Dominic Frissore
Relationship: Client
Project Date: January 2016
Project Price Range: more than $100,000
We are happy to say that we had the great delight of working with Andrea Morton during the major renovation of our home last year. She was recommended by friends of ours who thought she would be a good fit for our project. They couldn’t have been more right.
We had quite an extensive project before us, a near full renovation of our 2 family home in Somerville. We were so unprepared, and I must say naïve about the extent of details that had to be addressed, from the design process to permitting. Overall, our project lasted for close to a year, and through every step of the way, Andrea guided us and was always available to answer questions, provide feedback, design ideas and recommendations. I don’t think we could have managed this without her. She is extremely knowledgeable and has a keen sense of what needs to get done and when.
We consider ourselves very fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with Andrea and after many months of planning, decision making and renovations, we now live in the home we always dreamed about. Our most heartfelt thanks go out to you and your team for making our dream a reality!
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Victorian Updated
Relationship: Client
Project Date: January 2013
Project Price Range: more than $100,000
Kitchen re-design and back porch with screen porch design. Kitchen was totally redone right down to the studs. The porch was from the ground up, and needed a creative touch since we are so close to the property line.
Cable-Pinsky
Relationship: Client
Project Date: July 2015
Project Price: more than $100,000
After interviewing a number of architects, we hired Andrea to help us with a first-floor renovation on our essentially untouched 1910 Victorian, including a new kitchen, the addition of a half-bath, and the transformation of a tacked-on (and tacky!) 3-season front porch into a finished 4-season entry way.
We had never undertaken a major renovation before, and largely selected Andrea because of her style and her expertise with urban spaces. We were not disappointed. She found creative and unexpected solutions for our small space, maximized functionality, and was responsive to our ideas and feedback while also gently pushing us towards decisions that, in retrospect, were very smart. We are very pleased with the finished project, in terms of both aesthetics and function.
We did not anticipate how essential it would be to have Andrea’s expertise with our local zoning and permitting. She guided us seamlessly through a special permitting process, and responded quickly and effectively when there were roadblocks with our city’s notoriously complex building division.
Andrea is honest and her processes are transparent. We never had any concerns about her charges and she remained conscious of our budget throughout (even encouraging us at points to avoid letting the scope of work creep up). She is extremely professional, but also funny, personable, and easy to work with, which made the process much more enjoyable. We would recommend her without hesitation.
Somerville Stylish and Funky
Relationship: Client
Project Date: January 2013
Working with Andrea of aMortonDesign was a fantastic experience. She is thoughtful, creative, intelligent and resourceful. She always listened to our ideas, paid attention to our tastes, yet she always offered solutions to space problems that we would never have thought of. All around she made the renovation process enjoyable (and who can say that?!) and we would hire her again for future projects.
Winchester MA Renovation
Relationship: Client
Project Date: June 2012
Andrea was our architect for a major renovation/remodeling at our new home. First of all, she is very personable and easy to talk to. She pays close attention to what you’d like to achieve, your taste and interests. She quickly and easily reaches such alignment. She’s also very attentive to details. She always presents a number of alternate proposals for you to review and choose. I should add that, because of her initial understanding of what we like, we often found ourselves truly liking most of the proposals she presented to us upfront rather than needing to iterate in search of a solution. Similarly, when during the course of our complex project, surprises emerged or prior decisions had to be revisited, she was always prompt in offering other equally valid options and solutions, often anticipating what we would have wanted. In conclusion, we had an excellent experience working with Andrea and I highly recommend her.
Relationship: Colleague
Project Date: June 2012
Project Price Range: more than $100,000
Andrea is one of the smartest and hardest working Architects in the business. Talented, professional, kind and endlessly positive. We do a lot of large scale renovation work, and on projects like ours the details can change very quickly and pressure can mount on the design team very quickly and without warning. Andrea was consistently one step ahead of us, and rolled with the changes like a true pro. Highly and wholeheartedly recommended.
Winchester Tudor renovation
Relationship: Client
Project Date: July 2013
Andrea was awesome. She worked closely with us on our needs and wants, coming up with several options before zeroing in and expanding the best one of these. She handled the contractor interviews expertly and translated all the “read between the lines” moments for us. Once construction began, we were able to take over more by ourselves, but she was there whenever we needed a consult, and particularly at the end, swooped in to solve/mediate a messy conflict with the contractor. For all these reasons and more, I would highly and without reservation, recommend Andrea at aMortonDesign…
Boston Brownstone Goes Green
Relationship: Client
Project Date: 2011
My husband and I recently concluded a kitchen renovation for which Andrea was the architect. Our experience working with her was excellent. In the early stages, she brought a very clear vision to the possibilities for our space, which is small and required creative solutions to maximize countertop space, appliances, storage, etc. She also provided advice on everything from materials and wood treatments to many small details that we probably would have otherwise overlooked. We would recommend her highly.