In this guide — 6 sections
Buildiyo’s Architectural package is priced at ₹53 per sq.ft of built-up area. It covers the full design set — plans, all four elevations with sections, 3D views, approval drawings with liaison, unlimited design-stage revisions and four site visits. The deliverable that matters most: a complete structural set with bar bending schedule. That is the point where an architecture package becomes buildable on its own.
Architecture packages are usually compared on how much design they include. The more useful question is different: at what point does the set become enough to build from? For most homeowners, that threshold is what separates a design service from a complete one. To discuss your project, Buildiyo is on +91 70921 66366, +91 70921 66266 and +91 70921 66177.
₹53 per sq.ft is Buildiyo’s stated package price for the Architectural package. It is not a universal market rate for Chennai, and fees charged by other practices will differ. Final pricing and scope depend on built-up area, number of floors, design complexity and the applicable package terms. Confirm current pricing and the exact deliverables list before engaging.
What a Complete Package Is, and when it becomes buildable
A complete architecture package covers the full design set for a house in one engagement, priced at a single rate against built-up area rather than as separate commissions for each drawing type. It typically spans design development, floor plans, elevations and sections, 3D visualisation, structural coordination and approval drawings. What distinguishes it from a collection of services is that one team is responsible for making all of those drawings agree with one another.
A house cannot be built from architectural drawings alone. Something has to size the foundations, fix the column grid and specify the reinforcement in each slab — and that is structural design, a separate discipline from architecture.
Lower-priced packages typically stop before that point. An entry-level drawing set gives you layout and elevation, with structural work engaged separately. The mid-tier adds visualisation and approval drawings but may still leave structural outside the scope. So the package tiers are not simply more design for more money — there is a specific line where the set stops being a design deliverable and starts being a construction set.
If you want a single item to check when comparing architecture packages, make it the bar bending schedule. It is the document that tells a steel fixer exactly how to cut and bend every bar, and it only exists where structural design has genuinely been done. A package listing “working drawings” may mean detailed architectural drawings; a package listing a complete structural set with bar bending schedule has crossed into engineering. At ₹53 per sq.ft that item is included — which is what makes this tier the first that does not require structural design to be commissioned separately.
What You Get at ₹53 per sq.ft
Per the current specification published on the packages page. Scope may be revised alongside pricing, so confirm before engaging.
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| Deliverable | What it covers | In this package? |
|---|---|---|
| Floor plans | Plans for each level of the house | Included |
| Elevations | All four faces, with sections and a material schedule | Included |
| 3D visualisation | Three exterior views plus key interiors | Included |
| Structural drawings | Complete set with bar bending schedule | Included |
| Approval drawings | Submission set with liaison support | Included |
| Design revisions | Unlimited during the design stage | Included |
| Site visits | Four, at key construction stages | Included |
| Vastu guidance | Room-level | Included |
| Drawing format | PDF and editable DWG files | Included |
| Electrical and plumbing layouts | Point positions, circuits, supply and drainage | Not stated — confirm |
Two entries deserve a second look. The DWG format means you receive editable drawing files, not just PDFs — so the set can be handed to another consultant later without being redrawn, which matters more than it sounds. And electrical and plumbing layouts are not clearly stated in the current specification, so ask specifically whether they are covered.
Ask Whether the Bar Bending Schedule Is Included
It only exists where structural design has genuinely been done. “Working drawings” may mean detailed architectural drawings; a bar bending schedule has crossed into engineering.
How the Package Supports the whole house
A home architecture package earns its name by covering every drawing the house needs, not just the ones the owner can picture.
Layout and space planning
Floor plans settle room sizes, circulation and how the house works day to day — the drawing everything else follows. More on this at house floor plan design.
Exterior and materials
All four elevations with sections and a material schedule, rather than just the front face. The schedule matters: it turns the elevation from a picture into a specification. See house elevation design for how elevations are developed.
Visualisation before commitment
Three exterior views plus key interiors is enough to judge both the outside and the main internal spaces before anything is priced — a meaningful step up from a single exterior view. Our 3D architectural rendering services page covers visualisation in more depth.
Structure and construction readiness
The complete structural set with bar bending schedule is what allows construction to proceed from the drawings rather than from judgement on site. See structural design and drawings for what that set covers.
Complete Package vs individual design services
Both routes are legitimate. The difference is less about cost than about who holds the coordination risk — which is what the final row states plainly.
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| Aspect | Complete package | Separate services |
|---|---|---|
| Coordination | One team reconciles the drawings | You reconcile them, or nobody does |
| Cost basis | One rate against built-up area | Separate fees, separately negotiated |
| Accountability | One party answerable for the set | Each consultant answerable for their part |
| Revisions | Governed by one agreement | Negotiated separately with each |
| Timeline | Sequenced within one programme | Depends on each consultant’s availability |
| Flexibility | Tier scope plus priced variations | Fully bespoke, if you can manage it |
| Who carries the risk | The practice | Usually the homeowner |
That last row is the real argument, and it is worth being direct about. With separate engagements, somebody has to reconcile the architect’s drawings with the structural engineer’s — to check that a beam does not land where a window was drawn. On most residential projects, that person ends up being the homeowner, who is the least equipped party to do it. A package moves that responsibility to the practice.
Set the two tables against each other. The second one makes a single promise that justifies the whole format: coordination risk moves from the homeowner to the practice, because one team reconciles every drawing. Now look at the only row in the first table that is not a clean yes. Electrical and plumbing layouts are not just any missing deliverable — services are the drawings that must be reconciled hardest, against both the architecture and the structure, since a conduit cannot pass through a beam and a soil stack cannot meet a column. So an ambiguity about whether E&P sits inside the scope is not a gap in the deliverables list. It is a gap in the risk transfer itself. If services end up commissioned elsewhere, the homeowner is back to reconciling two parties — precisely the condition the package was bought to eliminate, and on the one discipline where getting it wrong means cutting something already built. That is why this particular unclear line deserves a direct question in a way no other item on the list does.
Somebody Has to Check the Beam Does Not Land Where the Window Was Drawn
With separate engagements, on most residential projects that somebody is the homeowner. A package moves it to the practice.
From Requirements to construction-ready drawings
- Share requirements and site informationFamily size, rooms, parking, future plans, plot documents and any Vastu preferences.
- Develop the layoutFloor plans for each level, refined through the design stage.
- Settle the exteriorElevations for all four faces, with sections and material selections.
- Review in 3DExterior views and key interiors, so decisions are made on what you can see rather than imagine.
- Complete the structural designFoundations, framing and reinforcement, with the bar bending schedule.
- Prepare and submit approval drawingsWith liaison support through the approval process.
- Issue the coordinated setIn PDF and DWG, checked so the drawings agree with each other before construction starts.
- Site visits at key stagesFour visits, used where being present matters — typically before work is concealed.
How to Choose the Right architecture package
- Check whether structural drawings and a bar bending schedule are included — the single most decisive item.
- Confirm how built-up area is measured, since the fee scales with it.
- Ask where unlimited revisions stops and variations begin.
- Establish how many site visits are included and at which stages.
- Confirm the file formats — editable files matter if you may change consultants.
- Ask whether electrical and plumbing layouts are covered or engaged separately.
Compare tiers on the architecture package pricing page, and speak to our architectural design services in Chennai team about which level suits your project. Once drawings exist, a BOQ estimator turns them into a construction budget.
What is a complete architecture package?
A single engagement covering the full design set for a house — floor plans, elevations, sections, 3D visualisation, structural drawings and approval drawings — priced at one rate against built-up area rather than as separate commissions. The value is that one team is responsible for making the drawings agree with each other.
What is included at ₹53 per sq.ft?
On the current specification: floor plans for each level, all four elevations with sections and a material schedule, three exterior 3D views plus key interiors, a complete structural set with bar bending schedule, approval drawings with liaison support, unlimited design-stage revisions, four site visits at key stages, room-level Vastu guidance, and drawings in both PDF and editable DWG format. This is Buildiyo’s stated package price, not a market rate.
What makes this different from the lower packages?
Structural drawings. The entry-level drawing set does not include them, and they are not clearly stated at the next tier. At this level they are included as a complete set with a bar bending schedule, which is the point where the package becomes buildable without commissioning structural design separately.
Does unlimited revisions mean unlimited changes?
It means unlimited during the design stage. Once drawings are issued and construction planning begins, changes are normally handled as variations rather than revisions. Ask where that boundary sits before you sign, since it is the practical limit on the word unlimited.
Is a package better than hiring consultants separately?
Not automatically, but it moves the coordination risk. With separate engagements, someone has to reconcile the architect’s drawings with the structural engineer’s — and on most residential projects that person ends up being the homeowner, who is least equipped for it. A package puts that responsibility with the practice.
What should I confirm before buying any architecture package?
The exact deliverables list, how built-up area is measured, how many revisions and site visits are included and where the boundary sits, the file formats you receive, what triggers additional fees, and whether electrical and plumbing layouts are covered. Get all of it in writing before engaging.
Buy the set that can be built from
Four points to close onA residential architecture package is worth judging on one question above all.
Does it produce drawings a builder can work from without anything else being commissioned?
At this tier, the complete structural set with bar bending schedule is what answers that.
Confirm the deliverables, the revision boundary and the site visits in writing, and you will know exactly what you are buying.
Find the Package That Fits Your Project
Tell us your plot details and what you want the drawings to do. We will confirm pricing for your built-up area and walk you through exactly what this package covers. Sree Narayana Complex, Velachery, Chennai 600042.
Buy the set that can be built from
A residential architecture package is worth judging on one question above all: does it produce drawings a builder can work from without anything else being commissioned? At ₹53 per sq.ft, the inclusion of a complete structural set with bar bending schedule is what answers that.
Confirm the deliverables, the revision boundary and the site visits in writing, and you will know exactly what you are buying. See how design and build connect at our house construction company in Chennai page.