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interior design services and rates i am reviewing my free download if you haven't got it already make sure you go grab it look in the description below and you will see a link to this free download then make sure you come back here and watch the video so i can walk you through it and be sure you subscribe to my channel i'm claire jeffords certified interior decorator business coach and speaker i'd love to see you here make sure you hit the bell and you'll be notified every time i publish a new video i created this free download for you because as designers it can be very overwhelming especially new designers new in the field or even students to know what should you offer in terms of design services so we're going to go through this very briefly because you've also got all the information it is quite detailed as you can see because i like to give you a lot of information and uh you know just helping you decide which service you want to offer for your clients and your business model stick around to the end of the video because i'm going to share with you other resources that i have that can totally help you get organized and be successful in your interior design business you're not going to want to miss that all right so every service that we offer starts with a two hour initial consultation so i've outlined here that the consultation can go one of two ways so we either do a consultation where it's a working design session we like to say to the clients yes we will come i will bring some fabric books or i'll bring countertop samples or backsplash samples depending on what it is that the client's looking for if i have something in my library and they are looking for a two-hour consultation they want fresh eyes someone to come into their space and help them you know to figure out you know which way they should move forward then i'm happy to bring them different samples that can help often what i find that does is that sometimes the clients can say well i didn't realize that there was so much to consider and then they hire me on for further services but if they don't i'm good with that too because i really love a two hour i love helping people in any way that i can then you've got the option number two which is a getting to know you so i say this is more like a stepping stone this consultation we need to gather as much information as we can to make sure that we can provide a fabulous design for your home right so this is where we discuss their function their lifestyle their budget uh go through all that good stuff then we're gonna be going forward with further design services now the suggested fees for the consultation i like to charge more for my initial consultation than what my hourly rate is so i've given you some suggested fees here i'm just going to read off the first one so if you normally charge 125 an hour then bill 300 to 350 for the consultation the reason why i do this is i find that i get more serious clients who are willing to invest who appreciate the value and understand that there are benefits to working with an interior design professional so your fees should be anywhere from 125 an hour for newer designers 175 for intermediate and then over 200 dollars and higher for an ex more experienced designer all right when you're looking at what design services to offer you will see that i have a list here where i list very specific things like paint and color selections custom window treatments and upholstery so have a look at that list it's not an exhaustive list but it is a good starting point for you can add you can omit however you want to run your business and do your business model but then the way that i do it for services offering is that we like to offer five different services and you'll see on the list here when we talk about presenting your services present them in a simplified manner so i've just listed five there's also five on my website although the 3d full floor space planning is something that we don't currently offer anymore or we're trying to pull away from just focusing on the other services for now like i said did i say but you want to inevitably you'll evolve in your business and you will want to make sure that you're tweaking your services every now and again so you are providing services based on what's working best in your business based on what you love the most in your business and the demand for the service at any given time but if you offer too many services it's just going to get really confusing for the consumer so just bear that in mind so the five services that i list here are color and design consultations only which i already referenced earlier with the consultation discussion then designer for a day services designer by your side services custom design and project management services as well as 3d full floor space planning so if you want to find out more about the fifth one then have a read through here but i'm just gonna concentrate on the first four right now let's get to it for color and design consultations only even if it's a full working design session that you're doing or a stepping stone i recommend you do two hours no less than two hours for your initial consultation we already talked about some fees already so we're gonna hop into designer for a day designer for a day i like to limit this to six hours of design services if you prefer to do weight you can do a then you just need to adjust the calculation ingly so basically you're gonna take your hourly rate you're gonna multiply that by the number of hours so let's say you're doing a hundred and fifty dollars an hour times six hours for designer for a day and then that comes to nine hundred dollars if you want to say to clients you know we'll do it for 800 because you're hiring us for the day i have no problem with that for the designer by your side services i suggest a minimum of 20 hours of time for design services never do anything less than 10 because really then you're in the designer for a day service once again you're going to take your hourly rate for design multiply it by 20 hours so let's say again you're 150 an hour you times it by 20 that's 3 000 for the designer by your side service and for custom design and project management that is full service so we take clients right to the end i tell them that they're married to me we go to the tears of joy the reveal stage and we calculate this per room and pricing is based on our experience of past projects so you should always be calculating the hours that it's taking you to do a project whether it's you know including the floor plans the sourcing procurement tracking the orders installed a day alone depending on the size of the space could easily be a day therefore make sure that you're reviewing each project very carefully in the scope of work so you can assess it properly and make sure that your pricing ingly i want to touch on the hybrid model here just in case you're not familiar with that we've been using this for years in my business we've just moved to a complete flat fee though for custom design and project management so once you're comfortable you feel you want to get to that stage and that you've done enough projects under your belt you've got it so you understand what the length of time is that takes you on average then move to a flat fee if you feel more comfortable with that a lot of people flip back and forth it can be quite stressful and in your business you may try different things i encourage you to but initially i think the hybrid model works best so the hybrid model means that you have phase one and phase one is the design phase that's built out of flat fee so you pretty much will know okay we're doing a room we need to do floor plans we're going to be selecting you know x item x number of item of furnitures does that make sense and uh you know so we charge a flat fee for that and then for phase two that's the implementation phase and we build that hourly because what can happen is we notice that sometimes scope creep can come in or that there's various elements that are out of your control by the time you get to this implementation phase items may be on back order you're relying on your trades you have to organize your trades you know there's a lot of different things that are happening sometimes the client asks if you can add this in or oh i didn't realize that that was going to be needed can you do this as well so just be very aware of that and that's why i really like especially if you're newer that you go with this hybrid model so you can control it a little bit better now what you're going to have to be aware of any given time is that you're not over charging based on learning curves but don't underestimate the value that you bring either because way too many designers and decorators do that and i find that they then charge too low so you'll see in the free download that i have that the phase one it lists kind of what that might look like and then i estimated the hours for each task so do that like break it down because sometimes when we look at things on a whole it gets so overwhelming but if we can break it down per room and then break it down per task allow give an allowance of a range of hours that you think it might take you to do that task and then calculate the total number of hours multiply it by your design fee and that will give you an estimated cost for your service and then for phase two you'll see how i've outlined that here again exact same thing i've listed out what we would do so we do project management to place and track all the orders we arrange the installations we have to do the billing we've got site visits to oversee any trades that may be coming onto the site you've got to pick up and drop off samples and other materials all of this takes time and like i said the installation day alone can be quite extensive so make sure that you're estimating your hours for that and that you are then charging ingly so everything's outlined there for you just plug in your numbers figure out how many hours it may take you to do each specific service and then you have a better idea and as you go along don't beat yourself up it's going to be projects where you go oh my gosh i under charge and then there's going to be other times you go oh i went on that one and actually i was more efficient than i thought and you will hopefully be getting more efficient with every single project and client that you serve if you're feeling overwhelmed with the idea of coming up with these services and how to outline them and how to sell them to your clients and creating contracts for that don't worry i've got you covered you can get my contract template bundle i do sell them individually but the bundle is the best price and it includes designer by your side designer for a day and custom design and project management all of those services and i have walk through videos super super helpful for you i promise that even the services outline is going to be that's what the designers are raving about sometimes the most because that is essentially a marketing uh opportunity for you to sit with your clients brand it the way that you need it for your business add your logo in your colors and then put it in your initial consultation binder and be ready to be confident when you go to that consult with your clients i'm claire jefford i hope that you have found this helpful and don't forget to join my interior design facebook group which is absolutely free it's called interior design business strategies i hope that you'll join me there and it's a free community of over 5 000 designers from all over the world anyway until then until then until i see you there i'll see you next time cheers what about the grout so i've done one of these before on instagram and you guys loved it so i'm doing another one so follow along with me at claire jefford and see which grout color i choose for these 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