Why house budgets overrun — and the four places it happens
Cost overruns are rarely bad luck. They come from a vague estimate, verbal changes nobody wrote down, material that never reached the building, and the items everyone forgets to budget for.
Articles & tips
What we wish every owner knew before starting
Practical advice from 28 years on site — written for the family building one house, not for engineers.
Construction tips
Building your house
Checking cement, steel and sand as they arrive
What to look at before you sign a challan — bag weight and manufacturing date, steel diameter and brand markings, silt in river sand, and why the photograph on delivery day settles arguments months later.
How to compare three contractor quotations honestly
The lowest quotation is often the most expensive by the end. How to read a rate, what an itemised estimate should contain, and the questions that reveal whether a quotation is real.
Vastu
Vastu guidance
Vastu advice on this site is written by Saroj Kumar Panda from his own practice. Articles are being prepared and will appear here.
Deliberately not written yet. Vastu guidance is the client's own professional
expertise and reputation — it should be in his words, not invented on his behalf. Suggested
approach: he speaks the answers to five questions on WhatsApp voice notes and they are
written up for his approval. Good starting questions —
which direction should the main entrance face and why · where should the kitchen and
pooja room go · what to check in a plot before buying it · common Vastu problems in existing
houses and practical remedies · Vastu for a shop or business premises.
Nothing publishes here until he has read and approved it.