— Maja & the team

Maja Milič

Founder, designer and your main point of contact. Maja leads each renovation with an in-house team in Cascais.

Meet the team

Maja & the team — Cascais

— The Founder

A home, thoughtfully planned.

Born in Italy, Maja lived in Belgium and Scandinavia before settling in Cascais. Warmth, comfort and natural colours continue to shape her designs.

She founded Maya’s Homes to bring design and construction together. She develops the plans and coordinates the work with the team, so the decisions made with you carry through to the finished home.

Maja speaks seven languages and handles client communication throughout the project.

Maja’s enclosed balcony studio in Alcabideche — long table where drawings and samples are made, looking out through glass to trees and rooftops — Studio · Alcabideche

— The studio

Where your plans
take shape.

Maja’s studio is at her home in Alcabideche. Here, drawings and material samples help clients explore how their home will look and feel.

A place to discuss the details together.

— On this coast

Based in Cascais.
Close to the work.

Based in Cascais, we work along the coastline to Lisbon. We renovate houses and apartments into homes shaped around the people who will live in them.

The team coordinates materials, installations and construction. Maja keeps you involved through agreed meetings, photographs and progress updates.

The Maya’s Homes van on the Cascais waterfront — Portuguese calçada pavement, palm trees, heritage azulejo facades, the harbour visible in the distance

Working together

Know what comes next.

Explore the process

A plan you can see.

Your 3D design, detailed quotation, works contract, timeline and payment schedule establish the starting point before construction.

A person you can reach.

Maja works through the decisions with you. Meetings, messages, photographs and progress reports keep you involved, including when you are abroad.

Changes agreed together.

Changes go through you first. When they affect cost or timing, those effects are discussed before the work moves forward.

See the homes we have transformed

The people behind the work

Meet the team.

Maja leads design and client communication. Bogdan is the site foreman, supported by the team’s individual trades. Lukas handles operations and digital work.

Bogdan

Site Foreman

Fifteen years on site. Ukrainian.

Yurii

Electrics & Drywall

Eight years on site. Ukrainian.

Vlad

Finishing & Joinery

Six years on site. Ukrainian.

Ivan

Plastering & Plumbing

Seven years on site. Ukrainian.

Artur

Masonry & Construction

Five years on site. Italian.

Jhon

Structural & Construction

Four years on site. Colombian.

Lukas

Operations & Digital

Two years with the studio. Slovenian.

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Tiling and masonry: Iurie.

— Design to install

From design to the finished room.

3D render of the Azulejo kitchen design — walnut cabinetry, blue ceramic tile backsplash, Bosch built-in ovens, white counter with gas cooktop — The proposed room in 3D.

Material samples on Maja’s desk — Portuguese azulejo tile, walnut wood, white quartz, navy paint, Pantone fan — Materials selected for the design.

The finished Azulejo kitchen — walnut cabinetry built, blue ceramic backsplash installed, pendant light over the counter, windows to the city — The completed installation.

— The practice in numbers

Experience behind each project.

Years

Renovating along the Cascais coastline, from Cascais to Lisbon.

Employees

Working across construction and operations.

Languages

Spoken by Maja.

Years

Of combined experience across the team.

Interior Design Institute · Cascais School of Arts & Design · IMPIC Alvará 97976‑PAR · AMI 18698 · Carpentry · Joinery · Tiling · Masonry · Electrics · Drywall · Plaster · Plumbing — every trade held in-house.

— Your home

Tell us about your property, what you would like to change and your preferred timing.

Maja can discuss the scope with you and explain how the design and renovation process would work for your home.

Discuss your project