We had the absolute pleasure of working with Matt twice now, and each experience has been outstanding. He is incredibly quick to understand our vision and always manages to refine it into an even more practical and well-structured design. Matt's efficiency is remarkable -- he works with both speed and precision -- and his strong professional relationship with the Torrance City planning department made our permit process smooth and surprisingly fast. What we appreciate most is Matt's ability to provide us with the most optimized solutions for our home remodels. His expertise, professionalism, and problem-solving skills have truly exceeded our expectations. We are deeply grateful for his guidance and highly recommend him to anyone looking for a top-tier architect who delivers both creativity and results. read more

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My husband and I own a construction company and we've worked with Matt Sunseri on numerous projects across the South Bay and Los Angeles. He is an exceptional architectural designer. His extensive knowledge of city permitting, professionalism, and impressive turnaround times make every project smoother. Matt consistently delivers high-quality designs, and we confidently recommend him to all our clients needing architectural drawings. If you're looking for a skilled and dependable designer to bring your vision to life, Matt is the one to call! read more

I had the pleasure of working with Matt to design plans for a complete remodel and addition to a residence. Matt was instrumental in navigating the permit application process and were able to secure the necessary city permits in a reasonable timeframe. read more

We were looking for a trustworthy and experienced architect and designer who was also local to the South Bay LA area, and found Massi Designs. Matt was friendly, engaging and helpful in many ways. He made the process much less intimidating for me and my wife. He paid attention to the details, took suggestions to changes, and made recommendations that made sense for our project. Even afterwards, when we were having problems try to contact various companies previously involved with our project, he went out of his way, responded quickly, and helped us resolve our issues to keep the project moving forward. Go with Massi Designs. read more

Working with Matthew at Massi Designs to create a primary suite in our home was a most positive experience. Though we had ideas on what we envisioned, his suggestions from experience made the final design to our liking. He timely submitted the plans to the city's building department, and soon we heard they were approved! Matthew is very professional, organized, knowledgeable, and a great communicator, which made the first important step of our remodel, a pleasure! read more

We hired Matt for a complete remodel on our Southwood home with many previous additions over that past 40 years. During the original consultation and walk through he listened to us in what we wanted. After completely changing the layout of the home half way through Matt was there and continued to give us his professional input and it helped tremendously! As we had many structural changes he also led us to great and affordable structural engineers. Matt also knows the city of Torrance and their permit process. He told us their estimated approval timeline and he was SPOT ON. Major remodels like ours are daunting, Matt made this so easy and provided a perfect layout for our forever home. Highly recommend! read more

Cuts corners. Doesn't listen. Makes mistakes and charges you for the extra time it takes to fix it.

Matthew Sunseri is a solid designer to work with. One thing that stood out to me is efficiency. With my full home renovation, I wanted to move as quickly as possible through the planning and city approval process. Matthew met my needs and did so very quickly. I've worked with other designers and the speed of Matthew's work was substantially better. His communication and timeliness were great. When he said he would provide something by a given date, he did it. He also took full charge of the city paperwork and multi-step approval process. It wasn't something I had to spend my own time on. Another great thing about Matthew is that he will get at least 3 bids for other services you may need (like Structural Engineering) in order to keep your costs as low as possible. If you have a clear vision for your project and you want to move quickly, Massi is a great choice. read more

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We worked with Matt for a total remodel of our home. He was incredibly friendly, communicative, timely, and his work is fantastic. Highly highly recommend!! read more

Matt and is team are great! in particular, Matt is very responsive and has really excellent design ideas. Works very well with plan reviewers. read more

Matt was so great to work with! We added 700 sq ft to our home. After describing what we'd like to do with the space, his designs were better than anything we could have created. Matt is excellent at communicating and partnered with our interior designer to ensure our project made good use of space and looked aesthetically pleasing. From the beginning stages of drawings to submitting the plans to the city for permitting, his process was smooth and relatively quick. If you're looking for someone to help with your project, Matt is wonderful! read more

We were lucky to find Matt Sunseri. Had the pleasure of working with Matt on a project in the Hollywood Riviera. Complete interior remodel with some structural elements. Matt is a great communicator and very detailed. He listened to what we wanted with our design. Our goal was to get approved plans and get our permit issued. Matt did that for us. Walked us through the entire process. He was so easy to work with. HIGHLY recommend Matt Sunseri of Massi Designs. read more

We worked with Matthew to plan a remodel for our entire home which included opening up a living space, changing a powder room to a full bath, altering a bedroom and bath into a master suite, opening a galley kitchen to include a peninsula, adding new exterior patio access, repositioning the stairs to the lower level, and legalizing a basement with additional room, bedroom and bath. He was prompt and professional throughout the process and handled the entire permitting process with LA county through to RTI. Overall very happy with the experience and would work with Massi Design again. read more

I came here a little over a year ago in search of an architect for a master bedroom addition. All of the positive reviews convinced me to contact Matt and a couple other firms. Ultimately, after having a very pleasant initial conversation with Matt I decided he was the guy for my project. A small local business I felt would get me the attention I needed as opposed to a large impersonal firm. Turned out I was right. Matt listened to me intently as I described what I was looking for. His work was very professional and done efficiently. The project is still ongoing due to COVID delays. We hope to be done by June 2022. I definitely recommend Massi Designs for your next project. read more

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We worked with Matt on plans to renovate our home in Redondo Beach. He was great and super easy to work with. From our initial meeting to getting our plans approved by the city, the whole process was seamless. He is very knowledgeable, has great ideas, and is proactive. He took care of everything and is very communicative and quick to respond to email, calls, and texts. I highly recommend working with him! read more

Matt came and did a walk through on a home I was looking to buy. Because I was looking to add an ADU, he helped me understand what the process would look like along with approximate pricing. Matt was knowledgeable, approachable with questions and had great design ideas. I will definitely hire him for the fixer upper I'm looking to buy! read more

Massi Designs were incredible in picking up when our previous archtiect didn't respond to our communication. Matthew was responsive, communicative, and over all a fantastic archtiect and I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for an archtiect. read more

I've worked with Matt on multiple large luxury properties. His designs are thoughtful, timely and cost effective to build. What I also appreciate is his availability after the permits have been secured. We've had occasions where we've needed design changes or simple modifications during the building process and Matt has consistently been professional and available. read more

Matthew designed a second story addition to our house. Came out great and he is very friendly and easy to work with.

I own a construction company called " Unique remodeling inc" in Manhattan Beach area and I needed to get a full set of plans for a client. Matt managed to get them in a very fast turnaround. From that point I've called for Matt for any new clients that I have, that were in need for plans drafted. He is always return phone calls in a timely manner,very reliable and easy to communicate. Those qualities alone worth working with him instead of any other architect in my network. I would highly recommend him to any of my clients. All the best, Omer Bar-el Unique remodeling inc read more

Matt was great to work with. Good communication and kept us on track to get through designs and permitting. Doing a full re-model project, and he helped us navigate, plan and get to approvals. Would recommend. read more

Matt is amazing. We are remodeling/renovating our house with major changes and he is handling everything, letting us know what to do. He's very fast to follow up and works very well with the city and helping us get permits. Highly recommend read more

We had a rough experience with an architect who WAY over built for the budget that we presented. Matt came to our rescue. He listened, presented ideas, and stayed within the budget. He was responsive which is REALLY hard to come by and his costs were fair. He helped us with the city and stuck by us through the whole process. If I ever do work again I would go back to Matt. We have already recommended him to friends, neighbors and our realtor. read more

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My husband and I had talked about opening up our kitchen to the living area and also redesigning our laundry room & main bathroom spaces. We were extremely thankful that we had the opportunity to hire Matt to help us navigate the two projects. After meeting with us to find out what we were looking to do, Matt was quick to get designs together and provided us with numerous options. Matt handled all the permitting with the city of Torrance for the project. When we made some changes to our plan in the middle of the project....no problem for Matt. He designed a full set of new plans for changes we made with minimal delay. He also made himself available for inspections whenever we asked. This is our third renovation project in 10 years and with Matt's experience and skills, this Reno was definitely the smoothest. I highly recommend Matt's services if you are planning any renovation. Matt is extremely knowledgeable with state and local building codes and will get you answers to anything you ask him. He responds quickly and always has his clients best interests in mind. read more

Like many of you reading reviews, I was too looking at reviews in hopes of finding a good architect to help with an ADU. Since the first time I reached out to Matt he responded quickly and kept in touch with me. As some of you know, doing any major work like an ADU can be quite scary, so I held this off for as long as I could simply because the whole process seemed overwhelming. I told Matt I felt more comfortable if we talked in person so that I could get a better feel of him and so that he could meet me and see the garage I want to convert/extend. We scheduled a meeting and he showed up on time, he was professional and answered all of our questions and most importantly made me and my mom feel comfortable. I know many of you rely on reviews like these. So I'll keep you updated on the whole process, but I would definitely recommend you meet with Matt if you're in search of an architect for your next project. I'm excited to work with Matt and can't wait to see the finish product. Oh and bonus, I love the fact that payments are due in sections instead of all upfront. My mother has been scammed in the past so it made her and me feel more comfortable with having the total fee be broken up in sections. read more

Matt was a referral to us, and we used him to create as-builts for our home prior to a remodel and to help navigate the space of getting permits prior to construction. He was a great in-between when dealing with the structural engineer, and was always very cordial when answering questions when we felt like we were in over our heads. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to others looking for the same services. read more

We were referred to Matt by a friend in the business. He was wonderful to work with. We were adding square footage to an existing home with a small footprint. He listened to my wants and needs with regards to space usage and flow. He was able to offer us several suggestions and was very responsive to our comments. He was polite and kind and professional. We really enjoyed working with him. We were so impressed with his drive, work ethic and speed that we have already referred him to our neighbors who have also used his services. He's a great guy who knows what he is doing. The first contractor we had look at his plans was super impressed by their detail. He is knowledgeable and friendly and so easy to work with. read more

My wife and I recently purchased a home in Manhattan Beach that needed a pretty massive remodel. We had distinct ideas of what we wanted to do, but we aren't the type of people who can really envision how something is going to look in the abstract. Enter Matt from Massi Designs. He was incredible. He spent the time to (physically) walk through our home and took copious notes about the various changes we wanted to make. He was also great about discussing implications for certain design choices (both good and bad) and how city codes could come into play. He is all about making sure that his designs/plans truly reflect your vision. Perhaps most important, though, he was extremely easy to communicate with, always available, and was extremely prompt - often beating estimated timelines to complete his work. This, we later learned in the construction process, is rare. Matt was also patient with us as we added/changed certain design ideas along the way and he worked with the city to get the plans approved. You could tell he was well-known and well-liked at the city, which I think is important for any project. We plan to use Matt again for all future projects and would recommend him to anyone contemplating a project that requires plans or design mock-ups. He's great. read more

I was looking for a strong draftsman to work with me and my wife as we thought through the remodel of a new home. Matt came highly recommended from another friend. Our experience working with Matt was exceptional - he is creative, organized, worked well with the city to understand their needs before submitting plans and most importantly on-time and on-budget. We will work with Matt again on our next project. read more

We couldn't ask for a bye we experience. My husband and I walked in blindly to our first home renovation. Matt was extremely responsive t our request to meet. From the first appointment he was prepared to arm us with all the information we needed. It was reassuring to know that it vision could be executed and would pass certain codes and restrictions. Matt was able to help us navigate it all. He was always prompt to answer questions and very prompt in getting our plans in and through the county office. He really catapulted our project from our visions to reality and his efficiency helped us start our project before we even expected to! Highly recommend Matt's expertise and partnership on any remodel/renovation. read more