Our renovation service: five items, remote reporting, the fee and common objections.

01

Four moments when renovation comes up.

• —Before letting: The empty flat is dated, the paint and plumbing need attention, and every empty month is rent lost. Once the preparation is done, the listing opens under the same contract.
• —Moving to furnished or short-term letting: Furnished lets of more than one hundred days (roughly four to twelve months), or permitted short-term (Airbnb-style) lets, can bring higher rent, but the flat must be fully equipped and durable. Design, furniture and textile selection, installation.
• —Before a sale, or in a flat untouched for years: Kitchen, bathroom, plumbing and electrical renewal; permits and condominium consents included, with project management from site visit to handover.
• —Renovating the home you live in: Not for letting but for living in: a full architectural project or furnishing only, with our in-house architects; measurements, drawings, procurement and site supervision from a single team.

02

Rent-ready and sale-ready preparation

For owners who want an empty flat ready to list

• —Painting and small repairs (sockets, taps, doors, cabinets)
• —Plumbing, boiler and electrical check; replacement of faulty parts
• —Deep cleaning, meter and subscription check
• —Preparing and staging the flat for listing photographs

Photographed handover record, invoices and any warranty documents; the listing can open as soon as the preparation is done.

03

Interior design and furnishing

For owners moving to furnished mid-term or short-term (Airbnb-style) letting

• —Design proposal and layout for the target tenant profile
• —Furniture, appliances, lighting and textiles, with budget options
• —Procurement, delivery and installation coordination
• —Inventory list and photographed condition record (the basis of the move-in inventory)

Item list, invoices, warranties and inventory photographs; a flat ready for a furnished listing.

04

Full renovation

For flats that need kitchen, bathroom, plumbing and electrical renewal

• —Site visit, measurements and photographed condition record; interior design project where needed
• —Check of condominium and municipal permits; conservation-board process for listed buildings
• —Contractor selection, written job list and schedule
• —Site supervision, material acceptance, written approval for anything outside scope

Handover record, invoice and warranty file, as-built drawings and a photo archive.

05

Architectural design and delivery

For owners who want their own home or an investment property designed from the ground up

• —Briefing with our in-house architects; measurements and a photographed site visit record
• —Full architectural project: layout, kitchen and bathroom, lighting, materials and colours; working drawings
• —Furnishing only, if that is all you need: a furniture, lighting and textile proposal that keeps the existing layout, with procurement and installation
• —At the build stage, contractor selection, site supervision and handover

Approved project file and working drawings; for furnishing only, the item list and installation. Invoices and warranty file in both cases.

06

Remote project management and reporting

For owners living abroad or in another city

• —Video site visit and remote approval of the written quote
• —Photographed progress report and expense breakdown at every stage
• —Payments tied to work stages; written approval before anything outside scope
• —Remote approval of key handover and the handover record

One point of contact and one file throughout: reports, invoices, photographs, warranties.

07

You see what is happening, even from abroad.

• —Video site visit: If you cannot attend the site visit, we walk you through it live on video; the record photographs are sent straight afterwards.
• —Photographed progress report: At the end of each stage: photographs, the work done and an expense breakdown; the file builds up in your project file.
• —Out-of-scope rule: If a job not in the quote comes up (a hidden plumbing fault, damp), work stops; the photograph and the extra cost are sent to you in writing, and nothing continues without your approval.
• —Payment schedule: Payments are tied to work stages and written into the quote; material and labour invoices are passed through at cost.

08

What is included, what is not, and the fee.

Our coordination and supervision fee is set out in the written quote after the site visit, according to the scope of the job.

We give no figures on the site: no two renovations are the same. The quote comes with an itemised job list and a payment schedule, and nothing outside the agreed scope starts without your written approval.

• —Site visit, photographed record and written quote
• —Job list, material options, contractor and supplier selection
• —Site supervision, material acceptance, progress reporting
• —Handover record, invoice and warranty file

Passed through at cost: Materials, labour and transport: passed through at invoice cost, no markup · Municipal permit fees and drawing fees: passed through at cost · Furniture and appliances: bought in your name and invoiced to you

09

Five things you may be wondering about.

What if the budget is exceeded? The quote is itemised and bound by the agreement. If an unforeseen job comes up (hidden plumbing, damp, a structural issue), work stops; the photograph and the extra cost are sent to you in writing, and if you do not approve, that item is not done.

How do I supervise from a distance? A photographed report and expense breakdown arrive at the end of each stage; payments are tied to stages, and the next payment is not made before the report. A live video walk-through can be arranged at any stage.

How long does it take? After the site visit we go through every stage of the job: permits, material supply, contractor scheduling, the works and handover. How long the job will take is always stated in the written quote, before any agreement is signed, with the schedule broken down by work stage. Painting and small repairs naturally take less time than a kitchen and bathroom renewal. If something unforeseen affects the schedule during the works, you are told in writing straight away, with the reason.

How can I trust the contractors? We use the vetted contractor and supplier network we already work with in rental management; the job list and price are in writing, we handle material acceptance and site supervision, and invoices are issued in your name.

Can work be done while the tenant is living there? The tenant must tolerate work that is necessary to remedy a defect or prevent damage, such as a plumbing leak or a boiler fault (TBK Art. 319). Even then, the work is announced reasonably in advance and done on a day and at a time agreed with the tenant, whose rights to a rent reduction and compensation are reserved. Anything that is not necessary needs the tenant’s consent: the flat is the tenant’s home, and under the inviolability of the home no one may enter it without their permission (Constitution Art. 21, Turkish Criminal Code Art. 116). That is why we plan renovation and full refurbishment for when the flat is empty.