A staged guide to building your home in India — from planning and budgeting, through the construction stages, to finishing. Each guide links to the calculators you'll need.
Before you break ground — budgeting, plot selection and material estimates.
A practical guide to budgeting your house construction in India: the per-sqft method, what it includes and excludes, and how to refine a rough figure into a real budget.
Read →Estimate the cement, steel, sand, aggregate and bricks for your house using per-sqft thumb-rules, and learn when to move from estimate to a detailed take-off.
Read →What to check before buying a plot in India: title and approvals, soil and bearing capacity, orientation, access and the factors that affect construction cost.
Read →Building the structure — foundation, slab and masonry stages.
Understand the foundation stage: types of foundations, how footing size depends on load and soil, and why this stage is the most safety-critical of the build.
Read →What happens during slab casting: one-way vs two-way slabs, the mix and steel involved, and why curing makes or breaks the slab's strength.
Read →The wall-building stage explained: brick types, wall thicknesses, mortar mixes, and how to estimate bricks, cement and sand for your walls.
Read →The final stages — plaster, flooring, paint and waterproofing.
How plastering works: internal and external mixes, thicknesses, the 1.33 mortar factor, and how to estimate cement and sand for your walls.
Read →Choosing and laying floor tiles: common sizes, how to estimate tiles and boxes with a breakage allowance, and what to watch for during laying.
Read →The final finishing stage: surface preparation, primer and paint coats, and why waterproofing of roofs, bathrooms and external walls protects your investment.
Read →Quick explainers on quantities, the 1.54 factor and site units.
How much cement, sand and aggregate per m³ for M5, M7.5, M10, M15, M20 and M25 concrete, with the full working.
Read →The 1.54 dry-volume factor explained: why dry materials occupy more space than finished concrete, and where the number comes from.
Read →What a brass is, how cubic feet relate to cubic metres, and how Indian sites measure sand and aggregate deliveries.
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