Maxa Design

We have recently had the design for our new house completed by Maxa Design and our experience of working with them has been very positive. The design is excellent, the communications throughout the process were great (always clear and honest) and they actually truly care about sustainability (it's not just a buzz word for them!) - they are well researched and have complex knowledge about environmentally friendly design principles. We are now moving toward the building stage and look forward to seeing Maxa's design come to life.

Sven Maxa and his team are outstanding! My husband and I wanted to extend our 1950's style home into a new modern industrial living space without too much disruption to the original home and we wanted to make the old and new flow together. A tall order! Sven thought of a solution that we never would have imagined on our own and the results are literally life changing. We are now living in our dream home. The Maxa Design team were not only visionary but they are smart, personable and really easy to work with.

‘Culvert House’ Trentham, Victoria, Australia Sustainability is most definitely one of our core values. We highly valued where we were living, at Westwyck, an acclaimed ‘eco development’ in Melbourne’s inner north. However, deciding on a ‘tree change’, we bought land in Trentham in the Central Highlands of Victoria. Needing a designer with similar values for our new home, we began and ended our search at ‘Maxa Design’. At our first meeting it was immediately apparent that Sven Maxa and Niall o Healaithe, the latter the designer assigned to our project, were kindred spirits. Immensely personable, relaxed, yet clearly attentive and receptive to our ideas, we left that first meeting knowing we need look no further. We presented them with the following ‘vision’. We asked them to: Create a contemporary home that mirrors an uncomplicated lifestyle. Create a design that modestly reveals an understated depth of character. Create a space that embraces its inhabitants. We outlined what was important to us in our house design, and certain products, features and finishes that we were determined to use. From this stating point, Niall worked closely with us throughout the project, using his expertise and experience to develop our ideas and suggest refinements or variations for our consideration. Photographs of our completed home can be viewed on the ‘Maxa Design’ website. We have now lived in our new home for 9 months. Suffice to say here that we couldn’t be more impressed if you ran over us with a steamroller! (Ian and Pam Cornthwaite)