In my early years in the business, I got a panicked call from a client whose house we’d completed two years earlier. Their borewell had run dry, and they were spending exorbitant amounts a month on tanker water. “Why didn’t you tell us this would happen?” they asked. The truth is, I had suggested water […]
Every client asks this question, and I hate giving the answer. BBMP says 30-45 days. Reality? I tell clients to plan for 3-4 months if everything goes perfectly. Six months if there are any hiccups. Last week, I had to call a client whose approval was entering its fifth month to explain why their construction […]
“Can you match this 2020 estimate?” I get this question twice a week. A client walks in with a dog-eared printout from five years ago, hoping I can magically make today’s construction costs disappear. I can’t. And neither can anyone else who’s being honest with you. The Conversation I Had Yesterday A young couple came […]
I’ve been in architecture for over twenty three years, and I’ve seen too many projects derail during the handoff between design and construction. You know the story: the architect creates beautiful drawings, the contractor interprets them differently, and suddenly your vision becomes a compromise. That’s exactly why we built DS2 around the design-build model. The […]
