a complete remodel of room in your house was a pleasant experience.. working with Gene and Dan sure made us enjoy the process.
thank you guys!!!
we LOVE our new Master Bath.
"Hi [member name removed], Thanks for such a great review. You guys were such a pleasure to work with. I love what I do and I love working with such nice people like you. Communication is the key to any successful remodel and we did communicate well. Thanks again for allowing me the opportunity to create such a beautiful bathroom for you. Regards, Gene"
We got it done in September. The service was very good and we were not at all disappointed. The work overall when finished was very good as well.
"Thank you so much for your kind words. I do hope you are enjoying what we created together. Did you every get that sliding barn door for the master bathroom? Again, it was a pleasure working with you. If there is ever anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to call, text or email. Enjoy...... Regards, Gene"
The test of a project like this is what happens when the unforeseen problem occurs. Not everything can be anticipated and written into the proposal. And I would guess something unexpected happens in many remodeling projects of any size. That happened with us. We have a builders spec house built in 1991. (We bought the house in 1998.) As is common, shortcuts were taken while the house was being built on mechanical items like plumbing and electrical. During the demolition, two major problems were discovered, neither of which could have been anticipated. The water pipes supplying the shower were not done correctly where they came up through the foundation and the wiring to the can lights in the fur down were not secured to the studs according to code. I am not an expert in these issues but I imagine some contractors could have left them the way they were and just covered them up or "jury-rigged" a make-do solution just to save money. Not Gene. He explained the issues to us carefully and we explored various options and their implications on cost and project schedule. He strongly recommended (an understatement) correcting the issues the right way and definitely bringing everything up to the current code. We agreed. The plumbing problem required a lot of additional chipping of the foundation to move the pipes. The electrical problem also required a lot of additional work to place the conduit in the studs, instead of just on the surface. The personnel of both subcontractors worked very late, until 11:30 one night, to keep the project on schedule because other crafts were scheduled the next day. Both of these problems caused significant additional cost over what was estimated in the signed contract. Gene approached that in what I think is the fairest way - he explained what the additional cost was that his subs were billing him and we agreed to share it.
More about cost. I gave Gene an A on cost. However, if you are if you are looking for the lowest cost on a remodeling project, Gene will probably not be your first choice. He will provide high quality at a fair price, which I define as high value, but probably not the lowest cost I understand if some one is not able to or doesn't want to pay that extra.
We used an interior designed, Kristy Mastrandonas, who works with Gene, and she was very effective in helping us narrow our choices on tile pattern and color, granite for the counter tops, paint color, and by suggesting an accent tile pattern and color that pulled everything together.
Other reasons we went with Gene is that he is an Aging in Place specialist and had very good suggestions in our first meeting as we were developing the scope of the project. Also, he is an architect and this proved valuable as we got into relocating the two walls and the complications that involved.
One final note, Gene had a young assistant, Dan, who was just learning the business and helped with our project. Dan was also pleasant to deal with, eager to learn, responsive, with good communication skills and did an excellent job in taking care of all the little items on the punch list at the end.
"I have been designing and remodeling kitchens and bathrooms for over 30 years. I really enjoy what I do. I used to work for the money but now it is for the joy of meeting and working with interesting people like you and [removed member name]. The money is a bonus. It has been a pleasure working with you. Please call, text or email me if there is anything else I can do for you."
"I want to thank you for your kind words. It was a pleasure working with you and your family. The biggest compliment is that you referred [customer referal names removed] to me. I can't thank you enough. If there is anything I can help you with in the future, please don't hesitate to call, text or email. I will be there."
Fast forward 7 months to January of 2013. Although both contractors we meet with the previous summer were highly rated and both provided general cost ranges that were very similar, we selected Gene based primarily on the fact that he is an extremely likeable and conscientious person. Plus, he doesn't take on many jobs, so we knew we would be getting his full attention.
We began meeting with Gene in January to start the planning process. Gene is very patient and very easy to work with. This was the largest remodel my wife and I had every done, so we had lots of questions. Gene responded to all of them - this is where his easy demeanor comes in very handy.
We selected all of the necessary fixtures, granite and tile -- the most difficult was the mirrors and the lights (who knew). Based upon Spring Break, we asked Gene to start the Monday immediately following and like clockwork, he called us that Sunday to confirm everything. He estimated the job would take 3 full weeks.
The crew placed plastic pretty much everywhere to protect against the dust from demolition and then Gene has his cleaning crew do a full clean of the impacted areas upon completion.. The project proceeded along without a hitch for the first two weeks and everything looked (and still looks) great. Our only hiccup was the glass order for the frame less shower. For some reason, the order didn't get placed in a timely fashion and so that delayed the install by a few days. Not the end of the world, but since everything else was so easy up to that point, any slippage in the dates was noticed. Basically, instead of having use of our shower on Saturday, we had it on Monday. The shower however, does look fantastic.
Gene has also been great at follow-up during the entire process and afterwards to make sure we are happy. He is extremely easy to get in contact with and was very prompt responding to items. He also did a great job of stopping by the job site each day or calling us in the evening to make sure things were going well or to see if we had any questions.
I would gladly recommend him to anyone and think he did an absolute wonderful job on our bathroom. When we redo the kitchen, he will be the first call I make
Gene was a partner along the way, he made his recommendation for the granite warehouse and met us there to assist in our selection. The selection was extensive and he patiently walked around with us until we made our choice.
We were in constant communication on our timeline, our choices, our progress, etc. The most invasive part of the project was completed in one week - this included removing the counter tops and replacing with granite, removing wallpaper and repainting, replacing backsplash and painting cabinets. The house got a little dusty, as we were expectinig it would, but Gene took care of it without any prompting or requests from our end by hiring a cleaning crew to clean up the dust.
We are so happy with our kitchen and we know we made the right choice in selecting Village Designs Remodeling. We know who will will be reaching out to when we are ready to undertake another project in the future.
"Hi deleted member name), Thank you for your review and kind words. It really has been a pleasure working with you and deleted member name). I don't think I will ever forget that you were the first client who ever gave me an okay to go, via text. Call me if you ever need me. I will be there for you. Regards, Gene"
Gene was the consummate professional, always available, always a good word, always kept us up to date on progress and when something had to wait. It has been a year now since the remodel and we are ecstatic over the changes and the quality of the work. His redesign concept was one that we had not considered and it was perfect for the space, our needs, and our wants, not too much and not too little, just right.
Work began on 4/2/2012 and the major work was completed around 4/27/2012. There were a few loose ends to finish but it was just under 4 weeks duration and we didn't think that was too bad. It was worth waiting for.
"Thanks for your review. I really appreciate getting to know you, Member and the little ones. It has been my pleasure working with you and making sure you were 100% satisfied with me, my company and all my associates I brought to your beautiful home. Always feel free to call. I will respond...."
"Thanks you for allowing me to help create a better use of your space in your beautiful kitchen. We managed to get through all the challenges. Call me when you are ready for the wine cellar."
This service did a terrific job and we are very pleased with them.
"It was such a delight working with you. I am so happy the Sayler's sent you my way."
We began working together when he designed my kitchen 4 years ago now. Well it has been a wonderful space and my parents would say the same of the kitchen he designed for them 2 years ago. Great use of space and his advice is always geared to the situation at hand.
If you are looking for someone dependable, trustworthy, prompt, professional and easy to work with, then Gene is the one you want to work with.
We look forward to working with you again soon Gene, thank for all your help.
"Thanks you for your kind words. I feel like I have been working with you and your family for years. It has been a pleasure and an honor to work with you, your parents and now hopefully your place of worship too."
Gene worked with us to create a plan and was very accommodating with our requests. All of the employees who worked on our bathroom, from the tilers to the electrician to the plumber, were very professional and completed quality work.
We would recommend Village Designs to all of our friends.
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