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title: "Office interiors in Bengaluru: what a new office costs per seat, how long it takes and what the lease asks"
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# Setting up a new office in Bengaluru: what the interiors cost, and what the lease asks of you

An office lease runs for years, and the interiors are paid for up front. We read the published rates and work plans of Bengaluru fit-out firms, a developer's and a property consultant's lease terms, registered Bengaluru leases and the tax and fire rules, and the 3 requests people in Bengaluru sent mytribe about commercial interiors or an office cabin. It answers what an office costs per seat, how long it takes, and what the landlord and the building will ask of you.

A 30-seat office, start to finish · Fit-out firms' published rates · Page updated 26 Oct 2026, prices dated in Sources

Prices are fit-out firms', a co-working operator's and three tribe-approved providers' own, read or given in 2026. Every rupee figure for the example office is our sum of those rates, and where we priced something from its parts it says our estimate, so check every price when you ask for quotes.

## Q1. How much do office interiors cost in Bengaluru, per sq ft and per seat?

**A plain office for 30 people in 2,500 sq ft comes to about ₹66 to ₹82 lakh all in, about ₹2.2 to ₹2.7 lakh a seat (our sum). That's a design-and-build firm's quote of about ₹45 lakh, plus the meeting tables, sofas and storage, a 10% buffer and 18% GST. The deposit for the lease comes on top.** The cheapest way is a floor where the landlord has already laid the flooring and put in the AC, with ready-made desks: about ₹12 to ₹27 lakh not counting GST, with no cabins or reception (our estimate). Premium finishes start around ₹95 lakh not counting GST.

**One 30-seat office at each budget**

The same spot at each step, from as it is up: each step's price, what it adds and its picture.

- **As handed over:** A bare shell: concrete floor, the bare ceiling slab, a few loose wires, no AC. This is what many landlords hand over. ![An illustration of an empty office floor in Bengaluru as a bare shell: bare concrete floor and ceiling slab, a bare bulb, plain grey walls and a long row of windows](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-0-base-ff5298d89c.png)
- **Warm shell (About ₹12 to ₹27 lakh not counting GST, ₹40,000 to ₹88,000 a seat (our estimate)):** The landlord has laid the floor and put in the AC. You add 30 ready-made desks, chairs, the cabling, and power points and lights. No cabins, no reception, nothing on the walls. If the shell has no ceiling and you want one, add about ₹3 to ₹4.5 lakh. Our estimate from a furniture maker's desk prices and a fit-out firm's basic rates. ![The same floor as a warm shell with a light grey vinyl floor, a white grid ceiling with panel lights and cassette AC units, and two long rows of plain white desks with black mesh chairs](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-1-warm-shell-ready-desks-2ed050f173.png) Pick id: `spot:one-30-seat-office-at-each-budget:warm-shell`.
- **Basic (About ₹40 to ₹50 lakh quoted, ₹2.2 to ₹2.7 lakh a seat all in):** A gypsum ceiling, partitions for one cabin and a small meeting room, laminate workstations and a plain reception counter. That's a design-and-build firm's quote; a designer and your own contractor come to about the same (question 2). Flipspaces' Bengaluru basic, ₹1,600 to ₹2,000 a sq ft, includes standard partitions and a reception. At Design Arc (₹1,800 to ₹2,000) glass partitions are in its mid level. ![An illustration of the same office floor with basic interiors: a white gypsum ceiling with round lights, a small glass cabin and a frosted meeting room at the far end, laminate workstations with low screens and black mesh chairs, a plain white reception counter](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-2-basic-interiors-28d3b51a90.png) Pick id: `spot:one-30-seat-office-at-each-budget:basic`.
- **Mid (About ₹50 to ₹87 lakh quoted, ₹1.7 to ₹2.9 lakh a seat):** Carpet tiles, glass meeting rooms, acoustic panels, a feature wall at reception, pendant lights over the desks, better chairs and a breakout corner. Design Arc's and Flipspaces' mid rates, ₹2,000 to ₹3,500 a sq ft. ![The same floor with mid-level interiors: blue-grey carpet tiles, a teal feature wall at reception, grey acoustic panels on the left wall, copper pendant lights over the workstations and two armchairs by the window](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-3-mid-interiors-f19343649f.png) Pick id: `spot:one-30-seat-office-at-each-budget:mid`.
- **Premium (About ₹95 lakh to ₹1.75 crore quoted, ₹3.2 to ₹5.8 lakh a seat):** A wood floor, a timber slat ceiling with lights built in, bespoke desks with upholstered chairs, a stone reception desk and big plants. Flipspaces' premium rate, ₹3,800 to ₹7,000 a sq ft and up. ![The same floor with premium interiors: a warm wood plank floor, a timber slat ceiling with linear lights, wooden workstations with high-back chairs, a stone-topped reception desk lit from below and tall plants](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-4-premium-interiors-83c5456745.png) Pick id: `spot:one-30-seat-office-at-each-budget:premium`.

Drawn by mytribe to show what each budget buys on the same 2,500 sq ft floor. Not to scale, not a quote, not any firm's work. The firms' rates don't say whether GST is in; a fit-out contract carries 18%, and question 1's bill shows a quote all in. Photos: Illustration by mytribe.

**A quote is only part of the bill.** A firm quotes for the build. If yours leaves out the meeting tables, sofas and storage, they come on top, with a buffer for changes and 18% GST on all of it. One Bengaluru firm's own sample budgets add them this way:

**What a ₹45 lakh quote for 2,500 sq ft becomes all in**

| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| The quote (A design-and-build firm's basic rate for 2,500 sq ft, furniture for the desks in) | ₹45,00,000 |
| Loose furniture (Meeting tables, sofas, storage: ₹250 to ₹800 a sq ft, outside one Bengaluru firm's headline rate) | ₹6,25,000 to ₹20,00,000 |
| A 10% buffer for changes (The same firm builds 10% into its budgets) | ₹4,50,000 |
| GST at 18% (On the quote, the furniture and the buffer, as that firm's sample budgets do) | ₹10,03,500 to ₹12,51,000 |
| **Works out to about** | **₹65,78,500 to ₹82,01,000** |

Our sum: 46% to 82% more than the quote, about ₹2.2 to ₹2.7 lakh a seat. A project manager, if you hire one, is 3% to 8% more (question 6).

**What you pay out before you move in** is about ₹79 lakh to ₹1.1 crore (our sum): the interiors all in, the lease deposit (₹12.5 to ₹25 lakh on a rent of ₹2.5 lakh a month, question 5) and the building's work deposit (₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh, question 8). You get the two deposits back when you leave.

**The price moves with what people see and sit on.** One Bengaluru firm prints both its levels line by line. About half the gap between them is the floor, the desks, the cabins and the chairs. Its basic lines add up to ₹42 to ₹70 lakh, more than the two firms above. Rates differ from firm to firm, so get three quotes.

| Line | Basic | Premium | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | ₹180 to ₹280 | ₹500 to ₹1,200 | Vinyl or builder-grade tile, against engineered wood or vinyl plank |
| Workstations | ₹250 to ₹400 | ₹500 to ₹1,000 | ₹18,000 to ₹25,000 a desk, against ₹35,000 to ₹55,000 |
| Cabins and partitions | ₹200 to ₹350 | ₹500 to ₹900 | More glass and better frames |
| Chairs | ₹80 to ₹160 | ₹300 to ₹600 | Better chairs |
| The other eight lines | ₹980 to ₹1,600 | ₹2,170 to ₹3,800 | Civil work, ceiling, lights, AC, fire, cabling, pantry and washrooms, design and project management. A gypsum ceiling and split AC, against custom ceilings, imported veneers and built-in AV |
| The whole office | ₹1,690 to ₹2,790 | ₹3,970 to ₹7,500 | ₹42 to ₹70 lakh for 2,500 sq ft, against ₹99 lakh to ₹1.9 crore at this firm (our sums) |

One Bengaluru fit-out firm's rates per sq ft, April 2026

**A tech park floor costs more.** The same firm puts Electronic City and BTM at ₹1,600 to ₹3,200 a sq ft, Whitefield, ORR and Manyata at ₹2,200 to ₹4,500, and MG Road at ₹2,800 to ₹5,500. Colliers' Bangalore page gives ₹3,500 to ₹5,000 a sq ft for a Class A office with its furniture, and Cushman and Wakefield ₹6,027 for a collaborative hybrid workplace.

**GST is 18%, and you may not get it back.** It's charged on a fit-out contract and on a designer's fee. The GST law blocks the credit on work that builds or renovates a building on your own account. The Supreme Court said in October 2024 that a building can count as plant case by case. We found no ruling on a tenant's office. Ask your CA before you sign.

**Firms quote per sq ft of carpet area,** the floor you actually use. Rent is often charged on a bigger area (question 4), so don't multiply a firm's rate by the area on your lease.

**How big is your team?**

- **Under 10** (500 to 1,000 sq ft): **At 50 to 100 sq ft a seat, that's about 500 to 1,000 sq ft.** Most teams this size take co-working desks (question 4), or have a local carpenter and electrician do a simple office from a drawing (question 6). Ask any firm for one fixed price for the whole job.
- **About 30** (About 2,500 sq ft): **The numbers on this page are worked for you: 2,500 sq ft, 30 seats.** A basic office is about ₹66 to ₹82 lakh all in, and the deposit ₹12.5 to ₹25 lakh (question 5).
- **60 to 150** (5,000 to 15,000 sq ft): **Usually a tech park floor, with its fit-out manual, approval and deposit (question 8).** Colliers puts a Class A office at ₹3,500 to ₹5,000 a sq ft with furniture. A project manager on your side is worth the 3% to 8% at this size (question 6). Plan on 14 to 18 weeks from signing (question 7).
- **300 seats** (A capability centre): **Cushman and Wakefield puts a collaborative hybrid workplace in Bengaluru at ₹6,027 a sq ft (March 2026).** Colliers' rough estimate for 20,000 sq ft of Class A space is 20 to 30 weeks from the start of work to moving in. Ask three firms to price the same line list (question 9).

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**Source of this answer:** fit-out firms' own rates and budget lines, a furniture maker's guide, and a property consultant's guide, 2026. Every figure for 2,500 sq ft or 30 seats is our sum.

- [Design Arc](https://designarcinteriors.com/service/commercial-interior-designers-in-bangalore/): office interiors ₹1,800 to ₹2,000 a sq ft basic (space planning, standard laminates, modular workstations, basic false ceiling, lighting, flooring), ₹2,000 to ₹2,600 mid. Its own page, undated, read 26 October 2026. It doesn't say whether chairs, AC or GST are in.
- [Flipspaces](https://flipspaces.com/office-interior-cost-india-city-wise/): Bengaluru ₹1,600 to ₹2,000 basic, ₹2,200 to ₹3,500 mid, ₹3,800 to ₹7,000 and up premium, per sq ft of carpet area, including design, civil, MEP, furniture and project management. Its own cost guide, 8 July 2026.
- [Nextura Interiors](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/office-interior-design-company-bangalore.html), a Bengaluru fit-out firm: the twelve-line basic and premium table; a startup office under 3,000 sq ft at ₹1,500 to ₹2,500 for 30 to 60 seats; ₹900 to ₹1,200 with a local contractor, basic finishes and you running it; loose furniture ₹250 to ₹800 a sq ft outside its headline rate; a 10% contingency in its budgets; rates by area. Its own page, last updated April 2026. Its premium lines add to ₹3,970 at the low end, and the page prints ₹4,168; we use the lines.
- [Monarch Ergo](https://www.monarchergo.com/blog/How-to-Choose-the-Right-Office-Workstation-in-Bangalore): workstations ₹8,000 to ₹35,000 or more a seat in Bengaluru (₹8,000 to ₹30,000 in its FAQ). A furniture maker's guide, 15 May 2026.
- Warm shell step, our estimate: 30 desks at ₹8,000 to ₹35,000 (₹2.4 to ₹10.5 lakh), chairs at ₹80 to ₹160 a sq ft (₹2 to ₹4 lakh), cabling at ₹120 to ₹200 (₹3 to ₹5 lakh) and power points and lights at ₹180 to ₹280 (₹4.5 to ₹7 lakh), the last three Nextura's basic rates; a false ceiling at its ₹120 to ₹180 a sq ft is ₹3 to ₹4.5 lakh. Neither source says whether GST is in. If the shell already has lights, it's less.
- The bill: GST at 18% on the quote, the loose furniture and the 10% contingency, the way Nextura's own sample budgets add it; Nextura also says its own all-in runs about 20% to 25% over its headline rate. Money out before moving in: ₹66 to ₹82 lakh plus the lease deposit (₹12.5 to ₹25 lakh) and the work deposit (₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh), our sum.
- [Colliers' Bangalore occupier page](https://globaloccupier.colliers.com/?p=108): total fit-out ₹3,500 to ₹5,000 a sq ft for a Class A office, including design, construction, furniture and fixtures. Read 26 October 2026, undated.
- [Cushman and Wakefield](https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/india/insights/office-fit-out-cost-guide): ₹6,027 a sq ft for a collaborative hybrid workplace in Bengaluru. Its fit-out cost guide, March 2026.
- GST: section 17(5)(c) and (d) of the CGST Act; the Supreme Court in Safari Retreats, 3 October 2024; a Gujarat advance ruling of 3 November 2025, for one company, blocked the credit on rent for land leased to build a factory, including rent tied to repairs and renovation, reported by [LiveLaw](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/tax-cases/itc-of-gst-on-leasehold-rights-by-tata-subsidiary-for-manufacturing-batteries-both-pre-post-construction-inadmissible-gujarat-aar-309966), 14 November 2025; it is not about a contractor's bill for a fit-out. A designer's fee is SAC 998391 at 18%, per [an accounting-software explainer](https://busy.in/sac-code-998391/).
- [Colliers](https://globaloccupier.colliers.com/?p=108): 20 to 30 weeks from the start of work to moving in, for 20,000 sq ft of Class A space, a rough estimate. Its Bangalore occupier page, read 26 October 2026.

## Q2. Is a design-and-build firm more expensive than a designer and your own contractor?

**Not by much, once both cover the same job. For the same basic 2,500 sq ft office with desks and chairs, a designer plus your own contractor comes to about ₹29 to ₹53 lakh, and a design-and-build firm about ₹40 to ₹50 lakh (our estimate, not counting GST). The two ranges overlap.** The firm's price also gets you one contract, and the firm runs the trades and answers for the delays. Go your own way and that job is yours.

**A designer and your own contractor, About ₹29 to ₹53 lakh**
- A designer's drawings, ₹2.5 to ₹8.75 lakh
- A local contractor builds it, ₹22.5 to ₹30 lakh
- You buy the desks and chairs, ₹4.4 to ₹14.5 lakh
- You chase the trades, and the delays are yours
![An illustration of a basic office being built: a carpenter cutting laminate on a trestle, an electrician on a ladder at the ceiling, and the founder in the middle on her phone holding a floor plan](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/pair-own-contractor-8edb589ea6.png) Picture: Illustration by mytribe.

**A design-and-build firm, About ₹40 to ₹50 lakh**
- Drawings and a 3D view before work starts
- The build, by trades it lines up
- Workstations in the price; ask about chairs
- A project manager runs it, and one contract answers for delays
![An illustration of the same kind of basic office finished, a site supervisor holding a snag list, and rolled drawings and a laptop with a 3D view of the office on a desk](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/pair-design-build-ca944c0165.png) Picture: Illustration by mytribe.

Our estimate for the same basic 2,500 sq ft office with desks and chairs, not counting GST. Pictures drawn by mytribe, not any firm's work.

**Where you land in your own range** depends on the designer and the desks. A low-cost designer and ready-made desks put you near ₹29 lakh, below the firm, but a top designer and good desks put you above it.

- **What the firm's price carries:** the design and a project manager (one Bengaluru firm prices that line at ₹80 to ₹140 a sq ft, ₹2 to ₹3.5 lakh here), the workstations, the 8 to 12 trades it lines up, its margin, and support after handover.
- **Going your own way** costs you the days on site, and there's nobody else to answer when it runs late.

**If two firms quote the same scope at very different prices,** the gap is usually in what's left out or in the brands. Line the quotes up as question 9 says.

**Source of this answer:** fit-out firms' own rates and one firm's design and project management line, 2026. Both sides are our estimate.

- Your own route: a local contractor at ₹900 to ₹1,200 a sq ft, basic finishes and you running it, [Nextura Interiors](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/office-interior-design-company-bangalore.html), April 2026, ₹22.5 to ₹30 lakh; a designer at ₹100 to ₹350 a sq ft, [Uniworks Designs](https://www.uniworksdesigns.com/post/office-interior-design-cost-india), ₹2.5 to ₹8.75 lakh; 30 desks at ₹8,000 to ₹35,000, [Monarch Ergo](https://www.monarchergo.com/blog/How-to-Choose-the-Right-Office-Workstation-in-Bangalore), ₹2.4 to ₹10.5 lakh; chairs at Nextura's ₹80 to ₹160 a sq ft, ₹2 to ₹4 lakh. ₹29 to ₹53 lakh, our sum. The contractor figure is a design-and-build firm's, and doesn't say what it includes.
- A design-and-build firm: basic rates of ₹1,800 to ₹2,000 (Design Arc) and ₹1,600 to ₹2,000 (Flipspaces, including furniture and project management), ₹40 to ₹50 lakh on 2,500 sq ft, our sum. Design Arc lists one in-house team, 3D visuals before work and support after the project.
- Design and project management: ₹80 to ₹140 a sq ft basic, Nextura's line. A Bengaluru fit-out uses 8 to 12 subcontractors, [Nextura's project management page](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/project-management-consulting-company-bangalore.html).

## Q3. Can I rent an office that's already fitted out, and what does it cost?

**Yes. A developer's guide says some floors come fully fitted, IT and furniture included, ready in one or two weeks, with the interiors paid for through the rent. Nobody publishes the extra rent, so judge an offer like this: a basic office at ₹66 to ₹82 lakh all in, spread over five years, works out to about ₹44 to ₹55 a sq ft a month (our sum).** If the fitted floor costs less than that over the bare rent, it beats doing it yourself.

**Ask the landlord the rent for the same floor bare and fitted.** If the fitted floor is ₹35 a sq ft more, it's cheaper than doing a basic office yourself over five years. If it's ₹65 more, it isn't.

- **Leaving early changes the sum.** If you leave at the end of a three-year lock-in, the same fit-out works out to ₹73 to ₹91 a sq ft a month, so a fitted floor looks better still.
- **You don't pick the layout.** Count the desks, cabins and meeting rooms against your team before you sign.
- **Taking over the last tenant's interiors.** Nobody publishes a price. Ask the landlord whether you pay for them, get their state in writing, and ask who strips them out when you leave (question 5).

**Source of this answer:** a developer's guide to fitted and unfitted space, and our sum from question 1's all-in figure.

- [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/office-fit-out-vs-ready-to-occupy): a ready-to-occupy office is fully fitted with IT, set up in 1 to 2 weeks against 1 to 3 months for space you fit out, with the fit-out cost included in the rental. A developer's own guide, 11 June 2025. No rupee figure.
- Our sum: ₹66 to ₹82 lakh all in, over 60 months on 2,500 sq ft, is ₹44 to ₹55 a sq ft a month; over 36 months, ₹73 to ₹91.
- We found no landlord's or consultant's page that prints the rent for a fitted floor against a bare one in Bengaluru.

## Q4. Should a 30-person startup take co-working or a managed office instead of doing its own interiors?

**Co-working desks cost less each month: 30 fixed desks at Innov8's Bengaluru centres are ₹1.65 to ₹3.15 lakh a month. Your own 2,500 sq ft, with the interiors spread over five years, is about ₹3.6 to ₹3.9 lakh a month before power, internet, cleaning and the building's maintenance charge (our estimate), plus a deposit of ₹12.5 to ₹25 lakh (question 5).** If you might shrink or double in the next two years, take desks.

**Co-working desks, ₹1.65 to ₹3.15 lakh a month**
- 30 fixed desks at ₹5,499 to ₹10,499 each
- Internet, AC and housekeeping in, its page says
- Deposit and lock-in: not on its page, so ask
- The operator fixes the AC
- A shared floor in the operator's look
![An illustration of a co-working floor in a Bengaluru tech park: rows of dedicated desks with mesh chairs, a team at work, a coffee counter and glass phone booths](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/coworking-desks-13af07f68f.png) Picture: Illustration by mytribe.

**Your own office, About ₹3.6 to ₹3.9 lakh a month**
- Rent ₹2.5 lakh, plus the interiors spread over five years
- Power, internet, cleaning and maintenance on top
- A ₹12.5 to ₹25 lakh deposit, and the interiors up front
- Often a three-year lock-in (question 5)
- Your layout and your brand
![An illustration of the same office floor with basic interiors: a white gypsum ceiling with round lights, a small glass cabin and a frosted meeting room at the far end, laminate workstations with low screens and black mesh chairs, a plain white reception counter](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/office-budgets-2-basic-interiors-28d3b51a90.png) Picture: Illustration by mytribe.

Co-working is Innov8's own prices at its five Bengaluru centres. Your own office is our estimate for 2,500 sq ft at ₹100 a sq ft. Pictures drawn by mytribe.

**When your own office wins on money.** Against the most expensive desks, only if the rent is under about ₹70 to ₹80 a sq ft, you stay the full five years, and power and upkeep are cheap. Against the cheapest desks it would need rent under about ₹11 to ₹22, so desks win there.

- **The rent may be on a bigger area.** In Apple's Bengaluru lease, reported in 2025, the area the rent was charged on was 37% bigger than the carpet, and Colliers' Bangalore page puts the gap at 30% to 40% of the rent area. That makes the rent alone about ₹3.4 to ₹4.2 lakh, plus 18% GST, which a GST-registered company can usually claim back.
- **₹100 a sq ft is a Grade A rent.** If you find space in an ordinary building for much less, that's when your own office starts to make sense.
- **A managed office** is a floor an operator lays out and runs for you, priced per seat. In August 2024 one operator's new Whitefield centre was reported at about ₹9,000 a seat a month and up. We found no 2026 price on an operator's own page.
- **Who fixes things.** At co-working the operator does. In your own office you need a facility person or company, and someone to call for the AC, the internet and the power backup.

If you know you'll be about this size for five years and want your own layout, fit out.

**Source of this answer:** a co-working operator's own desk prices, a developer's rent figure, a registered lease reported in the news, and our sums.

- [Innov8](https://www.innov8.work/coworking-space/bangalore/): fixed desks ₹5,499 to ₹10,499 a month at five Bengaluru centres; its plans include internet, power backup, air conditioning, housekeeping and a pantry. Its own page, undated, read 26 October 2026. 30 desks is our sum.
- Rent: Bengaluru Grade A average has crossed ₹100 a sq ft a month, prime areas ₹90 to ₹150, before maintenance, parking and fit-out, [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/factors-to-consider-when-leasing-office-space-in-bengaluru), 9 June 2026.
- Your own office, our estimate: ₹2.5 lakh rent plus question 1's all-in ₹66 to ₹82 lakh over 60 months (₹1.1 to ₹1.37 lakh). Power, internet, cleaning and the maintenance charge are left out because we found no Bengaluru figure we could check; they only widen the gap. The deposit is question 5's. Rent area: Colliers gives a loss factor of 30% to 40% between rentable and usable area; GST on rent can be claimed once registered, [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/legal-requirements-for-opening-an-office-in-bangalore), 9 June 2026.
- Chargeable area: Apple's lease at Embassy Zenith, 1.96 lakh sq ft of carpet and 2.68 lakh chargeable, at about ₹235 a sq ft, [The Realty Today](https://therealtytoday.com/news/news/apple-secures-10-year-1000-crore-office-lease-with-embassy-group-in-bengaluru/), from documents accessed by Propstack, August 2025.
- Managed office: Urban Vault's Whitefield centre, about ₹9,000 a seat a month and up, [Realty n More](https://realtynmore.com/urban-vault-leases-1-lakh-sq-ft-of-prime-office-space-in-brigade-summit-whitefield-bengaluru), 30 August 2024.

## Q5. Should I rent the office as a bare shell or a warm shell, and what should I get in the lease?

**For a first office, ask for a warm shell: the floor and the AC are done, which saves you about ₹9.5 to ₹15 lakh of work on 2,500 sq ft (our estimate). Then get four things into the lease: rent-free months for the interiors, the deposit, the lock-in, and whether you must strip it all out when you leave. IBM's and Apple's Bengaluru leases put the deposit at five to six months' rent, ₹12.5 to ₹15 lakh on a rent of ₹2.5 lakh a month (₹100 a sq ft), and a founder in a Business Today report was asked for ten, ₹25 lakh.** Rent-free months only count if they're written in.

**Bare shell and warm shell.** A bare shell has the outer walls, a basic floor, and unfinished AC and lighting. A warm shell adds the floor, the AC and some wiring. Sources disagree on whether a warm shell has lights, so have the lease list what you're handed.

**Get these into the lease:**

- **Rent-free months.** Colliers says 2 to 6 are usual for an office in Bengaluru. IBM's lease for 1.6 lakh sq ft had 45 days. Ask for the weeks your interiors need (question 7).
- **The deposit.** A founder quoted by Business Today was asked for ten months on a ₹50,000-a-month office. Colliers says 1 to 3 months are paid when you sign the letter of intent.
- **The lock-in.** Usually 1 year on a 3-year lease and 3 years on a 5-year one. Leaving early can cost the rent for the rest of the lock-in (Colliers), or up to a year's rent (Brigade), so get the figure for your lease in writing.
- **Putting it back.** Brigade says most leases make you return the space to a bare shell, but Colliers says only if it was agreed at the start. Knight Frank puts it at about ₹250 a sq ft, or ₹6 lakh here. Less built-in carpentry now means less to rip out later.
- **The carpet area, in writing.** Rent is often charged on a bigger area (question 4).
- **The power load.** An office draws 8 to 10 W a sq ft, so 2,500 sq ft needs 20 to 25 kW. Before you sign, ask the building's sanctioned load. If you need more, a BESCOM increase takes weeks, and one firm puts it at ₹1,500 to ₹2,000 a kW.

**Source of this answer:** a developer's and a property consultant's lease terms, registered Bengaluru leases as reported in the news, a research firm's reinstatement figure, and our sums.

- Shells: [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/office-fit-out-vs-ready-to-occupy), 11 June 2025. Warm shell: HVAC and floors, and minimal MEP. Warm-shell saving, our estimate: Nextura's basic lines for flooring (₹180 to ₹280) and AC (₹200 to ₹320), ₹380 to ₹600 a sq ft.
- [Colliers' Bangalore occupier page](https://globaloccupier.colliers.com/?p=108): 2 to 6 rent-free months for office; a deposit of about 1 to 3 months' rent paid as a token advance at the letter of intent; lock-in 1 year on a 3-year lease, 3 years on a 5-year lease; early exit means paying the unexpired lock-in; reinstatement only if agreed at the start; leases of 5 to 9 years; the landlord typically gives a contribution or concession to the fit-out. Read 26 October 2026, undated.
- IBM at Embassy Golflinks: 45 rent-free days, a ₹14.57 crore deposit on ₹2.43 crore a month (about six months), a 36-month lock-in, registered 23 September 2025, [CRE Matrix](https://www.crematrix.com/blog/?p=1255). Apple at Embassy Zenith: a ₹31.57 crore deposit on about ₹6.31 crore a month (about five months), [The Realty Today](https://therealtytoday.com/news/news/apple-secures-10-year-1000-crore-office-lease-with-embassy-group-in-bengaluru/), August 2025.
- [Business Today](https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/personal-finance/real-estate/story/rent-mba-fees-bengaluru-landlords-now-ask-10-month-rent-just-to-unlock-office-499582-2025-10-26), 26 October 2025: a Bengaluru founder asked for ₹5 lakh, ten months' rent, on a ₹50,000-a-month office.
- Lock-in typically three years and early exit up to a year's rent; most leases require a return to bare shell: [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/factors-to-consider-when-leasing-office-space-in-bengaluru), 9 June 2026.
- Reinstatement: about US$30 a sq m, Knight Frank, reported by [IANS](https://ianslive.in/india-among-most-costcompetitive-office-fitout-markets-in-asiapacific-report--20260314124724), 14 March 2026. About ₹250 a sq ft at the report's own exchange rate, our arithmetic.
- Power: 8 to 10 W a sq ft and BESCOM load increase at about ₹1,500 to ₹2,000 a kW, Nextura. We found no BESCOM schedule for it.

## Q6. Who should do my office interiors: a design-and-build firm, a designer or my own contractor?

**For a first office, one design-and-build contract is the simplest: one firm answers for the cost, the delays and the fixing. But the firm that designs it also prices it, so nobody on your side checks the bill. That's what a project manager is for, at 3% to 8% of the job.** Whoever you pick, visit an office they've finished and ask that client what went late.

| Who you hire | Who answers for delays | Cost | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| A design-and-build firm | The firm | About ₹40 to ₹50 lakh, workstations in | A first office, and nobody free to run the site |
| A designer, then your own contractor | You, with the designer's drawings | About ₹29 to ₹53 lakh with desks and chairs. The designer ₹2.5 to ₹8.75 lakh, the contractor ₹22.5 to ₹30 lakh, desks and chairs ₹4.4 to ₹14.5 lakh | You want your own look and have someone to run the site |
| Your own carpenters and electricians | You | About ₹22 to ₹30 lakh, plus desks and chairs | A small, simple office and time to be there every day |
| A project manager on your side | Checks the others for you | 3% to 8% of the job. ₹1.35 to ₹4 lakh on ₹45 to ₹50 lakh | On top of any of these, most useful on a big job |

On the example office: 2,500 sq ft, basic finishes, not counting GST

- **What a design-and-build firm lines up.** One Bengaluru firm says a fit-out uses 8 to 12 subcontractors, with the carpentry often made in workshops in Peenya or Bommasandra. Go it alone and you line them up.
- **Ask a project manager whether their percentage is on the building work or the whole budget,** because that changes the bill.
- **Checks worth making:** who will be on site every day, a past bill of quantities, and an office they finished that you can visit.

**Source of this answer:** a designer's fee range, a fit-out firm's project management page, and our sums.

- Designer only: ₹100 to ₹350 a sq ft, [Uniworks Designs](https://www.uniworksdesigns.com/post/office-interior-design-cost-india), a Hyderabad and Pune firm, as a typical figure across India, 27 June 2026. ₹2.5 to ₹8.75 lakh on 2,500 sq ft, our sum.
- Project manager: 3% to 8% of project cost; 8 to 12 subcontractors; carpentry from Peenya or Bommasandra, [Nextura's project management page](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/project-management-consulting-company-bangalore.html), undated.
- Contractor and design-and-build costs: question 2.

## Q7. How long do office interiors take, from signing the lease to moving in?

**Plan on about four months, 14 to 18 weeks, for 2,500 to 5,000 sq ft. The building work itself takes 6 to 8 weeks. Before it starts, the design, drawings, the building's approval and ordering take about the same time again.** Don't give notice on your co-working space until the drawings are approved and work has started.

- **Week 1:** Site survey. Bring in the IT and cabling firm now: cables, AC ducts and power points have to go in before the ceiling closes.
- **Weeks 2 to 6:** The concept design, then the detailed drawings and the bill of quantities. Get the design signed off in writing by whoever has the final say.
- **Weeks 6 to 9:** The building approves the drawings, and you order. Order desks and chairs now: ready-made ones take 7 to 14 days, custom ones 3 to 6 weeks. Ask the landlord about your sign.
- **Weeks 9 to 17:** The building work, 6 to 8 weeks: civil work and cabins, ceiling, electrical, AC, fire, cabling and the floor. Give notice on your old space once this has started.
- **The last two weeks of work:** The finishing parts, once the site is mostly done: green walls, murals and panelling.
- **Weeks 17 to 18:** Snags and handover, a deep clean, then the move. Book the lift and a weekend slot with the building.
- **After you move:** Register under Shops and Establishments within 30 days, add the new office to your GST registration, and plan the opening.

> "So we want the site to be at least 80% completed."
>
> [The owner of A to Z Gardening, on when he comes for a site visit](https://mytribe.in/atoz_gardening), on a call with mytribe, October 2026.

- **Firms' own timelines are shorter.** One gives 4 to 6 weeks in all up to 3,000 sq ft. Another says 60 to 90 days from design sign-off to handover, up to 15,000 sq ft.
- **Rushing costs more:** one firm adds 12% to 18% to go one and a half times as fast, and 30% to 50% to go twice as fast.
- **Redoing an old office?** Add 1 to 2 weeks to strip it out.
- **The opening pooja and decor** have [their own guide](https://mytribe.in/guides/shop-and-office-openings-in-bengaluru).

**Source of this answer:** fit-out firms' own work plans and build times, a furniture maker's lead times, a developer's guide to registrations, and what a green-wall installer told us.

- The plan: site survey 1 week, concept design 2 to 3 weeks, detailed design and bill of quantities 2, approvals and ordering 2 to 3, construction 6 to 8, snags and handover 1, 14 to 18 weeks in all; rush 1.5 times adds 12% to 18%, twice as fast 30% to 50%; stripping an old fit-out 1 to 2 weeks. [Nextura Interiors](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/office-interior-design-company-bangalore.html), April 2026.
- Build times: [Design Arc](https://designarcinteriors.com/service/commercial-interior-designers-in-bangalore/), 4 to 6 weeks up to 3,000 sq ft and 6 to 9 weeks to 10,000, as its total timeline; [Flipspaces](https://flipspaces.com/office-interior-cost-india-city-wise/), 60 to 90 days up to 15,000 sq ft, 8 July 2026.
- Furniture: ready-made 7 to 14 days, custom 3 to 6 weeks, [Monarch Ergo](https://www.monarchergo.com/blog/How-to-Choose-the-Right-Office-Workstation-in-Bangalore), 15 May 2026.
- Registrations: Shops and Establishments within 30 days, and adding the office as an additional place of business under your GST registration, [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/legal-requirements-for-opening-an-office-in-bangalore), 9 June 2026.
- [A to Z Gardening](https://mytribe.in/atoz_gardening): wants the site at least 80% done, cleaned and prepped before his site visit. On a call with mytribe, 22 October 2026.
- Cabling before the ceiling closes, and booking the lift: how a fit-out usually goes.

## Q8. What approvals does a building or tech park need before office interior work starts?

**Ask the building or tech park for its fit-out rules in writing before you sign the lease. They set the drawing approval, the deposit, the work hours and the charges. Most tech parks take a refundable work deposit of ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh, by one firm's count.** We found no rule that you need a fire NOC of your own, but your cabins and ceiling can't block the sprinklers, alarms or exits, so ask to see the building's.

**What does your building ask before work starts?**

- **A tech park:** **Its fit-out manual, in writing, before you sign.** It sets the drawing approval, a refundable work deposit (₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh at most parks, by one firm's count), and the hours a crew may work. Who says so: The park's management, and your lease. How firm: Their call, and it differs park to park.
- **An ordinary commercial building:** **The owner's written okay for your layout and any change to walls, power or plumbing.** Ask too who signs off the fire system after your ceiling goes in, and what the sanctioned power load is. Who says so: Your landlord and the building's management. How firm: Their call, and it should be in your lease.
- **A managed office:** **The operator does the work and gets the approvals.** Ask what you may change, and who pays to change it back when you leave. Who says so: The operator's agreement. How firm: Their terms.

From a developer's guide and a fit-out firm's figures. Each park and building sets its own.

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- **Fire.** Since a 2023 amendment to the Karnataka Fire Force Act, anyone building a high-rise of 21 m or more needs a fire NOC. That NOC is for the building, and we found nothing saying a tenant's interiors need one of their own. Moving sprinklers and detectors is part of the job: one firm prices fire work at ₹80 to ₹140 a sq ft on a basic office.
- **Trade licence: sources disagree.** A developer's guide says a general IT or consulting office usually needs only the Shops and Establishments registration, and a trade licence is for storage, food or public-health work. A fit-out firm prices a trade licence renewal or change-of-use NOC at ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh. It depends on what your business does, so ask your CA.
- **Your sign.** The landlord has to agree, and Karnataka wants 60% of a business nameboard in Kannada.

**Source of this answer:** a developer's guide, a fit-out firm's figures, one registered lease, the fire law and news reports on the signage rule.

- Building rules: interior work must follow the building management's guidelines, with a landlord NOC where needed; check the building's fire NOC before you move in; IT and consulting offices usually under Shops and Establishments, a trade licence for storage, food or public-health work. [Brigade Group](https://www.brigadegroup.com/blog/commercial/legal-requirements-for-opening-an-office-in-bangalore), 9 June 2026.
- Work deposit ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh at most tech parks; fire work ₹80 to ₹140 a sq ft basic; a trade licence renewal or change-of-use NOC at ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh, depending on space size and licence status. [Nextura Interiors](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/office-interior-design-company-bangalore.html), April 2026. Its fire NOC fee of ₹35,000 to ₹1.5 lakh is left out: we couldn't match it to any official source.
- Fire: the Karnataka Fire Force (Amendment) Act, 2023, in force from 24 March 2023, high-rise meaning 21 m or more, [Lexplosion](https://lexplosion.in/bill-to-amend-karnataka-fire-force-act-to-insert-a-provision-for-obtaining-noc-to-construct-high-rise-building-notified-by-karnataka-governemnt/). A June 2026 law-firm note notes a 2011 notification that used 15 m in Bengaluru and asks for clarity on 15 to 21 m, [Aparajitha](https://www.aparajitha.com/recommendations-regarding-the-regulatory-compliance-framework-governing-fire-prevention-and-life-saftey-measures-in-the-state-of-karnataka/).
- Kannada on 60% of a nameboard: the city's deadline was 28 February 2024, extended by two weeks, [South First](https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/karnataka-government-extends-deadline-for-60-kannada-signage-on-boards-by-2-weeks/).

## Q9. How do I compare office interior quotes and stop the bill growing?

**Make every firm price the same list of lines, with the brand named on each. Then ask what's left out: the AC, chairs and cabling usually are, and so are fire safety work, signage and GST. Pay in stages against work done, and agree in writing how much you hold back until the snags are fixed and what extra work will cost.**

**The line list.** Ask every firm for a price on each of these, with the brand and grade named:

- Civil work and cabins, and the glass
- Floor, ceiling and paint
- Electrical and lights, and the wire
- AC, fire, and IT cabling
- Workstations and chairs, by model
- Pantry and washrooms
- Design and project management
- GST, shown on its own line

**What's usually left out.** One firm lists AV, structured cabling, acoustics, signage, reception furniture, kitchen appliances, blinds, CCTV, fire upgrades and the project management fee, and says to add 15% to 20% if a quote leaves them out. That's a different list from question 1's furniture and buffer, so check each line once.

- **How much to hold back.** No Bengaluru firm we read publishes it. Agree a number before you sign, and a defects period after you move in.
- **Extra work.** Changes halfway are priced separately. Get the rates for extra work in the contract.
- **The cheapest quote.** With the brand and grade in writing, you can check the ply and wire on site.
- **The furniture.** Ask for it as its own lines, with the brand and model, and price one chair yourself.
- **If it goes badly.** With payments tied to work done, you never owe much more than what's built. Ask for drawings of what was actually built at handover.

**Source of this answer:** a fit-out firm's own list of what quotes leave out, and how fit-outs usually go.

- [Flipspaces](https://flipspaces.com/office-interior-cost-india-city-wise/): the items quotes leave out and the 15% to 20% to add, its own cost guide, 8 July 2026.
- The line list follows [Nextura's](https://www.nexturainteriors.com/office-interior-design-company-bangalore.html) twelve scope lines.
- Payment stages, holding back money and a defects period: how a fit-out usually goes. We found no published figure.

## Before you sign the lease, settle these six

1. The carpet area, and the area the rent is charged on
2. What the landlord hands over: bare shell or warm shell
3. Rent-free months for the interiors, written in
4. The deposit, the lock-in and what leaving early costs
5. Whether you must strip the interiors out when you leave
6. The building's fit-out rules and its sanctioned power load

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## Want help with your office?

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**The people we've checked for an office do the parts: green walls, murals and panelling.** Each passed our checks before they got in. We see their real work and their prices, and we call their past clients and ask what went wrong. Only about 1 in 10 who apply get in, and every one is re-checked at least every six months. [How we verify](https://mytribe.in/how-we-verify)

**How you pay.** Every booking with someone we've checked comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. They pay mytribe a small fee when you book, and you pay them directly, at the same price as going to them yourself. If something isn't going to plan, a person here sorts it out.

The same chat answers questions about the office itself, like whether a quote leaves something out. This guide is about Bengaluru; for another city, ask on the same number.

**Decide these before you ask**

Each one changes the price or who fits.

- **Seats now and in two years** ([Q1](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#office-interiors-cost-per-sq-ft-and-per-seat)): Under 10 / About 30 / 60 to 150 / 300 or more
- **Where the space stands** ([Q5](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#bare-shell-or-warm-shell-and-the-lease)): Lease not signed yet / Bare shell / Warm shell / Already fitted out
- **What kind of building** ([Q8](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#approvals-before-office-interior-work)): A tech park / An ordinary commercial building / A managed office
- **When you want to move in** ([Q7](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#how-long-office-interiors-take)): Within 2 months / 3 to 4 months / 5 months or more
- **What you want help with** ([Q6](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#who-should-do-office-interiors)), pick any: Finding firms for the interiors / A green wall, mural or panelling / The opening
- **Where the office is**

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**The finishing parts, and what they cost**

Each look from the cheapest up: its price, whose price it is, how long it takes and what it needs.

- **A painted mural:** ₹120 to ₹170 a sq ft, by style, Dr Shravan's rate card: doodle walls for a business ₹120 to ₹140, florals ₹130 to ₹150, realism ₹140 to ₹170. Time: About 15 days on the wall. Ask him for his next start date. Needs: A wall ready to paint: he does no wall prep. ![A blue wave and cloud mural painted across a wall in a home office, with the muralist standing in front of it for scale](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/a3491f70-0ca2-4e2c-b70d-72a9104e6997) Pick id: `look:painted-mural`.
- **A 3D relief mural:** ₹200 to ₹700 a sq ft, Dr Shravan's rate card for 3D texture murals: simple raised lines at the low end, full sculpted figures at the top. 10% to 30% off above 400 sq ft. Time: About 15 days on the wall. Ask him for his next start date. Needs: A wall ready to paint. ![A large white and grey flower in raised 3D relief, painted, on a dark blue wall, its petal edges picked out in gold foil](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/a296698a-fb2b-4757-be88-b42db8444562) Pick id: `look:3d-relief-mural`.
- **WPC wall panelling:** ₹300 a sq ft of wall, Koolkraft's quotation, plus her 18% project management line. Time: Ask her. Needs: A wall to fix the panels to. ![An illustration of a small office reception with a wall of vertical fluted panels in a teak colour behind a plain counter](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/site/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru/wpc-panelling-c597c23b66.png) Pick id: `look:wpc-wall-panelling`.
- **An artificial green wall:** From ₹450 a sq ft, A to Z Gardening. Site visit ₹1,000, taken off the quote if you go ahead. Time: Site visit once the site is at least 80% done. Needs: A site cleaned and ready for the visit. ![A wall covered in artificial leafy green panels with small white flowers, a small table with potted plants in front of it](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/rs:fit:1200:0/f:webp/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/d4d4d850-0776-46df-835a-3d5dc4555375) Pick id: `look:artificial-green-wall`.

Real photos from A to Z Gardening and Dr Shravan; the panelling is an illustration by mytribe. Photos: Dr Shravan (Sunrise Productions), Illustration, not a photograph of any provider's work and A to Z Gardening.

## The people in this guide

Tribe approved, for the finishing parts of an office. Prices and terms given to us in 2026. Nobody on mytribe builds whole offices.

- [A to Z Gardening](https://mytribe.in/atoz_gardening), Banashankari, works across Bengaluru: Artificial green walls from ₹450 a sq ft, and artificial turf. Site visit ₹1,000, taken off the quote. 80% in advance, the rest at the end. Care notes at handover, no upkeep visits. Pick id: `provider:atoz_gardening`.
- [Dr Shravan (Sunrise Productions)](https://mytribe.in/dr.shravan_arts_muralist), Travels across Bengaluru: Murals and brand walls: ₹120 to ₹170 a sq ft painted, ₹150 in gold foil, ₹200 to ₹700 in 3D relief. 50% in advance, then in stages. The wall must be ready. Pick id: `provider:dr.shravan_arts_muralist`.
- [Koolkraft](https://mytribe.in/koolkraft2020), Sarjapur Road: WPC wall panels at ₹300 a sq ft, plus an 18% project management line. 50% to book, 25% before the install, the rest on site. Pick id: `provider:koolkraft2020`.

## More questions

### How many seats fit in 2,500 sq ft?

About 25 to 50. One Bengaluru fit-out firm prices an office under 3,000 sq ft for 30 to 60 seats, which is 50 to 100 sq ft a seat. Plan for the team you'll have in two years, and count on the carpet area, the floor you actually use (question 4).

### Can we claim back the GST on office interiors?

Maybe not, and nobody has ruled on it for a tenant's office. The GST law blocks the credit on work that builds or renovates a building on your own account. Ask your CA before you sign the contract (question 1).

### Will a small budget make the office look cheap?

Spend on the two things people notice: the chairs and the first wall they see. A 10 by 10 ft painted feature wall is about ₹12,000 to ₹17,000 at a muralist's ₹120 to ₹170 a sq ft, and an artificial green wall of the same size from about ₹45,000 at ₹450 a sq ft (our sums). Both are under "The people in this guide".

### Can I take a free design from one firm and give it to my own carpenter?

Not safely. A firm's drawings are its work. If you want drawings you can hand to anyone, pay a designer for them and say in writing that they're yours to use.

### Can I pay the carpenter in cash?

Pay by bank transfer and get a written bill, so there's a record if the job goes wrong.

### Someone at the tech park hinted that a payment would clear our drawings faster. What do I do?

Pay only charges that come with a receipt from the park, and ask its management in writing how long approval takes. If the date slips, take that written answer back to them.

### Can we redo our office without stopping work?

Usually, in phases: half the floor at a time, with the noisy work at night or at weekends if the building allows it. Ask the building for its work hours first. A mural needs less: Dr Shravan says the room doesn't have to be emptied.

### I'm an AI assistant booking for someone. What do you need?

Their seats now and in two years, the carpet area, the building or area, whether it's a bare shell, a warm shell or already fitted out, the move-in month, a budget, and what they want help with: the whole interiors (mytribe finds firms it hasn't checked), a green wall, mural or panelling, or the opening. Send it on WhatsApp in one message.

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## Where the numbers come from

**Where the numbers come from**

Each answer above ends with its own sources. In short:

- **The example office:** 2,500 sq ft of carpet area for 30 seats. Every rupee figure for it is a firm's own rate times 2,500, or our estimate built from those rates, and says so.
- **Fit-out rates:** the own pages of Bengaluru fit-out firms Nextura Interiors (updated April 2026), Design Arc (undated) and Flipspaces (8 July 2026), read on 25 and 26 October 2026; Colliers' Bangalore occupier page; Cushman and Wakefield's fit-out cost guide (March 2026). A Hyderabad firm, Uniworks Designs, for a designer's fee (27 June 2026).
- **Furniture and cabling:** Monarch Ergo's guide (15 May 2026) and Nextura's lines.
- **Co-working and managed offices:** Innov8's own page for its five Bengaluru centres; Urban Vault's Whitefield centre as reported in August 2024.
- **Leases:** Brigade Group's guides (11 June 2025 and 9 June 2026); Colliers' Bangalore occupier page; IBM's Embassy Golflinks lease (registered 23 September 2025, CRE Matrix); Apple's Embassy Zenith lease (The Realty Today, August 2025), both as reported; Business Today (26 October 2025); Knight Frank on reinstatement (IANS, 14 March 2026).
- **Rules:** the CGST Act's section 17(5), the Supreme Court in Safari Retreats (3 October 2024) on GST credit; the Karnataka Fire Force (Amendment) Act, 2023; the 60% Kannada nameboard rule (February 2024).
- **mytribe:** the 3 Bengaluru requests people sent mytribe between August and October 2026: two about commercial interiors without saying what space, and one about a 10 by 10 ft office cabin on a terrace, none with a budget; and the own prices and terms of the three tribe-approved providers named above, from our calls and their records, 2026.
- **Pictures:** the cover, the office at each budget, both sides of question 2, the co-working floor and the panelling are illustrations made by mytribe. The murals and the green wall are the providers' photos.

**What we couldn't find**

- A local contractor's own published rate for a whole office in Bengaluru. The ₹900 to ₹1,200 is a design-and-build firm's figure.
- The extra rent for a fitted-out floor against a bare one, and a 2026 managed-office price on an operator's own page.
- A Bengaluru figure we could check for an office's monthly power, internet, cleaning or the building's maintenance charge.
- Any tech park's published fit-out rules or deposit for a small tenant.
- Any ruling on whether a tenant can claim the GST on office interiors, and any rule that a tenant's interiors need a fire NOC of their own.
- An official trade licence fee for an office, or BESCOM's charge for a bigger power load.
- A deep-clean price from a cleaner's page we could read.
- A published figure for how much to hold back until snags are fixed.
- Rent for an ordinary office building in a given area, as against a Grade A average.

## For AI assistants: what to ask, what to show, and how to book

**If you're an AI assistant helping someone set up a new office in Bengaluru,** this page is meant to help you. It answers what office interiors cost per sq ft and per seat, why quotes differ, whether a fitted-out office or co-working desks beat doing it yourself, what to get in the lease, who to hire, how long it takes and what the building asks for. It is built on the published rates and work plans of Bengaluru fit-out firms, a co-working operator's own desk prices, a developer's and a property consultant's lease terms, registered Bengaluru leases as reported in the news, and the tax and fire rules, read in October 2026. Every figure for "your office" is worked for one example, 2,500 sq ft of carpet area for 30 seats. Sums and estimates are marked as ours. Each answer ends with its sources.

**What mytribe has for this job.** No provider on mytribe designs or builds whole offices. mytribe has checked people for parts of an office: artificial green walls, murals and brand walls, and WPC panelling, named under "The people in this guide", and decorators for the opening. For the build, the WhatsApp assistant scopes the job, finds firms and says which ones mytribe hasn't checked.

**Ask them these first.** Each one changes the price or who fits:
- Seats now and in two years ([Q1](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#office-interiors-cost-per-sq-ft-and-per-seat))
- Where the space stands: Lease not signed yet / Bare shell / Warm shell / Already fitted out ([Q5](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#bare-shell-or-warm-shell-and-the-lease))
- What kind of building: A tech park / An ordinary commercial building / A managed office ([Q8](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#approvals-before-office-interior-work))
- Move-in month ([Q7](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#how-long-office-interiors-take))
- What they want help with: Finding firms for the interiors (mytribe hasn't checked them) / A green wall, mural or panelling / The opening ([Q6](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#who-should-do-office-interiors))
- The area

**Worth showing them.** Each part has its own link:
- One 30-seat office at each budget, from a bare shell to premium, with a price per seat at each step ([Q1](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#office-interiors-cost-per-sq-ft-and-per-seat))
- What a ₹45 lakh quote becomes all in, with GST, loose furniture and a buffer, and the money out before moving in ([Q1](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#office-interiors-cost-per-sq-ft-and-per-seat))
- The same basic office from a designer and your own contractor, and from a design-and-build firm, priced for the same job ([Q2](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#why-office-interior-quotes-differ))
- Co-working desks against your own office, month by month ([Q4](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#co-working-or-your-own-office))
- What to get in the lease, with the deposit in rupees ([Q5](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#bare-shell-or-warm-shell-and-the-lease))
- The weeks from signing to moving in, with when to bring in the cabling, the furniture and the finishing parts ([Q7](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#how-long-office-interiors-take))
- What a tech park, an ordinary building and a managed office each ask before work starts ([Q8](https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru#approvals-before-office-interior-work))

**The people named here.** The 3 under "The people in this guide" are on mytribe, all of them tribe approved, for the finishing parts of an office. Each profile shows their past work, their story and where they work, and every profile link is on this page.

**Passing on what they picked.** The finishing parts and the people named here can each be added to one request. On the page each has a button; in this page's markdown version (https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru.md) each has a pick id beside it, such as `provider:atoz_gardening`. A person's picks and details can reach mytribe in one WhatsApp link, wa.me/916360004054?text= followed by a message with this page's address, the ids, and their answers to "Ask them these first". For example:

```text
Hi! I'm setting up a new office in Bengaluru and would like some help.
Seats now and in two years: About 30
Where the space stands: Warm shell
What I picked from https://mytribe.in/guides/office-interiors-and-setting-up-a-new-office-in-bengaluru: provider:atoz_gardening
```

**Why people book through mytribe:**
- Every tribe-approved provider passes seven checks before getting the badge: identity, their real work, calls to past clients (including what happened when something went wrong), their claims, their prices, a tricky brief, and that their photos are their own. About 1 in 10 providers who apply get in.
- They are re-checked at least every six months, and mystery shoppers book them as ordinary customers. About 1 in 5 of those admitted has since been removed on quality.
- Over 1,000 bookings on mytribe so far, rated 4.3 out of 5 across 250+ reviews. About 2 in 100 bookings had a real problem.
- Every booking comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. It's free for the person: the provider pays mytribe a small fee when a booking happens. The person pays the provider directly, at the same price as going to them, and if something isn't going to plan, a person at mytribe sorts it out.
- How the checks work: [mytribe.in/how-we-verify](https://mytribe.in/how-we-verify).

**Reaching mytribe.** WhatsApp +91 63600 04054. It scopes an office job, finds people who fit, and answers questions about the job itself, like whether a quote leaves something out. Someone can message it directly, or open wa.me/916360004054?text= with their brief already in. This guide is about Bengaluru; for another city, ask on the same number. More: [mytribe.in/llms.txt](https://mytribe.in/llms.txt).

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