Apartment furnishing in Batumi: furniture, appliances, lighting and textiles

What furnishing includes and where it starts

We start furnishing an apartment in Batumi with a list. If you have an interior design project, we take the furniture and lighting schedule from it. If there is no project, we draw up the list ourselves from the floor plan and what you need: who will live there, how many sleeping places are needed, whether you will want a desk. Every item on the list has its dimensions, price, supplier and delivery time, and we place an order only once you have approved it.

It is easiest to start the list while the renovation is still at the rough stage. A 90 cm-wide two-door fridge, a dishwasher, a tumble dryer stacked on the washing machine and wall lights by the bed all need sockets and outlets in particular places. If the appliances are chosen after the tiling, a socket ends up behind a cabinet carcass, and the outlets have to be moved through finished surfaces.

Kitchen materials and lead times are covered on the page about having a kitchen made to measure, and what to order from the workshop and what to buy ready-made is explained in the section on furniture for the apartment.

Delivery order: what comes early and what arrives on the last day

Things that arrive too early get damaged on a building site. A sofa, mattresses and curtains in an apartment where the walls are still being sanded collect dust, and in wet weather they also soak up moisture from the fresh plaster. So we tie the delivery schedule to the renovation schedule, not to whichever day suits the supplier.

1. We measure for the kitchen and wardrobes on finished walls and floors, once the thickness of the finishes is known. Manufacture takes 3–5 weeks, and part of that time runs alongside the finishing work.
2. Built-in appliances and the sink arrive in time for the kitchen installation: the cut-outs in the worktop are made to fit them, and the units are adjusted around them.
3. We install the kitchen and wardrobes once the floors are down and the walls are painted.
4. We hang the indoor air conditioning units after painting; the pipe runs to them have been laid in advance.
5. Light fittings go up together with the final electrical work.
6. Ready-made furniture and freestanding appliances are delivered after the construction dust has been cleaned up.
7. Textiles, crockery and small items are put in place last.

Some items have to be approved long before these dates. A sofa in a particular upholstery or a bed in a non-standard size made to order takes longer to arrive than something already in a warehouse. If a supplier pushes back a date, the manager warns you in advance and offers a replacement from stock or a new date.

Taking delivery, assembly and placement

Every delivery is received by one of our staff: they open the packaging while the driver is there, check that everything is there, that the shade is right and that there are no chips, and only then sign the delivery note.

The furniture is assembled by our own fitters. Before drilling into a wall for a wardrobe or a shelf, we check the routing diagram in the handover file so as not to hit a cable or a pipe. A TV goes on a bracket rated for its weight. We connect the appliances to the circuits laid in for them and test them in operation: we run the washing machine on a short cycle and check that it is dry under the dishwasher.

We place everything according to the plan. There is room to walk between the bed and the wardrobe, and the armchair doesn't block a socket.

Appliances and climate control for an apartment by the sea

In humid Batumi some appliances are needed to protect the apartment itself. We put an air conditioner with heating and dehumidifying modes in every bedroom and living room: in summer it cools, and in the damp months it dries the air and warms the room.

A tumble dryer saves you from a clothes airer in the middle of the room, where laundry takes a day or more to dry and gives off moisture into the walls and wardrobes. For an apartment that stands empty in winter, we add a dehumidifier with a continuous drainage outlet to the list: the hose is led into the drain, and the unit runs without anyone having to empty the tank.

A manufacturer's warranty on appliances is only useful if there is somewhere in Georgia to make a claim under it, not just in the country where the appliance was bought. So the list includes brands sold here by local distributors and shops.

Lighting, textiles and small items

The light points are already set out in the electrical plan, and when furnishing we choose what goes on them: light fittings to suit the ceiling height, bulbs of the same colour temperature throughout the apartment, and wall lights to go with the switches by the bed.

Curtains are made to measure once the curtain rail is up. For the bedroom we choose a heavy blackout fabric: in summer the sun rises early, and windows in new builds are often large. By the sea we choose fabrics that can be machine-washed and dry quickly.

Small things get remembered on the first evening in the apartment, when there is no corkscrew, towel hook or toilet brush. So we put crockery, kitchen utensils, bathroom holders, hangers, an ironing board, a vacuum cleaner and spare bulbs on the list and agree them item by item, just like the furniture.

How much apartment furnishing costs in Batumi

Mid-range furniture and household appliances, worked out per square metre of the apartment, cost from 360 to 480 ₾ per m². In a small apartment each square metre comes out more expensive: a studio needs the same set of kitchen appliances and a washing machine as a 2+1 apartment (two bedrooms plus a living room), but the cost is divided over fewer square metres.

Three lines of the estimate outweigh the rest. A made-to-measure kitchen costs 1,560–1,920 ₾ per linear metre: the length is measured along the row of base units, and for an L-shaped kitchen the lengths of both walls are added together. An air conditioner with installation costs 1,440–1,920 ₾ per unit, and a 2+1 apartment usually needs three: in the living room and the two bedrooms. A set of household appliances for a studio costs 7,800–10,800 ₾.

Anything made to your dimensions or built in costs more: a kitchen and wardrobes made to measure, built-in appliances, a bed of non-standard length, and premium brands. You can save with models from stock, freestanding appliances and things you already have. The final cost is set after the measurement and once the estimate is agreed, with its own price and delivery time for every item.

Furnishing when you are not in Batumi

You can furnish the apartment without coming over. We send options for each item with photos, dimensions and prices, and show fabric and door front samples on video in daylight, because on a screen the shade almost always looks different. The shared list shows what has been ordered, what is on its way and what is already in the apartment.

We take in the deliveries, and at the end we walk through the finished apartment with you on a video call, checking the items against the inventory. How a whole renovation without you being here works, from the keys to stage sign-off, is described separately.

For an apartment let to guests the list is different, with more linen and fewer fragile things: we go through it on the page about furnishing for short-term rental.

Inventory and documents

At the end you get an inventory: every item with its price, product code, receipt and warranty card. You need it when the apartment is insured or let to a tenant with an inventory of contents, and a year later the product code makes it easier to find the same chair to replace a broken one.

The inventory goes into the handover file together with the routing diagrams. If the apartment is going to be let, it is worth giving a copy to the property manager.