Connected Design

Ours has been a rather large and innovative project for a suburban development: a single-storey duplex built with sustainability — environmental and social — at the forefront: our ‘Grand Design’. Tracy has been great to work with, taking on board our requirements for both these forms of sustainability and helping us to contain expenses (I should have listened more to those words of wisdom!). Tracy has been fabulous to communicate with, she’s been always helpful, and has provided ‘reality checks’ for some of my wilder ideas. Advice to others: keep Tracy engaged throughout the project as her advice and enthusiasm is amazing!

Tracy has done a brilliant job of making the long-planned renovation of our federation semi a reality. From our first meeting Tracy seemed to know exactly what we were looking to achieve. She listened to our ideas and produced plans that we were very happy with. Her detailed plans, and knowledge of local council and the development application process, resulted in a very swift approval. Communication with Tracy has always been easy. She has put us in touch with suppliers and builders, all of whom have been great to deal with. Our project is currently underway and we’re delighted with the progress. Tracy has continued to be available to provide advice to us and our builder and we can see that she’s as excited as we are to see the end result. I would have no hesitation in recommending Connected Design.

Tracy has been fantastic to work with, always helpful, a brilliant communicator, but most importantly has a finger on the pulse of the latest sustainable design solutions and an amazing attention to detail (while being budget conscious)! I would not hesitate to recommend her.

Tracy Graham played a pivotal role in bringing to life our aspirations for the renovation of our family home. Although the scope of the redevelopment was fairly modest, the transformation that it has brought to our lives has been very significant. Tracy guided us through every step of the process, helping us to make timely decisions that resulted in a building process that was not only efficient but, somewhat remarkably, also pleasant. Tracy has a particular concern to ensure that buildings are sustainable - both in terms of their construction and use. This led to the use of innovative materials that not only complemented the design, but also achieved improved environmental outcomes.

Tracy gave us excellent guidance and advice on our kitchen/laundry renovation. She helped us to navigate compliance requirements, advised us on design elements and recommended tradespeople and materials to get the job done. We would never have got such a good result without her advice and expertise.

We hired Tracy from Connected Design to help us with our bathroom renovation. Our project is in a heritage area and although small was not straightforward and Tracy was able to help us with some great design options and all the necessary planing work to get approval through council.

We used Connected Design to redesign our kitchen area. We chose to use the same footprint and include a bathroom and laundry. Connected Design listened carefully to our needs and creatively found a solution to including alot in a small space! Tracy's knowledge and communication about environmentally low impact products is outstanding. She also completed her work thoroughly and with attention to detail. Tracy is lovely to work with and we can recommend Connected Design.

Connected design helped us with a complex renovation. came We had a tight budget, a large sustainability mandate and the complication of being a joint council project, and a council owned property. The renovation brief was to make our shopfront a demonstration site that showcased a low cost highly sustainable renovation to the business and residential community, whilst making it also an accessible, contemporary and welcoming community space. It was important that the materials used had an authentic sustainability story, and that this was visible to the community. To navigate through the complexities of the project Tracy joined the team to get a deep understanding the centre’s needs. She helped us secure sponsorship of technologies, source innovative low cost materials and find the right contractors for the job. Tracy's designs made the space more functional and adaptable, refreshing its identify, and making to welcoming to the community. She navigated the renovation through what needed to be a best practice DA case for council, making the centre an accessible space for those with mobility challenges, and meeting high WHS requirements. We achieved a high standard of finish throughout the centre, a project that ran on time and was dead on budget. Couldn’t have been any better!

Tracy moulded my basic idea for a renovation & came up with a well thought out & innovative design. She worked with our budget in mind, & was still able to produce a surprising & unique plan. She's what you need when designing a home!

Tracy from Connected Design did a brilliant job of designing the renovation of our 100 year old semi-detached house in Sydney's Inner West. She really listened to what we wanted in our house, matched our eco prinicples in an extremely knowledgeable way, dealt calmly with hiccups along the way (our challenging neighbours and strict council accoustic standards) and expertly guided us through the planning process. Best of all she has designed us an extremely liveable space that is within our budget. I can't wait to see her plans become reality next month when we start building.