We had the opportunity to work with one of the best Real Estate Agents, John McManus, on the development of a sales office for his team in Willoughby, NSW, Australia.

This space took on the role of being a place for staff and clients to come together, in an environment that reflects company values. Drawing on luxury residential cues, the boardroom feels more like a dining room, the meeting room appears more like a lounge room with an elevated sense of luxury flowing through to the workspace. An impeccable focus on materiality and texture, raw honed stone, fabric wallpapers, exotic veneers, hand cut leather panelling and curved frameless glass all came together with the amazing styling.

Following an extensive design process with a different firm, the end result didn't suite the client's needs - this is where we came in. With a fresh approach and time being of the essence, we asked why we were changing the look and feel and focussed on what the space needed to achieve.

The answer was to change the perception of real estate. This office needed to act not as a base for the sales team, but a welcome for clients that the sales team had met out in the field, where they could come and consider their next sale or purchase. With elevated luxury and a sense of familiarity with the properties being purchased or sold, the perception from the street was to create intrigue - not clearly a real estate office.