Client Testimonials

We are writing to thank you for the most excellent job that you did in building us our new and beautiful lake house.

We remember our first meeting at the site when you impressed us with your calm, sincere manner and your ability to listen to our dreams and ideas, work with them when it was feasible, and tactfully explain when it was not! Over the course of the next year we met numerous times to tailor our plans. We liked your flexibility; and your suggestions and ideas really helped us to make our plans effectively. You always made yourself available when it was convenient for us and even met us in Toronto several times.

We gave you a small set of drawings from our designer and you took it from there. You had the drawings engineered and made all the arrangements: from demolition through to completion of our lake house. The companies and trades people that you contracted with showed up on time and got their jobs done in a most professional and timely manner. With your regular site visits, you oversaw every detail and made sure of that. Most of all we found your staff of carpenters to be talented, dedicated and hard working, carefully attending to every detail as if they were building their own home. They were polite, congenial and honest. You also kept us on track, making sure that we made our choices regarding fixtures, materials, paint colours, etc. in time so as not to slow down the project. The merchants that you referred us to for heating, lumber and windows were professional and reasonable and delivered on time.

In short Tom, we are very pleased with a job well done and would not hesitate to recommend you to anyone contemplating a building project.
Sincerely yours, Erik and Vicky Koudstaal

I could not be more pleased with the work of you and your team in the construction of the sleeping cabin and dock at our Foxpoint Road property on Lake of Bays.

From the outset, you introduced me to a terrific draftsman who immediately interpreted my desire to create a dwelling with required space restrictions, which would not feel small. The use of the fir timbers and lightly stained pine throughout added to the warm and relaxing spirit of the cabin.

Tom steered the project through the many complications of a council dealing with new regulations, as well as an Interior Designer (myself!) who specified unique finishes and quality of workmanship.

The end result is better than I could have imagined. I long to get back to Lake of Bays and the custom sleeping cabin and steel reinforced dock, as soon as possible. Tom will continue to assist our family with more renovations of the main cottage, in the future.

I am pleased to enthusiastically endorse Tom Stead’s work to anyone considering a renovation or new construction in the lake area. Please do not hesitate calling me, if I may be of further assistance.
Sincerely, Anne Boa www.anneboainteriordesign.com