In a new experimental column, Konstantin Pisarenko, CEO of THE Capital real estate agency, told how to start interior design and how to choose a professional designer.
“So, you bought an apartment and consider that the matter is completed. But I will disappoint you. In fact, you are at the beginning of a long journey,” says Konstantin. First of all, buyers of apartments are faced with the unknown - how to make repairs, where to find a designer who will make your cherished dream come true. By the way, if you decide buy a house in Kyiv cheap, we recommend contacting the best luxury real estate agency THE Capital.
"I want to tell you what awaits you ahead of you with your new square meters - it doesn't matter if they were finished or not." The first stage is, of course, your desire to realize all the interior fantasies that have accumulated during this period: what hotels have you been to, what did you like most on Pinterest, in a catalog, in a magazine, or in a TV show about renovation. At this stage, you have only one assistant - the designer. “An intelligent designer, which is important,” says Konstantin.
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How to choose a designer
The first thing to focus on is that the designer must have experience. “A designer who hasn't made a single apartment. This is not a designer, this is an artist. " Now let's take a look at a few important things that should be in a design project.
- Planning solutions are what the developer or the owner of the apartment gave you. Your apartment is drawn there with the placement of the walls that are 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 approve how many rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms you plan here, what size the living room should be, whether you want a studio kitchen or do you want to isolate it the old fashioned way. “But at this stage it is important not to overdo it with the number of rooms. Try so that each has at least one window. " After the layout is approved, you can set the style and move on to the next stage.
- Visualization is your imagination embodied in pictures. "The more accurately you tell the designer about your desires, the better he will be able to convey this on visualization." But remember that from visualization to full implementation of the project, it will take from half a year.
- Technical documentation - apartment layout, dismantling plan, installation plan, wall sections, lighting and electricity distribution. This is the most important step. At this stage, it will be seen if your designer has done real projects before. You need someone who can do the technical part correctly and explain to your foreman how to implement it.
Life hack: when you approve the final layout, invite the person who will make repairs for you to the meeting. Always coordinate the design project with the contractor. He will be able to notice those things that will be extremely difficult to organize.
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Several points due to which repairs will cost more:
- a very remote kitchen: for its implementation, the length of the riser may not be enough and it will be necessary to organize a special complex of hydraulic equipment;
- a bathroom near the window is very popular now, but here you will face the same problem as in the previous version, but the length of the complex may not be enough here, so you will have to pour the floor, and this is a considerable cost.
In order for the repair to meet your expectations and not have to overpay, contact professionals in their field, for example, partners of THE Capital - Mastersky Interior Design Manufactory. Subscribe to our updates real estate portal and get the latest publications from the real estate agency THE Capital.
