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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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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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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 8 Nov 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.

  • A project ended with an unresolved complaint about a delay, so asking for a review at handover would invite it into public view.
  • The project manager is not present at handover, so the request would come from someone the client does not know.

How it works

How the review generation work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Find the moment to ask

    We walk through one customer's visit with you and pick the point where the job is done and the customer is still in front of you or holding the phone.

  2. 2

    Read your current reviews

    We read every review you have, count how many were answered, and note what customers praise in their own words. We also check that your name, address and phone on Google match your signboard.

  3. 3

    Set up the ask

    Link, QR code, message wording and a short briefing for the team. We write down what staff must never do: offer a discount, choose who to ask, or post a review themselves.

  4. 4

    Answer every review

    Each incoming review is answered by the routine set down in writing. A complaint is answered by the person who can fix it, with your approval where you want it.

  5. 5

    Count and adjust

    We count how many customers were asked and how many reviewed. If few reply, we move the moment or the person asking before touching the wording.

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

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Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 7, after the sale. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

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 they will write once they have 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 they do not write after that, leave it. A client who feels chased stops being a fan.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, 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 we have spoken, 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.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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