Cost and budgeting
Building costs in India change with the city, the specification and the season. These guides break a house budget into stages, show what drives the cost of each, and explain how to compare quotes. Prices always carry the date and the place they apply to.
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Cost and budgeting
Anti-termite treatment quantity: how the litres are worked out
How IS 6313 (Part 2):2022 sets litres of solution per square metre for each treatment stage, with the standard's own worked example, and how to check a quote.
Cost and budgeting
Centre line method: how wall quantities are taken from the plan
How the centre line method takes wall and foundation quantities from a plan, what the older IS 1200 editions said, and what to check before you use them.
Cost and budgeting
How excavation is measured: trench volume, working space, lead, lift
How foundation excavation is measured for payment: authorised dimensions, working space, lead and lift, backfill and surplus, with a worked sum. No depths or rates.
Cost and budgeting
How false ceiling work is measured: what IS 1200 Part 10 says
How a false ceiling is measured for a bill: flat area, openings, framework, cutting and what IS 1200 (Part 10) leaves unsaid, such as drops and coves. No rates.
Cost and budgeting
How painting area is measured: IS 1200 door, window and grill factors
How walls, doors, windows and grills are measured for painting: the IS 1200 Part 15 factors, the wall deduction rule, and a worked room. Area only, no litres or rates.
Cost and budgeting
Renovation work list: how to list and measure repair items
How to list repair items room by room so quotes compare, how IS 1200 measures dismantling and plaster removal, and which small works need no permit.
Cost and budgeting
What is a BOQ? Bill of quantities for a house, with a sample format
What a bill of quantities (BOQ) is for a house, what its columns mean, how to check a priced BOQ, and a blank sample format. No rates or totals.