We were so fortunate to be one of the early clients of Rachcoff Vella Architecture back in 2008.

Our house was finished in 2012, and the functional and timeless design still make living here an absolute joy.

Tony worked with us to interpret our vision and then designed a home around those requirements. He is so good at what he does. He’s passionate, interested, humble - and getting the best outcome for his clients guides all of his thinking.

Tony is a great communicator - working seamlessly across clients, specialist advisors, council, builders, and sub-contractors. He took complete ownership of the process. He knows the right questions to ask and he really listens and acts on the answers.

The four pillars of a great working relationship with your architect are skills, design, communication and trust. He lived and breathed our build alongside us - and his commitment and interest has remained 10 years on.

Carolyn and Mark Guirguis - Piermont Ballarat

Working with Tony and the Rachcoff Vella team was a delight from ideation, design, build and now the reality of living in our new house.

Tony really listened to us, what we wanted and how we wanted to live. It is a real testamount to his skills that not only do we have a beautiful and functional home but when people visit the words they use to describe the house echo exactly the design brief.

As with all builds challenges crop up and throughout the RV team were fantastic, whether tweaking designs to get council approval, selecting the right builder or managing the build process. They had great attention to detail making a remote build manageable and dare I say it "a dream".

Now, 12 months living in our house, barely a day goes by where we don't feel incredibly special to live in such a wonderful creation