A fixed price from a flat number
This is the one market in the region where we can quote a genuinely fixed price before a detailed survey, and it is worth explaining why rather than just claiming it. CIDCO built the sector flats to standard plans. We hold verified measured drawings for several of them, with beam positions, shaft locations and slab heights checked against completed projects. Where your flat matches one, the quantities are known, the cutting list has been built before, and the variation allowance we would normally carry drops from about 5% to 2%. That difference is in the price. We still walk the flat before cutting anything, because previous owners move sinks and enclose balconies — but that is verification, not discovery, and it takes an hour. The bands and the worked contract below are taken from Kharghar flats we have built and invoiced, priced as at October 2026.
Worked example: 780 sq ft two-bedroom, sector flat
A CIDCO sector building, third floor, lift working, standard plan. A couple taking their first home while renting in Vashi, moving in the week after handover.
| Scope | ₹ lakh | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Design and the fixed specification | 0.46 | Drawing set verified against our held plan; society file |
| Civil work and plumbing | 0.88 | Both bathroom supply lines replaced; kitchen drain re-fallen |
| Joinery | 6.03 | Wardrobes in both bedrooms, lofts, TV unit, entry unit, study shelf |
| Modular kitchen | 2.13 | 9 running feet, granite counter, tall pull-out, loft |
| False ceiling and lighting | 1.16 | Cove in the living room; surface fittings in bedrooms |
| Electrical | 0.71 | New DB, 24 points, dedicated AC circuits |
| Painting | 0.80 | Full flat, two accent walls |
| Two bathrooms | 1.28 | One rebuild, one refresh |
| Soft furnishing pack | 1.04 | Blinds, curtains, bed frames, dining table |
| Handover clean and snagging | 0.15 | Deep clean, photographic snag list, handover file |
| Project management | 0.10 | Local supervisor; eight-week programme |
| Total, ex-GST | 14.74 | ₹1,890 per sq ft carpet |
Add 18% GST. The same flat and specification in Chembur would be around ₹5.6 lakh higher, almost entirely in labour, access and variation allowance.

A fixed price, from a sector and a flat number
Two things that keep it to eight weeks
- Approvals before mobilisation. Any change to a wall, a shaft or the external elevation needs both the society's NOC and attention to the CIDCO occupancy conditions. We file both before the crew arrives. A project that mobilises and then waits for a society meeting has already lost a fortnight it will not get back.
- Local crew, local material. Carpentry from Panvel and Taloja, a supervisor who lives in the node, hardware and ply through the Kalamboli and Panvel trade. A crew commuting from the western suburbs loses three hours a day, and on an eight-week programme that is a week and a half of working time that simply disappears.
Paying rent while this runs
Almost every client here is carrying a rent and a home loan at the same time, and the honest way to price that in is to treat the programme as a deliverable rather than an estimate. We publish dates, not a duration. Material is ordered in week zero. The decision sessions — layout and materials together, then fittings, then paint and soft goods — are scheduled at the start and held on Sundays, because most clients work in Belapur, Vashi or Mumbai. And where a client asks whether they can save money by phasing the work over two years, we do the arithmetic with them: on a 780 square foot flat, a second mobilisation and a second round of society approvals costs more than the interest saved, and they will have lived with an unfinished flat for a year.
What a first-home budget should and should not include
Almost every client here is furnishing a first home against a real limit, so the useful conversation is about sequence rather than about what to delete. Three things belong in the contract now because doing them later means undoing finished work: the electrical distribution and every point you might want, the plumbing including a provision for a future dishwasher or water purifier, and the kitchen and wardrobe carcasses in full. Three things can wait comfortably: the second bedroom's study joinery, loose furniture beyond a bed and a dining table, and any decorative wall treatment. We mark them that way in the quotation, as a now list and a later list, so the decision is visible rather than made by quietly dropping items to hit a number.
For the node overall, see interior designers in Kharghar. For the contract structure, payment stages and warranty, see turnkey interior contractors in Mumbai.





Turnkey delivery by Greenbox Design Studio.
Frequently asked questions
How can you quote a fixed price before surveying?+
Because CIDCO sector plans repeat and we hold verified measured drawings for several of them, checked against completed projects. Where your flat matches, quantities are known and the variation allowance drops from 5% to 2%. We still walk the flat before cutting — previous owners move things — but that is verification, not discovery.
Should we phase the work over two years to spread the cost?+
Almost never on a flat this size. A second mobilisation, a second set of society approvals and a second round of protection and debris typically cost more than the interest saved, and you live in an unfinished flat for a year. We will do the arithmetic with you rather than just advising against it.
How long will we be paying rent as well?+
Eight to ten weeks for a 780 square foot flat, and we publish dates rather than a duration. Material is ordered in week zero and approvals are filed before mobilisation, which is what makes the programme hold. Easy access and unrationed lifts here save about two weeks against the same flat in Mumbai.
Who is on site day to day?+
A supervisor who lives in the node, present daily for the whole programme, with the design team visiting at setting out, joinery installation and pre-handover. Carpentry comes from Panvel and Taloja. A team commuting from the western suburbs would lose three hours a day and the eight-week programme with it.
What is included at handover?+
A photographic snag list worked through before you take the keys, a deep clean, and a handover file with the material schedule, paint codes, hardware and appliance warranties registered in your name, and an electrical layout showing every concealed run. Plus recovery of the society deposit, which is ours to chase.
