Damn! ContractorBhai.com is 4 months old

So How are we doing?

Not bad!

Check the graph of people who have been visiting us. It is very encouraging. Its been 4 months we launched. Last month( April 2012) more then 3000 people visited us.

Looking at statistics and sample data, most of the people who visited us were people who were looking for information related to Home Renovation.

Here are top 10 things we want to do for sure on ContractorBhai.com

1) Anyone who visits website should find some useful information.
2) Anyone who writes email or message to us, should get complete answer to query
3) Anyone who fills form for Free Estimate, must get helped.
4) Anyone who asks us to refer Contractor/Architect/Interior Designer will get best contacts.
5) We do not want to focus on selling service, instead we want to focus on interest of home owners
6) We want to promise little and outperform our promise. Honor what we say.
7) We want to focus on Quality. Stay small and lean.
8.) Keep away from corporate bullshit but at the sametime provide high quality customer experience.
9) Respect others. Stay open to criticisms
10) Have fun!

Thank you to all Home Owners who got in touch with us in last 4 months! Irrespective of whether you have given business or not, you have helped me and this project in growing stronger.

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Marble vs Vitrified Tiles

Before we compare marble with Vitrified Tiles, lets find what is happening with marble.

How is the quality of Marble over last few years. Is it getting better?

We get good marble only the Makrana. white marble is less in market now a days because this type of Marble they are mining it since years now. So good quality of this type is less. Only after Marble is been Mined and brought out on surface, you come to know it’s quality.

What is Italian Marble?

Quick Tips for choosing Contractor in Pune for Home Renovation

1) Best approach is to give business to Contractor or Interior Designer recommended by friend and family.
2) If you do not have reference talk to to 2 – 3 Contractors, tell them your budget and let them come back with details of Estimate and building Material that they will use.
3) If you just want to do wardrobe or flooring or Wall Painting or just bathroom repair – then you don need to go for a designer you can simply buy the material which you like or ask Contractor to buy one for you.

Pune Home Renovation Cost

At ContractorBhai.com we receive several emails and calls every week from various cities in India. Here’s brief of inquiry made by one of our reader from Pune

What can be the cost of Home Renovation in Pune?

The cost is according to what part of Home you want to renovate. For example it could just flooring, many Home Owners want to Renovate or Repair their bathroom or kitchen. Cost for each case will be different but if you are doing a whole house then approximately it will cost you around 450 to 500 rupees per sq feet

Without bathroom and kitchen cost will go down a-lot. Include furniture in such scenario cost should be around 200 to 250 rupees per sq feet

Home Renovation Tips for Flooring

Once again one of our reader asked about “home renovation tips for flooring in Pune“. We answered below points. Below points are applicable for any city or town across India. Except for labour cost rest of the items should not vary.

So you need to get flooring of your home renovated or repaired or replace

What are important things to check before hiring Contractor for flooring ?
Do you really need Interior Designer ?

Cost of Renovating a Flat in Mumbai

Home owners have lot of thoughts and concerns when they start thinking about Home Renovation. Of all the biggest one is “How much will it Cost?”

Frankly, there is no easy way to know exact numbers until you show your place to Contractor or Interior Designer, who works out a plan and then starts making Estimate.

Cost of Renovating Kitchen in Mumbai or Pune

When we talk about Kitchen Renovation in city like Mumbai Pune Bangalore or any other big city of India, the biggest expense n most cases is of Kitchen Platform.

Lets say you want to replace complete Kitchen Platform. There is Trolley inside that also gets replaced in such cases. Then you have to manage Cooking Range, Chimney arrangement. So there are these and many such items inside Kitchen that either gets partly repaired or completely replaced.

Home Renovation in Pune

We spoke to Govind Parmar (Civil Contractor in Pune) about topics like:

1) Repairing Home as per Vastu Shastra
2) Quantity vs Quality
3) Vitrified Tiles

Here’s what he shared:

Any important suggestion you want to share with respect to Vastu Shastra for Interior designer or Decorator?
vastu Shahstra is too much in trend now-days. Everyone wants to implement it. Now one thing to keep in mind is purpose of Vastu Shastra – that is – Peace and Harmony.

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:

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”.