Sensible Builders is a residential-focused design-and-build company specializing in bringing your home design vision to life with grace and practicality.
Emphasizing sensible, simple, and stylish solutions, our services span from additional dwelling units (ADUs) to outdoor and indoor spaces, including kitchens.
Our projects harmoniously blend design and functionality. We collaborate with you to design and build your dream within your budget, creating well-crafted and beautiful projects that make sense for you and your family. We can work with you from the initial design to completion or team up with your chosen architect.
Our founder, Vlado Bradbury, is a gifted designer with a keen eye for making small spaces efficient and elegant while paying attention to materials and the client’s needs. Vlado’s background in architecture, sculpture, landscape, and furniture-making began with his education at the University of Sheffield and the Architectural Association in London. He later earned a master’s degree in psychology from the San Francisco School of Psychology.
Throughout his prolific career, Vlado has collaborated with esteemed architects at Walker and Moody in San Francisco, contributed to the fabrication and design of sculptural lights for the world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, showcased his landscape and sculpture work in exhibitions across the Bay area, and shared his exceptional display design and fabrication skills with the National Institute for Arts and Disabilities.
Vlado’s design philosophy centers around crafting each project to suit the client’s unique desires, requirements, and family dynamics, with consideration for the future needs of the home. As a skilled craftsman and artist, Vlado designs 100% of Sensible Builders’ projects with passion, care, and thoughtfulness. With his deep expertise in landscape design, furniture design, architecture, and psychology, Vlado masterfully melds form and function to create beautiful and purposeful spaces.
