Hi, Can anyone let me know what should be the ideal gauge for Main Gate and for safety grill - guidance will be greatly appreciated. One of the fabricator has quoted that he would charge Rs.80/kg irrespective the gauge. Is this the right price or anything hidden or that I should be aware of before I...

You can try Sathya Prakash Varansi, he is my architect and espouses eco friendly designs .
http://sathyaconsultants.wordpress.com/about/
080 2679 4220. His office is near Kathriguppe Water Tank/Big Bazar.

There are many models of calculating the architect's fee. The model that my architect follows is the following: Number of Iterations (some people are finicky and go for 'n' number of changes) Complexity of Design Distance from architects office to the construction/site location My architects takes t...

Hello All, We are going in for stone wall in the exterior walls. Will be glad if anyone can point to the cost of each stone (2 Nool, 3 Nool - I believe its the extent of dressing) and the labour charges for building the wall/sft. One person quoted Rs.170/sft (for non dressed stone) and Rs.200/sft (f...

Hello All,

Most often we hear about Granite, Marble or Kota stone for flooring.

Can anyone throw some light on other alternative natural stones that can be used for flooring inside the house - which are good looking (NOT Shabad or tandur or Kadapa).

Madhu

Hello All,

Can any one throw light on what it means to say a LOAD of Sand, Jelly, etc. Any quantification possible?

regards,
Madhu

Hello All,

Does any one have pointers to reliable timber merchants in Bangalore?

Thanks in Advance.
regards
Madhu

Just wanted to have a look at designs make by other well known Green architects!!!

Can any one point to architects who are experienced with 'eco friendly' orientation and of course reliable (some one like Sathya Prakash Varanashi)!!!

Madhu

Hello All, How do architects go about charging for their services (per sft, lumpsum etc)? ex: I wish to build a house on 2000 sft site of around 1500 carpet area - how much would an arch charge as service for this kind of work? Are there any good Architects (not those high flying but some one who ca...