How Much Does Tile Flooring Cost for a 2BHK in Bengaluru?

Last Updated: October 2026 | Reading time: about 10 minutes

Laid rate

The price per sq ft of a finished tile floor, covering the tile, the adhesive and the mason. In Bengaluru in 2026 the laid rate for vitrified tile is Rs 90 to Rs 210 per sq ft. It does not include breaking out the old floor, which adds Rs 15 to Rs 30 per sq ft, or the skirting and door work around it.

• A 900 sq ft 2BHK floor costs Rs 94,500 to Rs 2,16,000 with the old tile removed, and Rs 81,000 to Rs 1,89,000 laid over it.
• Per sq ft the three layers are tile Rs 60 to Rs 150, laying Rs 30 to Rs 60 and removal Rs 15 to Rs 30.
• Laying over old tile raises the floor by about 15 to 20 mm, so check every door before you choose it.
• A 600 x 600 mm tile covers 3.88 sq ft, so 900 sq ft needs about 244 tiles with a 5 percent allowance.
• Our Whitefield 800 x 1600 mm floor billed Rs 3.2 lakh for 1,050 sq ft, or Rs 305 per sq ft.
• Vitrified tile under IS 15622 must absorb no more than 0.5 percent water by weight.

What Do Essential, Comfort and Signature Tile Floors Cost in a 900 sq ft Flat?

The three tiers below split our published bands by tile grade, so each one carries its own tile, laying and removal rate and the totals follow by arithmetic. Essential is a plain 600 x 600 mm glazed vitrified tile at Rs 105 to Rs 145 per sq ft all in, which is about Rs 0.95 lakh to Rs 1.31 lakh. Comfort is a branded vitrified tile at Rs 145 to Rs 195, about Rs 1.31 lakh to Rs 1.76 lakh. Signature is rectified or large-format tile at Rs 195 to Rs 240, about Rs 1.76 lakh to Rs 2.16 lakh.

Why Did Our Whitefield Slab Floor Bill Rs 305 per sq ft When the Band Says Rs 90 to Rs 210?

In that Whitefield job the flooring line read Rs 3.2 lakh for 1,050 sq ft of laid 800 x 1600 mm vitrified tile. Divide 3,20,000 by 1,050 and the rate is about Rs 305 per sq ft. Demolition was billed separately for the whole project at Rs 1.1 lakh, so the Rs 305 is not hiding a removal charge. The slab format is the reason.

A single 800 x 1600 mm slab is 13.8 sq ft. A 900 sq ft flat needs 66 of them before waste, and about 72 with a 10 percent allowance, because large slabs are cut around columns, door frames and niches and every offcut is lost. They also need a flatter base, so the screed is often corrected first, and fewer joints mean the mason has no room to hide a lipped edge.

We did not split that Rs 3.2 lakh into tile and labour in our published record, so read Rs 305 as an all-in reference for a large-format floor and not as a labour rate. Scaled to 900 sq ft it would be about Rs 2.7 lakh, above the top of our Signature tier, so budget a seamless look as its own tier.

Can You Lay New Tile Over the Old Floor in a Bengaluru Apartment, and What Does It Save?

Yes, if the old floor is sound, and it saves the Rs 15 to Rs 30 per sq ft removal line, which is Rs 13,500 to Rs 27,000 on 900 sq ft. The price of that saving is height. A vitrified tile is roughly 10 mm thick and the adhesive bed adds 5 to 8 mm, so the floor rises about 15 to 20 mm. A door that clears the old floor by less than that will drag, and you will be planing door bottoms in every room.

Before you commit to laying over, tap the old tiles with a steel rod or the back of a spoon. A dull, hollow sound means the old tile has lifted from its bed, and a new tile glued over it will crack along the same lines. Fix those patches or take that area out.

What Changes in the Bill When You Move from 600 x 600 to 800 x 800 to 800 x 1600 mm Tile?

Size changes how many pieces you buy, how much you waste and how fussy the laying is, but it does not set the price per sq ft on its own. A 600 x 600 mm tile covers 3.88 sq ft, an 800 x 800 mm tile 6.89 sq ft and an 800 x 1600 mm slab 13.78 sq ft. For 900 sq ft with our planning allowance, that is about 244 tiles of 600 x 600 at 5 percent waste, about 141 tiles of 800 x 800 at 8 percent, and about 72 slabs of 800 x 1600 at 10 percent.

Brand and finish drive the price more than size. infralens.in lists an Asian Granito 800 x 800 tile at an average Rs 68 per sq ft in Bangalore, below a Kajaria 600 x 600 glossy tile at Rs 165. Labour climbs with size, because fewer masons can lay a 13.8 sq ft slab flat.

What Do Bengaluru Dealers Charge for the Tile Itself in 2026?

The chart shows average listed prices per sq ft for tile and stone in Bangalore on 12 August 2026, from infralens.in. They are material only, and dealer-to-retail spreads are wide. Kajaria 600 x 600 glossy ranges Rs 90 to Rs 240 around its Rs 165 average, and a standard 2 x 2 ft vitrified tile ranges Rs 62 to Rs 115 around Rs 89.

Our Rs 60 to Rs 150 tile band sits inside that spread. Buy a branded glossy tile at retail and you can land above our Rs 150 ceiling, so compare your dealer quote against the whole laid rate.

Which Costs Sit Outside the Per sq ft Rate When You Replace a 2BHK Floor?

Five items are routinely missing from a floor quote. Skirting is the first: the old run comes off with the old tile and the new one needs cutting and fixing. Door bottoms are the second, because a new floor rarely lands at exactly the old level.

Thresholds at the bathrooms, kitchen and balcony are the third. The fourth is debris: a 900 sq ft floor broken out is a lot of rubble, and many apartment societies set carting hours and lift rules, so ask your association before the hammer comes out. The fifth is furniture, since the flat must be emptied room by room and every cupboard moved twice.

Lay tile before carpentry and final painting so slabs and debris do not scratch new shutters. If a bedroom will be wood, our guide on wooden flooring for a Bengaluru bedroom prices that part, and our bathroom renovation cost guide covers the wet-area tiles that this 900 sq ft figure leaves out.

Limitations: rates are 2026 published ranges and dealer listings, not quotes. Slab edges, floor levels and old-floor condition change a real price, so confirm on site.

Sources

Figures come from these sources: infralens.in Bangalore tile prices, updated 12 August 2026, NoBroker on tile laying labour rates, infralens.in summary of IS 15622:2017, and StudioMatrx on Bangalore tile flooring cost. Our own rates come from myNivasa published bands and our Whitefield project record.

Final Word

Price a floor in three separate lines, tile, laying and removal, and decide early between laying over and breaking out. For related reading, see our home renovation cost per sq ft guide, our 2BHK renovation cost in Bangalore, and our bathroom renovation cost guide. To see tile samples and finished floors, visit us at 2nd Floor, Sapthagiri Complex, 265/1, Kaggadasapura Main Rd, Vignan Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560075, call +91 94499 00222, or write to [email protected].