Sathish, Looks like a bit on a higher side. I too am constructing based on item rate, and was thinking my engineer is charging more but after looking at yours looks like mine is reasonable. Not much less though, item prices are like less by 10-30rs (eg. your case steel is being charged @ 75rs/kg min...

Hi Karthik, Very good points. Are you keeping track of cost incurred for each items? Can you please post if you dont mind? How is the quality of JSW steel compared to INDUS? we were using INDUS, and someone recommended JSW, I felt I could save about ~3k/Tonne - so planning to go for it for rest of t...

Hi, Plinth foundation is done for3 reasons 1.when u fill the plinth ht from road level beyond the beam depth u need proper retaining for filled earth.many times people cut the corner using solid blocks below plinth,but in future u will see the ground flooring sinks down . 2. Rodents are big issues ...

Are you talking about finished floor level? Usually it depends on the condition of the road and area. I have seen it to be 2.5 feet and 1.5 feet in parking. and these are measured from road level not the ground level at the site. For my construction we are going with 1.5 feet for parking, 3 feet for...

Venky, good to know your experience. However, I have a different experience altogether with my architect. I went to him through reference. and he lived upto my expectation. I initially got about 3 different options out of which we selected one and we did quite a lot of to and fro asking for lot of r...

Duffyhair, I dont know what is your understanding when you say Architect. Usually architects provide the end to end design required to construct the building. Then its upto you to decide how to construct your own building. There are different ways you can do this based upon your own interest. 1. Giv...

Simran is right, but even different banks have different practices. Few banks like IDBI go with the 80% of estimate that is given by the valuer who visits the site. As the materials used by you might be premium ones and may value more than the normal. But when you submit the estimates, you have to g...

Hi Prem, Please ensure if your plot comes under BBMP jurisdiction. In general, an FAR of 1.75 is allowed, that said, FAR depends on your plot size. There are few posts in the forum which lists the set back requriements by different authorities. Ground floor parking and 1st and 2nd duplex is definite...

This is a question to Praveen on TV placement - these days even the bigger to biggest TVs have shorter viewing distances (from 4 to 8ft) as the recommended viewing distance. I am planning my hall and have this question as well. My current plan is to have a rectangle hall of 10*15 with TV on viewing ...