As a boutique developer, I’ve learned to value time and efficacy. To be honest, Marilyn’s services seemed highly priced at first. After seeing her other work, however, I was intrigued, and booked our first session. In our first session of..."

As a boutique developer, I’ve learned to value time and efficacy. To be honest, Marilyn’s services seemed highly priced at first. After seeing her other work, however, I was intrigued, and booked our first session. In our first session of design and layout consultation of an old New England multifamily, her value-add became extremely clear. Her experience and thoughtfulness meant that she helped us achieve in 2 hours, what would have otherwise taken dozens of hours and agita. Working with her will result in higher tenant satisfaction + renewal and stronger building financials.

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Developer New Haven. CT,
Working with Marilyn is a dream. Her visit to our home was one of the most illuminating conversations my wife and I have ever had when it comes to how we think about our home and our strategy for investing..."

Working with Marilyn is a dream. Her visit to our home was one of the most illuminating conversations my wife and I have ever had when it comes to how we think about our home and our strategy for investing in improvements over time and within our budget. Marilyn is patient and wise and brings an extremely high level of construction, real estate, and architectural knowledge. She's able to envision design opportunities that we, after living in our space for years, could not. She asks questions we wouldn't know to ask ourselves and she truly listens. She's a fantastic design partner and on top of all this, is one of the kindest people I know.

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Caleb Dean Medford, MA
Marilyn and her team helped us through every step of the renovation of our two-family home in Somerville: designing, selecting a contractor, drafting construction documents, and managing the build. They created a flow that fits our lifestyle, pairing our desire..."

Marilyn and her team helped us through every step of the renovation of our two-family home in Somerville: designing, selecting a contractor, drafting construction documents, and managing the build. They created a flow that fits our lifestyle, pairing our desire for open space with a connection to the outdoors with functional areas to support two people working from home. We’re happy, it was easy to find a tenant excited about the rental unit, and we know this space will be our home for many years to come. Thank you Runcible Studios!”

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Phil B. and Kim E. Somerville, MA
I’ve worked with the team at Runcible across multiple renovations on my home in Cambridge and I cannot recommend them highly enough. Marilyn and team invested the time to deeply understand my objectives, concerns, lifestyle, and aesthetic – this design..."

I've worked with the team at Runcible across multiple renovations on my home in Cambridge and I cannot recommend them highly enough. Marilyn and team invested the time to deeply understand my objectives, concerns, lifestyle, and aesthetic – this design process yielded a highly functional and modern layout that feels natural in a 100+ year old home. Beyond the drawings, what really set Runcible apart was the spirit of partnership that I felt throughout each stage of the project. Throughout the ups and downs, I knew that I had a trustworthy, reliable, and insightful advisor that I could depend on. The house looks absolutely incredible, and I couldn’t have done it without Runcible!

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Private Client Cambridge, MA
We had a great experience working with Marilyn. We started with some pretty vague requirements and a very broad sense of what types of design we liked. Marilyn did an amazing job of going from this to a really exciting..."

We had a great experience working with Marilyn. We started with some pretty vague requirements and a very broad sense of what types of design we liked. Marilyn did an amazing job of going from this to a really exciting proposal that was beyond what we thought was possible and yet fit our budget and needs as a growing family. From that initial meeting to the completion of the project there wasn’t a detail that she wasn’t willing to jump in and figure out from helping figure out fixtures to dealing with the city for permits, working with the contractors, troubleshooting the inevitable curveballs that come up when construction starts, to thinking about how to arrange the rooms once the place was finished. Any big project will require hundreds of small but important decisions from paint color to light fixtures to bathroom mirrors. Marilyn took the time to understand our design preferences and presented us with a few options, saving us an inordinate amount of time and stress (and helped us avoid making some bad design decisions). We’re still overjoyed by how transformational the project was and feel so happy to get to live in such a functional and beautiful space.

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Private Client Cambridge, MA
As a construction company, we’ve worked with many architects over the years and Marilyn and her firm, Runcible Studios is second to none. Her depth of knowledge, eye for design and knack for problem solving are outstanding. Runcible Studios is..."

As a construction company, we’ve worked with many architects over the years and Marilyn and her firm, Runcible Studios is second to none. Her depth of knowledge, eye for design and knack for problem solving are outstanding. Runcible Studios is always responsive and a pleasure to work with. Marilyn achieves giving clients what they want - even if they are not entirely sure in the beginning - look effortless. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Marilyn and her firm for many years to come.

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Ralph Khirallah Owner, RK Construction
“Marilyn’s design chops are easy to see just by looking at her work. But if I had to highlight what makes working with Marilyn as a developer such a pleasure, I’d point to two things: First, Marilyn knows construction. When..."

“Marilyn’s design chops are easy to see just by looking at her work. But if I had to highlight what makes working with Marilyn as a developer such a pleasure, I’d point to two things:

First, Marilyn knows construction. When making constructability decisions or comparing building systems, you can rely on Marilyn to provide both a designer’s and builder’s perspective on the challenge at hand. I could always count on her for a creative solution or (even better) a couple of options.

Second, Marilyn’s ability to push the team is rare. I’ve worked with many architects, and Marilyn is second to none in her proactiveness and control of the huge variety of parallel deliverables a complex project demands.”

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Jason Cincotta Owner, Cincotta Co.
“Runcible Studios led the design and construction management effort for a structurally challenging gut renovation in Bay Village. Marilyn’s strengths lie in her ability to foresee problem areas and provide strategic guidance that helped me make informed decisions and communicate..."

“Runcible Studios led the design and construction management effort for a structurally challenging gut renovation in Bay Village.

Marilyn’s strengths lie in her ability to foresee problem areas and provide strategic guidance that helped me make informed decisions and communicate effectively with the contractors and engineers. She is timely when responding to questions and pragmatic when issues arose.”

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Michael Winston Partner, FWD Partners