Eco-friendly, green homes help reduce energy usage. Ashwin Architects provide design and architectural services for residential and commercial constructions in Bangalore. The issue of sustainability & green designs gets relegated to the second spot because the first question about construction is the cost. Although most people are aware of environmental issues, still the percentage of people willing to try out new techniques are limited. Ashwin Architects use climatology & building orientation to a great extent to provide natural light & ventilation thus reducing dependency on mechanical means of controlling temperatures. Today, the need is to incorporate green concepts that would only increase the cost by a small percentage. Many who would like to remodel their homes may also want to consider incorporating green concepts like provisions for natural light & ventilation thus reducing dependency on mechanical means of controlling temperatures. Other techniques they can use are borewell recharging with roof water run-off, solar lights for the house, solar geysers, motion-detecting sensors for lights. Address of Ashwin Architects - No. 23, Ratnavilas Rd, Basavanagudi Bangalore - 560004 Website: http://www.ashwinarchitects.com

Dear Mr. Amal, I am Ravi Prakash and I am an Architect. Congrats, You are fortunate to have a 1790sqft. 3bhk unit keeping in mind that its gurgaon. Just a little query; is it built-up area or carpet area? Built-up area is everything while carpet area is area we get excluding the walls (or simply the floor area). As you have not mentioned much of your requirement, i am assuming you are looking for complete work including kitchen, ceiling, paints, furniture's and more. Just for a tentative idea, a decent (basic to moderate) interior work may vary from Rs. 800/sqft.-1500sqft). And if its a high end work it may cost Rs.2000/sqft and higher. For your help, based on my experience and observation i would say, its safer to keep the budget around Rs.1000/sqft.- Rs.1200/sqft. to get the best quality work. So, roughly it may cost you around Rs.18 Lacs (or Rs.15lacs for lower side). Also Keeping in the mind that its an apartment, your builder must have provided you with some basic works like flooring, electrical, plumbing and such thing, these things may help to cut down and reduce the cost up to certain level. Hope this will help you a bit. :) I would request you to go thru my profile. For any further information or for any professional assistance, you may contact me. Thanks and Regards, Ar. Ravi Prakash

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