Our Design Team is here to help. We work with you realistically to maximize your budget to achieve your goals and quality you desire for your home. Our job is to bring value and experience to the process and this also is during the budgeting phase.
Our first task when we start the design process is to develop an project spreadsheet of all the elements and services your project will require. We then review this with you. Upon starting the “budget” talk we use this developed project scope, we discuss your expectations, needs, timing and quality of services and products in further detail. The money you are spending on your home is an investment and we value that. Our aim is you understand what the end results will be throughout our design and implementation.
A lot of times our clients come to us with a number rattling around their head but it’s generally based on nothing and they hesitate to even say, and some have an exact budget, and some just feel they don’t have the knowledge to determine a budget. We understand! Use our experience as designers to develop your budget you are comfortable with. We will be open and upfront with you. Our experience allows us to give you reasonable budgets both on construction costs and decorative items.
TIP: A method of figuring a budget for full home design in NYC is to plan around 18% of the value of your home. Because of the price of real estate in NYC this is lower than what you may read in articles, increase this budget to 25-40% if you’re outside of the city, or have a larger place with loads of work required.
