While getting your home done, there are 3 professionals who can help you typically with design, product selection and execution: architect, interior designer, decorator.

Each of these 3 types of professionals help in different ways:

An architect can help you with extensive renovation, civil changes, reconstruction work and is registered to sign off on drawings for municipalities etc. Many architects take up interiors works and bring to the project, in addition to design, more technical understanding of materials, construction techniques and project management. Design means, furniture, lighting, colours, wall textures, curtains, and the entire package with 3D visualisation effects. The drawings that are sent for execution tend to reflect both design and technical details.

An interior designer is qualified to do the same as an architect with lesser technical knowledge on the construction technique and process with more emphasis on the design. The 3D visualisation, selection of finishes, actual furniture design is usually the expertise of the interior designer.

An interior decorator may not have any technical expertise but may be talented/trained to pick out décor items like art work or curtains or wall paints/wall papers. They may curate furniture, suggest looks. They may not provide drawings, costs, full interiors, civil works etc

At reNNovate, we finish a 1bhk in 30 days, 2 bhk in 45 days and 3 bhk in 60 days. If there is extensive civil work, then a few days add onto the above. We are significantly faster than any carpenter or contractor with excellent quality because we use factory machines to press finishes on plywood and cut them to exact sizes as per requirements.Our carpentry is done off site providing a lot of time for electrical, false ceiling, panelling etc to become simultaneous and saving time and money for all concerned.

Samples of our work can be seen in our videos. Actual projects can also be seen with coordination with our esteemed customers who have to tidy up their homes and busy schedules to make time for a home showing!

We are Mumbai based, servicing only Mumbai and Thane

We provide complete end- to- end interiors. Design, 3D visualisation, costing, execution, project management, post sales service, warranty

Décor items, lights, art work can be bought independently with help and suggestion from rennovate. Furniture, woodwork, plywood, hardware, civil materials are bought by rennovate so that timelines can be met and quality achieved through our trusted vendors who provide warranty and service for all provided materials. They also provide timeliness in delivery and returns of damaged goods because of repeat orders & constant business that we provide them

We get a lot of inquiries for labour only, however, through experience we have found that materials education to each customer and individual shopping of materials, individual vendor payment facilitation, taxation significantly delays the project and makes the project management extremely slow & painful for all concerned with no real end benefit.

We provide warranty for all products and take full responsibility of the products specified.

A professional interiors expert will need to develop the complete room wise package to plan out the colours, sizes and items with their costing for your entire scope of work. This includes looks, trending styles, actual 3ds and drawings for the final product. As a break up, the interior expert should provide you with the following deliverables:
Week 1:

a. Take detailed measurements of site – 1 days
b. Make a digital autocad drawing capturing civil, electrical, plumbing details – 2 days
c. Make a 3D(not photo realistic) with the design discussed till the 10% payment stage – 3 days
d. Make a presentation with look alike images and 3D images to begin design discussion with various options, looks, colour combinations- 2 days
e. Make in progress quotation

Week 2:

f. Incorporate customers feedback from week 1 and make final design
g. Incorporate materials
h. Meet customer with final 3Ds and materials for paint and woodwork finishes, take feedback
i. Make in progress quotation

Week 3:

j. Meet customer with final 3Ds from week 2 feedback and decide light fixtures, fabrics and furnishings
k. Make in progress quotation

Week 4: Meet customer with final 3Ds and presentation incorporating all the inputs for sign off. With customers go ahead, raise invoice for 50% payment from quotation at week 3 or with changes suggested at that stage Instruct civil team, furniture team and all vendor teams on scope of work, Inform customer of estimated schedule and timeline

An interiors expert will send you various looks that they feel will be appropriate for your home/ are trending looks currently based on your initial budget and requirements.

It is important to choose an expert who fits your style, which means find someone whose work you look at and wish it was your home! A big mistake is to find a modernist designer and force them to do an ornate look. It may never come off well, as a project or as a relationship. Think of it like food, if you are looking for a pizza with lots of cheese, it would be good not to walk into a Chinese restaurant

If you are blank, a really good idea is to shortlist designs from houzz , pinterest or google. The images you like will appeal to you in some way and you can highlight the same. A good designer will be able to catch the cues and incorporate in a design for you. Taking from the food analogy, if you are hungry and can eat anything, you would still be able to choose vegetarian or not, spicy or not etc. Similarly, even macro choices in design , colours, are a good indication for the designer to go ahead.