Our process
Match clients are balancing jobs, families, schedules, and busy lives while trying to navigate major construction projects at the same time.
Our role is to bring clarity and steady coordination to the process — organizing design, permitting, scheduling, construction, and problem-solving so clients aren’t left managing the project themselves.
From early planning through final construction, the goal is simple: keep projects moving steadily while protecting the design vision that made them exciting in the first place.
Consultation
Every project starts with a site visit and conversation.
Clients usually begin with a loose collection of ideas, frustrations, Pinterest photos, competing priorities, and a house that no longer works the way they need it to.
Whitney quickly starts seeing connections between those pieces — where space is being wasted, where light is blocked, which walls are hurting the layout, and which changes would most improve daily life.
At the same time, David is looking at structure, sequencing, permitting, budgets, access, and all the hidden complications that come with older Philadelphia homes.
Because David and Whitney spent years living and working in Philadelphia rowhomes themselves, they understand the realities of these houses — tight rooms, awkward additions, old layers behind the walls, structural surprises, and the constant challenge of making older homes function better for modern family life.
By the end of the initial meetings, clients usually feel two things at the same time: excited by what the house could become, and relieved that the project is being guided by people who know how to actually get it there.
Pre-Construction
Most clients come in overwhelmed — screenshots saved from hotels, busy jobs, kids, conflicting ideas, and no time to spend six months researching plumbing fixtures and tile layouts at midnight.
Whitney takes all the moving parts and shapes them into a fully coordinated vision. Instead of sending clients off to wander through endless showrooms, she narrows decisions into clear, thoughtful options that fit the house, the budget, and the way the family actually lives. One faucet instead of fifty. Three tile options instead of three hundred.
At the same time, every decision is being worked through alongside David and the field team. If a detail looks beautiful but creates a construction problem later, it gets solved early. If a plumbing fixture requires a specific drain or rough-in detail, it gets coordinated before materials are ordered. If a countertop needs to waterfall cleanly over an edge or die into a window return properly, those details are drawn, discussed, and refined long before construction begins.
By the time construction starts, the decisions have already been made, the materials are already on site, and the project feels fully thought through.
Construction
Match projects are built by our team of carpenters led by Glenn Perlman, alongside a trusted group of longtime subcontractors and fabricators who have worked together for years. Clients see familiar faces throughout the project instead of a revolving door of crews and supervisors.
Once walls are opened and construction begins, surprises are inevitable in older Philadelphia homes. Hidden structural issues, strange old repairs, delayed deliveries, weather, site constraints, and countless small field decisions are all part of the process. The difference is that problems are handled quickly by people who already know the project inside and out.
Because the design, planning, and construction sides have been working together from the beginning, the field team is rarely improvising. Most decisions have already been worked through before construction begins.
David remains closely involved throughout construction — coordinating crews and trades, solving problems in the field, and keeping communication moving between clients, subcontractors, and the carpentry team.
Whitney stays equally involved on the design side, refining details as conditions evolve and making sure the original vision survives the realities of construction.
The goal is not just a beautiful finished space. It’s a project where clients feel supported, informed, and confident from the first demolition day through final completion — knowing the same people who helped envision the project are still there guiding it forward every day.
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