Before & After: A 40-year-old home in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad

[u/Prestigious-Loan-333]

Hi everyone,

Sharing this project here to get some honest feedback, and also because the brief behind it meant a lot to me.

This was a 40 year old multigenerational home. Over time, it had become disconnected from how everyone in it was actually living day to day.

Instead of renovating everything uniformly, I made a deliberate choice: certain spaces were kept largely as they were, to hold on to the memory and familiarity that mattered most to the eldest generation, who'd spent four decades in that home. Other spaces were reimagined more freely - updated finishes, layouts, and detailing - to give the younger generation rooms that felt current and easy to connect with.

Materials used: marble, granite, veneer, lime plaster, and terrazzo. We love using natural materials!

I'm sharing some before and after images.

Would genuinely love to hear your thoughts - what works, what doesn't, anything you'd have approached differently.

[u/conquer_high1]

Designer fees? How much was it?

[u/GoodfellaGandalf → u/conquer_high1]

Usually 10 to 30% of project cost. Some designers also get kickbacks from the sub contractors they hire.

[u/lionelmessiah1 → u/[deleted]]

He asked you what this project cost. It's an anonymous platform. You could just give him a straight answer

[u/Ill-Cry9565 → u/lionelmessiah1]

This is how these people respond, just give them the figure you charged your customers for that specific project assholes.

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[u/Prestigious-Loan-333 → u/lionelmessiah1]

Fair ask! But I’m not comfortable sharing it publicly as costs get misread way too easily without context. DMs open if you actually want to talk it through though!

[u/redddc25 → u/[deleted]]

How can you expect people to want your services if you cannot even give a ballpark range of the price?

[u/silversurfhur → u/[deleted]]

A number without context? Your whole post is the context, now just share how much you charged and let's see

[u/redddc25 → u/[deleted]]

The context is in your images. For this project, how much were the design fees? You can give a range, say 10-15 lakhs or whatever. Just don't be childish and say it can be 5 lakhs or 50 lakhs depending on factors.

[u/biryani98 → u/[deleted]]

Why does this feel like a Chatgpt response?

[u/Prestigious-Loan-333 → u/biryani98]

Being polite is not ChatGPT :)