Selections - Managing the Process

Our interior designer guides customers through
the selections process. This includes meeting
with customers at suppliers locations to help assist
them.

However, there are times when customers explore on their own
and that can be very educational. Here is some advice:

1. Let the process of making selections be fun. There is no need to be overwhelmed. Reach out to your designer, builder or supplier sales person for help.

2. Compromise will always be part of the decision making process. Respect your spouses, partners or others thoughts and desires. Everyone wins when everyone compromises. If you like this, you can have it. But when it comes to something else, the other person gets the final say. That is OK!

3. Always know your budget. Stay within it. If you go over, pay for the difference with cash. Also, if you cannot afford gold, do not go looking at gold.

4. Ask to see the next available option that has a lower price tag. You might like it just as much and the difference has no impact on quality.

5. Let the person you are dealing with know your budget.

6. If you do not make an appointment with someone in advance of your visit, you are subject to the whims of the day. The service staff might not be able to get to you as fast as you would like.

7. Walk away from any meeting with a written list of materials selected or be clear that one is being sent.

8. Know the name of the person that assisted you during your visit.

9. When making decisions, sometimes you will have to step back and think about the "forest and not the trees." By this I mean there are times when you may have a tough time deciding between options. At this point, stop and think about just how important the item really is in the overall appearance of the project.

10. Live within your means!

Have fun. Build with Confidence.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at rgkogel@comcast.net.