Apartment interior design in Batumi

What you get at the end of the project

We hand over an apartment design project in Batumi as several files, and each one has its own reader. The PDF drawing set is for the foreman and the crew: they print it and keep it on site. The 3D renders, in other words images of the rooms, are for you and your family, so you can look over the apartment at your own pace. The materials list comes as a spreadsheet: finishes, sanitary ware and lighting are bought from it, and its lines make up the renovation estimate.

For the furniture maker building the kitchen and wardrobes, we also supply the recess dimensions in DWG, so they don’t have to redraw them by hand. The materials list is useful after the renovation too: a year later, it is where you find the paint code and the grout product code when a wall or a joint needs touching up.

The full list of sheets and stages is on the interior design page. This page is about something else: how that list changes from one apartment to another and how the estimate is built from it.

Design project for a studio, 1+1, 2+1 and 3+1

Floor area changes more than the price. Each extra room adds decisions that have to fit together: the bedroom door must not clash with the wardrobe door, and the corridor light has to switch on from both ends. The table shows what takes up most of the project time in typical Batumi apartments.

A studio has no spare room for whatever doesn’t fit, so we work out storage in linear metres of wardrobes as early as the layout stage. How to arrange a small apartment as a whole is covered on the studio design page.

In a 1+1, the main question comes up at the first meeting: keep one bedroom or carve out a second sleeping area for rental. In a 2+1, the second bedroom becomes a child’s room, a study or a guest room, and the sockets, lighting and wardrobes depend on that role. In a 3+1, most of the sheets go on the building services. Several bathrooms on different risers, air conditioners in every room and enough power to run everything at once need more drawings than the finishes do.

In a full project, we make 3D renders of the main rooms. A hallway, storage room or study can usually be shown with a collage, and 3D renders of the other rooms can be added if a decision is hard to make without them.

Timing by floor area and what drags it out

The table gives our usual timing from the measured survey to the last sheet, provided you send back your comments on each stage within a few days. About a quarter of the time goes on the layout, and the rest is split between the 3D renders and the drawings.

What most often drags out the timeline is changing the layout after the renders are finished: the model is rebuilt, and part of the sheets with it. Second comes a delayed decision on the made-to-measure kitchen. Until it is clear where the sink, oven and dishwasher will go, the kitchen wiring and water outlets cannot be drawn. A project decided on by several people also moves more slowly, so we ask you to name one person whose approval closes a stage.

If the renovation has to start by a certain date, the sheets can be issued in parts. How this works, and how it differs from ordering a space plan alone, is explained in our comparison of a full design project and a space plan.

How the project becomes a renovation estimate

We price the estimate straight from the sheets. The tile area comes from the tile layout, including cutting waste, the number of electrical points from the electrical plan, and the linear metres of skirting and curtain tracks from the floor and ceiling plans. Materials go into the estimate from the materials list as a line with the product code, the quantity and the seller’s price.

We check the budget twice while the project is still under way. At the first meeting, you tell us how much you plan to spend on the renovation. Once the layout is approved, we estimate the work from it, and after the concept, when the main materials have been chosen, we estimate it again. If the figure goes over budget, this shows up before the drawings: the choice of tiles or furniture changes, and finished sheets don’t have to be redrawn.

The final estimate is accurate for everything that has already been chosen. Items that are measured from the finished walls remain estimates: a made-to-measure kitchen and wardrobes, a stone worktop. We list them separately in the estimate, so you can see which part of the total may still shift.

What we need from you at each stage

The project moves faster when the input arrives in advance. Here is what we will ask for and when:

• before the survey: the floor plan from your contract with the developer, who will live in the apartment or who you are renting it to, and your renovation budget;
• before the layout: the furniture and appliances moving in with you, with their dimensions, and the habits the arrangement depends on: whether you cook every day, whether you work from home;
• at the concept stage: a few interiors you like and anything you definitely don’t want, which saves a round of revisions;
• before the drawings: the appliances, at least their dimensions, the type of toilet and taps, and a decision on the made-to-measure kitchen;
• at stage sign-off: one combined list of comments and your signature on the acceptance certificate.

If you live abroad, all of this happens by video and through a shared folder. How this kind of work is organised is described on the page about remote interior design.

An apartment in frame condition, with developer finishes or a resale

The contents of the drawing set also depend on the state the apartment is in when you get it. In black frame, the bare concrete shell, the sheets show only new work: all the partitions, all the water and electrical outlets, the screed levels. In white frame, every sheet has two layers, what stays from the developer and what we move, and everything to be removed is gathered in a demolition plan. That sheet shows which demolition you are paying for.

In an apartment with developer finishes, the walls usually stay where they are. The project comes down to the furniture layout, lighting, built-in wardrobes and replacing some of the finishes: there are fewer sheets and more work on the furniture. In a resale apartment, the survey is more detailed, and wherever it is unknown what lies under the old finishes, we mark the spot on the sheets as needing a check after demolition.

How much an apartment design project costs in Batumi

A full design project costs 145 to 190 ₾ per m² of the apartment’s floor area. For this you get the measured survey, the layout, 3D renders of the main rooms and working drawings for the crew. The renovation, furniture and materials are not included in this price: they are covered by the renovation estimate.

Relocated wet areas, a lot of made-to-measure furniture, complex lighting with recess lighting and 3D renders of more rooms move the price towards the upper end. A studio for rental with standard solutions and an apartment where the developer’s partitions stay in place are closer to the lower end.

If you don’t need 3D renders, a technical design project with drawings but no renders costs 78–96 ₾ per m². A project with procurement and designer visits to the site comes to 215–265 ₾ per m². We give a preliminary price from the apartment floor plan, the final cost is set after the measured survey and once the project scope is agreed, and the price of each stage is written into the contract.