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Process
How we work, step by step
A project moves through five stages, in the same order every time. Each one closes with something you receive and approve, and below is the full list of steps, exactly as it stands in our working document.
The stages
The timeline of a project
The steps below are exactly the ones in the document we work to, so you can get to know them before the work starts.
00
Questionnaire and brief
We lay the foundation. We learn how you live in the space, what does not work today and what the project has to solve, then we put all of it on paper.
- Closes with the written brief
- The questionnaire
- Writing the brief
01
Survey, analysis and concept
We gather everything from the site and come back with tailored solutions, built around the way you want to use the space.
- Changes included three rounds
- Closes with your approval
- Site visit
- Measuring
- Photo and video record
- Preparing the survey drawing
- Analysis of the space
- Forming the design concept
- Building the moodboard
- Sketching layout options in plan
- Presenting the result
- Changes, three rounds
- Final choice of concept, moodboard and layout
- Stage 1 approval
02
3D visualisation
The artistic part begins. You see the rooms as they will be, with the light, the materials and the objects in place.
- Packages Classic and Signature
- Changes included two rounds
- Closes with your approval
- 3D model of the existing interior
- Laying out the rooms to the approved sketch
- Decorating the space in 3D
- Realistic lighting of the scene
- Preparing the views
- Rendering the interior
- Presenting the result
- Changes, two rounds
- Final choice of visualisations
- Stage 2 approval
03
Technical design
Not only beautiful pictures, but a project that can and should be built. Every drawing carries its own schedule, so the site team knows exactly what to buy and what to install.
- Drawings from eighteen
- Changes included one round on services
- Closes with the technical file
- Preparing the technical file
- Survey drawing
- Demolition and construction plan with schedule
- Plasterboard construction plan
- Room plan with schedule
- Sanitary fittings plan with schedule
- Heating and air conditioning plan with schedule
- Lighting fixture plan with schedule
- Switch plan
- Socket plan
- Presenting the result
- Changes to switches and sockets
- Ceiling finish plan with schedule
- Floor finish plan with schedule
- Wall finish plan with schedule
- Tiling plan with schedule
- Furniture plan
- Detail drawings per room, with elevations
- Completing the reference schedule
- Presenting the result
04
Handover and support
We do not say goodbye at handover. There is still work on site, and we stay with you to the end.
- You receive two printed copies and the digital files
- Site supervision in Signature, or as a separate service
- Two printed copies of the project in colour
- Handover in printed and digital format
- Introduction to our specialist partners
- Preparing the quotes
- Showroom visits together
- Site supervision by the designer
- End of the works
At the end
What you hold at the end
- Two printed colour copies of the project, plus every file in digital format.
- Unlimited cloud access to your own project and all the data it needs.
- At least eighteen technical drawings, each with its own schedule of materials and products.
- The 3D visualisations of the rooms, in the version you approved.
- The reference schedule of products, with the quotes gathered from our partners.
- The contacts of the teams and showrooms we work with.
Frequently asked
What people ask us about the process
At what point do you need a designer?
Usually, as early as possible. It is good to have the project in hand before the building work starts. An interior design project does not only help on site, it also saves you from spending more than you need to.
What is expected of me?
Open communication and answers on time. You tell us what you like and what you do not, which pieces are staying, how you use each room and what budget you have in mind. We carry the rest. Stages move forward when you approve them, so the pace of the project also depends on how fast you reply.
Do you have a house style, or do you work to the client's taste?
We work to your taste. Our portfolio holds modern luxury, contemporary, minimalist and eclectic projects, because each time we start from the person rather than from a house style. What we bring is the experience of making your taste work in that particular space.
What happens if something goes wrong on site?
We fix it when it happens, not at the end. That is what site supervision is for: we go to the site, check what has been built against the drawings and correct it as we go. We also stay available to the builders' questions, so the project comes out the way it was drawn.