INTERIOR ADVISORY

Thoughtful, holistic interior guidance at critical project moments — before purchasing a property or making key design decisions. Gaia Starace Design ensures interiors lead the process, protecting functionality, flow, and future livability.

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  • A strategic review of a property before purchase, offering insight into spatial potential, interior functionality, and future livability.

    • Evaluates layout, light, circulation, proportion, and usability

    • Considers window placement, joinery, kitchen, bathroom, and storage layouts

    • Identifies where architectural elements enhance or limit interiors

    • Review of listings, floor plans, photos, or surveys

    • 90–120 minute advisory consultation

    • Written advisory summary highlighting:

      -Spatial strengths and limitations

      -Interior reconfiguration possibilities

      -Key considerations before purchase

      -Follow-up clarification session if required

    • DA/CDC advice or statutory planning

    • Cost planning or budgeting

    • Construction drawings, engineering advice, or documentation

    • Procurement or sourcing

    • Considering buying a home or apartment

    • Evaluating long-term livability, not just aesthetics

    • Remote or in-person advisory possible after initial engagement

  • $1,800 – $2,200 AUD

    Final pricing depends on property size, complexity, and scope.

  • Gaia Starace Design’s advisory services are strictly interior-led and conceptual. They do not include statutory planning, DA, CDC, or construction advice.

    All recommendations are offered for spatial, functional, and aesthetic guidance only. Clients are responsible for compliance with local regulations and approvals.

Pathway 1: Pre-Purchase Interior Assessment

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  • Early-stage interior guidance to ensure spatial decisions and design logic support functional, holistic interiors.

    • Reviews architectural drawings, layouts, or DA/CDC submissions from an interior-led perspective

    • Provides spatial logic, circulation analysis, and inside-out evaluation of walls, windows, and openings

    • Conceptual guidance for kitchens, bathrooms, and built-in joinery

    • Develops a Design Bible and Implementation Roadmap for consultants

    • Design Bible (interior framework outlining spatial logic, materials, functional principles)

    • Implementation Roadmap for consultants (how interior intent should be applied during execution)

    • 90-minute advisory consultation

    • Written summary highlighting key interior considerations

    • Statutory, engineering or planning advice

    • Costing, procurement, or construction drawings

    • Site supervision or contractor coordination beyond advisory

    • Working with architects or designers at early stages

    • Planning renovations or new builds with complex layouts

    • Seeking clarity on circulation, window placement, joinery, and interior logic

  • $3,500 – $5,500 AUD

    Final pricing depends on property size, complexity, and scope.

  • Gaia Starace Design’s advisory services are strictly interior-led and conceptual. They do not include statutory planning, DA, CDC, or construction advice.

    All recommendations are offered for spatial, functional, and aesthetic guidance only. Clients are responsible for compliance with local regulations and approvals.

Pathway 2: Concept & Spatial Design Advisory

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FAQ

  • No. All advisory services are interior-led and conceptual only.

  • Yes. Many clients begin with advisory and later commission full residential design.

  • Once scope is confirmed, Gaia Starace Design issues an invoice. Services are scheduled upon payment.

  • Yes. Interior Advisory services can be delivered remotely. In-person consultations are available in NSW.

  • A comprehensive framework explaining spatial logic, material principles, and interior intent.

  • Guidance for builders, joiners, and specialists to maintain the integrity of interior intent during execution.