Templates, checklists, calculators, and guides we use ourselves — and that we ship to every studio we work with. Free, editable, no signup.
Templates
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Calculators
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Guides
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Posts
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Templates
Editable starting points for the documents every studio re-creates from scratch.
Per-sqft rates for Essential / Premium / Luxury tiers across 1, 2, 3, and 4 BHK. Editable spreadsheet you can drop into your studio.
DownloadA starter spreadsheet that splits a project budget across standard cost heads, with editable weights per BHK type.
DownloadPrintable PDF the site engineer takes on Day 2 to record every chip, dent, and scuff in the apartment before your team touches it.
DownloadA weekly ledger to track vendor advances vs. progress so you never pay 80% for 30% completed work.
DownloadPrintable A5 page for sites that still pay labour in cash — name, days, department, amount. Photograph it weekly into your project folder.
DownloadA day-by-day printable checklist of what should happen between client sign-off and the first material PO. Pin it on your PM's wall.
DownloadCalculators
Plug-and-play tools for the moments when you need a number on the call.
Plug in your quote total, expected material cost, labour cost, and overheads to see your projected margin in real-time.
DownloadEnter a project total and BHK type and see the allocation across rooms using our default weights — overrideable.
DownloadEnter usable area and pick a city tier; get Essential / Premium / Luxury price bands instantly.
DownloadGuides & videos
When a checklist is not enough.
A 24-page guide on running a profitable studio: pricing, departments, worker cost, vendor management, and client communication.
DownloadA 6-minute walkthrough of the project page: contract, billed, collected, cost so far, and the budget by cost head.
OpenGlossary
Quick definitions for the AakarX vocabulary.
Latest reading
Short, practical writing on quoting, budgeting, and operations.
Most interior design studios lose 8–14% margin between the moment a client accepts a quote and the moment the site team starts logging spend. Here is what to fix.
ReadThere is no industry standard chart of accounts for residential interiors. Here is the 11-bucket split we have found works for studios doing 2–4 BHK projects.
ReadA working breakdown of how mid-size studios in Bengaluru, Pune, and Mumbai price a ₹35–55L 3 BHK — per-sqft rates, fixed costs, premium add-ons, and where the margin actually lives.
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