Berkeley Design Center - Berkeley, California

P M.

Berkeley Design Center’s architect and owner, Sinan Sabuncuoglu, designed and constructed a new master bedroom, walk-in closet, and master bathroom in our home, as well as expanding our entryway, dining room and living room areas. French doors off the master bedroom and living room open onto a beautiful new deck, with matching (complimentary) planters on each side. In the daytime, the entire house is flooded by natural light.
Sinan worked closely with us every step of the way, on the big choices as well as the multitudes of small ones, during the construction process. We visited the Design Center several times to pick out tile, flooring, paint, overhead lighting, bathroom shower fixtures and lighting, and bedroom carpeting.
The bathroom is especially bright, with a skylight and more than ample interior lighting. The shower has a built-in bench and strategically placed, well-designed, grab bars. After five months, we both are still finding new things to like about the new layout.

Isabelle L. B.

We had a great experience with the staff of the Berkeley design center. We had a flooring project where tiles and hardwood floors came together. We were very well advised on the floor type, and they were very careful and detail oriented throughout the process. We will definitely work with them again.

Nadia V.

We bought Wickander flooring and a linoleum for the bathroom. The installer, Ross, for the linoleum was awesome. The cork installation was not good. I thought I could just ignore it, but after two years it really bothered me so I reached out. The owner was totally receptive and is willing to send the guy out to fix it. When it is fixed I will happily increase my review to 5 stars. Thank you Sinaa for hearing my dissatisfaction and being willing to rectify it.
The floors have been repaired- cracks sealed. It looks much better and I’m very happy. Thank you Sinaa and team.

Sheila P.

I am very pleased with my new kitchen floor, which is beautiful (see photo), and great to walk on! Roxy was so helpful and professional, and Ross installed the marmoleum tiles perfectly. He is an excellent craftsman and knows exactly how to plan and execute the job. I knew I could rely on both Roxy and Ross to respond quickly to my questions.

Anna S.

Terrible experience with this business. I ordered two different colors of square tile for a checkerboard kitchen floor. Half of the tile arrived 1/8inch shorter than the other color, so in order to make it work our contractor had to cut all of the tiles to the appropriate size, resulting in a tripling of the time and costs for installation.

When contacting Sinan, the owner, for a refund on a product that was not to spec, he said I was “making a fuss” and would not be refunding the order since the tile was used. If the tile hadn’t been delayed by 1 month already, and we weren’t under a tight deadline I would’ve had no issue returning the tile.

This was terrible customer service, and an extremely unprofessional way to treat a customer. I couldn’t recommend this business any less.

Bethan L.

DO NOT work with this company if you want your project materials to calculated and ordered correctly. They will make mistakes and not refund you based on their errors.

When we initially requested a quote for marmoleum sheet flooring, a contractor came to our house to take measurements. After reviewing the quote, we decided to request a quote for click marmoleum to compare prices. The quote and calculations included the same measurements of the space but with different materials, sheet vs. click tile. We decided to go with the click tile because it was more affordable and the owner told us that we could either work with their contractor or one that we hire. Berkeley Design Center’s contractor sent a quote that did not include baseboard installation and was at least $1,000 more than anyone else so per the owners recommendation over the phone, we hired someone else.

The materials arrived at our house and were installed. During this process it was discovered that 60% more materials(over $400) were ordered by BDC. When I contacted the company they took no responsibility and said that “If we had done the installation and made the mistake of ordering more than typical 10% waste, then we would have refunded the cost of additional material ordered and not used. Since you chose some other installer, you should have asked your installer to determine the correct quantity needed before ordering the material.” This quote is blaming us for choosing a different installer, a recommendation that was made to us by the owner. In all of their emails, they have admitted that you need to order less materials when it comes to sheet marmoleum and click tile, a calculation they should have made, and yet will not take responsibility for their error.

Patricia M.

We had a fantastic experience working with Berkeley Design Center. Roxie was extremely responsive and thorough from lending us materials to giving us design feedback, to getting quotes for materials, finalizing purchases and lining up installers. Their efforts contributed to an incredibly smooth construction schedule and great final project. And, their estimates were reasonable. I highly recommend working with the Berkeley Design Center!

Judy S.

Working with Roxy and Ross was a pleasure. My refurbish was completely unexpected and they were extremely knowledgeable, personable, ordered and installed my new Marmoleum floor as quickly as was possible and were there every step of the way to touch base, answer concerns and questions. I highly recommend the Berkeley Design Center and will definitely use them again!