45, 60 or 90 Days? How a Turnkey Interior Timeline Really Works

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Double-height living room with sectional sofa and open stair by de arté

Handover dates slip for boringly predictable reasons: a design that keeps changing, a site that is not ready, and civil work sequenced after joinery instead of before it. A turnkey timeline is mostly a discipline problem, not a manufacturing one.

Weeks one and two are measurement and design. We survey the flat after the builder handover, mark every service point — plumbing, gas, electrical, AC drain — and produce 3D layouts. Nothing goes to the factory until you sign the drawings and the finish schedule. This freeze is the single biggest predictor of an on-time handover.

Weeks three to six are production. Panels are cut on calibrated machines, edge-banded and finished in the factory, not on your floor. Running production in parallel with on-site civil work — painting, false ceiling, electrical rework — is what compresses the calendar without cutting corners.

The final two to three weeks are installation and snagging. Modular units go in first, then loose furniture, lighting and styling. We keep a written snag list open until you close it, because the last five per cent of a project is where quality is actually judged.

A 2BHK with a defined scope lands around 45 days. A 3BHK with false ceilings and a study is realistically 60. Villas with bespoke joinery, stone and imported finishes take 90 or more, and any timeline promised below these numbers usually assumes decisions you have not made yet.

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