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Ask at handover, while the client is standing in the finished room.

Review generation for an interior design firm means getting the client to write something in the week the project is handed over, when they are happiest. Most studios finish far more projects than they collect reviews. GullySales sets the moment, the wording, and who in your team does the asking.

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What review generation means

Review generation is the routine of asking satisfied customers to leave a Google or platform review at the moment they are happiest, rather than hoping they remember later. GullySales builds the request into your existing follow-up steps and tracks how many turn into a review.

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Sales and marketing for interior design firms, the overview.

Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For interior design firms

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Handover day is the only good moment”

    A client asked six weeks later remembers the delay and the dust, not the wardrobe. Asked while walking their parents through a finished flat, the same client writes something warm and detailed.

  • “The project manager asks, not the marketing person”

    The client's relationship is with whoever answered the phone at seven in the evening about a missing delivery. That is the person whose request gets a yes.

  • “A review that names the project type is worth ten that say good work”

    Somebody searching for a 3BHK designer in their area reads a review that says 3BHK, and Maps reads it too. Ask the client to mention what was built and where.

What we do

What we deliver for interior design firms.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. The ask built into the handover checklist

    A line on the handover sheet naming who asks, when, and what link they send.

    Result: Asking stops depending on somebody remembering to.

  2. A prompt that produces a specific review

    Two or three things to mention: the project type, the locality, and one thing the studio handled well.

    Result: The review says something a future client can use.

  3. A separate ask for the architect or builder

    A request to the professional partners on the project, whose words carry weight with other professionals reading your profile.

    Result: Your profile carries proof aimed at the referral route too.

  4. Replies written for the reviews about delay

    Honest, unhurried answers for the complaints this trade always attracts: the timeline, the dust, the vendor who did not turn up.

    Result: A reader sees a firm that owns a delay rather than one that argues.

  5. Photographs collected alongside the review

    A request for the client's own pictures of the finished rooms, with written permission to use them.

    Result: You get pictures of a lived-in home, not only styled shots.

How the result is measured

  • Reviews received
  • Average rating
  • Response rate to requests

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full online review generation and management page

Asking for reviews the right way

Ask at the styled handover, when the family is walking through the finished rooms for the first time.

Cushions on, lights on
Ask after the family has seen the finished rooms styled with cushions and lights on. A client who has just photographed the living room is ready to write.
Final dues and defects cleared first
Clear the last bill and the defect list before the ask. A review request that arrives with the final invoice reads as a trade.
The link inside the thank-you message
Send the Google link inside the thank-you message the designer was going to send anyway, with the best photograph of the project attached.
Flat type and brief named
Suggest the client write the flat type, the style and the brief, for example a 3BHK with a puja room. Do not ask them to state the budget figure.
Carpenters and vendors
Your carpenter, electrician and modular kitchen vendor are on site every day. Ask these partners for a review of working with you, separate from the client's.
Clients who want their home kept private
Ask whether the client is happy for the project to be named, the photographs shared and the address shown. Respect a no, and leave the society name out of replies.

Who it is for

This is written for these interior design firms.

  • Residential interior design studios
  • Turnkey design-and-build firms
  • Retail and commercial interior design firms
  • Office and workplace interior design firms
  • Boutique single-designer practices
  • Modular kitchen and furniture-focused design firms
  • Design firms working closely with architects and builders

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Free audit call

    90 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.

  2. After the call

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come with it, in writing.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the work runs for interior design firms

  1. 1

    Assess

    We look at how your portfolio signals budget, how quotes are followed up, your timeline track record, and how referrals are tracked.

  2. 2

    Fix the follow-up

    A quote follow-up schedule and a simple process for booking a site visit without back-and-forth delay.

  3. 3

    Build the portfolio

    Projects organised by type and budget band, with real client photos and a written brief and solution for each.

  4. 4

    Bring enquiries in

    Local search, a well-organised Instagram and Pinterest presence, and referral relationships with architects and builders.

  5. 5

    Convert and retain

    A clear site-visit-to-contract process, honest timeline communication, and a referral ask after a project's handover.

Proof

What happened when owners fixed this.

Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.

All case studies

  • Houzeome Interior Design Studio

    Situation
    A client choosing an interior designer wants to see rooms the studio actually finished. The site showed stock photography, which tells a prospective client nothing about this studio.
    What we did
    • A custom site build
    • The studio's own photography
    • One brand across the site
    • Six project pages
    Result
    • Six real projects published, each with its own detailed case-study page
    Read the case study

  • Chord Road Hospital

    Situation
    Patients who knew the hospital trusted it. Patients who searched for a department or a treatment in the area did not find it.
    What we did
    • Website rebuilt around patient needs
    • Search visibility
    • Social media on a schedule
    • Review management
    Result
    • Organic traffic increased 60% within six months
    • Online appointment bookings increased 40%
    • Social following grew 45%, and engagement on it rose 70%
    Read the case study

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Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

The offer

Start with a free audit of how you sell.

It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.

What you receive

  • A 90-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak
  • Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
  • The one thing to do first, and why
  • An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
  • If you do, the scope and the fee in writing

No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.

How the audit scores you: the Order Leak Framework

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Why is our project count so far ahead of our review count?
Because nobody asks. Most clients are willing and simply never think of it. An ask written into the handover changes that more than any campaign would.
A client is unhappy about a delay. Should we still ask?
No. Close the complaint first, on a call, and ask once the snag list is done. Asking an annoyed client for a review is how you collect a detailed one-star.
Should we ask on Google or on Houzz?
Ask for Google first, since a homeowner searching your firm name sees it before anything else. Houzz suits a client who already uses it to collect ideas, so mention it only to them. Asking one client to write twice feels like pressure.
The client said she will write once she has settled in. When do we follow up?
Send one friendly message once the family has lived in the home for a while, with a recent photograph of the project. If she does not write after that, leave it. A client who feels chased stops being a fan.
How soon would we see more signed projects?
Fixing quote follow-up moves first, since the enquiries you already have are the easiest to recover. Ranking for a search such as 2BHK interior designer in your area, and building architect referrals, takes months.
Do we need to advertise?
Most firms gain first from a strong Instagram presence and local search. Advertising helps for a project type with spare design capacity.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped in the free audit and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after the audit, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you meet on the audit call. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
For the audit, last month's enquiries in any format and 90 minutes with whoever handles them. After that, access to the accounts the work touches, such as the website, Google Business Profile or CRM, and time for the review meetings.

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