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“Manuel and Ildiko are an absolutely fabulous design build team and wonderful people! Manuel built on our Chicago brick bungalow adding a floor with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, while also redoing our kitchen, restoring the original look of our front bay windows, updating our electric, water and HVAC and building us a laundry room in our basement. He was incredibly responsive and worked with us to make our house exactly what we wanted. He is a creative architect and practical builder at the same time, making sure he can meet your design needs and budgetary restraints all in one. I also feel there was such a huge benefit to having an architect working on our house, especially a 100+ year old house like ours, as he is able to adjust as he goes to make sure the build works. Also, the front of our house is beautiful and perfectly in keeping with the home, which is a difficult feat when building on an old house like ours. And Ildiko is able to step in so seamlessly and make sure your design needs becomes a reality. I had a vision for what I wanted in the master bath and she made it happen, from tile and color selections to making sure all everything fits right and adding the right amount of color! She also was so helpful with finding everything we needed and helping us order. Could not recommend them enough.”

- Natasha E.

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”This is my 3rd project with Design Seed! Wow!!!! Each time they exceed my expectations! Incredible attention to detail, top echelon expertise, kind yet firm direction given in order to stick with budget. I’ve been working with Manuel and Ildiko for over 10 years now and have referred them to all of my friends and family! Top notch firm!'

- Ivana D.

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“My husband has known of Design Seed and be recommended them to me. I never thought I would need a designer and architect to know what I want. Well....let’s just say i am so grateful, humbled and appreciative of them. Ildiko on the design side got to k or me first, and from there she somehow knew my vision. I am so lucky for her work because it’s my vision, she just made it come to fruition so much easier. I highly recommend this company, they will make your vision come to life, your stress not stressful, and the final outcome so beautiful. I am so happy I chose to set aside my stubbornness and use Design Seed! I’m currently using them for my kitchen and master suite! Pictures to come!”

- Aree M.

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“Not only is Design Seed building out my Paint & Sip art studio (Bottle & Bottega Highland Park), during the planning phase our personal home suffered a catastrophic fire and we decided have Design Seed design and rebuilt our home. Manuel is a consummate professional keeping us in the "loop" on all updates and movement of the buildings via their online project website. We are very happy with their level of response, courtesy and open mindedness when it comes to making tough decisions about our buildout and our rebuild.”

- Christopher B.

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“Manuel walked through our home and broke down the short-term and long-term steps for several projects. From opening up our kitchen to expanding our home office, Manuel made the seemingly overwhelming process clear and financially feasible. We are looking forward to starting our remodel with Design Seed!”

-Matthew Z.

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"We worked with Manuel on a large scale renovation of our home utilizing both his architectural and construction skills. Working with Manuel on all aspects of our reno made this project much less stressful. I appreciate his attention to detail, his insights and his hands on approach to ensuring our project met our expectations and our budget constraints. I would highly recommend Design Seed and would welcome the opportunity to work with them again.”
-Kristie R

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”My wife and I hired Design Seed to complete a gut rehab of our 1910 Chicago Bungalow. Manuel was great to work with. As you can imagine, when gutting a home from 1910, not everything went as we planned. Manuel met us at the house after work a number of times and spent hours working through these issues with us, to everyone's satisfaction. The subs that he hired were also professional and did a nice job. In the end though, what mattered most, was that we trusted Manuel to be honest and fair, and he came through!”

-Charlie J