How Makasa compresses a 6-week furnishing job into a 15-day timeline

A day-by-day look at what actually happens between signing a Makasa quote and handing keys to your first tenant — and where a DIY furnishing would double the time.

Ask any landlord who's furnished their own place: the actual assembly is only about a third of the work. The rest is coordination — waiting for deliveries, chasing delivery slots, running back to the store for the one missing item, and finding an hour on a Saturday when the elevator isn't broken.

Makasa's whole operational advantage is that this coordination is *their* job, not yours. Here's what a typical 15-day timeline actually looks like.

Day 1 — the call

You submit a quote request on the site (5 minutes) or on the phone with an advisor. You describe the property: square meters, number of bedrooms, target tenant profile (student, young professional, family, tourist). You get an estimated pack recommendation and a rough price the same day.

Day 2-3 — final quote & personalization

The advisor sends you the full itemized quote — sometimes with a second pack option so you can compare price points. If you want to swap the sofa colour, upgrade the mattress, or add a bar cart, that's when it happens. You sign electronically.

Day 4 — order placed

The Makasa operations team places all the individual orders across their supplier network. This is invisible to you — but it's the day where a DIY landlord would have started their first hour-long argument with the IKEA delivery slot system.

Day 5-12 — production and consolidation

The items ship from various suppliers to Makasa's regional warehouse — not directly to you. This is one of the quiet advantages of the model: instead of six separate deliveries you have to be home for, everything is consolidated at their end and shows up in a single truck.

Day 13 — quality check

Every item is unboxed and inspected at the warehouse. Damaged items get replaced *before* they arrive at your property, not after. This is where DIY furnishing loses whole weekends: a warped table has to go back to the store, and the new one takes another week.

Day 14 — delivery scheduled

You get a call with a two-hour delivery + install window. If you're not going to be there, Makasa can pick up keys from your notary, your agent, or a keybox — many long-distance landlords never even step foot in the apartment on install day.

Day 15 — the install

A dedicated team arrives with the whole pack. They:

Unload from the truck.
Assemble every piece.
Position the furniture per the ambience plan.
Make the bed with the linen included.
Set up the lighting.
Take away all cardboard, packaging, and any old furniture.
Send you photos of the finished apartment.

You leave in the morning. The apartment is rent-ready by the end of the afternoon.

The DIY comparison

A typical DIY furnishing of the same T2 takes 5-6 weekends spread across 4-6 weeks, plus roughly 40-50 hours of driving, assembly, and cleanup. If your time is worth 30 €/hour (and it should be worth more), that's 1 200-1 500 € of your own labour on top of the raw furniture cost.

The Makasa premium over raw IKEA is significantly smaller than that hidden labour cost — and you get a designer-curated result, not a Frankenstein of three shopping trips.