Nothing Basic

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about

hello.

My name is Tonya. I was born and grew up in Ukraine, and have lived in the United States, the United Kindom, Kazakhstan and The Netherlands.

I know first hand what an international house move entails and how to make the best of settling in the new country.

Ever since I could choose, I have prioritised the quality of the house or flat I lived in. Home is of great value to me on a deep emotional level, I simply need to always want to come home!

After 17 years of successful corporate career, where in one of my roles I supported expatriates moving around the globe, I have established Nothing Basic. to help people navigate complexities of the end to end property search and development and design process. I offer my customers problem solving and project management skills, as well as a broad network of specialists to deliver excellent results. My home country, Ukraine has deep craftsmanship traditions and a huge pool of creative talent, and I am proud to represent them in Europe.

reviews.

Very happy with Tonya’s services and would like to outline some specific points where she was different from her competitors. From the very start Tonya offered me flexible services - as little or as much as I needed. This is a very rare offer, which doesn’t exist on the market. Everyone else I’ve talked to were only willing to offer a huge package of services with an enormous bill. Tonya’s flexibility gave me an opportunity to reduce the bill and only work on things that I really needed.

Tonya is very hands on and always available for communication - I could always reach her on a short notice for any question or an urgent task.

She’s taken over all of the communication with construction company and made sure the end result is one that matches our layout. I’m specifying it because these are not her subcontractors but the construction company I bought the new apartment from. They are hard to reach and even harder to get them to commit to any changes in the default plan. Tonya did that masterfully and as a result we have signed floor plan that matched my vision.

These any many other qualities set Tonya apart from her competition. Her resourcefulness, her availability, knowledge of potential pitfalls and features to make living space more ergonomic and yet cozy is unmatched.

Funny enough, I was under impression that I could have done some of it myself and only part way into the project I realised that without her significant input it wouldn’t have been possible.

Her skills have helped me to realise my dream apartment from vision to reality, which I couldn’t have done without her.

— Anna, finance & investment professional

Tonya is a creative genius who takes time to listen carefully to what you want to accomplish and translate your ideas and budget into a plan that is achievable.

She is very accessible and quick to address surprises or change requests with genuine and personal advice to provide you a balanced view. She has an eye for detail while maintaining the oversight and keeping budget and schedule under control. She will pro-actively follow up and keep you updated on progress at key check-in points along the way. Tonya has the natural ability to deal with many contractors and interfaces and make sure that everything ticks like clockwork. Whenever I have reached out to Tonya I always felt at easy because I could see she sincerely was interested in understanding my perspective, that I could trust her to deliver to her best ability, and in all these cases she truly exceeded my expectations. She is an amazing professional and I would highly recommend her services.

— Murat, development manager