Immediately after I bought the site I had to go for an overseas assignment from the office. That was not a very long one..I came back from my assignment and then again again after an year I started thinking about construction.
The first thing was to find a reliable contractor. I contacted the same person who built my brother's house. He is a very good builder. But unfortunately he was way too busy, his business has grown and he was struggling to even reply to my emails.
So I thought if he is that busy how will he attend the work?
My next option was to check with neighbors and friends.. still some how I was not convinced.
Finally I posted a request in Sulekha.com and got some 10 calls.
My conditions were simple. I wanted some one who is an educated person and preferably not very old. The reasons are simple, it will be easy for me to interact. I believe educated people will be more reliable and a young person will be able to understand our needs easy as the wavelengths can (be made to) match.
It was from the experience of one of one of my friends friend I made these conditions.. He had a really bad experience. After the completion of the construction the contractor asked for an extra 5L. He refused to give. And on the previous night of the day he had planned to move in, the contractor got some 5 local goondas and got them to stay in the house... Imagine some goondas staying in your new dream house doing all their dirty business...I believe an educated person will never do some thing like this
And an old contractor will very rarely listen to you his mentality will be "Son I have seen 100s of houses you don't teach me!!" no offense .. but I wanted to avoid even a simple possible conflict.
How ever I spoke to some 7 of them asked for quote per unit from some 4 of them and analyzed them.
So I shortlisted my contractor Dinesh. He is a civil engineer with MBA and runs his own small company. He appeared very professional. He came for the first meeting with his laptops with pictures and details of his previous projects.
I went and saw three or four of his projects, checked the quality of construction (What I looked for is the quality of brick, the sand and finish) A couple of sites has his clients there and from the way they were interacting with him I could make out that they are happy.
So I short listed the contractor and the next thing was to sign the agreement. We had some chats around the specifications and after a few discussions we signed the construction agreement.
The first thing was to find a reliable contractor. I contacted the same person who built my brother's house. He is a very good builder. But unfortunately he was way too busy, his business has grown and he was struggling to even reply to my emails.
So I thought if he is that busy how will he attend the work?
My next option was to check with neighbors and friends.. still some how I was not convinced.
Finally I posted a request in Sulekha.com and got some 10 calls.
My conditions were simple. I wanted some one who is an educated person and preferably not very old. The reasons are simple, it will be easy for me to interact. I believe educated people will be more reliable and a young person will be able to understand our needs easy as the wavelengths can (be made to) match.
It was from the experience of one of one of my friends friend I made these conditions.. He had a really bad experience. After the completion of the construction the contractor asked for an extra 5L. He refused to give. And on the previous night of the day he had planned to move in, the contractor got some 5 local goondas and got them to stay in the house... Imagine some goondas staying in your new dream house doing all their dirty business...I believe an educated person will never do some thing like this
And an old contractor will very rarely listen to you his mentality will be "Son I have seen 100s of houses you don't teach me!!" no offense .. but I wanted to avoid even a simple possible conflict.
How ever I spoke to some 7 of them asked for quote per unit from some 4 of them and analyzed them.
So I shortlisted my contractor Dinesh. He is a civil engineer with MBA and runs his own small company. He appeared very professional. He came for the first meeting with his laptops with pictures and details of his previous projects.
I went and saw three or four of his projects, checked the quality of construction (What I looked for is the quality of brick, the sand and finish) A couple of sites has his clients there and from the way they were interacting with him I could make out that they are happy.
So I short listed the contractor and the next thing was to sign the agreement. We had some chats around the specifications and after a few discussions we signed the construction agreement.
Can you please give me the pointers to your contractor? I am planning to construct a house and i am not sure where to start looking for an honest and decent contractor who can atleast hear me? Please email to anjansaha@gmail.com, if we can talk that will be great!
ReplyDeleteMe too.. I am looking for a contractor to build a house.. my address is kodurp@gmail.com. can u please send me his/her address.
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ReplyDeleteI'm looking for a good contractor to build my house. Would you mind to share Dinesh (Contractor's) number/address please?
You can reach me at maddala76@gmail.com
Best Regards
did u get dinesh contacts?. if so, please send it to mahendrakara@gmail.com .. thx
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ReplyDeleteI have recently started construction of my house in Bangalore KRPuram. Initially i have contacted couple of contractors and finalised one among those. I have started talks with him and signed the agreement. They have promised me that starting from the bank loan approval to the woodwork, everything they will do. Once i signed the agreement, they stopped responding to me after i paid 3.5L advance.
They started work slowly (I only roamed for the bank loan approvals and nothing is done from there side). They are using chettinad cement and i found that one day (they are charging me for top grade jaypee cement) when asked the contractor about the same, they replied they dint use this for total footings.
I then faced many problems like this with them and more over they are local people. I got nothing to do. I told i will cancel the agreement. They told me that my advance amount will not be refunded and i can't cancel the agreement. I have filed a police compliant and the case is still in court (they have to still give 2.7L advance money).
I then got a contact of a A grade contractor who has done 11 5-floor appartment projects in bangalore.They have done central govt projects too. I then contacted them and initially they were hesitating as the site is smaller and finally agreed to take the construction work. All this happened in August2015 and from that day to till date, i dint have a single problem with them. I am really thankful to those who referred me this contractor. Though they are big contractors, they are very humble, good and honest. They are very flexible in materials. I have changed my tiles twice and they are fine to reduce that money from the agreement amount and allowed me to bring the own tiles i preferred. Quality is extremely good. I have visited there previous appartments and they have done a very descent job.
The reason i am putting some time to share this is, DONOT GO WITH SUCH CONTRACTORS, as i did. I have lost 2.7L amount and they are still not giving me the money and i am paying for my lawyer too. Most frustrating thing. All this is our hard earned money. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.
Go with good contractors and visit there previous projects. I got a problem with the bank in funding the loan amount in middle and this contractor helped me with this too (his frnds are DGM's of national banks). They have genuinly charged me for the material costs. This is far lesser than what agents offer to us. Since they are builders themselves in bangalore and hyderabad, they brought materials from there own construction sites.
In each and every phase they clearly told me how next phase is going to be and what all they are going to use.
Hi Kumar, I am planning to construct a home in my plot in krpuram. I need a good contractor. Can you please share your contractor details?
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