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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Interior Design Ideas for 500 square feet 1BHK Flat

When a Contractor or Interior Designer first visits your place first thing he wants to know is your budget.

If my Home is a 500 square feet 1BHK Flat – What Interior Ideas should I opt for and what should I avoid?

Knowing Budget, kind of puts rest of the thing in place. Budget plus requirement decides whole plan of action. All your requirements and made to fit in to your budget.

There are always changes in Interior plans as per your budget. For example if your budget doesn’t allow

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 ?

Wardrobe Designs anyone? Mumbai Pune Delhi Bangalore?

One of the ContractorBhai.com reader from Pune asked us for suggestion on “Wardrobe Designs Bedroom Pune” Here’s what we suggested. These points very well apply for any city in India Mumbai Chennai Bangalore Delhi etc

Until few years back people used Iron wardrobes. Remember those Giant Godrej Storewell wardrobe. I still know people  who buy it, but not many. Trend is more towards Wooden Wardrobes. For valuables you can have small safe (Tijori) inside.

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 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”.