Interior Design Cost Calculator
Home & ConstructionEstimate what interior work will cost, broken down by kitchen, wardrobes, flooring, ceiling and the rest.
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Interior quotes are hard to sanity-check because the headline number hides everything that matters. Two firms quoting the same flat can differ by 60–70%, and the gap is almost never margin — it is what "modular kitchen" or "premium finish" was taken to mean. This breaks a budget into the ten items interior work is actually made of, prices each as a range rather than a single figure, and separates material from labour, so you walk into a quotation knowing roughly where each number should land. It defaults to India, rupees and square feet, and switches to other markets, currencies and square metres when you need them.
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Features
- Item-wise breakdown: kitchen, wardrobes, flooring, false ceiling, painting, lighting, electrical, furniture, labour and miscellaneous.
- A minimum–maximum range on every line, because interior pricing genuinely is a range.
- Material cost and labour cost separated, split per item rather than by a flat percentage.
- Four quality levels — basic, standard, premium and luxury — priced side by side.
- Cost per square foot or per square metre, in the unit you work in.
- City adjustment for Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and other metros, down to tier 3 towns.
- India by default, with the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and the euro area available.
- Switch off work you are not doing — labour and contingency recalculate against the smaller scope.
- Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored.
How to use the Interior Design Cost Calculator
- 1Pick your country and city. India, rupees and square feet are the defaults; the currency and unit follow whichever market you choose.
- 2Choose the property type and configuration — 2 BHK, 3 BHK and so on in India, or bedroom count elsewhere.
- 3Enter the total area, and be consistent with whatever your quotes use — built-up area is typically 25–30% larger than carpet area.
- 4Choose a quality level, or compare all four in the panel below the result.
- 5Untick anything you are not doing, such as flooring you are keeping or a false ceiling you do not want.
- 6Read the range rather than the midpoint, then take measured quotes against a drawing.
Frequently asked questions
How much does interior design cost per square foot in India?
As a broad range, roughly ₹640–1,120 per sq ft for a basic fit-out, ₹1,100–1,930 for standard, ₹1,700–3,000 for premium and ₹2,900–5,000 for luxury, on built-up area and before city adjustment. A metro adds 15–30% and a tier 3 town takes 20% off. Those bands are wide because the specification inside each one varies enormously — the calculator splits them across ten items so you can see which part of your budget is doing the work.
What does 2 BHK interior design cost?
For a typical 1,000 sq ft 2 BHK at a standard specification and national-average rates, the estimate lands around ₹11–19 lakh, with roughly ₹15 lakh as a planning midpoint. Kitchen, wardrobes and furniture between them account for over half of it. A basic fit-out on the same flat comes to about ₹7–11 lakh, and premium to about ₹17–30 lakh.
What affects interior design costs the most?
Five things, in rough order. Material specification is the largest — laminate against acrylic against veneer changes joinery cost more than anything else. Then the amount of built-in joinery, since carpentry is the most expensive square footage in a home. Then city, which moves labour rates 20–30% between a metro and a small town. Then the quality of hardware, which is invisible in a photograph and decides whether a drawer still closes properly in eight years. And finally design complexity — curves, false ceiling profiles and anything non-standard is priced as bespoke work.
Why is the estimate shown as a range instead of one number?
Because a single number would be false precision. The same brief quoted by two competent firms routinely differs by 60–70%, and both can be honest quotes — the words in them cover very different material. A range tells you where to expect a quote to fall, and a quote outside it is worth asking about rather than assuming is wrong.
Does this include civil work, plumbing and painting the exterior?
Painting inside is included. Civil and structural work, plumbing relocation, waterproofing, statutory approvals, society deposits and design fees charged separately are not — those belong to construction rather than interiors. For the build itself, use the House Construction Cost Calculator.
Is labour included in the estimate?
Yes, in two places. Each item rate already contains the labour to install it, which is why the material and labour split is calculated per item — painting is around 60% labour while furniture is around 15%. On top of that there is a separate 12% line for site labour and supervision that item rates do not cover. The result is usually around 35% labour overall.
Can I use this outside India?
Yes. The calculator carries rate books for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the euro area alongside India, each in its own currency and quoted in the unit that market uses — per square foot in India, the US and Canada, per square metre in the UK, Australia and Europe. Changing country switches the currency, the unit and the terminology together, and converts the area you have already entered rather than reinterpreting it.
How accurate is this estimate?
It is a budgeting tool, not a quotation. It is built to get you into the right bracket before you start talking to firms, and to show you which items deserve scrutiny. Actual cost depends on the drawing, the brands specified, the condition of the site and how much existing work is reused — none of which a calculator can see. Take measured quotes against a drawing before committing.