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Michael McCloskey Design Group describes itself on its Houzz profile as a full service residential architecture and interior design company that has been renovating and designing homes throughout New England for nearly 30 years. Houzz lists licence number MA 9550. In 2012, Michael designed an addition to a house on a seashore site in Nahant, MA, and the project was permitted and approved by local boards. Also in 2012, Michael worked on the remodel of a primary and a second home and offered many construction solutions that saved time and money. In 2013, Mike's concepts for spatial usage and design shaped upgrades to a Marblehead home in which a few walls were removed and the WC and bedroom were sorted out. In 2015, Michael gave a workable plan for another Marblehead home, starting with adding missing trim elements and changing from fast growth wood prone to rotting to modern synthetic materials. A 2016 kitchen and bedroom addition drew the words "Could not ask for better results."
Fantastic designer and architect Could not ask for better results Great ideas, thoughts, plans and designs Love the work on my kitchen and bedroom addition
We are currently working with Michael. His ideas are very innovative and match with our needs. Michael is very easy to work with especially with our crazy schedules. He has delivered everything we have asked and on time. I am very excited that we choose Michael and look forward to the finished product. We will begin construction in October.
After seeing so much beautiful and well executed work done around our seaside town by Michael McCloskey, my wife and I were happy for the opportunity to benefit from Michael's vision and guidance on the first of what we hope will be more projects to improve our Marblehead, MA home. We knew we needed something and when we explained to Michael that we didn't know what wasn't quite right, he immediately knew exactly what was needed. He gave us a workable plan and guidance along the way as we began the process of 'finishing' our home. Our first phase involved started by adding missing trim elements that were never installed by the homeowners before us who had done some extensive renovation, changing the homes color pallet and finish choice to one that more elegantly fit our historic community. Simply changing the scale of the trim we were using to make it all align proportionately was a huge improvement. In the process we were able to change from fast growth wood prone to rotting to modern synthetic materials that will be maintenance free for years to come. Michael was supportive and although his talent could have allowed him to simply dictated what was 'right', he made sure that our own desires and concerns were heard and considered as he formed his recommendations. Through the whole process he was considerate of making sure that the value of what we did was in line so as to avoid unnecessarily wasting funds. A total pleasure to work with and a true professional.
Great Architect / Design firm My firm won the bid several years ago on a truly amazing project in Swampscott Ma and Mike was the Architect , the design was spot on and the homeowners were completely satisfied.
Having grown up in Marblehead, Mass. I knew the in's and outs of finding the right home to move back to after 15 years in Boston. We did 3 1/2 years of open houses and my wife and I finally found a place to call home. We wanted to give it a few upgrades. I went to Michael and McCloskey Design Group, straight away. Mike was visionary in his concepts for optimal spacial usage and design. We removed a few walls and sorted out the WC and bedroom. My home wouldn't be my home without their help. I especially appreciated the attention to detail and the effort to conceptualize what both my wife and I had in mind and made a solution to please both of us. - Ian
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from MICHAEL MCCLOSKEY DESIGN GROUP. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$23,000 – $35,000
Typical remodeling project around $29,000
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Renovates century-old structures5.0