INTERIORS BY INGRID
Interior Design Fees
A personal design service, with a clear proposal tailored to your home.
Creating a considered interior begins with understanding your home, your priorities and the way you live. Working directly with Ingrid, you receive a written proposal outlining the design work, fee and anticipated programme before deciding to proceed.
Based in Macclesfield, Interiors by Ingrid works with homeowners in Prestbury, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Knutsford, as well as selected projects further afield.
Your Complimentary Initial Meeting
Your initial meeting is an opportunity to discuss your ideas, the character of your property and your planned investment. You can ask questions about the design process and explore the support your project needs, before a proposal is prepared.
A Fee Tailored to Your Project
Design time is charged at £80 per hour (£96 including VAT). Your proposal sets out the agreed spaces, services, estimated design hours and total fee. Depending on the brief, this may include layouts, concept boards, detailed drawings, materials, furniture and lighting selections.
Furniture, fittings, building works and separately appointed consultants are additional to the design fee.
Payment Stages
The design fee is payable 80% on engagement, before design work begins, and 20% on issue of the final drawings. Your proposal shows the payment amounts, including VAT, and the agreed programme.
Meetings and Design Refinements
The agreed design fee includes one round of consolidated revisions before approval and three meetings with you and, where relevant, suppliers or craftspeople. Further revisions, changes after approval and additional meetings are charged at £80 per hour (£96 including VAT), with the additional work and fee agreed in writing before proceeding.
Travel, samples and other additional expenses are agreed in advance. Printed drawings are charged at £20 per print (£24 including VAT).
Purchasing and Trade Savings
Product purchases are quoted and billed separately from the design service. Items designed and specified by Interiors by Ingrid are purchased through the company, with itemised quotations, including associated delivery or installation costs, provided for approval before orders are placed.
Negotiated trade discounts on suitable products are passed on to you. The benefit depends on the items selected and the extent of purchasing; these savings can contribute towards the design fee.
Support as Your Design Takes Shape
Procurement, supplier liaison, installation support and project management can be agreed separately. The proposal confirms the services, responsibilities and fees, including how the appointment works alongside any main contractor, site manager or specialist consultants.