Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Best of Houzz Awards
The 2021 BoH badges for Houzz professionals are here. We have your questions answered and share some tips for next time
Houzz AU
29 January 2021
It’s Best of Houzz awards season again, and the 2021 honours have recently been announced. If you were among those who won, congratulations! The Houzz community has spoken, and your stellar work has earned you a serious round of applause in the form of the Best of Houzz 2021 badge or badges now adorning your Houzz profile page.
If you didn’t score an award this year, you may have questions about how the badges are awarded and what you can do as a professional on Houzz to earn yours next time around. Here are a few answers, as well as a few pointers for making the most of your recent, or future, Best of Houzz wins.
If you didn’t score an award this year, you may have questions about how the badges are awarded and what you can do as a professional on Houzz to earn yours next time around. Here are a few answers, as well as a few pointers for making the most of your recent, or future, Best of Houzz wins.
This story features a selection of 2021 winners from across the Best of Houzz categories. To see all the winners, with the ability to filter by location or room category, click here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
Q: I’ve found out I won. What exactly does my new award represent?
A: We’re so glad you asked. The annual Best of Houzz awards recognise the top-rated home professionals and most popular designs on Houzz by category and area, across the country and around the world, so you’re in great company.
The Houzz community of more than 40 million homeowners selects a small number of winners in the categories of Design, Service and Photography each year. Basically, Houzz users think you and your work are a pretty big deal, and now you have a badge to prove it.
Q: I’ve found out I won. What exactly does my new award represent?
A: We’re so glad you asked. The annual Best of Houzz awards recognise the top-rated home professionals and most popular designs on Houzz by category and area, across the country and around the world, so you’re in great company.
The Houzz community of more than 40 million homeowners selects a small number of winners in the categories of Design, Service and Photography each year. Basically, Houzz users think you and your work are a pretty big deal, and now you have a badge to prove it.
Tip: Didn’t happen for you this year? Don’t worry. The new year is a great time to focus on uploading beautiful professional photos of projects you’ve recently completed, so the community has more time to be inspired by them, save them to their Ideabooks and connect with you on their own projects before next year’s awards are granted.
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Follow, network with and browse the work of other professionals on Houzz
Q: What’s the difference between a Design badge and a Service badge?
A: A Best of Houzz Design award celebrates home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and Ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz 2021 Service award, on the other hand, depends on at least one client review for a project completed in 2020 and two client reviews in a lifetime.
Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
A: A Best of Houzz Design award celebrates home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and Ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz 2021 Service award, on the other hand, depends on at least one client review for a project completed in 2020 and two client reviews in a lifetime.
Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
Tip: Professionals on Houzz need at least one client review for a project completed in 2020 and two client reviews in a lifetime to be considered for the Best of Houzz 2021 Service award. Encourage happy customers to talk you up (and improve your chances of getting a Service award) by using the Get Reviews link on your profile page.
Q: Who will see my award? Can I share it elsewhere?
A: Your Best of Houzz badge(s) should have automatically appeaed on your Houzz profile page but yes, share the good news with your larger network and potential future clients. High-resolution versions of badges are available to use in your marketing materials – simply request them from our Houzz Support team.
Tip: Winners will have received profile badges and a customisable press release in their original Best of Houzz notification email, so go and spread the word.
Browse more beautiful kitchens by Australian architects and designers
A: Your Best of Houzz badge(s) should have automatically appeaed on your Houzz profile page but yes, share the good news with your larger network and potential future clients. High-resolution versions of badges are available to use in your marketing materials – simply request them from our Houzz Support team.
Tip: Winners will have received profile badges and a customisable press release in their original Best of Houzz notification email, so go and spread the word.
Browse more beautiful kitchens by Australian architects and designers
Q: I’d love to see this year’s winners’ work. Where should I look?
A: We can see why. While we don’t publish a list of all winners, their work appears in this gallery for Australia and this one for New Zealand. The photos can be filtered by country, area and room type.
Tip: You can also spot winners by browsing professionals’ Houzz profile pages and looking for the badges.
A: We can see why. While we don’t publish a list of all winners, their work appears in this gallery for Australia and this one for New Zealand. The photos can be filtered by country, area and room type.
Tip: You can also spot winners by browsing professionals’ Houzz profile pages and looking for the badges.
Q: Just how exclusive is this club?
A: Very exclusive. Only a little more than three percent of Houzz’s 2.5 million active home professionals around the world win each year. In many cases, that means the winning photos garnered thousands to tens of thousands of Ideabook saves. In other words, way to go, winners!
Tip: Tagging newly uploaded photos with relevant keywords and topics can make them easier for people to find in searches, and therefore more popular, among Houzz users.
Your turn
Do you have any other questions? Ask us in the Comments below or contact our Support team. And while you’re at it, like this story, save your favourite images to an ideabook and follow the professionals you admire on Houzz.
More
Want to browse more winning designs from the 2021 Best of Houzz Awards? To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – see here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
A: Very exclusive. Only a little more than three percent of Houzz’s 2.5 million active home professionals around the world win each year. In many cases, that means the winning photos garnered thousands to tens of thousands of Ideabook saves. In other words, way to go, winners!
Tip: Tagging newly uploaded photos with relevant keywords and topics can make them easier for people to find in searches, and therefore more popular, among Houzz users.
Your turn
Do you have any other questions? Ask us in the Comments below or contact our Support team. And while you’re at it, like this story, save your favourite images to an ideabook and follow the professionals you admire on Houzz.
More
Want to browse more winning designs from the 2021 Best of Houzz Awards? To see more winners – and gain the ability to filter by region and room category – see here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
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Kuche+Cucian is honored to win Best of Houzz, in both Design and Service, for the 5th year in a row!!!
A big THANK YOU to Houzz and to the 40 million+ monthly
unique visitors that liked our design work and our service!
Does anyone knowof another firm who won both for 5 straight years (or more...)? Would LOVE to connect with them.
We are absolutely delighted to have won a Houzz badge for the fifth year in a row!
A Big thank you to Houzz and our viewers!
Congratulations again to our fellow Best of Houzz winners. We are delighted to have received our eighth Best of Houzz award for service. Based in Australia, as our reviews attest, Houzz has given us the platform to connect with clients worldwide looking for bespoke, contemporary artworks. Thank you Adi, Alon, Tony and the whole Houzz team for continuing to develop such a great platform!