houseology

We didn’t know where to start with our renovation project. Our house has a lot of wasted space and awkward shapes. Eva came out for a 2 hour consultation and at the end of the two hours we have a vision for our home. She took all our worries and concerns into account and left us with a really clear plan . She had lots of ideas that we had never thought of. We had been searching for ages to find the right person and Eva defiantly delivered. She’s super quick & efficient.

We used Eva for some ideas and plans for our new house. She was really great - refined some ideas we had but also gave us some new ideas we hadn’t even thought of. Our builder also loved the drawings she provided as it put some structure on the project.

Eva was great, she planned our whole space to ensure maximum light and space-saving. Well worth the money. Would strongly consider having her back for a second consultation!

Delighted we had a consultation with Eva to help us decide on a layout for a reconfiguring of existing space. She's very practical and considers budget. We were at a standstill and couldn't imagine the space. Very useful small expenditure in our overall project and lovely person to deal with. Highly recommend.

We had a consultation with Eva to create storage in our living / dining space. She gave us really inventive and smart solutions, which I would never have thought of myself. I'm thrilled with the ideas we have now and cannot wait to make them a reality. We got hand drawn sketches of the ideas, which we can use to get quotes.

I am delighted with my consultation. Thanks to Eva we can remodel our existing space to provide a larger bedroom for our daughter without losing space in other rooms. This will cost considerably less than extending the property so now our budget covers remodelling the family bathroom as well. Eva is bursting with great ideas and solutions and the drawings provided will be perfect for getting quotations. I can highly recommend Eva and I will definitely be using her again.

Delighted to have had Eva out to brainstorm ideas to extend to the rear. Eva’s practical advice and experience reigned me in and she showed me what could be achieved in our living space - which will be well received from my other half !! The solution presented is obtainable and yet covers all our needs and more - with the drawings left it is a great starting point to take it to the next level. Thanks again Eva looking forward to sharing the finished project with you.

Best decision we have made ! Eva arrived and i couldnt believe what she managed to achieve within our 2 hour time frame. She managed to do up very specific drawings for us for our garage to be converted into a 1 bedroom apartment at the side of our house, including all of the essentials needed,including safety measures aswell as practical details, all within the small space that we had to work with. She was super professional and focused, straight into work mode, used every single minute of her time to give us ultimately exactly what we had hoped for and more. I will be highly recommending Eva to all i know, and would encourage anyone thinking about it to just book her!!

Eva gave us three design choices for our extension. All three considered our wish list for the open plan space. Her expertise in the details added to the plans and we are excited to bring the chosen drawing to the builder now.

We met Eva this morning when she came to meet myself and my husband and put some structure to our current living. She was incredibly professional and listened to both myself and my husband and our varying ideas! She managed to stitch them cohesively together with her own spin on things which was brilliant! We now have two versions to work from.... the only problem with this is that I’m a Libra so decision making is tough for me! But rest assured, both options will give us what we want and need! Thanks Eva and we are looking forward to moving forward with the project. Tara and Alan

We consulted with Eva for ideas for our dining room and kitchen merger and also our bedroom renovation. Her two hours with us were an intense whirlwind which resulted in Eva proposing some fantastic plans which we loved and she incorporated everything we had asked for and even included a window seat which was on my unspoken wish list! Now we need to find a builder and will probably be back to Eva for further refinement of the plans.

Very useful couple of hours with Eva. She gave us great advice on our kitchen/dining room layout to maximise light and space. We feel much more confident in proceeding with the renovation now.

Eva gave me excellent advice about how to use the existing space in my house and how to minimise the extension needed, she saved us literally thousands and improved the outcome! Her professional insights are invaluable!

I met Eva at Ideal Homes and contacted her following that to get some help with fleshing out ideas for an open plan kitchen/diner. Her advice was invaluable. She gave us two options and we're going with the one she recommended. She had lots of great suggestions that will work across the house in relation to storage. Now that our plans are more concrete, I'm asking her to come out again so that we can go into more detail and get help and advice with storage options, doors, light etc. Highly recommended!

I met Eva at the Ideal Homes exhibition 2017. I'd been planning to carry out some renovations to my very small home but was having difficulty planning the best use of my space. Once she explained what she did, I booked an appointment immediately. She visited my home and after a short discussion about my needs, she set about drawing plans to scale, showing me an alternative and far better way to use my current space. While I haven't started renovations yet, I believe it will prove the best money spent on the project. Instead of having a boring, semi useful kitchen, I will now have the a open, airy bright space overlooking my garden, my essential downstairs cloakroom and a tiny but better laid out upstairs shower room. Hopefully I'll post before and after photos when project is complete. Thanks Eva.

We are in early stages of planning a house refurb and Eva's help was invaluable in putting a shape on our thoughts and giving us lots of great ideas and tips. She was really pleasant to deal in advance with and absolutely efficient on the day. Drawings and explanations of options were clear and well explained and she spotted potential problems really quickly. Strongly recommended

Eva was brilliant at helping us to solve the problems that were preventing our home from working for us. She saw possibilities that we had not seen and maximised our light and space. She is extremely professional yet has a friendly and approachable manner and it was a pleasure working with her. She left us drawings after designing our layout and we are now moving our project forward talking to builders. We are only sorry we didn't contact her earlier as we wasted so much time and money trying to solve issues ourselves. I would definitely recommend Eva if you need help organising your space, it was the best money we have spent to date.

I booked an extension review with Eva to discuss extension layout options and get some advice on maximising light in the new living space. She took on board all the issues that we have with our current living space and came back with 2 layout options for our new open plan area. I was delighted with both plans that we received and the invaluable advice that she gave in relation to decor and maximising space. I would have no hesitation in recommending Eva to anyone who is embarking on an extension project as Its is a small price to pay for excellent advice and getting the most out of your existing and new build.

Eva came to our house to give advice on an upcoming renovation to our kitchen/ living area and we were delighted with the experience and the insight and ideas she provided. We found Eva to be professional and efficient, to the point, so as to optimize the little time we had with her. She gave us a whole new perspective on our project and really encouraged us the think about how our home could be adapted to best accommodate our needs whilst getting the most out of our existing space! She has opened our minds to clever new ideas which we very much welcomed!

Eva, Thanks so much for your help. Reconfiguring my apartment was overwhelming until I sat down with you. I loved your direct and simple approach, I should not have waited so long for your help with this project. I can really envisage a warm and stylish home thanks to you. Susan

Eva completed a two hour review for us and we got super value from it. I felt that she heard everything we said and quickly picked up on the key requirements for both our lifestyle and personality types. We now have a long list of suggested improvements for our home which includes a lot of quick and easy wins as well as some bigger ticket projects.

I was delighted with Eva's service. She was very responsive to my initial enquiry and she did exactly what she said she would: she came, she saw, she listened and she drew (after measuring up etc!) She quickly grasped the storage and space challenges we currently have and she had some innovative and fresh ideas. I adore the idea of a WonderWall and a kitchen courtyard. She was at pains to work with what we have rather than completely reinvent the wheel and I really appreciated that. I now have a starting point and a really exciting vision (captured on drawings) which is way more than I expected in a two hour consultation. Eva's service is wonderful and is very reasonable for what you get. I can highly recommend her.

I had a very productive consultation with Eva, where she was able to identify the best use of existing space as well as designing an extended kitchen space. It was great to see everything drawn out as it was able to clarify things in my head, and I now look forward to progressing to getting the space and flow that I need in my house.

Eva provided clear, direct guidance on how we could best renovate our house now, in a way that would lend itself to a future extension (when our budget allows). She provided a plan for an interim renovation and also a plan for a future extension. She gave practical advice and solutions to logistical problems. Her drawings will be very helpful in communicating our ideas and getting more accurate quotes from prospective builders. The process was energising and a great start point for our project.

Excellent consultant. I wasn't happy with our house plans. They didn't feel right and I just wasn't excited about building our home. I was recommended Eva at houseology by a friend. She took our plans, listened to every little thing I wanted in our house and she set about working her magic! Eva completely changed the house plans to a fully functioning flowing house that I can't wait to build! I'm so excited now! Eva is gifted creatively and has the art of listening down to a tee! You will not have to tell her anything twice. She will find a way to make your house work in ways you never will. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is not 100% happy with their plans. She is a genius. Thank you Eva.

We met Eva at the Ideal Homes Exhibition back in Spring’ 16. We were in the middle of buying our new house and was impressed with her professional and friendly manner. Fast forward 9 months and we are ready to begin with our renovations after the lengthy process of selecting our builder and figuring out how we wanted our extension to look. Our builder was happy to draw up a sketch and we had decided not to use an architect for the design process as it seemed a relatively straight forward build. We are planning a new kitchen/living area for a north facing extension and are moving the current bathroom, which was originally the scullery and accessed directly through the current dining room, to the other side of the house under the stairs. An old chimney in this dining room needs to stay for structural reasons and added to the problem of figuring out how best to plan the new space. I soon realised that my ideas for the layout were not quite working…. I remembered speaking with Eva, looked her up via this website and made the appointment. We are so glad we did! She arrived on time and was very enthusiastic and professional from the moment we met. She asked us to describe the house as it is, any problems we currently see with it and what are we expecting from the renovations. We then walked her through the house, discussing our ideas. After a half an hour or so, Eva had produced drawings of the current layout and proposed structural changes to best suit our proposed extension. We then all sat down together as Eva produced a fourth drawing of how she envisaged the new space. I was impressed how quickly she identified problems with our own ideas for this space while offering solutions. She eschewed the usual ‘holy triangle’ of kitchen design to plan a kitchen that will best suit our needs. She also discussed about ‘future proofing’ the design, that is making is more accessible as we age, made sense now. For example, drawers instead of cupboards for ease of access, a fridge/raise oven unit beside the chimney breast that we had thought would be a ‘dead space’. Eva also drew into our plans ideas for better storage and utility spaces, and offered advice on what size furniture will best suit the proportions of the room. After our consultation, we are more enthused than ever to begin our renovations. I would highly recommend Eva and her consultation services, if especially like me, you want an expert second opinion on how best to design your home.

We are in the process of extending our very small house and renfiguringbthe upstairs space along with new wardrobe and shelving. After one consultation with Eva we effectively had the blueprint for our kitchen extension sorted. A follow-up consultation provided the same for upstairs. I would highly recommend Eva (we have to alot of our friends!) Very efficient and cost effective.

I found Eva Byrne through Houzz and contacted her to come to do a consultation in our home. Eva is fantastic to work with, she carefully listens to what your needs are and takes great care to provide solutions in great detail. I would highly recommend Eva and have already done so to some of my friends.

We used Eva's houseology service when wishing to make our kitchen/playroom into a more bright and productive space and were unsure whether or not to extend or simply to work within the existing structure, knocking down certain internal walls. Eva listened to our list of needs and wants, our family's circumstances etc. and devised a detailed plan to work within the existing structure, thereby saving us a considerable amount of money. She then suggested an internal layout to make the best use of that space, identifying the most appropriate kitchen, dining and living zones in the re-designed room. We sought her advice regarding the details of the kitchen, the windows and the floor and intend to seek her ideas again regarding some of the furnishings. She has been most attentive to our needs - the right mix of taking our own ideas on board and making suggestions born of her own experience. I have no doubt that using her service has saved us money and diverted us from some mistakes we might otherwise have made and would highly recommend the service that she provides.

We engaged the brilliant Eva of Houseology to help us with an investment property. The kitchen in the house wasn't great and I wasn't sure what we needed to do to make it "liveable" for rental purposes. I thought we probably needed to extend. However Eva was able to show us how to make the best use of the existing galley kitchen without needing to go to the expense of building an extension. Eva was also a huge help in figuring out how best to furnish the bedrooms. She drew up the wardrobe space in each room and included specific measurements which we were able to hand to a carpenter. I have recommended Eva to many friends and can't wait to use her again shortly for help with a small house with a very dark flat roof extension. I'm hoping that there is magic to be done here. I know that, if there is, Eva is just the woman to do it!

Many thanks Eva for presenting me with so many options and ideas for my kitchen+dining remodel that I would never have thought possible. It was only after you had left, that I realised how much of me and my lifestyle that you had observed and incorporated into the layout drawings. I'm looking forward to creating a fully functional living space that will be calm, light-filled and structurally sound even incorporating my farmhouse table for sentimental reasons! Your advice on my next steps has me already on the way to implementing my project. Once again,many thanks.

We hired Eva to carry out a "Refine" consultation. We needed her help to turn our recent extension project into a more finished, polished and welcoming home. Our brief was very loose: we needed Eva to improve flow and functionality, and then recommend ways to improve the overall look and feel. For this consultation, she first talked to us to learn how we lived in the space – to understand what we felt worked, and what we felt didn't. She then got us to (literally!) roll up our sleeves as we rearranged the basic layout of each room to show what would work better. This was really transformative. Within a few minutes, we could all see how problem rooms could be improved. Simply through better placement of furniture, Eva was able to create a better space. This allowed us to see what we needed to help to bring this new layout come to life. The consultation allowed us to see a new vision of our home, before we start the process of furnishing, carpentry and decoration needed to realise this plan.

Eva met with us last week to help us put our ideas and wish list together. She gave us great advice and worked through our ideas until we came up with a drawing we can work off to re-configure the ground floor of our house. Would strongly recommend working with Eva.

Eva gave me fantastic advice and was such a pleasure to deal with. She was so professional and drew wonderful plans for our master bedroom which exceeded our expectations. Her great use of space, light and colour has transformed the way we live.

Eva provided some fantastic ideas on how to make the most of the space we had upstairs. She took into consideration the ages and lifestyle of the different members of the family when making suggestions and even considered how the rooms would grow with my children. Her ideas were clear, easy to follow and easy to implement. In 2 hours she gave me lots of different options to maximise the space we have upstairs, with drawing of the options. She most certainly saved me far more than her consultation cost with cost saving tips. I would have no hesitation in recommending her or asking her to consult on different areas of the house in the future.

We live in a Georgian house and are renovating our kitchen, bathroom and want to find space for a laundry room. We had lots of ideas but were having difficulty pulling everything together. Eva helped us focus, challenged our ideas, suggested simple solutions and gave us a very creative design which turned out to be affordable and easy to implement. Her approach is very professional, honest and directive. The consultation with Eva was very productive and cost effective. We are very happy to recommend her services.

Eva provides a unique and really useful service. In 2 hours she gave me scaled drawings of 4 options to change the layout of the kitchen/living/dining space. As an architect she understands light and space plus the practical implications of changes.I am really excited now about taking it forward with Eva.