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Empatia Alvor · Algarve
Living room and kitchen of an apartment in Alvor, full interior design

The service

Interior Design

Four stages, from the first survey to a dossier with everything chosen and costed.

Two decisions, not one

First the design. The execution only at the end, with real figures.

On day one nobody can say properly what the whole thing will cost. Not us, and not the contractor. So we split the decision in two.

The design only. Fixed price, fixed timescale, four stages paid as they progress. It is the only decision taken without construction figures.

The execution. At the end of the fourth stage you decide on the furniture and the building work, with the final schedule of items and real quotes on the table.

The four stages

One at a time, each approved by you before the next.

1

Concept

Site visit, measured survey, base plans, layout up to two options, moodboard. Closes with the concept approved.

2

3D visualisation

The house in 3D with materials and lighting defined, seen at eye level. Two rounds of revisions. Closes with the 3D approved.

3

Technical drawings

Dimensioned lighting, finishes and ceiling plans, bespoke joinery costed piece by piece, schedule of works. Closes with the drawings validated.

4

Selection and costing

Suppliers, final selection of furniture and materials, a list to order with quantities and costs. Closes with the dossier delivered.

Coming in early

The best moment is before the architectural drawings are closed.

Lighting points, sockets, water and waste, false ceilings, niches, wall thicknesses and the dimensions that decide whether the bed fits with tables on both sides. All of it is settled in the architectural drawings. We read the architect's drawings, place the real furniture on the plan and tell you what does not work, while it can still be corrected on paper.

We do not produce architecture, planning applications or engineering, and we do not replace your architect.

Interior of a house under construction, bare blockwork
A house in Pêra, at the stage where it can still be corrected on paper.
Execution is decided at the end

With the dossier in hand, you decide whether to go ahead.

Building work. Carried out by us, or followed by us when it is a third party's, with site visits and reports.

Furniture and decoration. Ordering, receiving, installation and handover of the finished space. Always after the building work.

Works under way, slab exposed
Works followed by us, in Pêra.
Bedroom with upholstered headboard and textiles
Furniture and decoration handed over, in Alvor.

Bespoke joinery    Furniture and handover

Start with a conversation

Tell us what you have in hand.

By video call or here, at our studio in Alvor. We will be in touch within two working days, with no commitment on your part.

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