Palumbo Design » DEVELOPMENT DESIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Palumbo Design » DEVELOPMENT DESIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

DEVELOPMENT + DESIGN + PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Spearhead & Lead Development:

• We find the right property to purchase, renovate or build.

• Create a Return On Investment prospectus

– (A Palumbo Design increases the value of the property 10% according to the top agents.)

• Provide FULL DEVELOPMENT and spearhead the project from start to finish.

• Welcome and find spec homes and development opportunities.

• Bring in the right architect specific to the project.

• Document existing conditions, floor plans and elevations.

• Zoning, code and cost analysis and budget development.

• Establish design vision.

Design:

• Assemble a team of professionals for project specific needs

• Develop floor plans, exterior elevations, sections, interior elevations.

• Select finishes, materials and do showroom visits.

• Get subcontractor quotes and further budget development.

• Solidify final design scheme, detail specifications, and revise fixed cost estimates.

• Full design-build and interior design services for each project

• Complete construction/permit drawings.

• Permit acquisition.

Project Manage:

• Manage the construction process from start to finish, with an emphasis on communication between all professionals.

• Zero in on economical, green and timesaving project solutions.

• Leverage multiple projects to ensure the highest quality workmanship and materials.

• Solve problems before they happen



By combining comprehensive design, architectural and construction services, our commitment is maintained in providing unique design, exceptional craftsmanship, unsurpassed project management and customer service. Palumbo’s personal approach to home renovation ensures quality, meticulous attention to detail and superb finishes that have become hallmarks of Palumbo Design.

Palumbo Design » Palumbo Design Customer Service Statement

Palumbo Design » Palumbo Design Customer Service Statement

Dear Clients, 

At Palumbo Design I take pride in ensuring every client’s satisfaction. I am are deeply troubled that there has been an online PR issue that has caused so much distress in regards to a misunderstanding with one previous client a long time ago in 30 years of dedicated service in my industry, and I have personally looked into this complaint.  Upon thorough review of the situation, I narrowed the cause to an unsigned contract, a misunderstanding of the total cost of a project and reassignment of duties from a subcontractor to myself. 

As a testament to strive for perfection, I have taken steps to ensure that this will never happen again bycreating new contracts that are clear in regards to payment terms (and ensuring they are signed before moving forward with a project), never moving forward on projects without prior approval of expenses and creating an internal auditing system, etc. 

Because of this serious oversight, we are going to provide all clients with transparent audit of costs and completed contracts signed at every stage of the project before and during project management when major changes in personnel are required. 

We deeply value your relationship with Palumbo Design and are committed to providing you with the highest level of service simply because my clients deserve the very best. 

If you have any further questions or comments regarding this matter, please feel free to discuss it with me atwww.palumbodesign.com. 

Yours in service, 

Michael Palumbo 

Palumbo Design 

Palumbo Design: Palumbo Design Unveils $25 Million Beverly Hills H...

Palumbo Design: Palumbo Design Unveils $25 Million Beverly Hills H...: Palumbo Design Unveils $25 Million Beverly Hills Home Redesign Los Angeles's leading designer reinvests in luxury and opulence BEV...

Palumbo Design Unveils $25 Million Beverly Hills Home Redesign

Palumbo Design Unveils $25 Million Beverly Hills Home Redesign

Los Angeles's leading designer reinvests in luxury and opulence

BEVERLY HILLS, C.A., March 7, 2012 -- Furthering its position as the leading modern luxury residential designer in Los Angeles, Palumbo Design today unveiled details of its $25 million home redesign project. (Photo: www.palumbodesign.com)

Scheduled for completion in late August, the project will completely redesign the Beverly Hills home and guest house, strengthening Palumbo's position as Los Angeles’ premier modern luxury residential designer.

"This project will ensure that we continue to deliver the world-class, luxury home experience clients have come to expect from Palumbo Design," said Michael Palumbo, Principal of Palumbo Design.  "The design of the entire estate represents a progressive departure from other homes in the area, with impeccable attention to detail that combines feelings of established openness, original touches, and smart amenities to exude contemporary extravagance."

Dedicated to a full California modern experience, Palumbo's redesign provides a variety of contemporary amenities coupled with amazing state of the edge features resourced from all over the world including; Germany, Italy, Greece and Sweden.

The redesigned experience has been designed for the connoisseur of homes with top-of-the-line technology integrated throughout the sexy pallet of white and dark chocolate Wenge wood, and dramatic automatic motion sensor lighting that turns on upon entry. Every switch, power source, and light fixture was meticulously placed for maximum accessibility.

The lucky new homeowner will be stunned walking onto a glass floor suspended over a very contemporary wood wine cellar, revealing a LED lit wine selection, to get to the main floor powder room door that opens electronically at the touch of a button.

Each element of the rooms’ complements the others, with pocketed doors and details found in elements like the imported electronic keypads that can also be controlled through an iPhone or iPad.

A commitment to excellence is apparent in all aspects of the home, including the $400,000 state-of-the art windows from Schuco, a German company and worldwide leader in solar window technology and design. Palumbo chose Schuco windows to ensure that every room in the house would be flooded with light as it defined the character of the home. Energy efficiency is just a bonus once you catch the amazing view of the 300-foot infinity moat encompassing the entire house, including the guesthouse, around the property that leads to both sides of the zero edge swimming pool. The amazing moat, built to capture more square footage from the property, will be incredibly alluring at night designed to look like a river of lit water.  

Providing the right technology support is essential, and the redesigned Palumbo home delivers. The home theatre has a 123-inch projector screen complete with its own powder room and wet bar adjoined to the wine cellar. The sitting room that also connects the theatre and wine cellar is a perfect place to be used as the cigar room or poker room.

"I believe in a full-service experience while at home, blending genuine convenience with efficient luxury," said Mike Palumbo.  "While we strive to deliver a residential product without equal, it is the personality of my style and the commitment of my team that makes a Palumbo Design truly distinctive, and keeps our customers coming back for more."

ABOUT THE LAUREL WAY PROJECT

Located at Laurel Way in Beverly Hills, the Laurel Way estate has 5 bedrooms and a 1 bedroom guest house; a 10,000 square foot house (combined with guest house) on 1 acre; 3,500 square feet of extensive upper deck patio space; 300-square foot moat surrounding 90% of the house; 9 fireplaces with an 18-foot linear fire pit on the master deck; 6-person Jacuzzi; and parking for 3 cars in the museum garage. The Laurel Way Project also features a heated infinity pool with a fabulous view of Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

For more information on the Laurel Way Project or to obtain a copy of this press release, please visit www.palumbodesign.com or twitter.com/@MikePalumbo4. 

SOURCE     New Dawn Media     dawn@ndawnm.com     (888) 570-2240 Ext. 1  www.palumbodesign.com

When You Want To Go Extravagant Go Palumbo

Oriole Way was a property that no one wanted. It may have been right next door to Leonardo Di Caprio's house, but it was only 2,600 square feet and hanging off a cliff. "Basically, the house was a show box on a cliff," says Palumbo. Many developers passed up the house because of the lack of square footage. However, Mike Palumob saw potential and doubled the square footage, then gave it even more... his imagination.

Oriole Way - Otherwise known as "The Entourage House"

When Palumbo bought the house the windows facing the view were the smallest windows you could see. There was no backyard and it had no pool or deck. The pool deck was the biggest challenge.

The house was long but it was narrow. Mike widened the house as much as he could. However, Palumbo  had to completely change the floor plan while maintaining the structure of the existing house.

Palumbo enlarged this house from 2,600 square feet to 6,000 square feet.

Palumbo's vision for the house was simply that he wanted it to have 'the cool factor'. He knew that he wanted this house to be a bachelor's house. However, more than anything he wanted to really take advantage of the best view in the 'Bird Streets'. "It has true jet liner views,"he said. Palumbo also wanted it to be a very open floor plan, so put in more windows and bigger windows to make the house seem even bigger than it was. He was also able to expand the garage from a 2-car garage to a 3-garage and built a gym under it. 

No matter what, he made the most of the views. 

Since he sold the house in 2004, the house has increased in value and the price keeps going up. When the home was completed in Mike was able to see the house for $4 million. However, the house just recently sold in 2011 as the highest selling house, per square footage, in the Hollywood Hills and Beverly HIlls, to date.

 

Palumbo Design » Palumbo: Coming Up For Air – Part 3

Palumbo Design » Palumbo: Coming Up For Air – Part 3

What is most striking about the evolution of Mike Palumbo, though, is not what a hard blow the housing crash dealt, but how creatively Palumbo rebounded. Recognizing two of his company’s key assets—an experienced, talented, flexible designer and close ties to architects with nationwide clientele—he began to accept projects he previously would have rejected as too small. Once untethered from his home base, Palumbo identified a wealth of opportunities. An earlier Bel Air house Palumbo remodeled for an attorney set the stage for projects outside the Hollywood hills.

The model works well when he has to work well with local general contractors on technically sophisticated projects. What Palumobo offers in such situations is management expertise and a designer’s eye on the job. And because local builders tend to charge an “afraid to do it” premium for one-off modern houses, Palumbo Design, can find contractors who are willing to work hand-in-hand.

“I’m always hoping to find someone who understands my kind of modernism for things in the tiniest details.” Palumbo and knows the crew is not capable of reading his mind. “We do a very thorough set of drawings,” Palumbo says, “but there are always some details that you’d never get to.” Palumbo fills in the blanks and makes choices that are not only great, but also remain in the spirit of what the end goal of the project is. Former developers who have worked with Palumbo will tell you his ideas are better than what they would’ve done.

The Laurel Way project “is a huge challenge because of the strict building codes the city enforces,” Palumbo says. “However, the house will be a very solid and well built house as a result of the restrictions and requirements.

Palumbo is a prodigy that has grown and evolved into the kind of designer you would want to know was involved in the building of your home, not only for his capable high to detail and taste for good design, but because of his knowledge of good construction and intuitive understanding of comfortable living space. And just as environmental stress drives the evolution of new species, the stress of the recession seems to have spurred Palumbo not only to adapt his primary business, but also to generate and take his talent and experience to the next level – a bigger wave.

Palumbo Design » Mike Palumbo of Palumbo Design Launches New Website

Palumbo Design » Mike Palumbo of Palumbo Design Launches New Website

One of the hottest contemporary designers ever to come out of the celebrity laden “Bird Streets”, as they are known in the Hollywood Hills, is making a comeback and its starting with his new website (http://palumbodesign.com). “He was the surfer on the wave of modern design in Los Angeles, always riding the crest first when it came to other designers of the time”, states David Brownlow of Brownlow +Chen. “After people saw Mike was building another they would say, what’s Palumbo doing now? They were busy cutting corners, but Mike was always the lead and guys like Steve Herman and Roger Davis followed.” Brownlow continues, “Those others will admit that Mike set the tone and the bar. Mike made the “Bird Streets” what they are.” After getting smashed in the sand of the Design-Build industry by clients who couldn’t pay and wrestling with the economic crisis like everyone else in the luxury building and design, Mike Palumbo has, once again, returned to his soul as a designer – but this time in Beverly Hills. 

The new Palumbo Design website will survey Palumbo's 30-year (1982-2012) career, primarily as a designer, showcasing more than 30 examples of homes he designed in Los Angeles throughout his career. Michael Palumbo's impressive oeuvre is noted for its combination of gorgeous woods with materials such as steel, glass, cane, and for his timelessness. His homes have been so popular that they are used in TV and in such films as “The Takers” in 2010, HBO’s popular series “Entourage” in 2004, ABC’s “Beautiful Homes and Great Estates” and magazines such as InStyle, LUXE, US, House Beautiful, Space and more. Regardless of how aesthetically beautiful or freshly inventive his creations are, they were always intended to be functional and simplistic. Palumbo stands out among modern designers in his avoidance of trends or styles. Working within a modernist tradition, Palumbo's work is distinguished by an elegance of line, purity of materials, fascination with structure, and delight in small details. 

Mike and the many people that have worked with him will tell you he is not “just” a designer; he’s a team builder. He finds a location, Developer, General Contractor and Architect before a project even begins. Design-build, also known as the “Master Builder” approach, is a method to deliver a project in which the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity known as the design-builder and is used to minimize risks for the home owner and reduce the delivery schedule by overlapping the design phase and construction phase of a project. “Too many people hire the entities separate and then run into problems. The design-build procurement route always reduces risks to luxury home owners and overall costs.” With his team in tow Mike is unstoppable in creating a vision that becomes a passion that drives the project through to completion. “I just want to do what I love to do – design and project manage the details.”