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Where we are
Third floor, Fehiaage
Meheli Goalhi, Malé 20189
Maldives - Call us +960 330 6612
- WhatsApp 9607906612
- Email us studio@naqshadesign.mv
- Opening hours Sunday to Thursday, 9am to 6pm Saturday, appointments only Site visits arranged for mornings
Questions we are asked often
What does a house drawing set cost?
A fixed 12,000 rufiyaa for a two storey house and 18,000 for three storeys, including plans, sections, all elevations, the column layout, a staircase detail, schedules and bathroom layouts.
It is a fixed fee rather than a percentage of the construction cost, because nobody knows the construction cost at this stage and a percentage gives a designer an interest in it being high.
Can you tell me what my plot allows before I pay for a design?
Yes, and it is the first week of any house job. Setbacks, permitted coverage, height, the width of the road and the neighbours' walls, worked out and written down before a line is drawn.
Send the plot size and the road it is on and we will give you a broad answer on the telephone for nothing. The commonest wasted month in this trade is a design produced before those numbers are known.
Do you handle the building permission?
We prepare and present the drawings and answer whatever comes back, with resubmissions included rather than charged as a new job. 4,500 rufiyaa where we drew the house and 7,500 where somebody else did.
We will not promise an approval or a date. Anybody who does is guessing. What we can promise is that the set is correct before it goes in.
How long does it take?
Three weeks for a full house set, in three stages, with your approval at the end of each: constraints and options, developed plan, then the full set.
The stages exist because changing a plan in week two costs nothing and changing it in week three means redrawing sections and elevations. We will not go on to the next stage without approval, even when asked to hurry.
What do I get with a logo?
4,500 rufiyaa for three concepts, two rounds of changes on your choice, then the files: vector originals, flat and single colour versions, horizontal and stacked arrangements, a version for dark backgrounds and a square one for a profile picture. Plus a two page brand sheet.
That list is the point. A logo delivered as one image has to be redrawn by your signmaker, your printer and your web builder, and each of them will decide differently.
Do I own the design?
Yes, entirely, including the working files, once the invoice is paid. We keep a copy for two years so you can ask for it again, and we ask separately before showing any work on our own pages.
We have no arrangement with any printer or signmaker and take nothing from them, so the files go wherever you choose.