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What we know about furniture assembly,
and what it takes to get it right.
Advice before you build it yourself, what to expect from a professional job, and lessons from the work we do across Austin every week.
In this journal
- 01Should you build it yourself?
- 02What to check before you sign for a furniture delivery
- 03What "same-day" actually takes
- 04What a commercial buildout actually involves
- 05What a property manager should look for during turnover
- 06Nineteen cities, and what changes between them
- 07Move-in season, and how to book around it
What we write about
Advice, the work behind it,
and Austin.
Three streams, added to as we go: advice before you build it yourself, what a job actually involves, and what changes across the nineteen cities we cover.
Advice
Should you build it yourself?
Some flat-pack is a pleasant Saturday. Some of it ruins one. Here is how to tell which you have before you open the first carton.
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Advice
What to check before you sign for a furniture delivery
A driver is waiting, the clipboard is out and you have about two minutes. Here is what to check before you sign for a furniture delivery, and what the signature actually gives away.
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Behind the work
What "same-day" actually takes
Plenty of people advertise it. Fewer can hold it on a Tuesday when a job overruns. Here is what has to be true behind the promise.
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Behind the work
What a commercial buildout actually involves
The furniture is rarely what decides a buildout. Here is how a commercial furniture installation is sequenced against the delivery schedule, what a building asks for before day one, and what complete means to the person signing it off.
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Behind the work
What a property manager should look for during turnover
An open unit is not earning, and the furniture is rarely the slow part. What to inspect between residents, what to standardise across a portfolio, and what a short-notice turn actually needs.
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Around Austin
Nineteen cities, and what changes between them
We cover nineteen cities across Austin and Central Texas. The standard does not change between them. Almost everything else does.
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Around Austin
Move-in season, and how to book around it
Summer is when the Austin calendar tightens, and August tightens it further. What a move-in surge changes about booking, and what it does not change about the work.
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