A full home interior in Pune takes ten to twelve weeks, measured from approved drawings rather than from the first conversation. A duplex runs thirteen to fifteen. A renovation with the family still living in the flat adds about two weeks. This page sets out where those weeks actually go.
Before the clock starts
Design, drawings, material selection and society paperwork happen before week one, and they typically take three to five weeks depending on how quickly decisions come back. This is the part people forget when they say a project took four months.
If you have a possession date, all of it can happen before you collect the keys. Drawings can be finalised off the builder's plan, material selected and ordered, and society registration and lift bookings started as soon as the allotment letter arrives. Families who do this start carpentry in week one. Families who start the conversation after possession routinely finish four to five weeks later for no design reason.
Weeks 1–2: demolition, civil and services
Any wall changes, then electrical and plumbing first fix. In a renovation this is also when the surprises appear — plumbing that is not where the drawing said, inadequate electrical load, a slab already chased. This is why we survey before quoting rather than after.
Nothing looks like progress in these two weeks and everything depends on them.
Weeks 3–4: ceilings and first carpentry
False ceilings go in, with the air-conditioning and lighting runs concealed. Once a ceiling closes, anything that should have been inside it is expensive to add, which is why the lighting plan is signed before this point.
Carpentry starts in parallel — carcasses built on site and fitted to actual wall dimensions.
Weeks 5–7: the bulk of the joinery
Kitchen, wardrobes, television unit, entry storage and any bespoke furniture. This is the longest stretch and the one where being able to reach the flat quickly matters, because a wall that is 20mm out needs a decision within the hour rather than next week.
Weeks 8–9: finishes
Shutters, hardware, stone counters, backsplashes, painting. Stone arriving late is the single most common cause of slippage here, which is why we identify long-lead items in week one of the design stage rather than week six of the build.
Weeks 10–11: installation and snagging
Lighting fittings, sanitary fittings, appliance installation, and then our own snag walk — we work through the list before handing it to you rather than after.
Week 12: styling and handover
Deep clean, soft furnishing, art placement, final lighting settings, handover.
The three things that actually cause delay
Late client decisions. Stone selection and the electrical layout block everything behind them. Nothing else you decide has the same effect.
Society access. A schedule that assumed unrestricted access loses a fortnight to a lift queue. We collect the rules in writing in week one and build the sequence around lift slots — see society rules for interior work.
Possession waves. When a tower hands over hundreds of flats at once, lift slots, electricians, painters and debris trucks all become scarce in the same fortnight. Being ahead of that wave is the largest single lever on your timeline.
What does not cause delay
Design complexity, in our experience, rarely does. A detailed drawing set built by carpenters on site runs to schedule more reliably than a simple one improvised in the flat, because the decisions were made on paper where they are cheap.
Related
See the six stages in detail, what to check before you start and what it costs.
To discuss a specific timeline, call Pooja Dhoot on +91 82080 93011 or Dimple Marathe on +91 88881 77217.