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Two customers came back for a second kitchen. One came back for a third. That is the pattern running through Linda Lesyna's reviews — people who hired her once for a kitchen layout and returned when the next house needed one. She designs kitchens and baths out of Boston Building Resources, the co-op on Terrace Street in Boston, and her Houzz profile says she worked as a licensed carpenter before that, with over twenty-five years designing there. What clients describe is the design half of a renovation: layout, cabinet lines, appliance placement, and often a contractor referral — a December 2018 client wrote that the builder Linda recommended "had high praise for her throughout the process". The written accounts are specific, consistently warm, and old: twelve of them, running July 2017 to December 2019, behind a 5.0 average from 20 Houzz ratings. The one four-star, from January 2018, is not really a complaint — that homeowner said she worked stained-glass panels from their previous kitchen into a custom cabinet design and it turned out better than they hoped. Two things to settle before you call. Boston Building Resources' own site says Linda is retiring after a 30-plus-year career there, so confirm she is still taking projects. And her Houzz listing prices a typical job at $5,000 to $50,000 for cabinets and layout design, installation excluded — the build is a separate contractor and a separate budget.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Linda Lesyna. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Cabinets are roughly 30% of a kitchen budget.
Estimated range
$23,000 – $35,000
Typical kitchen remodel around $29,000
“Linda Lesyna will be retiring this fall after a 30+ year career at Boston Building Resources, helping hundreds of people design beautiful and functional kitchens.”
Linda was such a pleasure to work with! I came to her after many had mentioned her on Next Door when I asked for recommendations after I decided that working with a big box home improvement store was not going well. I already knew exactly what I wanted and Linda showed me exactly that. The contractor she recommended was great too.
Linda is an absolute dream to work with! She immediately put me at ease, and from the moment I met her, I knew I could trust her to help us through the the nerve-wracking process of redoing our kitchen. She knew her stuff backwards and forwards but always spoke in language that I could understand as a layperson. She never once tried to up-sell us on anything, and on the contrary was super up-front in cluing us in on where we could save money. She was super responsive and professional over email and phone, and easy to make an appointment with in person, and she didn't miss a single detail despite a seemingly never-ending stream of "surprises" introduced during the process of our gut renovation. Our kitchen is exactly the way we wanted it and we couldn't be happier with the results! If we ever redo another kitchen, I wouldn't even think about working with anyone but Linda and Boston Building Resources!
Linda was knowledgeable, responsive, and a pleasure to work with. She helped us choose a terrific cabinet fabricator and guided us through complex customizations, communicating our desires clearly to the fabricator and diplomatically pointing out price increases as they came along. We would certainly work with Linda and BBR again!
I highly recommend Linda Lesyna as a partner for kitchen design. Linda is thoughtful, creative, practical, and has a keen eye for space and how to maximize its use. Linda was open to new ideas and offered alternative suggestions when "Plan A" couldn't work. Linda is also sensitive to cost and thinks through the nuts and bolts of how every aspect of the kitchen will fit together. In addition to getting us beautiful cabinets that are practical and a clear design, Linda referred us to the contractor we ultimately decided to do the build out. He and Linda worked very well together -- and he had high praise for her throughout the process. There were also two new ideas I had during construction, and Linda got us what we needed, even though they weren't part of the original plan. I give Linda the highest recommendation for kitchen design.
Linda was incredibly helpful in assisting us in the design and organization of our kitchen cabinetry. She brought great ideas and suggestions to the process but was also really attentive to our preferences in style and color. Very knowledgeable about a broad selection of manufacturers and about best practices in cabinet organization. Her communication with us was clear and responsive, and she was always friendly and easy-going in our meetings and phone calls. I would highly recommend her services.
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