“ When I branched out into the industry itself, I moved into doing general contracting because I understood the infrastructure and design elements. Soon after, I was able to do a lot of three-dimensional design work and grew more interested in the residential side. I really enjoyed the more personal nature of being able to work on somebody’ s home – something that had their personality, passion and heart. I really wanted to build holistic turnkey solutions for our client, so they’ ll be dealing with one company that manages everything from concept to completion, controlling the cost, the schedule, the quality, and, in turn, deliver a much better product.”
Building better lives
Whilst modern home design tends to be a collaborative process, CI Design goes one step further to truly understand not merely the clients’ vision, but who they are as people. By truly understanding clients’ needs, passions, and requirements, the company creates truly personalized homes that translate a client’ s desires into a design that fits perfectly with their preferences and lifestyle.
“ When it comes to working with a client, we want to make sure that there’ s a good, mutual fit between their needs and who we are,” Michael says.“ We want them to buy into our process so that we can take them through this journey. We give each new client a‘ client discovery profile’ to help us to understand what their expectations are and who they are as an individual. We want to understand what our clients do at home on a day-to-day basis to assess how our design can improve their lives. That’ s one of our main brand pillars – to build better lives for our clients.”
Creating your forever home is a huge investment, one that can generate a great deal of stress, but CI Design’ s comprehensive breadth of capabilities keeps the process simple and exciting. Its expansive portfolio of
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