Done-For-You Interior Design & Renovation Website — Noir & Oak
A premium, editorial website with a Renovation Cost Estimator for your Singapore interior-design or renovation studio — built, customised and live in 7–14 days, from S$900.
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Build your interior-design site
Choose your options below — the price updates live and stays transparent and itemised. From S$900, you own 100% of the code, and most builds launch in 7–14 days.
Choose your platform
Pick oneThe tech your interior-design site runs on. Not sure? The native build is fastest, cheapest to run, and is exactly what the Noir & Oak demo uses.
How big is the site?
Pick oneHow many pages we design and build at launch — across home, services, service detail pages, the estimator, about, reviews and contact.
Content & copy
Pick anyThe core pages are included. Add the content engines and copy that turn a brochure site into a booking machine.
Features & integrations
Pick anyBolt on the tools that turn a trade site into a working quote and customer-care machine.
Brand, SEO & launch
Pick anyPolish the brand and get found on Google and AI search by the customers you want.
Ongoing care optional
Optional hosting & maintenance, monthly or annual. You can also host it yourself — the code is yours either way.
HostingYour details & review
Please enter your name, a valid WhatsApp number (with country code) and a valid email so we can start your build.
3 rounds of revisions are included free. Add extra rounds at S$200 each if you want more breathing room.
Anything specific you want? Brand colours, must-have pages, products or content to load, integrations, a competitor you like, deadlines — tell us here and we'll build to your brief.
0/1200Everything is itemised in the summary bar below. Happy? Pay securely and we'll WhatsApp you to start your build.
Razorpay · SGD · itemised invoice · 3 revisions & full code ownership included
Renovation Cost Estimator — try it yourself in the live demo before you buy.
Built from the live, clickable Noir & Oak demo — then customised uniquely to your studio
Signature Renovation Cost Estimator — turns property, rooms & package into an honest budget
Consultation-booking + WhatsApp-first enquiry — no e-commerce cart needed
You own 100% of the code, content and IP outright — no lock-in, host it anywhere.
Click the real, working live demo — no mockups, no guesswork. What you preview is what you launch.
Built by SGBP — 17+ years and hundreds of websites delivered across industries.
- Starts from
- S$900 (Advanced tier)
- Launch time
- 7–14 days
- Platform options
- Astro · WordPress · Webflow
- Ownership
- 100% code & IP — yours
What does a Noir & Oak site actually do for my Singapore interior-design or renovation studio?
It turns your studio’s website into an enquiry engine in about a week from S$900. You get a premium, editorial site you can try yourself in the live demo, a consultation-booking flow, the signature Renovation Cost Estimator that gives clients an honest budget range, a service menu, an editorial projects showcase and real reviews — all built to turn searches into booked consultations, and yours to own outright with running costs from S$15/mo.
Interior design and renovation are sold on taste and trust — a homeowner is imagining their finished home and deciding whether you’re the studio to create it, and whether you’re worth the budget. Yet plenty of ID firms run a thin Facebook page or a slow, cluttered site that buries the work, so a client with a home to renovate has nothing to fall for and no sense of cost. Noir & Oak flips that: it’s a dark, editorial site with a full-bleed interior hero, an editorial projects showcase that sells the craft, and an instant estimator — so a client goes from “I want a home like that” to a booked consultation in a couple of taps.
The signature Renovation Cost Estimator is the engine, and it’s built around how renovation is actually budgeted. A client picks their property, multi-selects the rooms they want done and chooses a package level, and gets an honest budget range — then drops it into WhatsApp. It sets expectations early (so you’re not consulting people with a $20k idea and a $200k brief), qualifies the lead, and lands them warm and ready to talk design.
And it’s an asset you own, not a rental. You keep 100% of the code and a self-editable CMS, so you update services, projects, the estimator’s rates and content yourself without paying a developer per change. After launch you only pay what you choose — managed hosting from S$15/mo and optional care from S$150/mo. Start at S$900, then add a consultation calendar, project case-study pages, CRM integration or a client area as you grow, up to around S$2,600.
- Launch in 7–14 days from S$900 — a premium enquiry engine, not a thin Facebook page.
- A full-bleed editorial hero and a projects showcase that make clients fall for the work.
- The Renovation Cost Estimator sets budget expectations early and lands leads warm on WhatsApp.
- A premium, editorial design that positions you as a studio worth the budget, not a contractor.
- You own 100% of the code plus a self-editable CMS — update services and projects yourself, no agency lock-in.
- Predictable running costs: managed hosting from S$15/mo and optional care from S$150/mo, not an open-ended retainer.


What problems does a done-for-you Noir & Oak site fix that DIY and freelancers don’t?
It removes what frustrates most ID and renovation studios: a Facebook-only presence with no portfolio, no way to set budget expectations, no service menu, a look that doesn’t feel premium enough to justify a design fee, sites you can’t edit, agency lock-in, missing local SEO and surprise costs. You get a complete, editorial interior-design website — with the Renovation Cost Estimator, a projects showcase, a service menu and consultation booking — that you own outright, live in 7–14 days from S$900.
Most ID and renovation studios trying to fix their web presence hit the same wall. A Facebook page can’t be searched properly on Google, buries your portfolio, and gives no sense of cost, so every enquiry starts from zero. A cheap template site looks like everyone else’s and undersells the work. A freelancer can vanish mid-build or hand over something you can’t touch. A full agency may quote thousands and tie you to their platform. Noir & Oak is designed to remove each of those frustrations.
Speed and conversion: instead of months of theme-wrangling, your site is customised from a proven, editorial interior-design demo and typically delivered in 7–14 days — with a full-bleed hero, the Renovation Cost Estimator, a service menu, an editorial projects showcase and consultation booking that actually turn searches into booked consultations.
A look that justifies your design fee: interior design is a taste-led, considered purchase, and clients pay a design fee only to studios that feel worth it. The design is an elegant dark-and-gold editorial system with a Gloock serif and a projects showcase that frames the craft — it reads as a real studio, not a recoloured template, which is exactly what lets you charge for design.
Ownership and cost: you own 100% of the code and edit everything through a self-editable CMS, so you’re never tied to a retainer. On-page SEO, GA4 and clean markup are delivered as standard. Pricing is a transparent customiser from S$900 to S$2,600 with 3 revision rounds included — no vague “it depends” invoices.
- Facebook-only with no portfolio → An editorial projects showcase that frames and sells the work.
- No sense of cost → The Renovation Cost Estimator sets an honest budget range before you ever consult.
- Nothing to browse → A full service menu with detail pages and a projects showcase.
- Doesn’t feel premium → An elegant dark-and-gold, serif editorial design that justifies a design fee, tailored to your brand.
- Can’t edit it yourself → A self-editable CMS lets you update services, projects and the estimator without a developer.
- Locked into an agency → You own 100% of the code; hosting (from S$15/mo) and care (from S$150/mo) are optional.
- Surprise costs → A transparent customiser shows your price from S$900 to S$2,600 up front, 3 revisions included.


SGBP vs a Singapore agency, freelancer or DIY — which is right for your interior-design site?
For a Singapore interior-design or renovation studio, SGBP customises the live Noir & Oak site — Renovation Cost Estimator, projects showcase, service menu and all — in 7–14 days from S$900 to S$2,600, and you own 100% of the code with no lock-in. Singapore agencies typically quote far more over several weeks; freelancers vary widely; a DIY builder is cheapest but rarely converts or feels premium.
Most Singapore agencies do beautiful work, but a custom interior-design site is often a multi-thousand-dollar scope spread over weeks — and many keep you on their platform. You can end up paying for process you don’t need when there’s already a proven, editorial design ready to customise.
A freelancer can be cheaper and faster, but quality, code ownership and follow-up swing widely — and ID-specific touches like the Renovation Cost Estimator, an editorial projects showcase and a service menu are rarely built in. A DIY website builder is the lowest cash outlay, but it rarely converts, seldom feels premium enough to justify your design fee, and leaves you wrestling templates instead of designing homes.
SGBP sits in between on purpose: you start from the live Noir & Oak demo, so you can see and click exactly what you’re buying, then we customise it to your brand and services. Every build is delivered with on-page SEO (with an SEO/AEO upgrade option), SSL, GA4, PDPA-aware forms, a self-editable CMS and a handover manual — the things that often become paid “add-ons” elsewhere.
- Time and cost: 7–14 days, from S$900 to S$2,600 one-time, versus the weeks and far higher fees a custom agency build typically involves.
- Ownership: you keep 100% of the code and your content — no platform lock-in.
- See before you buy: the live Noir & Oak demo is the actual product, Renovation Cost Estimator and showcase and all.
- Built to convert: the estimator, projects showcase, service menu and consultation booking are part of the build, not quoted extra.
- Singapore-ready: PDPA-aware data handling, local tone and SGD pricing throughout.
- Optional, not obligatory: managed hosting from S$15/mo and a Care plan from S$150/mo if you want it hands-off.
| What matters | SGBP (this) | Freelancer | Agency | DIY builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to launch | 7–14 days | Weeks | Several weeks+ | Your own time |
| Typical cost | S$900–2,600 one-time | Varies widely | Often thousands | Low monthly |
| Renovation Cost Estimator | Yes, built in | Rarely | Custom (extra) | No |
| Editorial projects showcase | Yes | Sometimes | Usually | Template gallery |
| You own the code | Yes, fully | Sometimes | Often locked-in | No (platform) |
| Premium, fee-justifying design | Yes | Varies | Usually | Template look |
| Ongoing lock-in | None | Sometimes | Often | Platform-dependent |

What is under the hood of your Noir & Oak interior-design site?
Under the hood is static-first Astro, exactly what this demo runs on, or a hardened WordPress or Webflow build, served over a global CDN with modern compression and caching. It is fast, WCAG 2.2 AA accessible, SSL-secured and PDPA-aware — and yours to deploy anywhere.
The native build, exactly what this demo runs on, is static-first Astro with a headless CMS and minimal JavaScript. Prefer a familiar CMS? We build a hardened WordPress (+S$250) or Webflow (+S$200) site instead. Whichever you choose, it’s served over a global CDN with modern compression and caching, so the image-heavy portfolio stays fast even during a campaign spike.
We tune for Core Web Vitals: the full-bleed hero, the editorial project showcase and the gallery are lazy-loaded in modern formats (WebP/AVIF) with set dimensions to avoid layout shift — essential for an image-led editorial site where the photography is the selling point. The Renovation Cost Estimator runs efficiently client-side, so the budget range updates instantly.
SSL/HTTPS and security headers are enforced, the enquiry and consultation forms are spam-protected, and data handling is PDPA-aware — important when clients share floor plans and photos. Add CRM integration and every enquiry pipes straight into your CRM or mailer. You own 100% of the source code, with no lock-in, so you can host with us from S$15/mo or deploy anywhere yourself.
- Static-first Astro, or a hardened WordPress or Webflow build
- Core Web Vitals tuned; WCAG 2.2 AA accessible, semantic HTML
- Image-heavy editorial portfolio optimised (WebP/AVIF, lazy-load, set dimensions)
- Interactive Renovation Cost Estimator runs efficiently client-side
- SSL/HTTPS and security headers; PDPA-aware handling of enquiry & plan data
- Spam-protected enquiry & consultation forms with optional CRM / email integration
- 100% source-code ownership, no lock-in, deploy anywhere


Will my Noir & Oak site rank on Google and get quoted by ChatGPT?
Every build is delivered search-ready: clean semantic HTML, a JSON-LD schema graph (LocalBusiness, Service, FAQ, Review, ImageObject, Breadcrumb), fast Core Web Vitals, XML & image sitemaps and Search Console. Answer-first content and Singapore signals — local areas, HDB/condo/landed terms, PDPA, natural local language — give Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and voice assistants what they need to find and quote you. No rankings are guaranteed.
Plenty of interior-design sites are built to look pretty and little else — heavy, slow pages, messy markup, no structured data — so neither Google nor AI engines can tell what services you offer or where you cover. We build the opposite. Your Noir & Oak site is delivered with clean semantic HTML5, correct heading order, descriptive alt text on every project image, canonical tags and a tidy URL structure. Rankings always depend on your area and competition, but the technical groundwork is done right from day one.
Here’s the jargon in plain terms. SEO helps you rank on Google for searches like “interior designer Bukit Timah” or “HDB renovation Singapore”. AEO and AIO help your content get surfaced and quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews when someone asks “who does good interior design in Singapore?”. GEO makes sure those answers know you serve Singapore specifically. Voice covers Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa.
The engine is a JSON-LD schema graph baked into every page: LocalBusiness and Service markup so your studio and services are machine-readable; ImageObject on the portfolio; FAQPage so your common answers can be lifted into AI replies; Review markup for trust; BreadcrumbList for structure. The advanced SEO/AEO pack adds speakable markup, Bing and Search Console setup, project case-study pages and an answer-engine optimisation pass — an optional upgrade on the S$900 base build.
- Clean semantic markup: HTML5 structure, logical headings, descriptive alt text on every image and canonical tags.
- Full JSON-LD schema graph: LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage, Review, ImageObject and BreadcrumbList.
- Service & project pages target high-intent local long-tail: “condo renovation River Valley”, “landed interior design Singapore”.
- Fast Core Web Vitals on an image-heavy site: a Google ranking factor that also keeps clients from bouncing.
- Answer-first content: service copy and FAQs written question-led and concise, so AI engines can quote them cleanly.
- Sitemaps & Search Console: XML and image sitemaps plus robots.txt submitted to Google (and Bing).
- Singapore signals: local areas, HDB/condo/landed terms, PDPA-aware handling and natural local language throughout.
- You own 100% of the code with a self-editable CMS — add a project and its image SEO and schema update automatically.


What does each page of my Noir & Oak interior-design site actually look like?
You get a full studio site, not a single page: a premium editorial homepage with an interior hero, a service menu, a detail page per service, an editorial projects showcase, a dedicated Renovation Cost Estimator, an about page, an FAQ and a consultation / contact page — rebuilt with your brand, services and tone.
We start from the live Noir & Oak demo and rebuild every page around your studio, brand and services. Nothing stays as filler: your services, projects, copy, imagery, team and reviews replace the demo content, and each page keeps the features that make the demo convert — the editorial hero, the projects showcase, the Renovation Cost Estimator, the service menu and the consultation flow — wired to you.
Every page is delivered mobile-first with clean SEO markup, PDPA-aware forms and a self-editable CMS, so you can add a project, swap a hero image or update a service long after handover. The pages below are what’s included in the base S$900 build; site scope, a consultation calendar, advanced SEO, a client area and CRM integration are where the customiser adds cost, up to S$2,600.
Singapore signals are built in where they help: local area references, a local tone, and honest copy throughout. You own 100% of the code, and it’s typically delivered in 7–14 days.
- Homepage — a full-bleed editorial hero, an about block with a “partnered with” list, a service grid, an editorial projects showcase, a fun-facts stat band, the Renovation Cost Estimator, a process flow, testimonials, an FAQ and a CTA — all rebranded to you.
- Services — every service as a serif-titled card with a line icon, grouped by category, each linking to a detail page.
- Service detail — a dark photo banner, a serif-H2 article, quality bars and a sticky includes/enquiry card.
- Renovation Cost Estimator — a dedicated page hosting the signature tool and a what-shapes-the-budget explainer.
- Projects — an editorial showcase of completed interiors plus a portfolio gallery.
- About — your story, a stats band, the studio team and your partners.
- FAQ — an elegant accordion (active item as a dark card), ready for FAQ schema.
- Book a consultation / contact — an enquiry form (no cart): property type, service, time and a PDPA-aware consent, plus a WhatsApp option.
- Footer & navigation — a dark footer with the studio details, plus a header with a Services dropdown and a gold Get-in-Touch button.











Can the Noir & Oak site scale from a solo designer to a full studio as I grow?
Yes. Your site starts lean at five pages and scales to a 20+ page studio brand with a full service library, project case-study pages, a growing portfolio, a consultation calendar, a client area, CRM integration and even a second language. Add the estimator from day one. Because you own 100% of the code, there is no platform lock-in holding you back.
Most ID studios launch with a focused presence and broaden as they grow. Noir & Oak is built for that curve. Day one you might run a tight five-page site with a home, services, the estimator and contact. As you grow, the customiser lets you step up to 10 or 20+ pages, adding a detail page per service, project case-study pages and a design-journal content engine — so growing the site is a content exercise rather than a rebuild.
Growth is also a growing portfolio. The editorial projects showcase is built to scale — add each completed home through the CMS and it strengthens both your sales and your local SEO. The native Astro build is delivered as a fast, static, mobile-first site served over a global CDN, so an image-heavy portfolio stays fast. When you’re ready, switch on a consultation calendar and CRM integration.
Serving more languages? A multilingual content layer can be added across key pages, with your Singapore positioning staying native. The real future-proofing is ownership: you hold 100% of the code and your content, delivered with a handover manual in 7–14 days, so the same codebase extends instead of forcing a restart.
- Site scope scales from 5 to 20+ pages; add services, case studies and a journal as content rather than a rebuild
- The editorial projects showcase scales with your portfolio — every new home strengthens sales and local SEO
- The native Astro build is static and CDN-served, so an image-heavy portfolio stays fast; WordPress / Webflow builds are hardened and CDN-served too
- Automate as you grow: a consultation calendar plus CRM integration for follow-ups
- Add channels: WhatsApp capture, live chat and a client / project area
- A multilingual content layer is available for more clients, with your Singapore positioning native
- You own 100% of the code and your content, so there is no forced re-platform as you scale


Can I run my Noir & Oak site myself without a developer?
Yes. Your site is delivered with a self-editable CMS, so you add and edit services, projects, prices, the Renovation Cost Estimator’s rates, pages and reviews, and check your GA4 numbers without touching code. Every task is documented in a plain-English handover manual, and you own 100% of the build.
Running a studio site is mostly small, repeatable updates: a new project to showcase, a new service, a price change, a team member joining, a fresh review. We build all of this into a clean CMS dashboard, so you log in, change the thing you came to change and hit publish. No staging files, no FTP, no “please email the developer”.
Adding a project is the one you’ll do most, so we make it effortless — upload photos, add a title, type and area, publish, and it appears in the editorial showcase with its image SEO done. Your services, the Renovation Cost Estimator’s room rates and package multipliers, your team and the form routing are all configurable from labelled fields.
Your site is delivered in 7–14 days with on-page SEO, SSL, GA4 and a PDPA-aware setup. If you ever get stuck, the step-by-step handover manual walks through every task, and your 3 included revision rounds (plus an optional Care plan from S$150/mo) mean help is on hand. But the day-to-day is genuinely designed for a non-technical owner to manage solo.
- Add a project — upload photos, set title, type and area, publish; it appears in the showcase with image SEO done.
- Add or edit a service — set the name, category, blurb and content, and it appears in the menu automatically.
- Edit the Renovation Cost Estimator — adjust the room rates, property multipliers and package levels.
- Update content — change copy, prices and details in a click; the site updates instantly.
- Manage reviews — add or feature client reviews and the headline rating.
- Edit a page or hero — update the homepage hero, about and contact copy without code.
- Check your GA4 numbers — see visitors, top services, estimator usage and enquiries in Google Analytics.


What exactly do I get for the price?
A fully designed and built interior-design website, your services and projects set up, the signature Renovation Cost Estimator, a consultation-booking + enquiry flow, a self-editable CMS, full source-code ownership, on-page SEO, SSL, GA4, PDPA-aware forms, 3 revision rounds and a handover manual — plus everything you select in the customiser.
Whatever you configure, every Noir & Oak site is delivered with the web-design and development best practices below as standard — the foundations that make a studio site fast, findable, premium and genuinely yours.
- Pixel-faithful build of the live Noir & Oak demo design
- The interactive Renovation Cost Estimator tool wired to your rates
- Consultation-booking + WhatsApp-first enquiry flow (no cart)
- An editorial projects showcase that scales with your portfolio
- Mobile-first, accessible (WCAG 2.2 AA), Core-Web-Vitals-tuned
- Self-editable CMS + 100% source-code ownership
- On-page SEO, structured data & XML/image sitemaps
- SSL, security headers & spam-protected forms
- Elegant dark + gold, Gloock-serif editorial design, tailored to your brand
- 3 revision rounds + a step-by-step handover manual


Interior design & renovation website — frequently asked questions
Quick answers on cost, what’s included, timelines, ownership, platforms, the Renovation Cost Estimator, the projects showcase, SEO/AEO, PDPA and revisions for a done-for-you interior-design website in Singapore.
How much does an interior-design website cost in Singapore?
A done-for-you interior-design or renovation website in Singapore costs between S$900 and S$2,600 with SGBP. The S$900 base covers a complete, mobile-ready studio site with the Renovation Cost Estimator and an editorial projects showcase built in; the price rises only as you add a platform like WordPress, more pages, a consultation calendar, a client area or branding. You see the exact figure live in the customiser before you pay.
What exactly do I get for the price?
You get a fully designed and developed site built from the live Noir & Oak demo, your services and projects set up, the Renovation Cost Estimator, a consultation-booking + enquiry flow, a self-editable CMS, full source-code ownership, on-page SEO, SSL, analytics, PDPA-aware forms, 3 revision rounds and a step-by-step handover manual. Everything you select in the customiser is itemised in your order summary.
How long does it take to build and launch?
Most interior-design sites are designed, built and launched in 7 to 14 days from payment. Larger 20+ page sites, project case-study pages, a consultation calendar, a client area or CRM integration can sit at the upper end of that range. We send a private preview link first, you use your revisions, then we launch on your domain.
Do I own the website and can I edit it myself?
Yes. You own 100% of the code and your content outright — there is no licence trap and no agency lock-in. Every build is delivered with a self-editable CMS so you can add projects, change services and refresh photos yourself, with a plain-English manual to guide you.
What is the Renovation Cost Estimator and how does it help?
It is the signature interactive tool, built around how renovation is budgeted: a client picks their property, multi-selects the rooms they want done and chooses a package level, and gets an honest budget range, which it then drops into WhatsApp. It sets expectations early so you’re not consulting people with mismatched budgets and briefs, qualifies the lead, and lands them warm and ready to talk design. It is fully editable in the CMS.
Is this a shop — does it have a cart or checkout?
No, and deliberately so. Interior design and renovation are consultation-and-design businesses, so the site has a consultation-booking and WhatsApp-first enquiry flow instead of an e-commerce cart. The job of the site is to turn searches into booked consultations via the Renovation Cost Estimator, projects showcase, service menu and enquiry form. There is no checkout.
Will the design look premium enough to justify a design fee?
That is exactly what it is built for. Interior-design clients pay a design fee only to studios that feel worth it, so the design is an elegant dark-and-gold editorial system with a Gloock serif and a projects showcase that frames the craft. We customise the brand, colours, type, imagery and copy to you, so it reads as your studio rather than a generic theme.
Which platform should I choose — Astro, WordPress or Webflow?
The native Astro build shown in the demo is the fastest and cheapest to run and the best for SEO — which matters for an image-heavy editorial site. Choose WordPress if your team already knows it and wants full control, or Webflow for a visual in-browser editor. The customiser shows the exact price difference for each option.
Can clients get a budget estimate and reach me on WhatsApp?
Yes. Every build includes the Renovation Cost Estimator and WhatsApp-first CTAs throughout, plus a PDPA-aware consultation-booking form that routes to your inbox. The estimator sends a pre-filled budget enquiry to WhatsApp. Add the online consultation calendar for true self-service booking, and CRM integration to pipe enquiries into your follow-up.
Will the site rank on Google and show up in AI search?
Yes. Every build is delivered with an SEO foundation — clean markup, fast Core Web Vitals, XML & image sitemaps and LocalBusiness, Service, FAQ, Review and ImageObject structured data, well suited to local interior-design searches. The Advanced SEO / AEO pack adds a full schema graph, answer-engine optimisation, project case-study pages and Search Console setup so you can be found on Google and quoted by AI assistants. Rankings are never guaranteed.
How is client data handled under PDPA?
We handle information in line with Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), and your site is delivered with SSL/HTTPS by default. Enquiry and consultation details, including floor plans and photos, are stored securely, consented and never sold, and the forms include PDPA consent wording. If you add a client area, gated content is access-controlled.
What are revisions and how many are included?
A revision is a round of changes you request after seeing your preview — copy tweaks, layout changes, colour adjustments, content edits, estimator rate changes and the like. Three rounds are included free. If you want more breathing room you can add extra rounds at S$200 each in the customiser.
Do I need hosting and maintenance?
No — you can host the site yourself since the code is yours. If you would rather not, add Managed or Pro Hosting and a Care plan in the customiser (billed monthly or annually). Care covers updates, backups, security and small content changes so you can focus on the projects.