DIY OR DONE FOR YOU | What’s Best for Your Real Estate Investment

Experienced real estate investors know how to renovate and furnish a property. But there’s a hidden risk when designing at a distance.

You’re a successful real estate investor and multi-unit operator.  With a primary residence, a vacation home, perhaps a luxury villa or cashflowing rental property.  So the better question is: Should you be spending your time doing it yourself? We break it down in clear steps so you can decide what path to take.

Onsite you solve appliance, electrical and warranty issues - in a foreign country, a different currency while navigating a foreign culture.

THE DIY MODEL

You source the furniture, fixtures, appliances, electronics and everything else.  Seems easy.
Then comes freight and delivery coordination.
Hiring and managing individual trades. Someone highly recommended, with a facebook page and project samples.
Tracking dozens, if not 100’s of orders.
Receiving damaged or missing product - and yes it always happens.
Now you’re rescheduling installers, managing no-shows or troubleshooting when something does not arrive.
Onsite you solve appliance, electrical and warranty issues - in a foreign country, a different currency while navigating a foreign culture.
You’ll be managing the punchlist remotely and managing the completion schedule.
So you fly in multiple times to inspect the finished property.
And no surprise there are delayed rental bookings, resale deadline or occupancy cancellations when one piece of the process falls behind. See what a typical White Glove Install looks like with our locally-based crew.

The appeal vs. the hidden cost:
Your expertise in another market is a significant asset. But the hidden cost is this. Your time. Your carrying costs. Your opportunity cost. And your exposure to execution risk when the invariable delays happen. We track the data on self-managed projects that come thru our Discovery Calls and go in a different direction. Project timelines and costs stretch to double and often lead into multiyear endeavors vs. the initial 3-6 month projections.

Every project starts and ends with our 100-point inspection system and weekly progress reports shared with you.

THE CRATE DONE-FOR-YOU MODEL

ONE TEAM. ONE TIMELINE. ONE ACCOUNTABLE PARTNER.

CRATE Interiors manages the full scope. Here’s how we Close the Gap in 5 Systemized Steps:

1. DESIGN + SPECIFICATION
A cohesive, investment-minded design plan built around the property and its attributes, your target guest or buyer and your overall ALL-IN budget. You see this from Day 1.

2. PROCUREMENT + LOGISTICS
Furniture, window treatments, appliances, electronics, housewares and specialty items sourced, ordered, tracked, received and inspected through one system. All together, 100’s of hours spent on logistics that save you time and money.

3. RENOVATION + INSTALLATION
Vetted trades trained inside our system, certified installers and professional project coordination managed locally and onsite from construction through final placement.

4. QUALITY CONTROL + PROBLEM SOLVING
Damages, shortages and service calls handled. Time-consuming warranty claims and punch-list items resolved before they become your investment problem.

5. MARKET-READY DELIVERY
The property is professionally staged, inspected and prepared for photography, rental, resale or your owner's arrival. Enjoy the test stay in your new place and spend the time fine-tuning the guest experience instead coordinating plumbing, electrical and deliveries.

Learn from this successful case study, a 3 unit multiplex completed and launching on market in just 60 days.

The goal is to protect your asset, shortest the path to revenue and free you up to focus on the next investment.

THE INVESTOR ADVANTAGE

The goal is not simply to save you work. It is to protect the asset, shorten the path to revenue and frees you up to focus on the next investment. This is the proven path our multi-unit clients take time and time again. With repeatable success. See the Renovation process for yourself.

So What’s Best for you? 

DIY creates another side job. In another country, using a different currency and navigated in another culture.

CRATE Interiors creates a finished asset.

From keys to cashflow in one streamlined, locally managed process.

This is Destination Design Simplified.