Mr Ferri did design and filing services for our NYC apartment renovation requiring filing with the NYC DOB. What I've heard can be a slow moving, difficult filing process in the city of New York was simplified and made easy by Marcello's knowledge of the workings of filing things correctly with the proper authorities. I highly recommend Marcello for Architectural/Design/Filing services.

We contacted Marcello Ferri about renovating our landmark/historic Brooklyn brownstone early in the process. He visited the site and discussed a number of options on how to achieve what we wanted. Our job was complex as not only were we adding in central/ac and renovating the house top to bottom, but also because we wanted a completely open floor plan on the parlor floor. This required a great deal of structural work. He advised us on how to plan ahead and make choices before submitting drawings to contractors, in order to avoid change orders that would add to budget significantly and draw out the scheduled timeline.

Marcello also helped us choose a contractor, and when things seemed out of budget was thorough in helping us evaluate additional subcontractors to keep the job within our reach. Before we even submitted drawings to the contractors, Marcello had a very accurate sense of the overall cost of the budget. Again, he helped us keep our job within the overall budget.

Throughout the job Marcello worked to make sure we received what we really wanted. Even with high end contractors, they like to cut corners and do the job “their way.” He did not allow this and was insistent that the job was done the right way. In many instances making the contractors demo the work that was wrong (if past the point of no return) and redo the work the right way as he constantly checked their work throughout the job.

As with everything in life there were surprises, but Marcello was there to make sure that we solved any issues that we did not expect. He is very thorough, incredibly ethical, and has been great at moving things through the DOB when expeditors fall short. All in all Marcello has been great to work with.

Marcello renovated my building apartment lobby. The lobby had 8 foot dropped ceilings and he restored it to it’s original glory with 13 foot high ceilings and exposed 100 years old cast iron staircase.

For us, finding the right architect was more than just cost, it was about their professionalism, talent, knowledge, and understanding of what we were looking to do. Marcello was more than even all that. His helpful suggestions and guidance made it a pleasure to work with him. He was ALWAYS RELIABLE and on time. He followed through on everything in a timely manner and made us feel as important as any other customer or project he was working on. We invested 650k in construction based off his work, built our home even more beautiful and efficient. We moved to Florida a year after renovation and made a very substantial return on the renovations. We are happy where we live now, but miss our home in Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, which Marcello designed.