Bangalore guides
Bangalore building guides
City-specific guidance for planning and building a home in Bangalore. Every cost figure is a dated range with its assumptions stated, and every rule is checked against the regulations as they stand in 2026.
Start here: what changed in 2026
Two things happened that most Bangalore building advice online has not caught up with. In May 2025 BBMP formally ceased to exist, replaced by the Greater Bengaluru Authority and five city corporations. In January 2026 the building regulations were amended: residential height went from 11.5 m to 15 m, a stilt of up to 3 m stopped counting against it, setbacks were reduced with fixed minimums for small plots, and apartments became permissible from 200 sq m.
What did not change is FAR, which stayed at 1.75. That combination matters more than any single rule, because it means the extra height rarely gives you extra floor area. The 2026 rules guide works through it properly.
The guides
Building in a specific area
Where your plot sits changes who sanctions your plan, what your foundation costs, how you get water, and whether the 2026 city rules apply to you at all. A plot in Whitefield answers to a city corporation. One in Devanahalli answers to BIAAPA and possibly to an airport height clearance. One in Electronic City is approved by KEONICS. These are not small differences.
Working from your plot size
If you already know your plot dimensions, start from what the rules permit rather than from a cost you have guessed. Our plot size reference gives permitted built-up area, dwelling units and build cost for 45 standard sizes, and the feasibility calculator does the same for any dimensions you enter.
What every guide here commits to
- A stated geography. Bangalore rules are not Karnataka rules, and city corporation rules are not planning authority rules.
- A date on every number. Package rates move. You should be able to see how old ours are.
- Ranges, not single figures. A single confident number is either a guess or a quote for somebody else’s project.
- Official sources only. We cite corporations, planning authorities and statutes. We do not cite builder blogs or property portals, however well they rank.
- A pointer to a professional. Guidance is not a substitute for a licensed estimate, and we say so on every page.