How can you know who to trust?
Can I trust this guy? I mean who is he anyway? Just some guy with a website?
Does he know what he's doing, or does he have a piece of paper that says he does?
And does he really care about what I want to achieve or is he just blowing smoke up my you know what?
So if he's really as good as his clients say, how come I've never heard of him before?
Perhaps just like me you’ve had those kind of questions at some time in life, and experienced doubt and unease over how to proceed, and who to trust.
Let me assure you that I get it, and my aim here is to contribute to you making a decision that is to your advantage, and your highest benefit.
When you choose a carpenter to renovate your property you are trusting them with so much more than just a job of carpentry. We’re talking about your home after all, and that is a very personal thing.
It can be, and often is an intensely person and rewarding relationship, but generally only successful if approached with care and sensitivity. Trust is paramount and essential, of and by all parties involved.
For you the client it is trust that your personal space will be respected, your desired outcomes will be honoured, delivered on time and in accordance with YOUR budget.
For the contractor, me for example, it is trust that my generosity and dedication to the project will be respected, and of course that my invoices will be promptly and fully paid.
I have learnt much about receiving complaints and compliments both, (thankfully complaints are extremely rare) and as a result am able to work closely with my clients, whilst ensuring my ego stays out of the way.
Almost all the clients I have worked with have become friends over the course of a project. This is not a result I specifically seek to create, but it invariably happens anyway.
I’m happy about that.
I seek to create harmonious professional relationships of mutual trust and respect.
I have an abiding interest in design in general and my work is driven by my desire to find that precise point where the practicality and aesthetics of a project meet in harmony and mutual service. It’s a noble pursuit!
I will always advocate for the merit of my designs and my ideas, as they are arrived at only after exhaustive planning and consideration. If however they do not serve my clients needs fully I’m quick to recognise that, and adapt accordingly.
Ultimately, the finest looking piece of cabinetry or carpentry is essentially dysfunctional if the purpose for which it was created is not practically realised.
When designing I focus first on practicality then when, and only when the design is proven to function fully I look to see how the result could be achieved with a higher level of aesthetics and form.
I look at how it could be built or how I may have built in the past, asking what else is possible that I’m not yet seeing? There is often a better way to do something that’s been previously done. That is my target.
I mostly work solo so that I know the quality of everything I do for my clients. To achieve that I choose projects where the work can be approached incrementally, rather than in one massive undertaking.
I am not for everyone,
but then I like that too!