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Construction frame guide: Black, white, or green?

Find out what you are paying for! Which frame is optimal?

When purchasing real estate in Georgia, you will increasingly encounter terms such as black frame, white frame, and green frame. But what lies behind each of them? Which option is the optimal investment for you?

Datvale.ge will help you precisely determine which works are included in each stage and how to save time and resources on your renovation.

Black Frame: The foundation for those who want complete freedom.

What is included in a black frame?

• Load-bearing walls and floors: The main construction of the building is finished.
• Exterior facade: The building’s exterior cladding and roofing are completed.
• Doors and windows: The entrance door and exterior perimeter windows are installed.
• Utilities: Utilities (water, gas, electricity) are brought to the entrance of the apartment (to the connection points).

For whom is a completely unrenovated apartment optimal?

• For those who want to plan the renovation entirely (designing walls, wiring, and heating systems from scratch).
• For those who have time and need to distribute the budget in stages.

თეთრი კარკასი: ოქროს შუალედი კომფორტისა და დაზოგვისთვის

The white frame is the most popular standard in Georgia. This stage includes all the work of a black frame, plus significant preparatory stages that make the renovation much easier.

What is included in a white frame?

• Partitions: The interior layout of the apartment and the partitions are already constructed according to the project.
• Floor screed: It is prepared, but you will still need to cut it to lay the heating pipes.
• Electricity and plumbing: These are brought up to the apartment, but internal wiring and piping are not yet installed.
• Wall preparation: The walls are plastered, but you will still need to cut channels into them for the electrical wiring.
• Heating pipes: These are not prepared and must be installed by you.

For whom is this semi-finished “black work” optimal?

• For those who want to reduce the renovation time.
• For those who need to move in soon, but still want to plan the utilities themselves and be responsible for their quality.

Optimal developer approach

To avoid having to dig up walls and floors later, developers offer customers the opportunity to install electrical wiring before the walls are plastered, and to lay heating and plumbing pipes before the floor screed is poured

Green Frame: Finished “rough work,” excluding the bathroom.

The Green Frame includes all the work of a White Frame, plus: electricity is fully wired, and heating and plumbing pipes are already laid. Note: In any scenario, the bathroom remains a ‘Black Frame’ state, as the tiler must personally determine the floor screed slopes in the bathroom, taking into account the placement of the drain (trap), the required slope, the size of the tiles to be used, and so on.

• For those who wish to reduce renovation time.
• For those who need to move in soon and do not want to carry out additional rough construction work (black work), as their apartment renovation will be based on standard specifications.

Premium Green Frame” or “White Minus Frame

It is common in Georgia for developers to deviate from standard situations and offer the customer, for example, a ‘Premium Green Frame’: this may include already installed gypsum board or a free heating boiler. Similarly, it is common to have ‘+/-‘ (minus) scenarios—for example, a ‘White Minus Frame’ condition, which might mean the absence of wall plastering or the floor screed not being poured.

There is no established approach for such cases in the Georgian market. Therefore, when purchasing a non-standard condition, you must ask the developer exactly how it differs from the standard state and what the pros and cons are.

Conclusion: How to make the right decision using datvale.ge

“Choosing the right ‘frame’ (shell condition) is directly linked to your budget, your timeframe, and your personal taste.”

კარკასი	საწყისი ფასი	რემონტის ხარჯი	რემონტის სირთულე
black	Lowest	Highest	Hardest
white	Medium	Medium	Medium
green	Highest	Lowest	Easiest

Remember that every developer defines the content of a ‘frame’ in their own way. Always request a detailed itemized list!

datvale.ge offers you the opportunity to easily compare prices for different types of frames on the market and to calculate exactly what your renovation will cost, using the renovation calculator based on your preferred frame condition.

Check the prices and start calculating today!