Answers to
common questions

No. Our 01 Service (Design) can also run remotely. We work with clients both on the coast and further afield.

The phases that need us on the ground are Style and Build: the Style phase, where we coordinate deliveries and install everything at the property, and the Build phase, where we coordinate the renovation on site. Both run smoothly for properties within about an hour's drive of Málaga city.

For locations over one hour drive (for example Estepona or Sevilla), we can discuss what would work for both sides before we begin, or you take the design and handle the rest with your own team.

You don't need to be physically here, so as long as we can access the property to take the measurements, install the furniture or coordinate renovation, the work can progress. Also, our 01 Service (Design) can run fully remotely. We would only need the floor plans and can work from there.

English is the main working language of the studio, and all written communication and documentation is in English by default. We also speak Polish and conversational Spanish, so if you would rather talk something through in one of those, that is fine too.

That is your choice, and it is what our three services are for. You can take 01 Service (Design) and run everything yourself, take 02 Service (Style) to have us furnish and install a ready property, or hand over the whole thing in 03 Service (Design + Build + Style), so we handle design, renovation and styling from start to finish. In short, we can do as little or as much as you need.

See the Pricing page for what each service covers, and the Process page for how it runs.

Get in touch anyway. The three services cover the projects we take on most often, but plenty of situations sit outside them - a single room, a commercial space or a smaller advisory piece of work. We are happy to look at bespoke scopes and quote them individually.

The starting point is the same as for any project: tell us what you have in mind and we will come back with a scope and a fair price.

Yes. Families relocating to the Costa del Sol often move into empty rental flats and want pleasant, comfortable furniture to live with for a year or two. That doesn't need a full design service, but it does need someone who can source well and set the place up efficiently. Send us the details of the property and we will scope it for you.

Yes. We offer a 30-minute free consultation. Sometimes this may be enough to answer your questions. However, if you need more time with us to advise you on something specific, we can move to our hourly rate for a longer consultation.

The design fee is based on the floor area, on a banded rate: the first 50sqm at €55/sqm, 51 to 100sqm at €50/sqm, and anything above 100sqm at €40/sqm, with a minimum fee of €2,000. It is calculated on the total measured area, not the number of rooms. All prices are VAT inclusive.

The Pricing page has worked examples for typical property sizes.

Payment is always requested before a new phase begins, so you always know what you are committing to. For a detailed breakdown of the process and when clients are expected to pay, visit our Process page.

We start with a €500 flat reservation fee at the Kick-off phase, which is deducted from your final invoice. For the design work (Service 01 or 03), the design fee is split 50/50: half is due before the Design phase begins, and the remaining half is due upon your approval of the final design, which releases the project handover documentation.

For the Style phase (Service 02 or 03), the cost of the selected items plus 50% of the styling fee is due before procurement begins. The remaining styling fee is due on installation day. For the Build phase (Service 03), the supervision fee is invoiced before the phase begins. Contractor costs are always paid directly by you, on our request to pay, at agreed milestones. We never hold trade money.

Payments are made by bank transfer (IBAN). All prices are VAT inclusive.

The fee starts at €750, which covers the kitchen, the cleaning essentials, one bedroom and one bathroom. Each extra bedroom is €100 and each extra bathroom is €50. A three-bedroom, two-bathroom property comes to €1,000.

That fee is for the work, not the goods. It covers sourcing, ordering, taking in the deliveries, unpacking, washing and pressing the bedding and towels, making the beds, stocking the cupboards and clearing away the packaging. It is several hundred small items and it takes a lot longer than people expect.

The goods themselves are separate. We will be buying on your behalf and will not be passing a full list with links for approvals, as there is very little added value and it slows the process. What happens is we provide you with cost estimates for these items and you decide if you accept the cost. We purchase everything with no markup, and at handover you get a full reconciliation with receipts. Anything unspent comes back to you. If the budget looks like it will run over by more than 10%, we come back to you first.

No, the cost of furniture, materials and goods is always separate from our fee. Furniture assembly itself is passed on to you at cost. We coordinate trusted fitters and oversee the installation, but the assembly labour is billed to you directly with no markup from us. This keeps our fees fair regardless of whether your furniture is flat-pack or pre-assembled.

It's important that you pay us for the furniture up front, so that we can start procurement promptly, as it does take several weeks for everything to arrive. For the Build phase, you pay the contractors directly on our signal, so they can also purchase the necessary materials. We never hold trade money.

No. You pay the retail price for everything we source, with no markup added on top. Many studios mark up furniture and materials, sometimes by a significant amount, and fold it into the project cost. We don't do that. Our fee is our fee, the items are charged at what they actually cost and you see the prices in full.

No. The styling fee covers sourcing, order management, delivery coordination and the styling itself. Furniture assembly labour is passed on to you at cost, with no markup. We coordinate the fitters on your behalf and oversee the installation, so you still deal with us throughout.

This keeps the pricing fair regardless of what you buy: flat-pack, pre-assembled or a mix of both. Assembly rates vary widely by piece and supplier, so passing them through at cost means you only pay for what your specific project actually needs.

We have our preferred aesthetics, but we design for the property, the client and the context. Mediterranean references come naturally given where the studio is based, but much of our work sits somewhere between relaxed sophistication and bold personality.

What we won't do is generic. If it feels like a hotel catalogue, we haven't done our job.

One revision round is included in each of the Plan and Design phases. In practice this is usually enough, because we define the brief carefully and confirm every decision in writing before any work begins. Anything beyond the included round is charged hourly for the extra time involved, logged so you can see exactly where it went.

This is rare, because you are not handed a finished design out of nowhere. The direction is agreed and signed off during the Plan phase, before any detailed design work begins, so by the time you see the full design it is built on choices you have already approved.

One revision round is included in each of the Plan and Design phases, folded into the price and our process. These gates are important and are there to make sure the final design reflects you. However, if you find you want a completely different direction, that means exploring the design again from the beginning, which is also completely fine. This means we either restart that work as a fresh piece, or move to an hourly rate of €50 to develop new options with you. Either way, nothing changes without your say-so and you always know the cost before we start.

No. We design to your budget so you feel comfortable with what you are buying. We are experienced at sourcing good-quality materials and furniture from Spanish and European suppliers that go well beyond the brands everyone already knows.

Yes. Holiday rentals and investment properties are a speciality, and we understand the holiday rental market on the coast well. It makes a real difference to know what makes a property photograph well, feel welcoming to guests and hold up to regular use. If maximising rental returns is the goal, that shapes every decision from layout to materials to furniture. The Rental Strategy Add-on goes a step further, covering the pricing, listing and guest experience that turn a beautiful property into a booked one.

Apart from a rough idea of what you want, you don't need anything at all. We always start with a free 30-minute discovery call. This is a relaxed conversation about your property, your budget and your expectations. There is no hard sell, as this is not how we like to work. The enquiry form takes about two minutes and gives us enough to come back to you with something useful during our call.

We reply within 48 hours to set up a free 30-minute discovery call. That call is a no-commitment conversation to talk through the project and check we are a good fit. If we are, we sign a design agreement, confirm the scope, and the Plan phase begins.

The Process page walks through the whole journey step by step.

The Kick-off phase takes about a week. The Plan phase typically runs around 2 weeks, followed by 2 to 6 weeks for the Design phase, depending on the size and complexity of the project and how quickly feedback comes through. The Style phase adds roughly another 4 to 12 weeks on top, mostly driven by production times and furniture delivery times that are out of our control. A Build phase is quoted with its own timeline after a site assessment, since construction is project-specific.

If you have a deadline, tell us upfront and we will plan around it.

The first 30-minute discovery call is free. It is a conversation where we talk through your project and answer your questions, so you feel comfortable before committing to anything.

Yes. Service 02 (Style) is available as a standalone service. It suits people moving into an empty property who want it furnished and set up quickly, investment or rental properties, or newly-built homes that just need to be dressed. We take simple direction, plan the layout, source and buy the furniture, coordinate deliveries, oversee installation and style each room to a finished result.

If your project is more complex — you want a considered layout with structural rethinking, technical drawings for trades, or a renovation on top — Service 01 (Design) or Service 03 (Design + Build + Style) will fit better. When in doubt, get in touch and we will talk through what makes sense on a call.

We handle the complete interior renovation within your property's existing footprint. Anything structural that changes the layout - moving or removing walls, extensions, changes to the exterior - needs to be architect-led. We work alongside architects and integrate the interior design so the two sit together seamlessly.

One round of revisions is included in each of the Plan and Design phases, which is usually enough because we lock the direction in writing before moving on. If you want changes beyond that round, they are charged at €50 per hour, logged transparently in a shared logbook so you can always see what the time was spent on.

Most delays come from one of two places: feedback taking longer than expected, or the brief changing midway. We manage the first by telling you exactly when your input is needed, and the second by locking the brief in writing before any design work starts. Our timelines are realistic, not optimistic. If something on our side slips, we tell you early. We do not let a project go quiet.

No, and it is worth explaining why honestly. Trade pricing in this industry is built around volume, where the meaningful discounts come from placing large, repeat orders with a single brand. A residential project draws on many different suppliers and usually only a few pieces from each, which is rarely enough to unlock a real trade rate on any one item. So rather than imply savings we cannot reliably deliver, we keep it simple: you pay retail, with no markup from us on top.

It is worth noting that this is the industry standard. Passing trade discounts on to clients is not something interior design or architecture studios typically do, for the reasons above.