Joelle Uzyel is the designer brokers and developers in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Malibu call when the property has to perform. Her family has been in real estate since the 1980s; she grew up on job sites and learned what buildings cost, how contractors think, and why decisions made in early planning determine everything at the finish line. Her practice is full-service design-build across Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Miami Beach, and Manhattan, with $250M+ in completed residential work. For listing agents, the property reads immediately and justifies its price before the first showing. For buyer's agents, a gut renovation or unfinished build becomes a legible future home the client can decide on. For developers, she joins during planning, not after, so material, structural, and finish-out budget decisions happen at the same table before anything is locked. Design serves the deal, not just the room.
Joelle's firm comes from the development side of the industry, not the decorator side. Her family has been in real estate since the 1980s, and she spent years on job sites before launching her practice. She understands what buildings cost, how contractors operate, and why early-phase decisions in a project determine everything that follows. That context changes how she works: design serves the property's structure, budget, and performance, not just its aesthetics.
Yes, and the engagement looks different on each side. Listing agents typically bring Joelle in for pre-sale design and presentation work, shaping how the property reads in the first ninety seconds of a showing. Buyer's agents connect clients with Joelle when they are purchasing a renovation or new build and need to understand the full scope and potential of the property before or immediately after closing.
Residential projects starting at $500,000 in design and construction scope. Most developer engagements involve full gut renovations, new construction finish-out packages, or estate-scale redesigns. The firm also works on spec homes and developer-owned inventory on a defined timeline, with finish selection, model unit design, and pre-sale presentation as the deliverables.
Yes. The firm works with established contractor relationships and can integrate into an existing construction team without requiring a full vendor swap. Joelle's design-build background means she can have direct conversations with GCs. She reads construction drawings, understands permitting timelines, and knows where finish costs can be managed without compromising the result.
She enters projects during planning, not at the end. Material selections, structural decisions, and finish-out budget allocations happen alongside construction planning, not after it. That means no redesigns when the framing is already done. No finish choices that do not match the building's bones. No budget surprises at handoff. The finished product is what was projected from the beginning, not a corrected version of it.
The firm is based in Beverly Hills and works primarily across Los Angeles (Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Holmby Hills), Miami Beach, and Manhattan. Projects outside these markets are considered case by case based on scope and timeline.
Timeline is determined by scope and scale, not price point. A full gut renovation of a large estate typically runs 18 to 24 months from design approval to occupancy. A targeted finish-out or pre-sale package on a smaller property can move in 3 to 6 months. Every proposal includes a realistic project timeline with major milestones named and sequenced before work begins.
The pattern across her completed projects is consistent: properties designed and finished by the firm have sold at or above asking price in every market where she operates. Her work in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Miami Beach has been documented in the Wall Street Journal and Architectural Digest in the context of design investment and property value.
Two ways. After a sale closes, the buyer's agent recommends Joelle to the new homeowner for the renovation or buildout. Or before a listing goes live, the listing agent brings her in to get the property performing at showing. No formal program. No paperwork. The broker makes the introduction. Joelle handles the rest.