atasteve:

Spyder880, your house is really coming out fine and nice.

Weldone.

brabus:

3ppleT, check out this new design for your first floor.

Fhemmmy:

I never knew they still do Madam's room for Nija oh

bugmenot:

@brabus

What software did you use to draw the plan?

spyder880:

The one wey vex me pass be say he no create door between Oga room and madam room? How oga go 'discuss' with madam after 10pm without the kids finding out about the 'sneaking' footsteps

brabus:

@Fhemmy, kindly disregard the label. Wat do you think of the design?

Dosu Ade:

Credit to spyder880, Am Alone, brabus and everyone who has been
a part of this wonderful thread. May the Lord grant you all the grace and
resources that you require to complete these great edifice that you are
all building (amen). 

I would like to be enlightened on what I require to take my own project
to the lintel, there is a plan and an existing foundation on the plot for
three bedroom duplex and my architec carved out a plan based on this
plan though instead of duplex am build a bungalow and from the plan
the existing foundation will be an advantage as it was meant to carry
another floor. I only need a new wall for the living room toilet which
will be the the only alteration on the foundation.

To erect the blocks to the lintel I have these list below, please  enlighten
if this list need any modification.

                                                Blocks (of which I have 1500)
                                                Sharp sand (a ton)
                                                Cement ( a ton)
                                                Labour

This is in ibadan and am looking to start asap, so experts your advice                                             
                                         
your advice will be highly appreciated.                                                               

For a 3 bedroom bungalo or 2 flats of 3 bedroom each (Up & Down) measuring 40ft X 40ft, this may help:

Foundation: 3 coaches = 600 blocks approximately.
Raising to linte level estimate (200 x 9) - (20 per window x 8 windows approximately) - (10 per door x 8 doors approximately) = 1560 blocks

With this analysis, you are looking at approx 600 + 1560 = 2160 pcs of blocks (N313,200). You can do half of this number for 9" for the outside walls and the remaining half 6'' for the inside rooms partitions.


You will 1 bag of cement to set 60 blocks. This implies that you will need 36 bags (N66,600) to set the blocks. Don't foget you also need about 15 bags (N27,750) of cement for the blinding on the foundation after it is dug.

Try and get 20 tons (N46,000) of sharp sand because you will still need it for your German floor.

Labor: In Lagos, you will need N4000 to set 100 blocks. So doing the maths, you will need about N8400 to pay for labor for setting the blocks. Also, Maybe an addional N10,000 for the foundation blinding and an additional N15,000 for foundation digging.

Hey! Don't foget to get granite/gravel for the foundation and german floor. 

Disclaimer: These are Lagos prices. May be lesser or higher in Ibadan

brabus:

3ppleT, check out this new design for your first floor.

spyder880:

The one wey vex me pass be say he no create door between Oga  room and madam room? How oga go 'discuss' with madam after 10pm without the kids finding out about the 'sneaking' footsteps

enyojo:

This is a very great thread I have been monitoring for so long.
Thanks all for useful contributions.

We came accross a little money and we are planning to buy a house (already completed) in Abuja say Maitama/Asokoro/Garki axis (not wuse or others).
Our budget is around N65m.[/b]Can we get a lovely home at these specified areas?
I'm so scared of demolition in Abuja.

_{NB: Garki 1 or Garki 2. Not Areas 1,2,3 etc}

   Abeg where una dey [b]come across

3pple T:

@ spyder, The  children room is far away, so i don't think they will be so curious to know what is happening, anyway thanks for your contribution, so what do you think about the new plan? please your candid opinion is needed.check the old one in page 91 or 92. Thanks

spyder880:

I woke up this morning and was staring at the ceiling, and I thought, why dont we invent a type of decking wood that could be reused like 50 tiles in different decks? I drew up a plan, buy some plywoods and form them into fixable mats which could be removed after each deck, 1'' plywood, a few metal clamps and metal supports can do this, engineers in the house, what do you think? Is this possible?

Sample arrangement of the plywood for a standard 12x12 foot room arrangement.

3pple T:

@ spyder, The  children room is far away, so i don't think they will be so curious to know what is happening, anyway thanks for your contribution, so what do you think about the new plan? please your candid opinion is needed.check the old one in page 91 or 92. Thanks

spyder880:

I woke up this morning and was staring at the ceiling, and I thought, why don't we invent a type of decking wood that could be reused like 50 times in different decks? I drew up a plan, buy some plywood and form them into fixable mats which could be removed after each deck, 1'' plywood, a few metal clamps and metal supports can do this, engineers in the house, what do you think? Is this possible?

Sample arrangement of the plywood for a standard 12x12 foot room arrangement.

spyder880:

I didnt talk because you all are on track, we need to see where the study fits as you asked, and Fhemmmy also is waiting for the next floor plan to ask the same question. I think he will make provisions for it.

Fhemmmy:


Dont be too sure oh . . .  the kinda kids we have nowadays are too curious oh . . . .

Dosu Ade:

These are the plans I have

brabus:

They are 1 in thick. The supporting pole can be 2in galvanized or thick pipe. I'll send you the pic of the pole as well. Lemme check my files!

Nice plans, but why is the staircase position not indicated on the second plan which I assume should be a ground floor plan?