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First meeting
We come to you or you visit the showroom. We look at your space, your wishes and your budget.
- You get a first budget estimate
- You can stop at any time
- If you stop, you pay nothing
Interior architect
What an interior architect really does.
Not just producing pretty images. Rather: surveying your space, rethinking the layout, showing everything in 3D and then having it built, with a price fixed in advance.
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The profession
Rethinking space, not picking furniture.
An interior architect is often confused with a decorator. The difference is the order of work: a decorator starts from what is already there, an interior architect starts from the space itself and from how you live in it.
In practice that means: measuring up, looking at circulation, judging the daylight, questioning walls and openings, and only then deciding on cabinets, furniture, lighting and textiles. With us one more step is added: we also make and fit it, in our own workshop and with our own people.
- Survey and analyse: dimensions, light, circulation, services
- Rethink the layout: where the seating goes, where you walk
- Draw the bespoke work: cabinets, panelling, kitchen
- Materials and light chosen together, not separately
- Build it: make, deliver, fit and finish
How it works
Five steps, and you can stop at any point.
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Agreement
We set down in writing what will be designed and within what budget. Signing takes place at our office in Kapellen.
- Clear agreements on paper
- You can stop until you sign
- If you stop, you still pay nothing
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First design
Within three months we go through the first dossier with you in detail.
- Photorealistic 3D
- Technical drawings
- Detailed quotation
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Adjusting
You adjust until it fits. Up to 15 revisions across the whole process are included.
- Respond within 5 calendar days
- Every change shown again
- A design that suits how you really live
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Building
We make the bespoke work in our own workshop, deliver and fit with our own team.
- Allow 4 to 18 weeks
- One point of contact
- Delivered fitted and finished
The fee
What you pay for the design.
With us the fee depends on who carries out the work. If you have the whole project built by us, the design is included. All percentages exclude VAT.
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0 % fee
For items from our collection and webshop: more than 18,000 items across over 40 manufacturers, bespoke cabinetry included.
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10 % fee
For subcontractors of Marcottestyle, for certain building works.
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16 % fee
For contractors you choose yourself, or items we cannot purchase directly.
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Stopping early?
After the first presentation you pay 2 % on the quotation or the stated budget, with a minimum of 500 euros excluding VAT. You take the design with you, without dimensions.
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Stopping later?
Then it is 2.5 % per dossier on the quotation or estimate, options included.
What gets drawn
We draw everything.
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Survey drawing
The existing situation, measured by us: dimensions, how far walls and floors run out of true, pipework, radiators and openings.
- We measure ourselves, you supply nothing
- Old and crooked houses too
- The basis for everything else
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Layout plan
The floor plan with the new layout: where the seating goes, how you move through, how much space is left around the table.
- Circulation and openings
- Furniture drawn to scale
- Several variants possible
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Bespoke drawings
Elevations and sections of every cabinet, panelling run and kitchen, with the layout per compartment.
- Elevation and section
- Layout of drawers and shelves
- Profiles and joints to size
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Electrical and lighting plan
Where sockets, switches and light points go, derived from the layout and not the other way round.
- Sockets at the right height
- Light points and dimmers
- Lighting inside cabinets drawn in
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Material schedule
Which timber, which stain, which stone and which fabric, fixed per element.
- Named per element
- Samples to lay next to your floor
- No surprises on delivery
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3D and quotation
Photorealistic images per room, with a detailed quotation per item.
- Your own room on screen
- Price per item, not a lump sum
- Everything in writing before production
What you receive
A dossier, not loose ideas.
After the first design you don't get a mood image or a moodboard, but a complete dossier. It sets out what will come, how it will be made and what it costs, down to the individual item.
The photorealistic 3D is not a sales trick but a checking tool: you see your own space with the real materials and colours, and you notice in advance what you want differently. Changing a drawing costs nothing; changing during installation always costs money.
What you will never get from us is a price that changes afterwards because something was overlooked. Everything is fixed in writing before anything is made.
In the spotlight
Work from our own projects.
A cross-section of what we have furnished over the past years, from country house to penthouse. Hover over the series to stop it, or drag it along yourself.
House in Luxembourg From plan to fitted. Layout, bespoke work, lighting and furniture all came from one dossier. What was on the 3D is now actually in the house.
From our projects
Work in every style.
When to bring us in
The best moment is earlier than you think.
We are often called once the shell is up and the wiring is already run. By then a great many decisions have been made, usually without anyone intending it that way.
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For a new-build
Before the electrical drawings are fixed. Sockets, light points and services follow from the layout, not the other way round.
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For a renovation
Before you knock down or keep walls. Sometimes one relocated opening solves more than an expensive kitchen.
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When moving house
As soon as you have the plans of the new house, so you know what fits and what you had better not take with you.
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For a single room
Always a good idea. We keep the design, so a second phase still matches later.
What makes us different
Three things that aren't a given.
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We make it ourselves
The bespoke work comes from our own workshop. Whoever draws it knows how it is made, and whoever makes it knows the drawing.
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We fit it ourselves
Our own team fits and finishes. No arguments between designer, supplier and fitter when something doesn't fit.
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The price is fixed in advance
You get a detailed quotation before anything is made, and that quotation stands.
Changing a drawing takes an afternoon. Changing a fitted cabinet takes a week.
Why Marcottestyle
Why clients stay with us.
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We think along with you
We don't just carry out orders. We question your layout, measure up and find the solution you hadn't seen. That starts at the very first meeting.
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A complete plan
You don't get a sketch but a dossier: survey drawing, layout plan, bespoke drawings, electrical and lighting plan, material schedule and a detailed quotation per item.
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Everything in 3D first
Photorealistic images of your own room with the real materials.
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Our own workshop
We make cabinets, panelling and bespoke work ourselves.
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Our own fitters
Our own team fits, adjusts and finishes.
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First meeting free
Introduction, survey and budget estimate cost you nothing.
Frequently asked questions
About working with an interior architect.
What does an interior architect cost with you?
If you have the whole project built by us, the design is included: 0 % fee on items from our collection. For our subcontractors we charge 10 %, for contractors you choose yourself 16 %, each excluding VAT. All conditions are on rates and 3D.
What if I drop out after the design?
That's possible. If you stop after the first presentation, you pay a 2 % fee on the quotation or the stated budget, with a minimum of 500 euros excluding VAT. You take the design with you, without dimensions.
How long before I see anything?
We present the first dossier within three months of signing. The building work itself then takes 4 to 18 weeks, depending on the scale.
How many times can I have things changed?
Up to 15 revisions across the whole process are included. In practice that many are rarely needed, but you don't have to count.
What is the difference with an interior designer?
In Belgium both terms are used interchangeably and neither is legally protected, unlike the title of architect. What counts is what gets delivered: survey, drawings, 3D, quotation and execution.
Do you work with my architect?
Yes, that happens often. We take on the interior and coordinate with the architect and contractor on services and scheduling.
Do you also do a single room?
Yes. Many clients start with the living room or the kitchen. Because we keep the design, a later phase still matches.
Do you work outside Belgium?
Yes. Our work stands in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France among others. We deliver and fit with our own people.
Can I just talk it through first?
That is exactly the idea. The first meeting and the budget estimate are free and commit you to nothing. You can pick a moment straight away.
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