Consider these points before you finalize your plans and start construction for your space

1. Consult an Architect, a working professional, or even a passionate student whatever works for you.
2. Convey your requirements, necessities, usability, and functionality for your space with clear details to the professional, including design suggestions or references.
3. Professionals always try to achieve what’s best for the client and keeping in mind the inclusiveness of heavy investment in construction projects, they provide suggestions. So you must keep your mind open to suggestions.
4. To ease out the process of going through the options/ suggestions, here’s a check–

See whether the proposed design or plan conforms to your inputs in an initial briefing.

• If all the requirements are met you are good to go with the option.
• Say 70-80% of your requirements match, try going forward with the option and have a few more discussions on it.

5. Planning is the sole of any project but you must also address the attributes of your project at this stage itself. i.e. specific interior, and furniture requirements, security concerns, level of automation (that is in lights, curtains, doors, windows, locks, etc.)
6. Finally, you must ask the professional to explain the design functionality to you before going on board with it.