The 9 Best Renovation Companies in Tbilisi

Tbilisi prices by the square metre and by the state you start from. Using published 2026 market figures, a cosmetic refresh runs roughly 150 to 350 GEL per square metre, a white-frame flat around 300 to 700 GEL, and a black-frame shell 400 to 600 GEL at the budget end, 600 to 900 mid-market and 900 to 1,500 for premium finishes. Firms quoting in dollars tend to land at 250 to 450 per square metre for design-led turnkey work. On a 70 square metre flat that puts a mid-market black-frame turnkey job somewhere around 42,000 to 63,000 GEL before furniture. Treat all of these as bands, not quotes, because materials are the swing factor and imported brands can double a bathroom.

They describe how finished a new-build flat is when you get the keys, and they drive the price more than anything else. Black frame is a bare concrete shell with no internal walls, wiring, plumbing or screed. White frame adds internal partitions, plaster, screed and rough utilities, so you are finishing rather than building. Green frame sits between the two and the definition varies by developer, which is why you should ask exactly what is included in writing before comparing quotes. A crew that mostly does cosmetic work in older buildings is not automatically the right crew for a black-frame shell.

Yes, and several firms here are structured for it. The practical mechanism is a weekly or daily photo and video report into a WhatsApp chat, a named project manager who makes small decisions without you, and a written scope detailed enough that nobody needs to improvise. Some firms offer 24/7 camera monitoring of the site as an extra. What still benefits from a physical presence is the handover inspection, so budget for one trip at the end or appoint someone local to sign the acceptance certificate on your behalf.

For a turnkey job the firms on this list quote roughly two to six months depending on scope, with two to three months typical for a straightforward full apartment renovation. A black-frame shell sits at the long end because every trade has to be sequenced from scratch. Cosmetic work on an occupied flat can be three to four weeks. Add time before the build for the estimate itself, which takes anywhere from one day to two working weeks depending on how granular the firm costs, and add more if you want a design project first.

Four things at minimum. A fixed labour price, because materials moving with the market is fair and labour moving is not. An itemised scope of works listing every room and every finish, not a single line saying renovation plus a number. A completion date with a stated consequence if it slips. And a written warranty, one year being the market standard and two years available from some firms. Also settle who buys materials and whether there is a markup, since that is where most mid-project arguments begin.

Not always. If you are refreshing a two-room flat with a standard layout, a competent crew and a decent set of reference photos will get you there. A designer earns their fee when you are moving walls, changing plumbing positions, fitting out a shell from nothing, or working to a rental standard where every square metre has to earn. Several firms on this list run design in house and quote it as part of the turnkey number, which avoids the common failure where a designer draws something the crew then quietly refuses to build.