FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
The average interior designer hourly rate is between $50-100/hr. At Ratio Design, we charge between $40-$60/hr depending on the type of work (general or drafting). We respect customers' time and wallets by trying to save time and give you what you need with no gimmicks or fluff. We do not try to push you into a more expensive service or package because we're here for you.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
After getting the initial project details, it helps to meet with the customer to gain a better understanding of the project and discuss initial ideas. Based on the customer's taste and direction, we will find inspiration pieces/picture to guide us as we begin selecting materials, items, colors, etc. Then, we put those selections and plans into nice hybrid planning drawings with specific measurements for the customer and contractor to understand the end product. For larger, multi-room projects, we also make a central project document called the nomenclature in which we place all our brief instructions and plans for each area. This document resembles a long format, vision-based scope of work.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I've been exposed to and part of renovations, construction, design, property investment, rental property management, and project management for my whole life. More formally, however, I've done countless hours of independent research of various styles, establishing my taste, understanding the principles and true purpose of modern design, and the origins of it all. Because of this, I'm flexible to execute any type of modern design and I view design projects as a collaborative educational process where I do my best to help the customer truly understand modernism because it's more than square shapes and grayscale colors.