plan Z a r c h i t e c t s

My husband and I were hoping to renovate our mid-80s builder-grade colonial into a lighter, more spacious and modernized family-friendly home. After seeing his Kenwood renovation profiled in a local magazine, I knew Plan Z could handle the scope! Fernando came to my home and spent 3 hours surveying my house and property and walking me through multiple scenarios that would redefine our space to better meet our needs. By the end of our meeting, I was convinced that his creativity and exacting standards would make him an invaluable advocate for a homeowner working with builders and contractors. As he explained, sometimes you are not happy with Plan B or C, and if it takes going all the way to Plan Z to find the perfect design. I am confident that Fernando would have helped us reach our goals. Ultimately, we ended up buying a newer home a couple of miles down the street, only because we could not imagine undertaking such a huge and disruptive project with 2 preschool-aged kids. Still, I would definitely recommend him for any scale project, and would not hesitate to contact him for smaller remodel needs in the future.

Fernando Zuniga designed a new first floor for our 100 yr old DC townhouse, creating a sense of light and balance and usable space that has pleased us greatly. In a block of similar homes, many of which have had architectual renovations, we think this house is by far the nicest. He opened up the living and dining rooms, to create the most efficient, light-filled, and useful space I've ever worked in, friendly for people to help out and not get in the way, but easy for a single cook to reach everything. It was outstanding work. He is now designing a new fireplace, and we really appreciate the combination of a contemporary sensibility with a nod to the tradition of the house, and his ideas on keeping costs to a reasonable level. Highly recommended.

Plan Z Architects is very professional and very creative. It was a joy to work together. We united each others' strengths in order to create a superb product. Owner, Fernando Zuniga, not only accomplished what the homeowners wanted, he managed to create a working relationship with Finecraft Contractors that helped bolster the process which helped produce a house project which the homeowners are thrilled to enjoy for years to come. We are looking forward to working together on another project in the near future.

We have been very pleased working with Fernando Zuniga-Pflucker on two major renovations. Each time his original eye for space and design created a new and enjoyable home out of an old tired one. He listens and is flexible, and results have been outstanding. On the first occasion, we had a center hall colonial with the stairway and kitchen cramping the area just inside the front door. Fernando’s solution was to swing the stairway in the opposite direction (a solution that never crossed our minds), move the kitchen into a TV room in the rear of the house, and designed a new high ceiling, open space family room that was airy and comfortable. On the second occasion, we confronted him with a ranch-style home that had not been updated in 50 years. After crawling through attics and a closed-in second floor, his design removed walls and ceilings to create a vaulted-ceiling great room, a new dining room and library, and a modern staircase and balcony. He turned an old design into a modern and very enjoyable home to live in.