Bescom bribes, from fwitter

Thank you for your response. I did exceed by 100sq ft as per their calculations, because it is not a square shaped building. the rule says 500sq mt which is 5380 sq ft but they are saying that the rule is 5000 sq ft. it is a simple two house, with less than 8kw power requirements. a major blunder my...

Has anyone got bescom transformer installed at site? What are the pros and cons?

If your constructed area is above 500 sq mt , irrespective of your load, they force you to go for a transformer. It is a night mare and extremely extremely depressing experience. Mine exceeded by 200sq ft and my load is 8 KVA only. Total cost is 12 to 15L and something something is about 3L+...this ...

Per installation point is what I went for, and that turns out less painful. Otherwise they reduce points to bare minimum, and with modular boxes, you cannot add later too

Glass doesn't cost much, compared to the wood. If you can go for 5mm glass, it would be good enough. Since the pieces of glass in a wooden window are small, you gain a lot of efficiency. Plain non tinted glass will be around 3k max

My suggestion. Please take a reference form known circles.

My suggestions, based on a similar house that I have seen First floor. Stairs and lift are in the center of the house, causing a narrow passage. If there are senior citizens at home, going through the narrower passage is a little pain, especially if you have railings around it. They fear falling dow...

Couple of options You can go with earthen tiles.. they keep roof cool and absorb moisture too..cost about 15rs per tile per sft, 15 to 20rs for laying..plus cement, msand, labour and waterproofing liquid costs.. You can also go with anti skid parking tiles.. about 30 per sft avg Or plain cement one,...

Sorry, I totally missed your message. I will call you

Thanks,
Ganesh