What should you consider when you choose an interior design company for your new home?
You’ve just gotten the keys to your new homes. But now what? Aside from stocking it up with essential home appliances and fancy decors to reflect your personalities, you may want to consider and interior designer, especially if it’s a brand new BTO home.
Given the vast number of companies in the market, it can be a major headache. But, there are a few basic things to look out for when you are searching for an interior designer. The rush and excitement after collecting the keys to your BTO or resale flat might be whittled down by the process. As nerve-wracking as it seems, going through the process of a house renovation can be an easy feat if you plan it properly beforehand.
Here are some factors to consider when you are choosing an Interior Design company to handle your home renovation.
Factor to consider when choosing your interior designer
1. Price
Price is likely a priority for most Singaporeans unless you have plenty of money to spare.
Before you decide on an interior designer in Singapore, try to have a rough budget in mind. This will allow you to easily narrow down your choices based on the quotation. If you’re clueless about the ‘market rate’ that you should be paying, check out the tip below.
Tip 1: List down the items that you are planning to include in your renovation and mass send it to the IDs you are interested in. After receiving a few quotations, you’ll get a better idea of the overall prices.
2. Reviews of the ID
Reviews and credibility is very important these days, as it determines whether the company is reliable and trusted. I’m sure you’ve heard of many horror stories of sloppy communication, resulting in the final outcome looking nothing like the proposed ideas.
While many renovation companies do not have a review section on their Facebook page, you can easily do a quick search on Google to see if there are any bad reviews, especially on Reddit. Having a number of negative reviews is pretty common, but if you start seeing a bunch of complaints, you might wish to reconsider your options!
Tip 2: Join some home renovation community groups on FB and ask for some opinions!
3. Design
Some portfolios on the interior design company’s website have really fanciful designs that may capture your attention.
However, instead of making your decision based on a very specific design, the best way to go about it is to scan through their portfolio to see if the style is something you prefer. Unless you want that exact same style. But, it’s also good to look through home decor Instagram accounts and Pinterest boards so you’ll have a clearer style of what kind of design you prefer.
Tip 3: Search for some design inspiration ideas online before meeting an Interior Designer.
4. Efficiency
An interior designer’s response says a lot about their work efficiency. During the enquiry process, are they responsive and enthusiastic in answering your doubts? How long did they take to send you the proposal?
A person’s efficiency may not necessary reflect on their quality of work. More importantly, their enthusiasm during the proposal stage may not carry forward to the execution stage. But, this factor may give you a good idea on what kind of person your interior designer is. If they can’t even reply promptly at the start, you shouldn’t rely on them to do so during the execution phase.
5. Communication
“Clicking well” with your designer is really important. Sometimes you just have to depend on your gut.
It may not be the most accurate factor, but you certainly need to at least have a rather decent impression of the person you’ll be working with for the next couple of months.
6. Customer service
Did your interior designer go out of the way to answer your questions? Were they polite and friendly?
While this has nothing to do with the actual designing process, it’s important to find a designer that is willing to help. If you’ve had friends who had renovated their homes before, you’ll know how much unplanned problems can pop-up during the execution phase.
Hence, hiring a designer with good customer service, and is willing to help when any problems arise, is important.
Hopefully, this basic renovation guide will give you an idea of selecting your preferred interior designer during the home renovation process! It’s not exactly the most relaxing thing to do, but if you have picked the right one, your life would be a lot easier!
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