Creative Designs & Beyond

Creative Designs & Beyond is a remarkable company. I can’t say enough about the personal service I received in regard to the awning that was built, mind you, in one day! The quality of the material and the excellent service is honestly superb. Mike always returns phone calls and provided such quality service. His wonderful wife is in the office and always responds as well.
Thank you for an memorable awning that will be enjoyed by so many.

This review is on behalf of my parents who hired Creative Designs & Beyond to replace the roof on their sun-​room. My parents were extremely pleased and satisfied with the work that Mike, the owner, and his crew had done. They were very professional and efficient!
Update: Winter 2015 — 2016
After experiencing what was described by many weather forecasters as the strongest El Niño in decades, the roof that Creative Designs & Beyond installed withstood the onslaught of storms that came through our area!!! Fantastic job by Mike and his crew! I highly recommend Creative Designs & Beyond!!!

I would give 10 stars if possible! We were looking for someone to build a patio cover and arbor and my landscape contractor found these guys. Mike came out, came up with a great design and an even better estimate! Last week Mike’s team came out, demoed the existing work and constructed our new cover and arbor in 2 days! His crew is so professional and quick. They clean up after themselves and they stay focused on getting their job done. They are also really nice people! We will be using Mike again and cannot recommend them enough!

We are constructing an outdoor kitchen in our backyard and wanted a roof cover over the working areas. Finding Creative Designs and Mike Nagy was pure chance. Another vendor working on the project mentioned in passing that he had seen some very attractive pergola designs on other jobs. This prompted me to go to the internet and do some searching. There were several companies who had the type of roof we wanted but they were not in our area. Finally, I found Creative Designs in Concord and called the owner. He was very responsive and set up an appointment within a few days. After seeing the pergola design in a model (he carries with him), we were immediately sold. It took few weeks to work out all the structural engineering requirements and the special cuts that were needed for appliances, but it all came together on schedule. We are very very pleased with the professionalism of the design and installation. It works beautifully and hope that it will provide many years of enjoyable use. Choose Creative Deigns (in business for 38 years) for your patio cover. You will not be disappointed.

We were SUPER happy and extremely satisfied with Mike and his team for building our 2^nd floor Patio cover. This is one of the project that we were thinking and planning to do for almost 7 years. Mike, the owner, is a very knowledgeable and thorough person. He clearly stated how much and how long and answered all of our very many detailed questions. He wasn’t pushy; he was patient as we decided what we wanted to do. The price was right, especially compared to other companies we looked at. Technically his team did a great job on the install, it passed a city inspection without issues. Thanks Mike!

10 stars, 10 stars, 20 stars! I can’t say enough great things about Mike and his workers! I had been getting quotes for Sunrooms that were absolutely absurd, close to the price of a new luxury car. I ama photographer and I needed an outdoor space with a lot of lighting for my clients. After getting the run around with Four Seasons Sunrooms (dont use them) and playing phone tag with companies that couldn’t get their appointments straight, Mike answered his phone right away, and came out within a couple of days to look at our space. We had an existing slab and needed walls and windows. He did a great job of going into detail about how the process works and knew how to get permits, and everything. The other company, wanted to go without a permit and install without approval. This made me feel like they would cut corners in their installation. but Mike did not do that. He didnt charge us triple for the permit and knew the folks at City of Newark and how to get the permit quickly. Once we got our permit in 3 weeks, the rails were installed, then inspected the very next day, and then the entire sunroom was installed in ONE day! This blew me away because I thought it would take 3 – 5 days. Mike’s crew workd 12 – 14 hours and completed the job in one day! The electrician did a great job (other than leaving a some drywall dust all over my shoes) and came back to complete the job rather quickly. All the guys were great with communication and did great work. The studio is going to work perfectly! if you need any sort of Sunroom, outdoor patio or shade, I would highly reccomend using Mike!

These guys were great. There many years of experience really shine through to the quality of their work.

I had been searching for someone to build a permanent patio cover structure for our home in San Jose for over a year, and was having trouble finding anyone to come look at our patio area and design something ‘just right’. Most places just have you give them some dimensions and order a prefab kit then hire some local contractor to install it. I wanted more than that. I also had one ‘design/​architect’ come out but he wanted to build the Taj Mahal to the tune of $ 40−60K.
I found CD&B online. Their webpage said they did work in San Jose, even though they are based in Concord. I sent them an email and the owner Mike responded within an hour. He called and we set up an appointment for a design meeting.
The Meeting: During the design meeting (all 4 hours of it) Mike sat and brainstormed with us as we discussed our ideas and concerns. By the end of the meeting, Mike had designed and engineered exactly what we were after. We negotiated ‘the price’. He assured us that barring any changes on our part, this was exactly the price we would pay, including permits, materials, electrical, installation — the works. The price was about double what those pre-​fab kits would have cost, but this was not going to be anything like those.
The Design: We went with the 4″ thick insulated aluminum sandwich panels projecting 19′ from a roof mount, and 19′ wide. All the other systems we had looked at required 4 to 6 posts, which we felt would obstruct the space too much. Mike’s custom design needed just 2 posts (very beefy posts indeed) and the double steel headers to support the width. We had Mike design in lighting on the posts and 2 ceiling fans. We added rafter tails to the end and one side. The structure overlaps our home’s roof on 2 sides, so our gutters remained functional. I still had reservations and concerns — we had just put a new paver patio in, and these guys were going to make a huge hole (about 4′ wide) for the footings right in the middle of it. I wasn’t sure how sturdy this structure would be, and how the roof mounts would look.
The Build: To say that CD&B has an experienced crew is an understatement. These guys have been with Mike for over 20 years. Bill, our lead for the project, was very polite, professional, and did everything he could to minimize impact on our daily routine during the contruction. Bill knows what he’s doing, and works like a madman. They set 2 very heavy posts (3/​16″ thick walled 4″ square steel) in 32″ cubes of concrete. That’s about 80 bags of concrete. These posts aren’t going ANYWHERE. They designed the roof mounts just for our roof and had them custom fabricated out of 3/​16″ steel. The headers are also heavy steel sheathed with aluminum. The roof panels are structurally strong, and the guys could walk on top of the structure once it was up. The electrical went in flawlessly, with a brand new circuit run from the main panel for the structure Thanh the electrician was most helpful and made sure to ask about exactly what we wanted and where. The only thing he didn’t ask us about was exactly where the fan placement should be, and that’s our only complaint.
The Result: We are ecstatic with our patio cover. It feels like a huge outdoor room. It protects our patio almost entirely from sun & precipitation. The pavers were finished off around the posts and the repair is invisible. The insulated aluminum roof and fans keeps the patio very comfortable on hot days like today. The structure is almost 10′ above the patio which created a very open and airy space. Having only the 2 posts opened up our patio and it feels much larger than it used to. As Mike promised, we paid exactly the dollar amount quoted. All inspections went flawlessly and the finished project was quickly approved by the city. Total cost: $ 12,500 included custom design, fabrication, delivery, installation, permits & inspections, electrical, gutters & downspouts, paver repair. Only extras were the fans & lights which we purchased on our own. Money well spent for the best room in our house (even if it’s outdoors).
Recommendation: These guys are the real deal. Old school, you get what you pay for service. Couldn’t be more satisfied with the experience or the result.

We had a patio built in 2010. Mike was extremely helpful and helped us design a beautiful patio. Three years later it still looks great. Highly recommend!!!

I was surprised to see that these guys don’t have any ratings. My experience with them was really perfect. I purchased replacement Hunter Douglas blinds through Costo. The process of ordering the blinds, and even more, the installation, was a great experience.