TESTIMONIALS
Debbi and David
Debbi Berins was for many years a leading designer of hotels, restaurants, spas and commercial spaces. Then, for ten years, she was Director of Interior Design for one of Austin's most prominent residential architectural firms, and had a similar role with a highly-regarded custom home builder in that city. When it came time to build a custom home for herself and her husband David, a Dallas-based hotel industry consultant and developer, Debbi sought out a builder who was known to listen to his clients, to be collaborative, creative, and most importantly, focused on quality.
Michael Turner's Classic Urban Homes was the perfect match with Debbi and David's vision. Together with the architect recommended by Turner, the team created a contemporary urban retreat for this busy couple, easy to maintain, and replete with unique architectural details.
Debbi and David are huge fans of Turner: "Throughout the process, we found Mike to be not only extremely cost sensitive and efficient, but responsive to our ideas, creative in identifying options and solutions, and very positive in his communications and relationship with us."
"He delighted in finding ways to create the unique features we wanted in our home for much less cost than we feared. What many people expect to be a negative experience turned out to be a delightful, fun process for us. Far from having the horror stories that many people garner from building a custom home, we have nothing but happy tales about how we and our builder worked in tandem to create our dream house, ahead of schedule and under budget. You couldn't possibly have a better experience than we did."
Sean & Alice
We recently completed a major remodel/addition to our home increasing our space from less than 1,500SF to 3,000SF. Teaming with our architect, Michael Turner produced a masterpiece that was a perfect manifestation of our vision. His tireless attention to detail throughout the process, from design conception, to budget planning to punch list gave us the assurance that we were in good hands. Michael was always on time, his job site was clean and safe, he was communicative and he was always present. He worked with us to manage our budget while making sure we did not sacrifice the quality and detail we wanted.
Our home is everything we pictured and we have received countless compliments. We are clients for life and look forward to the opportunity to work with Michael again.
Yvette & Jason
"Michael Turner was a true joy to work with and made the entire building experience wonderful. We love the new house, and everything greatly surpassed our expectations. Michael's work ethic and friendly attitude quickly earned our respect. Even after the build, Michael is always no more than a phone call away for assistance, and he goes above and beyond to follow through on everything. He is a true pleasure to work with, and we've been so pleased that we plan to never use another builder other than Michael Turner."
Nat & Lindsay
"Classic Urban Homes has mastered logical, stylish and energy-efficient houses for couples and families at all life phases. The amount of storage is near perfection, and the energy-efficient materials and appliances have kept our bills within reason throughout a volatile energy market. We appreciated these special touches even more after we moved into the home. Mike Turner has incredible knowledge about his products and continues to amaze us with his follow-up."
Kirin & Marcelo
"Building our custom home with Classic Urban Homes was such a pleasure. A contemporary house requires top workmanship, and we interviewed several different builders for our project. We saw other houses Mike had done, and though they were a different style, the quality of his work was very impressive. But what really made our decision was his personality. We designed our house ourselves and wanted to be very involved in the whole process. Mike was so great to work with; he respected our budget, was patient with me during the selection process and completed the job right on time. He was always easy to reach for questions or concerns, and even called me if there was heavy equipment being used because he knew I thought it was cool to watch!
We love our home and always receive tons of compliments from visitors. We've done other projects with Mike and have referred him to our closest friends. I'm already planning our next house and look forward to working with Mike again!"
Bill Willis - Allie Beth Allman
I came into the house for the first time expecting to see the same tired old builder shortcuts. I was extremely surprised by what I saw. Classic Urban Homes' thoughtfulness and attention to detail in this house far exceeded those of houses that cost over $2 million. It is great to find a builder who is the exception, rather than the norm.
Craig & Annette
"Michael Turner was an absolute gift as he directed the add-on to our Preston Hollow home. We ended up almost doubling the size of our home and lived there during the process. He consistently completed each phase on time with the full respect of each and every one of his knowledgeable subcontractors. Our home ... his job site was clean and orderly, and each aspect was finished on time, on budget and well done. During our construction project, our family had a personal crisis, and Michael was there with us ... with his big ol' heart! He is THE BEST ... for sure!"
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