Commercial fit-out is priced differently from residential work, and for good reasons: you are building to a lease, to a compliance standard, and to a handover date that has a rent number attached to every week of delay.
Here is what an office interior costs in Pune in 2026, and where the money actually goes.
Office fit-out cost per sq ft in Pune
Priced on chargeable area, for a warm-shell space:
- Basic / start-up — ₹1,000 to ₹1,600 per sq ft. Open workstations, a couple of cabins, one meeting room, a pantry, basic ceiling and lighting, vinyl or laminate flooring, standard electrical and data.
- Standard corporate — ₹1,700 to ₹2,800 per sq ft. Better workstation systems, glass-partitioned cabins and meeting rooms, acoustic treatment, designed ceilings with linear lighting, upgraded flooring, a proper reception, and structured cabling.
- Premium / headquarters — ₹3,000 to ₹5,500+ per sq ft. Veneer and stone in client-facing areas, acoustic glazing, integrated AV, lighting design, custom joinery, a designed café or breakout, and higher-specification HVAC and electrical.
For a 5,000 sq ft office, that is roughly ₹50–80 lakh at basic level, ₹85 lakh to ₹1.4 crore at standard corporate, and above that for a headquarters build.
Where the money goes
- Civil, partitions and glazing — 15% to 22%. Glass partitions with proper framing are a large line item and the one most often under-quoted.
- Electrical, data and lighting — 18% to 25%. Structured cabling, distribution, emergency lighting and UPS points. In an office, this is bigger than most clients expect.
- HVAC — 10% to 18%, where you are extending or reconfiguring rather than using a landlord-provided system.
- Ceiling and flooring — 12% to 18%.
- Joinery and workstations — 15% to 25%.
- Fire safety and compliance — 5% to 10%. Detection, suppression, signage, and the approvals that go with them.
- Furniture, loose items and branding — 10% to 20%, frequently excluded from the first estimate you are shown.
The costs most office estimates leave out
- Landlord and building charges. Fit-out deposits, service-lift charges, after-hours access fees, debris removal, and drawing approval by the building's own consultant. In a managed Pune business park this can be a substantial figure.
- Fire NOC and statutory approvals. Drawings, submissions and the time they take. This is a schedule item as much as a cost item.
- Working hours restrictions. Many business parks permit noisy work only outside office hours, which changes labour cost and duration.
- Reinstatement obligation. Read the lease. Many require the space returned to warm shell at the end, and that cost belongs in your original budget.
- IT and AV as a separate contract. The interior contractor lays conduits and boxes; someone still has to supply and commission the equipment.
- GST at 18%, and whether the figure you were shown includes it.
What actually drives productivity per rupee
If the budget is tight, three things repay their cost faster than anything decorative:
Acoustics. An open office without acoustic treatment is the most common complaint in a new fit-out. Ceiling rafts, carpet, and treated meeting-room walls cost far less than rebuilding the layout later.
Lighting. Adequate, well-distributed, low-glare light at desk level. This is a specification decision made at the electrical stage, not a fixture chosen at the end.
Enough small rooms. The single biggest change in how offices are used is the volume of video calls. Two or three phone booths or focus rooms will be used more than a large boardroom.
Timelines
A 5,000 sq ft standard corporate fit-out is typically 10 to 14 weeks on site, plus four to six weeks of design, approvals and procurement. Build in landlord approval time explicitly — it is the most common cause of a delayed commercial handover.
We deliver commercial and workspace projects on the same turnkey basis as residential: itemised scope, material named by brand, a written change-order process and a single point of accountability through to handover. See our design and turnkey services, read about our studio, or book a discovery session for a site study and a budget band for your space.
Figures are indicative 2026 market bands for Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad and are not a quotation.
