Stephen Rhoads Architect LLC

When we bought our 1300 square foot bungalow in 2004, we knew that a renovation was in our future. The house needed major updating and in 2006, we hired Architect Stephen Rhoads to help us with that renovation. We had interviewed another architect, as well as a designer, however, it was clear that Stephen Rhoads was the right architect for us. Stephen is extremely knowledgeable, and creative as well as being friendly. He listened carefully to our wish list, and must haves, took notes, and even drew sketches with some ideas as we spoke. Eventually, Stephen turned our 1960 outdated bungalow, into a 2200 square foot dream home. Our family room with a stone fireplace and plenty of natural lig...Read More

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I found a fixer upper in Hopewell Borough NJ. Hopewell is a quaint, family orientated town of less than 2500 persons and ranked 15th of best towns to live in NJ. The house was a one story 900 square foot trashed home. We had some challenges as the home was in a historic district. Steve got my extensive home renovation (more than double the original size) approved by the historic and planning boards in two weeks. With the square footage on the small side, Steve wanted open floors and lots of windows. I requested an arts and crafts bungalow style home from the west coast 50-60 style. Steve did a great job with the attention to detail for the style I desired and working with a small spa...Read More

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We purchased our home based on the stunning family room that Stephen Rhoads designed for the previous owner. Over the last 2-1/2 years Steve has remodeled our 2nd floor hall bathroom into 2 bathrooms (one en suite for the guest room and the other a shared hall bath for our children). He recently did a major gut renovation to our 1st floor master bath and our powder room. Steve was also the project manager for these renovations and his attention to detail and knowledge in all areas of construction and design helped us tremendously with our design decisions and keeping us on budget. He stays on top of contractors and keeps to a strict timeline. We look forward to working with Steve again...Read More

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Architect Stephen Rhoads was contracted in 2009 to design and manage a much needed renovation to update our 1835 rural farmhouse, onto which an awkward addition was built sometime in the 1940s that added indoor plumbing and a kitchen. We’re the 3rd generation of my husband’s family to own the property, so this project carried along with it the design challenge of preserving the history and feeling of the original house while seamlessly blending it with a contemporary living space. Steve did an excellent job designing a plan with 2 variations. We selected 1 of the plans and Steve worked in our requested revisions. He interviewed contractors, managed every stage of construction, connected ...Read More

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When we bought our 1300 square foot bungalow in 2004, we knew that a renovation was in our future. The house needed major updating and in 2006, we hired Architect Stephen Rhoads to help us with that renovation. We had interviewed another architect, as well as a designer, however, it was clear that Stephen Rhoads was the right architect for us. Stephen is extremely knowledgeable, and creative as well as being friendly. He listened carefully to our wish list, and must haves, took notes, and even drew sketches with some ideas as we spoke. Eventually, Stephen turned our 1960 outdated bungalow, into a 2200 square foot dream home. Our family room with a stone fireplace and plenty of natural lig...Read More

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