Sanjiv Hate'Sarchitect Office

This office is located in the Bhandar Ali area of Thane, right on J. S. Road. It’s a local neighborhood, and we’ve been part of it for a long time. The sign on the door just says Sanjiv Hate’s Architect Office. Inside, it’s a fairly simple setup. We have a few drafting tables and some old filing cabinets that are probably too full. It’s a small team here. We mostly focus on projects around Thane and the neighboring suburbs. The street outside can get pretty noisy with the market nearby, but we’re used to it. We don't spend money on fancy furniture or decor. We’d rather have good lights and enough space to unroll a large set of blueprints. Most of the work involves a lot of back-and-forth with contractors and checking on sites to see if they’re actually following the drawings. It’s a lot of legwork. People from the area often drop in just to ask a quick question or to see how their project is coming along. We don't have a formal appointment system; we just talk to whoever walks in. It’s a very hands-on way of doing things. We’re not trying to be a big corporate firm. We just want to do a decent job on the drawings and make sure the buildings turn out right for the families who use them.