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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Renovating Kitchen? Here are some Interior Design Ideas

Kitchen is one project in itself. Biggest challenge that needs to be solved effectively is that of spacing. Correct placement and planning makes even small kitchen very convenient place to do day to day work.

In most of the cities and towns of India, Vastu Shatra is given heavy importance while planning Interior of Kitchen. 9 out of 10 times kitchen plan is discussed with female member in the house. Lady of the house has stronger say in how kitchen gets designed. Things like dish self, oil pull out, ghar ganti (Mill) etc. Sink gets considered in planning.

Nowadays in modern kitchen, parallel kitchen, is in trend. Idea is, to have platform by two opposite walls. Until long long time we made our kitchen in L shape. However in L shaped kitchen, corner always gets under-utilised. Instead parallel kitchen allows you work with more freedom and space gets utilised effectively.

1 Bedroom Kitchen from 1 Room Kitchen

When you have a home with separate living room, bedroom and a kitchen – you have 1 BHK or one Bedroom Hall Kitchen. You will find many homes specially old buildings in Mumbai with plan of 1 Room Kitchen ( sometimes also referred as 1 hall Kitchen) i.e a kitchen , Hall and no other room.

What is the difference between one bedroom hall kitchen and one Hall kitchen?

One good part is such plans come with bigger rooms. I know places where 1 Hall kitchen looks more spacious then 1 BHK. Anyways..So lets say you want to convert 1 Hall kitchen to 1 BHK.

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

Interior Designs for 1 BHK and 2 BHK

At ContractorBhai.com we have got more then one email for topics like “Tips on home Interior Decoration for 1 bhk (bedroom Hall Kitchen)” and “Home Decorating Ideas of 2 bhk flat” . We reply all such questions and concerns with useful ideas and information.

I asked one of our Expert Contractor Partner about “How is Home renovation or Interior Design different for 2 BHK compared to 1BHK” and here is what he had to share:

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 Home Renovation in Rupees Per sq ft

It depends a lot on requirement and situation of Home. For example, a Home Owner might decide to get POP ( Plaster of Paris) instead of normal Ceiling. Aluminum Window inside home could be simple of Painted with Powder Coated & Anodized Surfaces. So there is always more then one way of doing things.

How to do Interior of 1 BHK to get 2 BHK

1 BHK will always stay 1 BHK, but sometimes there is need to create room for growing family. Solution is to move kitchen. In city like Pune many homes have Pantry like area, this is a small space meant to be used as store room. That’s your option then, your kitchen goes there.

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: