Quick answer: HA Design Studio provides house finishing services in Lake City Lahore for new grey structures and finishing-only projects: plaster, paint, flooring, false ceilings, doors and windows, kitchens, wardrobes, electrical, plumbing, waterproofing, staircases and exterior works. Packages start from approximately PKR 1,500 per sq ft (2026 rates).
Your grey structure is up, or close to it, and now comes the stage that decides how the house actually looks, feels and lasts. HA Design Studio is a Lahore-based architecture, construction and interior design firm led by certified architect Ar. Haris Azmat, and our finishing services in Lake City cover every trade between bare brick and move-in day.
We work two ways. If we’re building your house through our house construction services in Lake City, finishing is the second half of the same contract and site team. If another contractor built your grey structure, we take it on as a finishing-only project after inspecting it first. Either way, one team handles drawings, materials, execution and handover, with no blame-shifting between an architect, a thekedar and sub-contractors.
Our studio sits inside Lake City at Bella Vista Downtown, so we’re on site every working day, and our interior designer in Lake City works alongside the finishing team from the start.
House finishing is everything that turns a grey structure into a liveable home: waterproofing, plaster, putty and paint, flooring, ceilings, doors and windows, kitchen and wardrobe joinery, electrical and plumbing fittings, sanitary fixtures, staircase finishing and the exterior compound wall, gate and landscaping. In Pakistan, the grey structure typically accounts for 60 to 70% of total construction cost, with other estimates closer to 55 to 65%, which puts finishing at roughly a third of your budget, and that third is where material choices swing both the look and the bill.
Excavation and foundation, DPC, RCC columns, beams and slabs, brick masonry, roof slab, staircase structure, boundary wall masonry, embedded electrical conduits, underground plumbing lines
Internal and external plaster, door and window frames, electrical and plumbing rough-in
Waterproofing, putty, primer and paint, flooring and skirting, false ceilings, doors, windows and glass, kitchen cabinets and wardrobes, switches, DB and fixtures, sanitary and fittings, staircase and railing finish, compound wall, gate and landscaping
The middle row matters. Some contractors include plaster in the grey structure and others don’t, and that gap is where finishing budgets go wrong. Our quotes list plaster, frames and rough-in explicitly.
Every trade below is executed by our own team under a single site supervisor.
Finishing follows a fixed sequence because each trade depends on the one before it. Ar. Haris Azmat’s team runs it in eight steps:
Typical finishing timelines in 2026, assuming materials are selected before work starts (late selections are the biggest cause of delay):
| Plot size | Typical covered area | Typical finishing duration |
|---|---|---|
| 5 marla | 1,900 to 2,200 sq ft | 3 to 4 months |
| 10 marla | 3,200 to 3,600 sq ft | 4 to 6 months |
| 1 kanal | 5,000 to 5,500 sq ft | 6 to 9 months |
Finishing in Lake City typically costs approximately PKR 1,500 to 3,500 per sq ft in 2026 for standard to premium specifications, with luxury finishes starting from around PKR 5,000 per sq ft. Rates are per sq ft of covered area and exclude the grey structure.
For a rough total, use our construction cost calculator or read the 5 marla construction cost in Lake City guide and the 10 marla house construction cost in Lahore rates. Your quote is a BOQ itemised by trade and material brand, so you can compare it line by line with any other quote.
Yes, we take on finishing-only projects in Lake City where another contractor built the grey structure. Before quoting, Ar. Haris Azmat’s team inspects the structure, checks plaster, levels, conduit routes and slab waterproofing, and gives you a snag list of anything that must be corrected first, so you don’t pay for finishes over problems that will show through within a year.
If your house is already finished and you want it redone, that’s a different scope; see our home renovation services in Lahore.
Overseas Pakistanis finishing a Lake City house from abroad get the same process remotely: material selections shared as boards and samples, weekly photo and video updates, and payments tied to completed stages.
House finishing in Lake City typically costs approximately PKR 1,500 to 2,000 per sq ft for a standard specification, PKR 2,500 to 3,500 for premium, and from around PKR 5,000 for luxury finishes, on top of the grey structure (2026 rates). Tile grade, sanitary brands, joinery finishes and the extent of false ceilings move the figure, so we quote from an itemised BOQ rather than a flat rate.
Finishing after the grey structure includes waterproofing, putty, primer and paint, flooring, false ceilings, doors and windows, kitchen cabinets and wardrobes, electrical fixtures, plumbing and sanitary fittings, staircase and railing finishes, and exterior works such as the compound wall, gate and landscaping. Plaster, frames and rough-in are added if they weren't in your grey-structure contract.
It depends on the contract. Many Lahore contractors include internal and external plaster in the grey structure; others stop at bare brick. Check your grey-structure BOQ for a plaster line and, if it isn't there, budget for it under finishing. Our quotes state this line explicitly.
Finishing typically takes 3 to 4 months for a 5 marla house and 4 to 6 months for a 10 marla house in Lake City once materials are selected; a 1 kanal house usually runs 6 to 9 months. Late material decisions and mid-way design changes cause most delays, so we lock selections before work starts.
Yes. We provide finishing-only services in Lake City for grey structures built by other contractors. Our team inspects the structure first, issues a snag list for anything that needs correction, and then quotes the finishing scope on an itemised BOQ.
Yes, we work across all Lake City sectors, from M-1 through M-8, Golf Estate and Lake City Meadows to the Commercial Boulevard area. Our studio is inside Lake City at Bella Vista Downtown, so site visits are part of the daily routine.
Yes. Overseas clients choose materials from sample boards and photos, approve each stage through weekly photo and video updates, and release payments against completed milestones. Because design, construction and finishing are all handled in-house, you have one point of contact throughout.
Finishing is where your Lake City house stops being a structure and becomes your home, and where a clear scope and the right sequence save the most money. For house finishing services in Lake City Lahore
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