LATTAG Studio Inc.

Peter of Lattag Studio was extremely helpful at every stage of what turned to be a very very complicated project. I was gutting a large 70 year old home and needed someone to provide the right plans and know-how to make the home open concept, modern and functional for my family and I. Peter patiently answered every question. He did a ton of revisions (sorry Peter!) because I regularly changed my mind. Even after the permits were received and the job completed, he still helped me out by drawing a helpful sketch in a matter unrelated to the scope of his retainer.Peter ended up being right every time. His rate was competitive. He understands everything there is to know about building/renovating a home - from underpinning to the roof and everything in between.He was quite simply a pleasure to work with. Highly recommend!

I would like to share how valuable Peter’s guidance has been in our renovation project. We have an older row home built in the late 1800s. The house had many issues that needed to be addressed, it was a small space, and we needed more room for our growing family, it is built at-grade with foundation issues, and in need of a complete update and overhaul. Peter’s knowledge and experience with the structural aspects of what needed to be done and his expert design skills were invaluable throughout the design of our project. He guided us through a process that we were completely unfamiliar with. This included first deciding on a new layout for our home and the different option available, towards guiding us through the more technical aspects of what we needed including HVAC, and ultimately to the permit stage where he provided us with very detailed drawings. He is extremely responsive and offered help, guidance, and advice throughout the time we worked together. He is also a really nice guy! We would strongly recommend Peter as an expert architect for your project.

We hired Peter to do our permit drawings and get our building permits from the City of Toronto for a basement renovation with underpinning and small rear extension and deck. He was great! He offered great recommendations that informed our design. He was very fast in responding to any questions we had and was very knowledgeable in terms of what the City's expectations were from zoning to permits. Would definitely hire Peter again.

My experience with Peter at Lattag was unbelievable. He quite literally saved me from what had turned into a complete mess. We had originally hired a structural engineer to complete drawings to remove a load bearing wall. This engineer seemed legitimate and came to the house 3 separate times to complete measurements. He submitted the drawings to the City to start the building permit process.After some delay, the City started asking a variety of questions which started to seem suspicious to me. After discussing the questions with the engineer I started to figure out it appeared his measurements were incorrect. I went and remeasured columns in the basement and I found out that the column span the engineer had measured was SIX FEET wider than the actual span (which was only 10 ft). This was causing chaos with the permit and significant delays. I tried to get the engineer to fix these obvious and significant errors, and he basically was just trying to make numbers up to get the permit approved. This had caused a 5 week delay with the permit approval process, pushing back my renovation start time.I was referred to Peter to help resolve this mess. He was fantastic, I can't say enough about how friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and professional he is. He quickly understood the issues I had raised, we took new measurements all over the house which uncovered how substantially wrong the original engineers measurements really were. He revised the plans, coming up with plans which not only were accurate, but should actually make the wall removal job and beam installation significantly cheaper. He resubmitted the plans to the City and the building permit was issued in 10 days. Amazing work, highly recommend and would happily work with Peter if I had another structural project again. Thank you Peter!

Peter came recommended to us by our contractor hired to underpin our basement. We were so pleased with his work that we decided to continue with his services for the rest of our major renovation project, which included a third story addition and legal basement apartment. His scope of work included underpinning drawings, permits, committee of adjustment for minor variances, and interior drawings.Renovations can be stressful, and ours was no exception as we faced some pretty strong resistance from neighbours, but Peters professionalism, knowledge, and experience helped to guide us through the process and ensure our project was successful. He went above and beyond to support with mitigating some of the resistance we faced.Peter is extremely knowledgeable about different construction techniques and products, and always offered suggestions that were both functional, and well-designed architecturally. This included ways to find more storage space, and creative solutions to switch from a gas furnace to radiant heating without changes to the first floor (which was recently renovated).Peter was always available to discuss different options and answered all questions thoroughly. We wouldnt have been able to do this project without him, and highly recommend Peter for any project big or small.

Everything you need from a Architech Peter is it. Peter helped me turn my basement into a legal unit. He not only helped with a timely and accurate design, he also followed up regularly with the authorities for the permit. Further, he went over and beyond her contractual scope to help me out with an outstanding query raised by the town. I will be happy to recommend him to anyone for their permit/architect needs.

March 13, 2019.This letter is written with great pleasure, in reference to the work completed by Peter Latoszek of LATTAG Studio Inc.Our project entailed the building of an addition above the garage as well as a complete gut and remodeling of most of the original interior of our home.Peter worked with us on the design, structure, HVAC, and plumbing. Because of Peter’s vast knowledge and diligence, it made our project fun and easy. Peter completed all the drawings in a timely fashion; with ease and poise.After our permits were obtained, Peter did not forget about us. He reached out to help with referring very skilled contractors. Peter went beyond his hired scope of work to assist with our project. He worked with us every step of the way. When our town inspector needed clarification, Peter was available with answers to his questions. This made everything run smoothly and effortlessly.Peter’s reliability and adaptability, created a stress free work environment and his project management skills enabled us to complete our project on schedule.We strongly recommend Peter of LATTAG Studio to anyone who is looking for a knowledgeable and reliable architect that serves his clients with honesty and integrity.Sincerely,Maria & Richard Bene

Peter was the architect for our custom home build (4800 sqft). This was a massive project. We met several architects and design/build experts and Peter won our business with his uncanny ability to listen to our needs (detailed as they were) and put them into a drawing that we fell in love with. From one long meeting he was able to understand our needs and put them into a drawing that met our style and respected our build budget.From start to finish, Peter was always available and immediately accessible. He helped navigate issues as they came up and always had a solution available.We felt especially confident when our very experienced builder (of over 800 homes) told us that he had never worked with such accurate drawings.Peter was an absolute pleasure and we look forward to working with him on our next project!

This is in reference to the planning and design of our third-floor addition which will replace the attic and existing roof with a new structure that will add living space with a full-height family room, and bathroom, as well as a roof-top terrace.Right from the start, Lattag Studio was easy to communicate with and advised us on all the things we'd need to consider in the design, and (equally important) in the application process for the required building permits.After an initial discussion on what we had in mind from a design perspective, Lattag Studio developed an initial concept that gave us a good idea of what our next structure would look like. With a few more tweaks, Lattag Studio's design turned out beautifully. Even our neighbors commented that the design was beautiful when they saw it as part of the Committee of Adjustment materials that were submitted.During the permit application process, Lattag Studio took all the work off our hands. He even handled the process of going to Committee of Adjustment to get exceptions approved that were outside Toronto's building code.It's now all set and done - we were issued our building permits last week!We can highly recommend Lattag Studio to anyone who is thinking of making some changes to their house.Kind regards,Chris & Sina