Four documents leave the studio before demolition starts: the measured survey, the client brief, the concept with layout options, and the decision sheet you sign. Each one is dated, numbered and kept in the project folder for the Kyiv apartment.
What leaves the studio
Laser measurement of every room, ceiling height, window opening and riser. We photograph the shafts, mark load-bearing walls and record what the previous renovation left behind. Questions about structure go to an engineer, not to a guess.
Who lives there, how the kitchen is actually used, where the pram, bicycle and boiler go, and the budget bracket in UAH per square metre. Exclusions sit in the same paragraph as the number.
Two or three plan variants with furniture outlines, daylight direction and circulation widths. We mark which walls move, which stay and which need consent from the building administration.
One page, one column per choice: floor finish, wall finish, joinery fronts, plumbing fittings. Every line names the substitute, what changed and the price effect, so the material ledger stays honest later.
Hidden conditions behind walls, screed and old wiring are found during the survey and priced as a separate line once measured.
Each sheet below is issued as a PDF set scaled 1:50 unless noted, plus a DWG working file for the contractor. This set is what builders price from, so nothing gets agreed verbally on site.
What comes out, what stays, and which load-bearing walls are off limits. Waste volumes are listed for the removal quote.
New walls with thickness, block type and stud spacing, so the build matches the agreed layout.
Circuits, socket and switch heights, lighting groups and a load schedule. Every point is numbered for sign-off.
Riser connections, pipe routes, falls and ventilation, worked around the parts of the layout that cannot move.
Setting-out with grout lines, cut positions and trim details, so you see where a full tile actually lands.
Levels, coves, recessed lighting and access hatches for ducts and shut-off valves.
Wardrobes, kitchen and vanity units drawn to the millimetre, with fronts, hinges and handle positions.
Wall-by-wall views fixing heights, material joints and how finishes meet at every corner.
Hidden conditions behind walls and under screed turn up during the survey. When they change scope, they are issued as a numbered revision to the same set, and the cost effect is written into the material ledger.
Request a sample sheet setA renovation is a sequence of stages, not one long open-ended job. Each stage is opened against the drawing package, run by one named site manager, and closed with a written approval before the next crew steps onto the site.
Protected routes, dust barriers and a locked storage corner are set up first. The site manager photographs existing conditions before anything is removed.
Electrical runs, plumbing and levelling are installed, then inspected with you present. Conditions found behind old walls are logged here and priced before the work continues.
Plaster, screed, tiling and painting follow the finish specification. Any substitution is written into the material ledger with the reason and the price effect.
Kitchen, wardrobes and sanitary ware are fitted, then the snag list is compiled during a walkthrough and closed item by item before the final payment.
Want to see how a stage gate works in practice? Ask for a short call, or read the drawing package first.
05 / Written estimate
Send the apartment address, the rooms you want to renovate and any drawings you already hold. You receive a written estimate with the scope list, the material ledger and a cost range per square metre, with exclusions stated line by line. Nothing is ordered and no work is scheduled before you approve that document.