Bharat Patel
Founder, Aaditya Interior
Bharat is the founder of Aaditya Interior and leads client relationships, space planning and site execution across 180+ active projects.
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Process & Trust
Interior Design Contract: Clauses You Must Have
A fair interior design contract fixes the scope against drawings and a specification, states the price and its basis with GST shown, ties payments to verified milestones with a 5–10 per cent retention, and sets the timeline, variation process, warranty, drawing ownership, exit terms and dispute route in writing. Most disputes come from clauses that were missing, not from clauses that were broken.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Architecture & Planning
Duplex House Design Guide
A good duplex keeps living, kitchen, dining and one elders' bedroom on the ground floor and the private bedrooms upstairs, joined by a well-lit staircase of about 175 mm risers and 250–270 mm treads. On a 30 × 50 ft plot that gives a G+1 home of about 1,750 sq ft built-up, costing roughly ₹1,800–3,800 per sq ft to build (indicative October 2026).
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 32 min read
Architecture Icons
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Jaali, Ahmedabad: The Tree of Life Explained
The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad, built in 1572–73 at the close of the Gujarat Sultanate, holds the stone tree-of-life jaali that became the emblem of the city. It works because an organic pattern is laid over a disciplined structure — a trunk, a palm and branching tendrils with evenly spread openings — and that same logic is what a modern CNC or stone version must copy.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 31 min read
Materials & Finishes
Laminate Thickness: 0.8 mm vs 1 mm vs 1.5 mm
Use 1 mm decorative laminate as the default for shutters and horizontal surfaces, 0.8 mm where weight, bending or budget matter on vertical faces and as the inside liner, and 1.5 mm only for heavy-wear tops and large flat panels. Thickness buys impact resistance and flatness, not scratch resistance — and the back face must be balanced.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 24 min read
Cost Guides
Interior Design Cost in Ahmedabad (2026)
In 2026, full-home interiors in Ahmedabad cost about ₹800–1,200 per sq ft of carpet area for basic work, ₹1,200–2,000 for mid-range and ₹2,000–3,500 or more for premium — most complete homes land at ₹1,400–1,800. That puts a 1,000 sq ft 2BHK at roughly ₹12–17 lakh mid-range and a 1,250 sq ft 3BHK at ₹15.5–22.5 lakh, before loose furniture, appliances, GST and design fees.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 24 min read
Room Ideas
Double-Height Living Room Design Ideas
A double-height living room is usually 5.7–6.3 m clear and works when the plan is wide enough for the height — about 4.5 m or more across — and when the tall wall is split into a human-scale lower zone and a calmer upper zone. Plan the lighting, curtains, cooling, acoustics and maintenance access before the slab is cast, not after.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 29 min read
Heights & Depths
Bathroom Size Guide: Minimum Dimensions in India
NBC 2016 sets the legal floor — 1.1 m² for a WC, 1.8 m² for a bathroom and 2.8 m² (1.2 m wide) for a combined bath and WC, with 2.2 m clear height. Comfortable Indian bathrooms run larger: 4 × 7 ft compact, 5 × 8 ft for a good attached toilet and 6 × 9 ft or more for a master bath with a separate shower zone.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Future of Design
Virtual Reality Walkthroughs: How Clients Review Designs Before Building
A VR walkthrough places the client inside a true-scale 3D model of their home before anything is built, so heights, clearances, sight lines and proportions can be judged by standing in them rather than by reading drawings. It is the best tool for catching layout and scale mistakes early — but colours, textures and light still need physical samples and site checks.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 24 min read
Lighting
Track Lights and Magnetic Lights Guide
A track light is a mains-voltage rail you can clip adjustable heads onto; a magnetic light is a slim 48 V DC rail whose spots and linear modules snap on with magnets and can be moved at any time. Both work only when the rail sits about 600–900 mm from the wall being lit, the heads are aimed near 30° from vertical, and the driver, ceiling cavity and switching are designed before the false ceiling is closed.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 34 min read
Design Styles
Industrial Interior Design: Exposed Brick, Metal and Concrete
Industrial interior design borrows the honest materials of old factories — brick, black steel, concrete and exposed services — and works best in Indian homes as a warm industrial mix balanced with wood, textiles and plants. The details decide it: properly sealed brick or brick slips, slim powder-coated steel frames, microcement or sealed concrete, and services run neatly enough to be shown.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Process & Trust
How to Read an Interior Design Quotation
A good interior quotation is a priced specification: every line names the item, its size, the unit it is measured in, the board, finish and hardware, the quantity, the rate and the amount, with exclusions, GST and payment milestones written out. Two quotes can only be compared after they are brought to the same scope and specification — the total alone says almost nothing.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
History of Design
Gujarati Pol Houses of Ahmedabad: Architecture and Living Culture
A pol is a gated neighbourhood of narrow, deep row houses in old Ahmedabad, and each house is planned as a sequence — raised otla at the street, khadki entry, an open chowk at the centre, a semi-open parsal hall, rooms behind and a terrace on top. The plan handled heat, rain, privacy and community life at once, and its lessons still apply to flats and row houses today.
Afrin Mirza · 04 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
The People
Meet the partners
Afrin Mirza
Co-founder, Aaditya Interior
Afrin is the co-founder of Aaditya Interior, leading the design studio – materials, colour, detailing and finishing – along with the office and design team at Katargam, Surat.