What home interiors actually cost in Kolkata
A room-by-room breakdown of real 2026 numbers — what moves the price, what quietly inflates it, and where a lower quotation is hiding a downgrade.
In short
- A 2 BHK turnkey fit-out runs ₹8–11.5 lakh at Essential specification and ₹11.5–17 lakh at Premium.
- Shutter material, tall-unit storage and countertop choice move a kitchen price more than anything else.
- A quotation without per-unit sizes and material grades is not a quotation, it is a number.
Almost every interior conversation in Kolkata starts the same way: someone has three quotations, they vary by four lakh rupees, and nobody can explain why. The gap is almost never profit. It is specification — and specification is very easy to hide inside a single lump-sum figure.
Here is what the work actually costs, broken down the way we quote it, so you can hold any quotation up against it.
Full home fit-out
A turnkey fit-out covers everything between an empty flat and one you can move into: design, joinery, false ceiling, electrical and plumbing shifts, painting, flooring and the final clean.
| Flat size | Essential | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| 2 BHK (approx. 900 sq ft) | ₹8 – 11.5 lakh | ₹11.5 – 17 lakh |
| 3 BHK (approx. 1,300 sq ft) | ₹11 – 16 lakh | ₹16 – 24 lakh |
| 4 BHK / duplex | ₹18 – 26 lakh | ₹26 – 40 lakh |
Essential means laminate shutters on BWR plywood, a basic false ceiling with cove lighting, and branded soft-close hardware. Premium means acrylic or PU shutters, BWP carcasses in the wet areas, veneer feature walls and a layered lighting plan. Both are honest builds; the difference is finish, not integrity.
Room by room
Modular kitchen
A standard 8×10 ft kitchen lands between ₹1.45 and ₹2.4 lakh in laminate, and ₹2.4 to ₹4.2 lakh in acrylic or PU with tall units. Three things move that number more than anything else: shutter material, how much tall-unit storage you take, and the countertop.
Wardrobes
Wardrobes are quoted on shutter area, so ceiling height affects the total directly. Expect ₹1,300 to ₹1,800 per sq ft for laminate openable units on BWR ply, and ₹1,900 to ₹2,900 for sliding or acrylic with full internal organisation.
Living room
For a 12×16 ft living room, ₹1.8 to ₹3.2 lakh covers a TV unit, false ceiling, lighting and paint. Adding veneer panelling and a custom sofa takes it to ₹3.2 to ₹6.2 lakh.
Where a cheaper quotation is hiding something
When you are comparing quotations, the differences almost always sit in the same five places.
- Plywood grade — MR ply costs roughly 40% less than BWP and fails first at the sink.
- Edge banding — 0.8mm banding on all four sides versus 0.45mm on the two visible ones.
- Hardware — an unbranded hinge looks identical on day one and sags within two years.
- Carcass thickness — 18mm versus 16mm across an entire flat is a large, invisible saving.
- Exclusions — electrical, painting and the final clean quietly moved out of scope.
If a quotation does not state the size and material of every unit, you are not comparing prices. You are comparing guesses.
What to ask for
Ask every firm for a line-by-line quotation: each unit, its dimensions, its carcass grade, its shutter finish and its price. Any company that builds what it sells can produce that in a day. It also makes the three quotations on your table genuinely comparable, which is the entire point.
Written by
Canvas & Brick Interiors
We design, manufacture and install interiors in Kolkata from our own workshop in Rajarhat — a family timber business since 1974. Everything here is what we tell clients across the table.
