Ten years, in writing: warranties decoded

The Hyderabad construction industry's default warranty is one year. Indek Infra signs ten — on the structure, inside the agreement. This guide explains what a structural warranty actually covers, why long ones are rare, and how to pressure-test any builder's warranty claim in five questions.

What "structural warranty" means

It covers the load-bearing system — the parts of the house that keep it standing:

• Foundation — settlement beyond engineering tolerance.
• Columns and beams — structural cracking, not hairline plaster lines.
• Slabs — deflection or failure traceable to workmanship or materials.

It does not cover paint fading, tile hollowness or a tap that drips — finishes carry their manufacturers' warranties (typically 1–10 years per product). A builder who blurs this line in conversation will blur it in a claim.

Why one year is the industry default

A warranty is priced risk. A builder can only afford a long one if the structure is built so a claim is genuinely unlikely:

• Concrete actually mixed to M20 grade and cube-tested, not eyeballed;
• Steel detailing per the structural drawings, checked before every pour;
• Slabs cured for the boring, unskippable number of days;
• A qualified engineer on site signing off each stage — the way our process staffs it.

Subcontracted structures without engineering supervision can't price this risk. So they cap it at one year and sell you the elevation render instead.

Five questions that expose any warranty

1. "Is it in the agreement?" A brochure promise is marketing; a contract clause is a warranty.
2. "Structure or everything?" "10-year warranty on the house" that turns out to mean paint is a red flag by itself.
3. "Who signs off the pours?" If there's no named engineer, there's no basis for the warranty.
4. "Show me a project from 10 years ago." A builder with 30+ years of standing work can point at proof; ours is why we're comfortable signing ten.
5. "What voids it?" Fair exclusions: unauthorised structural modifications, added floors beyond design. Unfair: everything else.

What this costs you as a buyer: nothing

Here's the part worth sitting with: a real 10-year warranty doesn't make construction more expensive — it makes the builder more careful. The practices that make ten years signable (tested concrete, engineer sign-off, stage verification) are exactly the ones you'd pay for anyway. The warranty just proves they happened. Costs are in the 2026 cost guide — the warranty is included at every tier.

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