Approval of Materials

Do’s and Don’ts

Finalize contractor

Financing a Home

Finalize design, estimated cost & Get Permission (see separate module)

Selection of Materials

Why and where do you want to construct?

Firm up Needs, Likings, Size, Budget

How to search plot of land

Get Working Drawings done

Monitor Progress & Quality

Construction Punch lists – Permissions – Final Bill - Puja

Firm up Needs, Likings, Size, Budget

Soil Test & Survey Land (Size, Area, Levels)

Appoint architects / consultants

Understand the local Byelaws

Study Vastu Guidelines

Select Design style

Study our Design tips for house, its rooms & elements

Finalize – Preliminary Design and Specifications

Review Interior

Freeze the Design, Finishes – Colour

Do’s and Don’ts

Finalize Method of construction

Firm up your needs – Budget

Appoint Interior Designer

Select style – choices – likings

Study our Design Tips

Get preliminary design – specifications –cost - estimates

Visit showroom – online portals

Harmony in Design – Colour – Lighting – Totality

Finalise Design – Specifications

Appoint contractors

Selection and approval of Interior Materials

Monitor Progress & Quality

Do’s and Don’ts

Enlist - Renovation/Repair/ Alteration/ Extension/all

Is Vastu cause of Renovation?

Review Interior – Furniture – Appliances

What & where – extension – renovation

Appoint consultants, Finalize Design cost

Change of finishes v/s major structural alterations

Extension -Horizontal/vertical

Appoint contractor

Renovation Methods – Strategy of execution – Safety

Our Design Tips: Room wise Renovation / Remodelling

Monitor Progress & Quality

Do’s and Don’ts

Why repairing?

Appoint Consultants / Contractors

Do – Civil – Structural Audit & Explore Retrofitting

Diagnose, test and explore methods

Future life v/s cost of repairs

Appoint contractor

Firm up methods, materials, technology

Structural repairs

Civil – Waterproofing repairs

Execution & Safety

Monitor Progress & Quality

Do’s and Don’ts

Is there really a Vastu Dosh? (Refer our Vastu section)

Firm up what & where to change?

Are you doing yourself or Vastu consultant is on board?

Are changes structural in nature or in finishes only?

Firm up your beliefs, Basic and Must changes

Check with Architect / Structural engineer / Contractor

Review Interior furniture

Vastu Tips for different room of the house

Finalize Plan - Cost

Finalize Geometry – Materials – Colour

Monitor Progress & Quality

Do’s and Don’ts

Why maintenance?

Maintenance of House / Furniture / Appliances /Garden

Periodical maintenance – age

Pre - Monsoon / Summer / Winter maintenance

Signs – Warnings of impending damages - nuisance

Dangers – warning signals

Maintenance of different components (Refer gharpedia exclusive)

Quotes – Costs estimates

Finalize Agencies – Agreement

Maintenance Repairs

Maintenance Tools

Do’s and Don’ts

Why Buying?

Firm up your needs – Budget

What & Where are you Buying?

Tie up Loan – Finance

Appoint Real Estate Agent

Search Location – Scheme & Builder

Check Home Titles – Credentials of Builder

Review Floor Plan – Quality – Changes

Negotiate – Finalize costs + incidental costs

Payments – Agreement – Conveyance

Possession – Documents to be collected

Do’s and Don’ts

Why selling?

What are you selling? - House + Furniture + Appliances

Expected Price v/s Market value

Appoint Real Estate Agent

Advertise

Minimum repairs for enhancing value

Legality – Tax implication – Titles

Assess right buyer

Negotiate – finalize – price – terms

Conveyance – Handing over

Post Sale – Legal formalities

Do’s and Don’ts

"Why rent? Rent v/s EMI"

"Decide size v/s Rent v/s Locality"

Appoint Real Estate Agent

Search Location

Assess – Rent + additional charges

Study terms and condition

Know laws

Possession – Agreement

Do’s and Don’ts

Design v/s Decoration

"Why? Cost? Budget?"

Your DIY skills for Decoration

Select Décor Style (Theme)

Decorating different components of house

Decorating with Plants / Pots

Decorating with Art Pieces

Magic of Lighting

Decorating for Festivals

Decorating for Birthday / Marriage anniversary

Where to Buy / Search

Do’s and Don’ts

Explore possibilities

Appoint Landscape architect

Be your own designer

List your likings – Plants / Flowers / Lawn / Trees etc.

Soft & Hard landscapes

Finalise layout plan and scheme

Irrigation

Lighting

Preparation of ground & Execution

Maintenance

Equipments and Tools

Do’s and Don’ts

Approval of Materials

- 30 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 3 blogs

Finalize contractor

- 7 blogs

Financing a Home

- 2 blogs

Finalize design, estimated cost & Get Permission (see separate module)

- 3 blogs

Selection of Materials

- 44 blogs

Why and where do you want to construct?

- 7 blogs

Firm up Needs, Likings, Size, Budget

- 7 blogs

How to search plot of land

- 3 blogs

Get Working Drawings done

- 3 blogs

Monitor Progress & Quality

- 3 blogs

Construction Punch lists – Permissions – Final Bill - Puja

- 2 blogs

Firm up Needs, Likings, Size, Budget

- 5 blogs

Soil Test & Survey Land (Size, Area, Levels)

- 6 blogs

Appoint architects / consultants

- 3 blogs

Understand the local Byelaws

- 3 blogs

Study Vastu Guidelines

- 1 blog

Select Design style

- 23 blogs

Study our Design tips for house, its rooms & elements

- 67 blogs

Finalize – Preliminary Design and Specifications

- 13 blogs

Review Interior

- 12 blogs

Freeze the Design, Finishes – Colour

- 21 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 3 blogs

Finalize Method of construction

- 3 blogs

Firm up your needs – Budget

- 1 blog

Appoint Interior Designer

- 2 blogs

Select style – choices – likings

- 34 blogs

Study our Design Tips

- 75 blogs

Get preliminary design – specifications –cost - estimates

- 4 blogs

Visit showroom – online portals

- 3 blogs

Harmony in Design – Colour – Lighting – Totality

- 24 blogs

Finalise Design – Specifications

- 62 blogs

Appoint contractors

- 4 blogs

Selection and approval of Interior Materials

- 76 blogs

Monitor Progress & Quality

- 2 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 1 blog

Enlist - Renovation/Repair/ Alteration/ Extension/all

- 10 blogs

Is Vastu cause of Renovation?

Review Interior – Furniture – Appliances

- 11 blogs

What & where – extension – renovation

- 2 blogs

Appoint consultants, Finalize Design cost

- 4 blogs

Change of finishes v/s major structural alterations

- 1 blog

Extension -Horizontal/vertical

Appoint contractor

- 4 blogs

Renovation Methods – Strategy of execution – Safety

- 3 blogs

Our Design Tips: Room wise Renovation / Remodelling

- 90 blogs

Monitor Progress & Quality

- 4 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 5 blogs

Why repairing?

Appoint Consultants / Contractors

- 3 blogs

Do – Civil – Structural Audit & Explore Retrofitting

- 3 blogs

Diagnose, test and explore methods

- 7 blogs

Future life v/s cost of repairs

Appoint contractor

- 2 blogs

Firm up methods, materials, technology

- 7 blogs

Structural repairs

- 3 blogs

Civil – Waterproofing repairs

- 22 blogs

Execution & Safety

- 1 blog

Monitor Progress & Quality

- 1 blog

Do’s and Don’ts

- 5 blogs

Is there really a Vastu Dosh? (Refer our Vastu section)

Firm up what & where to change?

Are you doing yourself or Vastu consultant is on board?

Are changes structural in nature or in finishes only?

Firm up your beliefs, Basic and Must changes

Check with Architect / Structural engineer / Contractor

Review Interior furniture

Vastu Tips for different room of the house

- 2 blogs

Finalize Plan - Cost

Finalize Geometry – Materials – Colour

Monitor Progress & Quality

Do’s and Don’ts

Why maintenance?

Maintenance of House / Furniture / Appliances /Garden

- 35 blogs

Periodical maintenance – age

- 12 blogs

Pre - Monsoon / Summer / Winter maintenance

- 8 blogs

Signs – Warnings of impending damages - nuisance

- 19 blogs

Dangers – warning signals

- 9 blogs

Maintenance of different components (Refer gharpedia exclusive)

- 58 blogs

Quotes – Costs estimates

- 2 blogs

Finalize Agencies – Agreement

- 2 blogs

Maintenance Repairs

- 4 blogs

Maintenance Tools

- 8 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 3 blogs

Why Buying?

- 7 blogs

Firm up your needs – Budget

- 2 blogs

What & Where are you Buying?

- 2 blogs

Tie up Loan – Finance

- 7 blogs

Appoint Real Estate Agent

- 1 blog

Search Location – Scheme & Builder

- 3 blogs

Check Home Titles – Credentials of Builder

- 2 blogs

Review Floor Plan – Quality – Changes

Negotiate – Finalize costs + incidental costs

Payments – Agreement – Conveyance

- 3 blogs

Possession – Documents to be collected

- 4 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 4 blogs

Why selling?

What are you selling? - House + Furniture + Appliances

Expected Price v/s Market value

Appoint Real Estate Agent

- 2 blogs

Advertise

- 1 blog

Minimum repairs for enhancing value

Legality – Tax implication – Titles

Assess right buyer

Negotiate – finalize – price – terms

Conveyance – Handing over

- 1 blog

Post Sale – Legal formalities

Do’s and Don’ts

- 1 blog

"Why rent? Rent v/s EMI"

- 1 blog

"Decide size v/s Rent v/s Locality"

- 3 blogs

Appoint Real Estate Agent

Search Location

- 1 blog

Assess – Rent + additional charges

- 1 blog

Study terms and condition

Know laws

- 3 blogs

Possession – Agreement

- 3 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 2 blogs

Design v/s Decoration

- 1 blog

"Why? Cost? Budget?"

Your DIY skills for Decoration

- 75 blogs

Select Décor Style (Theme)

- 36 blogs

Decorating different components of house

- 80 blogs

Decorating with Plants / Pots

- 14 blogs

Decorating with Art Pieces

- 24 blogs

Magic of Lighting

- 8 blogs

Decorating for Festivals

- 21 blogs

Decorating for Birthday / Marriage anniversary

- 3 blogs

Where to Buy / Search

- 1 blog

Do’s and Don’ts

- 2 blogs

Explore possibilities

- 4 blogs

Appoint Landscape architect

- 1 blog

Be your own designer

- 5 blogs

List your likings – Plants / Flowers / Lawn / Trees etc.

- 19 blogs

Soft & Hard landscapes

- 25 blogs

Finalise layout plan and scheme

- 8 blogs

Irrigation

Lighting

- 5 blogs

Preparation of ground & Execution

- 5 blogs

Maintenance

- 17 blogs

Equipments and Tools

- 6 blogs

Do’s and Don’ts

- 4 blogs