About Lathika Nair Design
About and Background
Lathika Nair is the founder and principal designer at Lathika Nair Design. Lathika studied Bachelor of Architecture University of Kerala, India 1997-2002. On 26th August 2010, Lathika and her family immigrated to Melbourne, found a home in a beautiful bayside suburb and immediately Lathika found work with an architectural firm, and then later with an Interior Design firms.
Fast forward a few years to family and home and maternity leave and friends and family and friends-of-friends asking her to ‘do a little design job on the side’ (that usually turned into much bigger projects), and Lathika decided to branch out on her own. And so, Lathika Nair Design was born.
Lathika Nair focuses on renovation especially heritage homes, where the owner wants to modernise the space without losing the soul of their home.
The Process
Often our clients haven’t worked with an interior designer before, and it can be a daunting prospect. Lathika Nair Design (LND) wants to take the mystery away from the process and show you exactly what it will be like when you work with us. Interior designers make indoor spaces useful, safe, and beautiful by determining space requirements and selecting essential and decorative items, such as colours, lighting, and materials. Our work encompasses the interior of almost every type of building. If you can think of a building type whose interior that we can’t make safer, more functional and more beautiful, let us know #challengeaccepted
Embarking on a renovation is stressful! We want you to know as well as being creative and easy to deal with, we are also organised and have you, our client, in mind every step of the way
Here is an outlike of what happens when, including when payments are due:
Initial consult
- The potential client sends an email/DM to LND outlining details of their project
- LND gets in touch and sets up an initial consult a telephonic chat
- LND discusses the project from the initial layout sent by the client.
- LND sets up a time for site visit depending on the stage of the project.
- LND sends a design proposal with the scope of work and design quote
- The client accepts the quote and pays the deposit as approved
Design Stage
- LND works on a concept design and we start our design discussions from there.
- Brainstorming sessions. We would like to solve your design problems and meet your wants and needs before construction! Of course, things come up during construction, but changes, once the work commences, can get costly for the client, so we spend time brainstorming and creatively solving challenges before work starts. We do not gloss over this stage; we want you to understand (and love) the design
- After few sessions the design is finalised.
Mood Board / Material Selection
- Virtual presentation of rendered images and materials are presented to get the look and feel of the space
- Finalising of color materials, tiles, cabinets, etc any aspect required of the project is finalised in this stage.
Design Development Stage
- If required, tender drawings are prepared and sent for quotes; for instance, you decide to have bespoke kitchen cabinets. LND manage the entire tender process
- The quotes received are reviewed. Builder/trades are confirmed, and a contract with the builder is agreed
- We work with the appropriate people to complete the final set of working drawings. These are the drawings from which the trades and their crew work. They are critical! The scope of work is also confirmed at this stage. The builder’s contract and the working drawings are signed off.
Project Management Stage
- And voila, work commences.
- Project management is taken care of by LND from the initial contact with suppliers and trades to the final client inspection.
- Regular Site visits are done to ensure the work is as designed.
Handover
- Final Inspection is done and quality approved.
- Completion and handover to the client.
- Official Photoshoot is organised and the client gets their copy!
About and Background
Fast forward a few years to family and home and maternity leave and friends and family and friends-of-friends asking her to ‘do a little design job on the side’ (that usually turned into much bigger projects), and Lathika decided to branch out on her own. And so, Lathika Nair Design was born.
