In the second part of January 2016, as some of you know, I was given an award for best customer service by the online platform Houzz (35.000.000 users). This happened thanks to the reviews some of my clients published on that site regarding my work for them, all of them belonging to different demographics: Single […]
A few days ago I was contacted by a possible client, he wanted me to help him with a flat he and his wife had bought for their family. When I visited the property I was so excited. It had outstanding potential. We started talking about the brief, what he wanted to achieve and their […]
For many of you who want to make a dramatic change in your life and experience a new home fully there are some questions that may come to mind when house hunting: How should that home feel and look? How should it represent who you are and more importantly who you want to be? Changing […]
“I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it” Michael Graves Design has been with me almost all my life since I was in high school. At that moment it was just an interest in shapes, colours and beauty. But generally speaking it was a fascination with artistic […]
Many of us have discovered that leaving home in the morning 5-10 minutes earlier makes a huge difference to how we save time or make the most of our day. But it is not just in regard to time that a small change of direction can have a tremendous influence on what’s to follow. It […]
There are two aspects of huge importance when starting a project in discussion with the client, how they want their home to look and also to feel. As human beings we are emotional creatures and the more we surround ourselves with things or environments that are aligned with our emotions and feelings the happier we […]
Quality is what you want when looking for a service or product, isn’t it? As a successful man it is what you feel you deserve, it is what you expect or imagine, and it is what you are keen to pay for. But quality goes beyond the mere craftsmanship, uniqueness or cost of a product/service, […]
One year ago I changed my website and with it I took the decision to intentionally target a niche market, which by then had already chosen me: a male audience. Thanks go to Christian and Isaiah, two business coaches, for helping me to accept the trust I was being given as a consequence of my […]
This is a question that has always haunted me as an individual and a professional. On a personal level I grasped the difference a while ago when I rented a flat: I liked it and saw the potential of its interiors: great layout, right ceiling heights and acceptable finishes, hence I started to plan some […]
When I was studying architecture there were 2 themes I was particularly interested in: institutional buildings and residential projects (specifically detached houses). For me the idea of designing libraries, museums, cultural centres, galleries, houses etc was exciting, inspiring and provoking. In designing such places one has the duty to understand the now, look back into […]
