Villas
Primary suite Budget and Scope for Villas
Compare like-for-like scopes by separating base work, specialist items and upgrades before requesting a quote.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- List the functions the finished space must support, then assign items to base scope or upgrades.
- Compare
- Get quantities and materials described consistently across quotes. Ask who covers making good and waste removal.
- Before buying
- Set aside a contingency for survey-dependent work and price likely substitutions before choosing finishes.
Worked example
A bedroom estimate includes bespoke wardrobes and a premium upholstered bed, obscuring the essential spend.
Separate storage internals, door finish and bed choice; price a simpler wardrobe configuration with the same daily capacity.
How to test it
Read the exclusions back with each supplier and ask what must be purchased or arranged separately.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Keep sleeping, dressing and bathing zones in a short sequence with privacy at the bedroom door.
- Detail
- Use warm, low-level bedside light and resilient flooring through dressing areas.
- Trade-off
- A larger dressing room adds storage but lengthens the route to the bathroom.
- Check privacy from corridor and windows
- Test night route to bathroom
The Elixir portfolio
Details worth a closer look
