Buying Guides

How a Custom Blind Quote Works — and How to Check One

Team BlindsBazaar30 September 20264 min read
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A good quote is three numbers and a fabric name. Anything vaguer is a trap.

Custom blinds are one of the last products where quotes still arrive by phone. That is mostly a tradition — the maths is four lines and public. Here is how a real quote assembles, so you can check any number against it.

The sum behind every quote

Billed area × fabric rate + add-ons = window price. Billed area is width × height in feet, with a 10 sq ft floor per blind. The rate comes from the fabric (roller ₹100–₹250/sq ft in 2026, most ₹100–₹130; zebra ₹120–₹190). Add-ons are motorisation (roughly ₹3,000–₹6,500 per window) and outside-mount hardware. GST is included in our displayed rates, with the invoice itemising it — insist on that framing from any vendor, because "plus GST" is an 18% swing.

Checking a quote in two minutes

  1. Ask for the fabric name and its grade — if the number is high, the cloth should show it
  2. Ask the billing floor — a quote without one is silently comparing itself against nothing
  3. Do the multiply — if the vendor's total is above rate × area, ask which add-on you were sold
  4. Ask who measures, who installs, and what a remake costs — the three post-price terms

Doing it yourself instead

Our configurator is the same maths running in public: pick or measure a window with the guide or AR tool, choose fabric on the roller or zebra page, and the exact price appears before checkout — including the billing floor on small windows and the motor if you choose one. The price guide shows the same numbers as a table, which makes checking someone else's quote a two-minute job.

If you would rather talk it through over the samples, the workshop showroom at Block E, Mangolpuri is open Mon–Sat, 10am–7pm — quotes there are the same maths, drawn from the same card.

Not sure of your sizes?

Read our measuring guide or try the AR self-measure tool to get exact numbers.