After wasting a couple of months visiting several lacklustre kitchen companies, and even investigating trying to do this ourselves (daft idea!), we happened upon a neighbour's kitchen. Er, wow! Referral made to Legacy.
From the get-go, this was a company that inspired confidence. Paul W is a talented and hardworking designer who knows his stuff. He designs every millimetre of your space with purpose. Finally, we were offered something that was inspirational.
The schedule arrived (thank you to May for her work too) and the next 7 weeks were plotted out, to the day. And you know, they kept to it, pretty much to the day (the final piece was a few days over but by that time we were in and functioning). As at July 7, 2017 we have been using these new spaces in our home for about 6 weeks now. And I can't express enough how much is has changed the way we use our home. Every room has been reconfigured. Some more simply, the kitchen more functional and all of it beautiful. I can't quite believe this is ours!
The team of people that Legacy use work well together - you can tell they are familiar with each other, they know their role, the contractors must bump into each other and cross over all the time - they know their job and have have the skills to back it up. This is the first time in a long (long) time where we have been given what was promised and it rebuilds our faith that there are still some quality folks out there.
We decided to remain in the house throughout the renovation - and we won't blow smoke - it was hard, and dusty and frustrating. We had emptied the contents of the old kitchen into an upstairs bedroom, and every room looked like a junk sale for a while. But that's a bit of a first world problem, huh? But the cool part was to be able to come home everyday and mark the progress.
Thank you to Paul W, to all the office staff, and to the contractors who helped this become a reality for us. And my final word is that if you are hum'ing and hah'ing about whether to remove that corner pantry - go for it!