Why Hire a Professional Residential Designer

The benefits are innumerable to the homeowner...

Let me ask you this question, this is your one shot at getting the design of your renovation, addition or custom home done right- for one of your most important and intimate investments- do you really want to chance it by not having proper plans in place? You have spent a lot of money on your home, let’s do this right- and help make your dreams come true.

And though you might be saying, “but the cost for hiring a professional residential designer?” And I would say: “but the cost is actually even greater by not hiring a professional designer to design plans for you.” It has been proven time and time again that by having plans in place prior to construction, by a professional designer, is similar to having a retirement plan in place, the return on your investment is immense.

When homeowners hire a professional residential designer they not only typically save money during construction due to mitigating costly change orders, but in the end the value of your home goes up due to the design being professionally drawn and implemented. & Typically when a client sells their house that I have designed, my client is certain to have my set of drawings centrally located- why? Because my work adds value and helps sell their home.

I believe that it is more accurate to think of a professional designer's services not as an added cost, but rather as an added value to your home and your life - and here is why:

The Top 10 Benefits :

1.      Hiring a professional residential designer is also hiring your advocate.

2.     Hiring a professional residential designer reduces costly changes- because there is a plan in place.

3.     Hiring a professional residential designer mitigates costly mistakes during construction.

4.     Hiring a professional residential designer increases the value of your home. *meaning the cost of hiring a professional residential designer for your home is not only off set by the work, but also typically increases the value of your home substantially. (it’s worth the investment).

5.    Hiring a professional residential designer helps with the re-sale of your home.

6.     Hiring a professional residential designer saves headache, heartaches and money during construction.

7.     Hiring a professional residential designer brings an innate understanding of your needs to the design and your future living space.

8.     Hiring a professional residential designer will help “reflect your lifestyle”- which is very important considering we spend almost 80% of our life inside- let’s make it inspirational for you!

9.     Hiring a professional residential designer brings a wealth of knowledge to the table, which is very important when it comes to one of our biggest investments, our home.  Knowledge is power.

10.  Hiring and working with a professional residential designer is fun! It’s like having someone you can not only share all your dreams with, but this person can actually make it happen!!!

Serenbe

The weekend was lovely, perhaps due to silly conversations with my children and watching their free spirits be free – but it was also lovely due to our environment. We spent a beautiful fall day in Serenbe. We smelled the cut wood, the fall air turning crisp, drank root beer, shared a bottle of cool white wine as our children jumped on the trampoline… but that was not all. The true experience came on the magical path.. that took us to horses and mud and manure and hazy lightening and a beautiful barn designed by Harrison Design and Associates…

The barn was dark, but glowed. The muddy dirt and smell of horse manure somehow in a strange way grounded us, freed us. The earth was beautifully sculpted into subtle hills that framed the dark barn, and embraced the spare orange lighting.

It was here that all our hearts became free. To see architecture so beautifully done- and so respectful of it’s surroundings is like entering into heaven for me.

We all as a family entered this heaven together… roaming and circling in and out of the barn. Climbing the sculpted wooden spiral stairs that led us all to the barn’s loft… with large windows and open views. Then back down again to the dusty and muddy floor below – where smells of sweet hay and horses made us smile deep. We petted, hugged and fed Thunder the black stallion. We looked out to the hills and up to the starry sky. It was a lovely weekend.

This is serenbe. This is a beautiful place. This is where thoughtful architecture resides.