The Complete Interior Guide 2026: Real Costs, Materials & Every Question Answered

Every client eventually asks the same question: "another company quoted lower — can you do it for less?" Our answer is yes, openly and in writing, through two published routes rather than backroom discounting.

AesthetiX Standard is our full material specification — lifetime-warranty plywood, 1mm laminates, 2mm edge banding, WPC protection at every cabinet, 100% factory finishing and a 72-point quality check — carrying the 15-year-to-lifetime warranty at our published rates. AesthetiX Flex is the alternative: bring any genuine written quotation from another firm, and we execute that company's exact specifications and warranty terms, matched like-for-like in your BOQ, at a lower price than their quote. Nothing is silently downgraded — your BOQ states precisely what you are getting, and on Flex you receive the other firm's standards, not ours.

Standing behind the Standard is the ₹10,00,000 Quality Challenge: find any company or carpenter delivering our exact specifications at our price, and we pay you ₹10 lakh. It is an evidence-based offer — verified after execution with GST purchase invoices, bank statements and physical material evidence, under the full terms in our work agreement — and we can afford to make it because at this stage brand trust matters more to us than margin.

Wardrobes, kitchens and storage are priced per square foot of shutter and carcass area, by finish. The market figures below are what comparable premium Bengaluru firms typically charge for the same scope (benchmarked July 2026); the AesthetiX figure buys the same or higher specification at roughly 30% less. Every rate is a starting rate, exclusive of 18% GST — your real number comes from an itemised BOQ once we measure your home.

One pricing rule worth noticing: hardware is not a profit line. Hettich, Blum and equivalent hinges, channels, baskets and lift-ups are billed at transparent market price — you pay what we pay, with the exact variant named in your BOQ.

A turnkey home is more than cabinetry. These are the published starting rates for every other scope we deliver, each benchmarked against typical Bengaluru market pricing for the same specification. Painting and electrical fixtures are deliberately billed at actuals — paint by real surface area and grade, light fittings at direct market price — because those are two of the most quietly over-charged lines in this industry.

Anyone can quote a lower number by quietly dropping a specification. The AesthetiX standard is fixed across every project and every finish tier: choosing a more economical finish never lowers the structure underneath. Any plywood brand we use must meet all of these, and the same specification is written into your BOQ where you can verify it.

We hand this checklist to every client, including the ones who don't choose us, because these are exactly the places corners get cut. Whoever you hire — us, another firm, or a carpenter — demand these in writing.

Whether interiors last 5 years or 50 comes down to a list of unglamorous decisions. This is where we honestly stand against common market practice — not to criticise anyone, but to show you exactly what to demand. Individual firms and craftsmen vary; the pattern below is what we see most often.

From first call to handover: (1) a free consultation where a senior designer walks your space and budget; (2) design and photo-real 3D, refined until you freeze it; (3) a line-itemed BOQ with brand names and a signed work agreement with milestone payments; (4) factory production and site trades running in parallel under one project manager; (5) a snag-closed handover backed by the written warranty.

The whole project runs on our own project system — the same screen our team works on, shared live with you. Phase-wise tasks, the payment schedule, drawings, approvals and the team-client conversation all live in one place, with 24/7 site cameras streaming while work is on. The AI layer on top — delay prediction, smart approvals, automation workflows and a project assistant — is in phased rollout targeted for August 2026; the tracking portal and live streaming are how projects run today.

Four pillars, twenty commitments, every one of them in your signed work agreement. The ones clients lean on most:

Every promise above has terms that keep it fair, and we would rather you read them than discover them. The essentials: "starts from" is a floor, not a ceiling — design complexity adjusts the final figure, always shown transparently. All rates exclude 18% GST, billed as a separate line per government norms. The full-house number only exists after measuring your actual quantities — anyone who quotes a flat figure before seeing your plan is padding or planning downgrades. Material billed "at market" means our supplier rate with no margin. The delay penalty applies to delays solely attributable to us, from a signed timeline; the Quality Challenge is verified post-execution with documentary evidence; and this guide is a guide — your signed BOQ and work agreement govern.

One more honest note: choosing a more economical finish never lowers the structural quality underneath. One specification, every budget — that is the entire point of publishing the standard.

Send us your floor plan or a quick walkthrough of what you have in mind, and we convert these rates into a precise, line-by-line proposal — usually within one working day. No guesswork, and nothing in it you cannot verify against this guide. If you are still comparing firms, take the owner's guide above with you — it will serve you well whoever you choose.