Interview with Govind Parmar, Civil Contractor for Pune, Satara, Karad

Tell us about yourself?
In 1977, fresh out of school, I started working for a Diamond polishing firm. But very soon switched to Civil Contractor work. I learned work from my brother in law Mr Keshav Mistry (Satara). Mainly Tiling work. Once I had picked up how things work, my relative from Mumbai offered me Partnership. This was in 1978.

I moved to Mumbai in 1978 and worked here till 1985. I Mumbai, I did projects for K Raheja, Nahar Builders, Rajdeep and later for Mayfair housing. I was involved mainly in Tiling related work for all these big builders. It was going good. We had around 200 labours and it was growing day by day. Unfortunately, due to some person family reasons, I had move back to my hometown Satara in 1985.

Home Renovation for 1 BHK – Deluxe way

In Last article we spoke about Home Renovation of a 1 BHK in a Economic way (Bedroom Hall Kitchen). Spending 500 rupees per SQ. Ft. you get many basic necessary things inside your house.

However in this article, we will talk about going step further. A good Contractor will give you suggestions about where you can save money and still get your house renovated in a economic way. You can work with a contractor and decide if you wish to spend more money and choose to get higher quality material and expensive furnishing.

Home Renovation for 1 Bedroom Hall Kitchen (BHK) in Economic way

A usual 1 or 2 bedroom hall kitchen (1 BHK or 2 BHK) flat in any metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune or any other prime cities consists of four main areas bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, hall.

Lets consider a scenario where you are an owner of an 1BHK house and this house has approximately area of 500 square feet. You are looking forward to renovate your house and want to have all basic amenities. You are not dreaming of costly luxurious furnishing. In such situation you should expect home renovation cost of roughly 500 rupees per square feet.

1 Sq. ft. = 500 rupees

500 sq. ft = 2.5 lakhs

At the cost of 2.5 lakhs you can renovate whole 1 bedroom Hall kitchen house.  This will include all necessary items for regular lifestyle. Just to give an idea at this expense some of things you will get in your house are as followings:

Tips to update Indian Kitchen in less

A classy and a catchy stuff always attract our eyes isn’t it? So in order to make your kitchen look cool that you like to enter into it is not that difficult as one might think it to be, if you can manipulate small small things in your kitchen. Following are the few tips which can help you to make things easier

Neela? Pila? Ki Safed? Colors do matter a lot over here

Choosing an appropriate color makes a lot of difference, so depending upon your house color decide your taste. It can really create a huge impact. It not only brightens up the area but also make it lively for you to cook delicious food. After all who likes to enter a Kitchen which is dull …Hain na?

Partial or Complete Home Renovation

There is difference in how things work in India compare to many other part of the world. In Indian culture lot of significance is given to re using things. We repair our TV set, Fridge etc and continue to use it till the time possible. In western world a TV set is a use & throw kind of item. Once gone bad, no one repairs it, just gets a new one.

Same Indian culture applies to people when it comes to Home renovation in India. We look for value for money and anything that can be lasted longer has to stay.

Let’s talk in terms of real life situation: You have a house in some Indian metro city, could be Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi or any other city, you are thinking about home renovation and looking for Home renovation Contractor. Some part of the house is pretty decent condition, like your Bedroom is simple & does satisfy your need, however bathroom & Kitchen needs some major fix.

Home Renovation Made Easy!

Kehte hain ki “Ghar wahi hota hain jaha apna Dil ho”. It is so damn true hain na?

You spend almost half of your valuable time at home. You will offourse want your home to look more beautiful, elegant and secured.

Your home furnishing and decorating will probably change as time goes by to accommodate changing needs and wants. Strive for a balance between long term investments. The goal is to create a home that is comfortable and says “I”m happy to be here”.

First visit of Contractor – What to know?

Lets say you are a home owner in city like Mumbai and you need to fix or Renovate your bathroom. One fine day you call a Contractor for inspection. If you want to know what to expect in first visit of Contractor keep reading further.

There are two situations in which a home owner calls Contractor, it could be general home renovation or to fix some specific problem.
For example Home owner wants to fix or renovate Bathroom or renovate Kitchen. In such case Contractor inspects particular part of home and asks questions about requirements in mind of owner. Contractor starts explaining his recommendations and changes that can be done for renovation.

Interview with Bhupendra S Kubal, Land Surveyor & Engineering works

Tell me about yourself and how did you get in to in construction Industry?
I did 2 Years extensive course of Land Surveyor from one of the Mumbai’s ITI Institute, Maharashtra Audyogik Sanstha, Mahalaxmi. This was 2005 till 2007. After finishing this course to get first hand experience I started working under Experienced people like Mangesh bhusavi, Harshad More architect , Parwar Sir architect.

Interview with Jignesh Chotalia, Civil Contractor and Consultant, Mumbai

Tell me about your career journey in Home Renovation Industry?
I was born and raised in small Village in Gujarat. after i passed  SSC exam, I moved to Mumbai and started working in business of Construction. I started as Helper, then mason work and later became Civil Contractor. I have been working as Contractor for last eight years now.  I take projects of all types – right from a typical 1 BHK or 1 room kitchen – up to complete new buildings.

Interview with Jayanti Kholakiya, Civil Contractor and Consultant-Mumbai

Which part of country/city you have completed Civil Projects and what kind of projects where these?
Most of the work I do I get through reference from past customers. I have been doing lot of work in Borivali and nearby area since last few years. However I have done Home Renovation projects in almost all parts of Mumbai.

I have done B.Com from MK Commerce college. While studying I use to spend time learning Civil work from my Dad and family friends. I was suppose to support family and help my dad. Within short period of time I had mastered Home Renovation related work.