EMILIA CHOLAKOVA: AUTHORITY COMES FROM COMPETENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY ONE TAKES ON


The managing partner of Match More on building beyond the template and responsibility to the client

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The team of Match More

Founded 13 years ago, investment company Match More builds more than exceptional residential buildings. It has created a comprehensive process in which investment goals, architectural and construction quality, and residents' satisfaction form a single whole – one with its own signature, vision for development and responsibility to clients. Emilia Cholakova, managing partner at Match More, has turned outstanding results, effective communication and the ambition to set and reach high goals into a working style that inspires her team and guarantees buildings with a distinctive look, modern execution and contemporary comfort.

Construction is still seen as largely male territory. What is it like being a woman in this sector?

I have never treated my gender as a limitation, though it has not always been easy. In construction, authority comes from competence, consistency and responsibility one takes on. At some point, results start speaking for themselves.

If you had to name three things that set Match More's projects apart, what would they be?

First, we don't build to a template. Every plot has its own character. One neighbourhood calls for one solution, another for something entirely different. We look at orientation, scale, views, access, infrastructure, and how people will actually use the space.

Second is quality – not just of materials, but of the solutions as a whole. You can put an expensive material in the wrong place and still fail to create a quality product. What matters is the combination of architecture, construction, facade, installations, joinery, sound insulation, energy efficiency, and all those things people sometimes do not even see.

Third is the detail.

We are very demanding about it. A building can look wonderful in a rendering. The real test comes afterwards – once the construction is over and people move in.

Royal House project

We want the building to still look good and function well after five, ten or twenty years.

For us, that's what real quality means.

Which of Match More's projects would you like to draw attention to today?

Each project has its own character, and that is exactly what I like about it.

Prima Residence is at its final stage, with its Certificate of Occupancy secured. It offers a fully finished residential environment, including the option of furnishing.

AURA 2 stands out for its low-rise development, small number of homes, sense of space and proximity to Vitosha.

Royal House combines neoclassical architecture, varied homes and green private gardens.

PARK GATE follows the principle that location is the real asset – close to Business Park Sofia and the Sofia underground, with residential and office spaces suited for both personal use and investment.

Park Gate project

If you had to name Match More's greatest achievement over these 13 years, what would it be?

The team. Without hesitation. Buildings are the visible part of the business. They remain in the city and people see them. But behind each one there are years of work and dozens of people.

There are people who have followed a project from day one. There are architects, engineers, site managers, technical specialists, people who work with clients, people who handle documents, finances, sales, maintenance.

Each of them has their own role.

But what makes me proud is that we have gradually built a shared set of values. When there is a problem, we do not look for who is to blame. We first look for how to solve it.

When there is a success, it does not belong to one person.

And when we go through a difficult period, we go through it together.

This is not built with a single team-building event or corporate slogans. It is built through years of working side by side. That is exactly why, to me, a photo of a team says far more about a company than a photo of a beautiful building.

The photo shows a very small part of the people who stand beside us and help us at every step. My thanks to all of them.

And if the building shows what we have built, the team shows how we managed to build it.

What would you like people to say about Match More in another 13 years?

To say with pride: "We live in a Match More building." And for that to be enough.

I want the people who live in our buildings to still like their choice years later. To me, that is the greatest compliment. Because ultimately, property is one of the few purchases where time does not end the deal – it starts to prove its worth.

After five years, you find out whether the location was right. After ten, whether the architecture was good. After fifteen, whether the materials and construction decisions were sound.

And even more important is whether people still feel good there.

That is why, even today, when we start a new project, we do not only ask whether it will succeed on the market. We ask something much simpler: "Would we want to live here ourselves?" If the answer is "yes", we already have a good starting point.

Sofia, Druzhba 1, block 87A, ground floor
0878 877 767
sales@matchmore.eu
matchmore.eu

Емилия Чолакова: Авторитетът идва от компетентността и поетата отговорност

Управляващият партньор в Match More за строителството отвъд шаблона и отговорността към клиента

Създадена преди 13 години, инвестиционна компания Match More създава не просто изключителни жилищни сгради. Компанията създава цялостен процес, в който инвестиционни цели, качество на архитектурата и строителството, и удовлетвореността на обитателите образуват единно цяло – цяло със собствен почерк, визия за развитие и отговорност към клиентите. Емилия Чолакова, управляващ партньор в Match More, е превърнала изключителните резултати, ефективната комуникация и амбицията да си поставя високи цели и да ги постига в начин на работа, който вдъхновява екипа на компанията и гарантира сгради с отличителен облик, модерно изпълнение и съвременен комфорт.

Строителството все още се възприема като по-скоро мъжка територия. Какво е да бъдете жена в този сектор?

Никога не съм приемала пола си като ограничение, макар че невинаги е било лесно. В строителството авторитетът идва от компетентността, последователността и поетата отговорност. В един момент започват да говорят резултатите.

Ако трябва да посочите три неща, които отличават проектите на Match More, кои ще бъдат те?

Първото е, че не правим шаблонни сгради. Всеки терен има собствен характер. Един квартал изисква едно решение, друг – съвсем различно. Гледаме ориентацията, мащаба, гледките, достъпа, инфраструктурата, начина, по който хората ще използват пространството.

Второто е качеството – не само на материалите, а на решенията като цяло. Може да сложиш скъп материал на неподходящо място и той пак да не създаде качествен продукт. Важна е комбинацията между архитектура, конструкция, фасада, инсталации, дограма, шумоизолация, енергийна ефективност и всички онези неща, които човек понякога дори не вижда.

И третото е детайлът.

Ние сме много взискателни към него. Защото една сграда може да изглежда прекрасно на визуализация. Истинският тест идва след това – когато бъде построена и хората започнат да живеят в нея.

Искаме след пет, десет или двадесет години сградата да продължава да изглежда добре и да функционира добре.

За нас това е истинското качество.

Кои са проектите на Match More, на които бихте обърнали внимание днес?

Всеки проект има собствен характер и точно това ми харесва.

Prima Residence е във финален етап с Акт 16 и предлага цялостно завършена жилищна среда, включително възможност за обзавеждане.

AURA 2 се отличава с ниско застрояване, малък брой жилища, простор и близост до Витоша.

AURA 2

Royal House съчетава неокласическа архитектура, разнообразни жилища и зелени персонални дворове.

PARK GATE следва принципа, че локацията е капитал – до Business Park Sofia и метрото, с жилищни и офис пространства, подходящи както за лично ползване, така и за инвестиция.

Ако трябва да кажете кое е най-голямото постижение на Match More през тези 13 години, какво бихте посочили?

Екипът. Без колебание. Сградите са видимата част на бизнеса. Те остават в града и хората ги виждат. Но зад всяка една от тях стоят години работа и десетки хора.

Има хора, които следят проекта от първия ден. Има архитекти, инженери, строителни ръководители, технически специалисти, хора, които работят с клиентите, хора, които се занимават с документите, финансите, продажбите, поддръжката.

Всеки от тях има своята роля.

Но това, което ме кара да се гордея, е, че постепенно изградихме обща ценностна система. Когато има проблем, не търсим кой е виновен. Първо търсим как да го решим.

Когато има успех, той не е на един човек.

И когато преминаваме през труден период, преминаваме през него заедно.

Това не се изгражда с една тиймбилдинг среща или с корпоративни лозунги. Изгражда се с години работа един до друг. И точно затова за мен снимката на един екип казва много повече за една компания, отколкото снимката на една красива сграда.

Снимката е на една много малка част от хората, които стоят до нас и ни помагат на всяка крачка. Благодаря им.

И ако сградата показва какво сме построили. Екипът показва как сме успели да го построим.

Какво бихте искали хората да казват за Match More след още 13 години?

Да казват с гордост: "Ние живеем в сграда на Match More." И това да бъде достатъчно.

Искам хората, които живеят в нашите сгради, след години да продължават да харесват избора си. Това за мен е най-големият комплимент. Защото в крайна сметка недвижимият имот е една от малкото покупки, при които времето не приключва сделката – то започва да я оценява.

След пет години разбираш дали локацията е била правилна. След десет – дали архитектурата е била добра. След петнадесет – дали материалите и строителните решения са били правилни.

А още по-важното е дали хората продължават да се чувстват добре там.

Затова и днес, когато започваме нов проект, не си задаваме само въпроса дали той ще бъде успешен на пазара. Питаме се и нещо много по-просто: "Бихме ли искали ние да живеем тук?" Ако отговорът е "да", тогава вече имаме добра отправна точка.

София, Дружба 1, блок 87 А, партер
0878 877 767
sales@matchmore.eu
matchmore.eu

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