Real estate investments are by far the most expensive investments most people will make in their lifetime, not just in cash, but also in time and energy. Therefore, many homeowners wonder if it’s financially viable or even wise to hire an interior designer.
Experience has shown that interior design services often end up “paying for themselves”. Today, we’ll go over some of the ways using an interior designer can help homeowners save money.
Designers pay trade pricing
One of the easiest, often overlooked ways designers help save cash is through their trade discounts. Many firms share these discounts with their clients, bringing the costs down on just about everything from fixtures to furniture, appliances, and even décor.
Designers know how to hack a budget
A skilled professional will know how to best allocate funds. It takes a savvy designer to their landscape of resources and knowledge to reproduce similar looks on various budgets.
Guidance on when to pull back and when to step up is something you can rely on a good designer to help you with, their job is to be the good stewardess of your money.
Preventing Expensive Mistakes
Measure twice, and cut once.
A professional will recognize errors before it is too late. This is also why a designer should be hired as early in a project as possible.
An experienced professional has witnessed or made all the mistakes in the book so that you don’t have to.
Many clients come to us exhausted from buying items that just never come out right. The time and energy it takes to purchase, try, and then return everything that they buy that doesn’t work makes up for our fee in and of itself.
Time is Money
When it comes to Renovations especially, the project management aspect is often time-consuming and frustrating, even for a professional. It is in the best interest of both, the client and designer, to take this on for their client and make sure everything runs smoothly.
Every project involves a million moving parts that a client can’t always anticipate, simply because they don’t have the experience.
“The art of Interior Design requires us to have knowledge of all trades involved in order to do our job well. That puts us in a perfect position to manage the entire project,” explains Natalia Podhradska, the CEO and principal designer of NP DEZIGN. “Designers (should) know just enough to be dangerous, that applies to all aspects of a renovation, including construction and architecture.”
Designers are trained to see potential
If you are trying to save cash, it is ideal to work with what’s already there. Interior Designers have the knowledge necessary to advise you on being the most effective in repurposing materials, and architectural features, what to update, and what is not worth putting any more resources towards.
Maximizing the Investment
Looking past the immediate wants and needs, Designers look beyond your immediate requirements to design flexible, efficient buildings that will adapt to your changing needs including the resale value of your home and return on investment.
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