In the new experimental section, the CEO of THE Capital real estate agency Kostyantina Pisarenko told where to start interior design and how to choose a professional designer.
"So, you bought an apartment and think that the matter is over. But I will disappoint you. In fact, you are at the beginning of a long journey," says Konstantin. Apartment buyers first of all face the unknown - how to make repairs, where to find a designer who will make your cherished dream a reality. By the way, if you decide buy a house in Kyiv inexpensively, we recommend contacting the best elite real estate agency THE Capital.
"I want to tell you what awaits you ahead with your new square meters - it doesn't matter if you have time to finish them or not." The first stage is, of course, your desire to bring to life all the interior fantasies that have accumulated during this period: which hotels you visited, what you liked best on Pinterest, in a catalog, a magazine or a renovation show on TV. At this stage, you have a single assistant designer. "Interpretive designer, which is important," Kostiantyn notes.
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How to choose a designer
The first thing to emphasize is that the designer must have experience. "The designer who did not make a single apartment. It's not a designer, it's an artist." Now let's analyze several important things that should be in a design project.
- Planning decisions are what the developer or owner of the apartment gave you. There is a drawing of your apartment with the arrangement of the walls as it is now. This is where the design project begins — with the study and approval of the standard layout of the apartment. At this stage, it is important to confirm how many rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms you plan here, what size the living room should be, whether you want a studio kitchen or want to isolate it in the old fashioned way. "But at this stage it is important not to overdo it with the number of rooms. Try to have at least one window in each." Once the layout is approved, you can set the style and move on to the next step.
- Visualization - your fantasy embodied in pictures. "The more specific you are about your wishes to the designer, the better he can convey that to the visualization." But remember that it will take six months from visualization to full implementation of the project.
- Technical documentation - apartment layout, disassembly plan, installation plan, wall sections, lighting and electricity distribution. This is the most important stage. At this stage, it will be clear whether your designer has done real projects before. You need that person who can do the technical part right and explain to your executive how to implement it.
Life hack: when you approve the final planning, invite to a meeting the person who will do the repairs for you. Always coordinate the design project with the contractor. He will be able to notice those things that are very difficult to organize.
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Several points due to which the repair will cost more:
- a very remote kitchen: for its implementation, the length of the riser may not be enough and a special complex of hydraulic equipment will have to be organized;
- a bath near the window is very popular now, but here you will face the same problem as in the previous option, but here the length of the complex may not be enough, so you will have to pour the floor, which is a considerable expense.
In order for the repair to meet your expectations and not have to overpay, contact professionals in your field, for example, partners of THE Capital - Mastersky Interior Design Manufactory. Subscribe to our updates real estate portal and receive the latest publications from the real estate agency THE Capital.
