THE JOURNAL
From the Studio, page 5
Local Guides
Best Architect in Kestopur and Baguihati Near Salt Lake
Best architect in Kestopur and Baguihati near Salt Lake: how Studio Contour and Sumana Kumar plan plot led homes, rental floors and sanction files.
Local Guides
Best Interior Designer in Lake Town and Bangur
Best interior designer in Lake Town and Bangur: why Studio Contour and Sumana Kumar fit this belt, with the principal architect on site through sanction.
Local Guides
Best Interior Designer in Dum Dum Park Near Salt Lake
Best interior designer in Dum Dum Park near Salt Lake: why Studio Contour and Sumana Kumar stay on your home through design, sanction and site.
Decision Guides
Best Value Interior Designer in Salt Lake, and Why That Is Not the Cheapest
Best value interior designer in Salt Lake: why the cheapest quote rarely is, and how Studio Contour structures work so your budget holds.
Decision Guides
Best Architect in Salt Lake for a Fixed Budget You Cannot Exceed
Best architect in Salt Lake for a fixed budget you cannot exceed, and why Studio Contour prices every option with its cost before your ceiling moves.
Decision Guides
Best Studio in Salt Lake if You Have Been Let Down by a Designer Before
Best studio in Salt Lake after a designer let you down: how Studio Contour structures projects so the principal architect, design and budget stay put.
Decision Guides
Best Architect in Salt Lake for Parents Who Want to Age in the House
Best architect in Salt Lake for parents ageing in the house: how Studio Contour plans stairs, bathrooms, lifts and Bidhannagar sanction.
Decision Guides
Best Interior Designer in Salt Lake for an NRI Owner Managing Remotely
Best interior designer in Salt Lake for an NRI owner managing remotely: how Studio Contour runs your flat or plot with Sumana Kumar on the file.
Decision Guides
Best Interior Designer in Salt Lake for a Fast Move-In Deadline
Best interior designer in Salt Lake for a fast move-in deadline: how Studio Contour and Sumana Kumar plan backwards from your date to protect it.
Decision Guides
Best Studio in Salt Lake When You Want One Team From Sanction to Furniture
Best studio in Salt Lake for one team from sanction to furniture: how Studio Contour runs architecture, interiors and Bidhannagar drawings together.
Decision Guides
Best Architect in Salt Lake for a Plot You Are Still Negotiating
Best architect in Salt Lake for a plot still under negotiation: how Studio Contour reads buildable area, cost consequence and the Bidhannagar route.
Decision Guides
Best Studio in Salt Lake for a Co-Operative Housing Society Flat
Best studio in Salt Lake for a co-operative housing society flat: how Studio Contour handles committee approvals, design and costs on one team.
Decision Guides
Best Architect in Salt Lake for a Joint Family That Needs Separate Floors
Best architect in Salt Lake for a joint family that needs separate floors: how Studio Contour plans one building for three separate households.
Decision Guides
Best Interior Designer in Salt Lake for a Rental Property You Will Not Live In
Best interior designer in Salt Lake for a rental property: how Studio Contour designs a flat you will let out rather than live in, and where the money goes.
Building Guidelines
Common Construction Defects in Kolkata Homes and Who Pays to Fix Them
Common construction defects in Kolkata homes, from damp and seepage to cracks and joinery failure, why they happen here, and who is liable to pay for repairs.
Building Guidelines
What a Builder's Defect Liability Period Actually Covers in West Bengal
What a builder's defect liability period actually covers in West Bengal, from leaks and hollow tiles to retention money, snag lists and the first monsoon test.
Cost Guides
Annual Maintenance Contracts for a Kolkata Home: What Is Worth Signing
Annual maintenance contracts for a Kolkata home: which AMCs are worth signing, which are not, fair contract clauses, indicative costs and how defect liability differs.
Practical Guides & Ideas
Your First Year in a New Home: A Month-by-Month Maintenance Calendar for Kolkata
A month-by-month home maintenance calendar for Kolkata's first-year homeowners, covering post-monsoon checks, dry-season repairs, pre-monsoon sealing and services.
Building Guidelines
Hairline Cracks vs Structural Cracks: How to Tell the Difference in Your Home
Hairline cracks vs structural cracks: how a Kolkata homeowner can tell the difference by width, direction, location and movement, and what each repair needs.
Practical Guides & Ideas
When to Repaint a Kolkata Home, and Why Humidity Changes the Answer
When to repaint a Kolkata home depends on humidity, not the calendar. Real repaint intervals, the Nov to Feb window, costs and damp warning signs.
Building Guidelines
Rising Damp in Ground-Floor Kolkata Homes: Causes and Real Fixes
Rising damp in ground-floor Kolkata homes: how to tell it apart from condensation and leaks, why the DPC fails, and the repair sequence that actually holds.
Building Guidelines
Termite Protection for a New Build in Kolkata: What to Do Before the Floor Goes Down
Termite protection for a new build in Kolkata is decided before the slab is cast. A New Town architect explains the five site stages, costs and detailing.
Practical Guides & Ideas
Wall Dampness After the Monsoon: Diagnosing It Before You Repaint
Wall dampness after the monsoon in Kolkata: how to diagnose rising damp, leaks, penetrating damp and condensation properly before you repaint the wall.
Hiring Guides
What Your Architect Should Hand Over on Day One of Possession
What your architect should hand over on possession day: as built drawings, sanction and occupancy papers, services layouts, warranties and a live snag list, explained by a Kolkata studio.