bixton:

Your site location matters alot if that is possible. A simple design and finishing with a void lounge............ To play safe stay on with 15M on a dry land.

raymondFirstborn:


i dont know how you intend to do it, N13m can never finish a 5bedroom duplex.
if N10 - N13m is what the carcass of a lowcost 5bedroom duplex should cost.Then how do you intend to finish your duplex.

Hum2020:
Op 15m cannot finish 5bedroom duplex for moderate finishing just put it at 27m thanks

raymondFirstborn:


15m cant finish a 5bedroom duplex.

bixton:


It's good when one has another opinion, ensure you put up your figure for others to see.
Don't disagree and leave your statement blank. It should be easy to put up a quote by you.

Some years ago on this thread a professional built his own house with an amount that was disagreeable to others but was accomplished. It was an eye opener for others.
Another accepted and travelled to the southern region with a quoted figure to build as well even with critics here, but only for some unforseen on site, the variation still was within a range others would never have believed.


Some months back, while we were arguing about quoted figure for plastering and septic tank construction. One Oga was like shouting thief on high quotes on the thread, while one artisan was ready to run a plastering at a very large discount.
A Madam here even owned up to the amount in price for the same plastering job, based on if the work is done by a contractor or the owner does the procurement and supervision himself.


So like I said, which is subject to his location, availability of labour, etc,etc,etc.....
15M should give him a building worthy of being called a home based on his initial inquiry statement.

Timtol:

Boss, 27m for carcass?
Then that duplex na palace ooo lol

bixton:


Most designs on NL are not for simplicity so the reason for that quote.
If the Op sticks to simplicity he will achieve his aim.

bixton:


Most designs on NL are not for simplicity so the reason for that quote.
If the Op sticks to simplicity he will achieve his aim.

timesup234:
15 milliom will complete a 5 bedroom duplex but excluding fencing, gate, interlock, electric fence. You will need to spend over two million more. With 18 million you are well secure

timesup234:
15 milliom will complete a 5 bedroom duplex but excluding fencing, gate, interlock, electric fence. You will need to spend over two million more. With 18 million you are well secure

raymondFirstborn:


Last year i designed and handled the construction of a simple low cost 5bedroom duplex 5.4 x 22m with an estimated budget of N18m.

I can tell you, we didnt finish the said project.Reason is N18m wasnt enough to finish the duplex.
The carcass cost us N11m.

one thing about Nigerian clients, they would say they want simple low cost building, but they would want quality interior finishing.As we all know, quality is not cheap.

earthrealm:


house dey like woman/music, different tastes, i like the first picture, the 2nd pic is local/common

Umarzy:


The guest toilet window is not looking good in the position it was placed. The Architect should make the window to face sideway. A little protrusion of the toilet wall will take care of that.

Regarding the long hallway. The Architect should find a way to reduce that. The position of the laundry is not okay. Laundry is usually positioned after the Kitchen. It 's usually adjacent to the kitchen varandah/sit-out.

The bedroom after the guest room can be switched for the kitchen. With that, the lobby space reduces i.e. There'll be no wall (that will create a demarcation) between the kitchen and dining.... There will still be space to get through to the lobby, just that the space will be opened and it will allow for more light into that space.

Then the other bedrooms will be repositioned back. That laundry can serve as the walk-in closet.

BLACKPANTHER111:


Thank you very much chief.i don’t think the architect even drew anything.He just look Fred an old plan from google and that annoys me because I’m not there to supervise

timesup234:
15 milliom will complete a 5 bedroom duplex but excluding fencing, gate, interlock, electric fence. You will need to spend over two million more. With 18 million you are well secure

raymondFirstborn:


Last year i designed and handled the construction of a simple low cost 5bedroom duplex 5.4 x 22m with an estimated budget of N18m.

I can tell you, we didnt finish the said project.Reason is N18m wasnt enough to finish the duplex.
The carcass cost us N11m.

one thing about Nigerian clients, they would say they want simple low cost building, but they would want quality interior finishing.As we all know, quality is not cheap.

BLACKPANTHER111:


Good morning Chief.I hope your day is already turning out to be a great one.
Please I have come back to consult you. Abeg can you help me point out places of correction on the second plan as adviced yesterday.
Pls your expert help and advice is needed and I will appreciate it chief

Stundey:


DESIGN IS PREFERENTIAL, but there are some things that should be avoided, if not, would cause problems.

That been written, the visitor's toilet's defect is more than having its window placed at the entrance (that's usually not a problem); it's about placement of its inspection chamber for its plumbing work. As it is, the inspection chamber would be buried under the Sit-out and would need to be dug out if there ever exists a need to work on it. And that's a problem.

The tunnel (labeled as Hallway) is an absolute waste of space with the width of about 2.7m. Apart from being long, there's no source of natural light to it, thus, "there would be light at the end of the tunnel", not within the tunnel except there'd always be 24/7 power supply to power artificial light.
Note: The natural light can be achieved during the construction stage, provided the Architect wants that and he's in charge of the supervision.

The Laundry is better placed beside the Store, not because that's the "rightful place" for it to be, but it will be more effective at the place, while the Toilet is moved to where the Laundry is presently.

The door that leads from Kitchen to Dining should be removed to give the Kitchen more work area.

P.S: I want to believe you are restricting the Architect some way as he should be able to do more than this.

rotecch77:
Good day All
It’s a pity that this section of Nairaland (property section) is not as its before why?
We are missing some guru here range from
Architects
Builders
Engr’s
QSs
Clients
Suppliers
Etc
Which there wealth of experience in build industry make this section one of the best on Nairaland

Actually I know what make some of them keep quiet this day is just because some are label names which is not that so aspected by them and many more like that.

What we do we see this days mostly is non professional advise which in turn do give some home base bad names bcs for example some who has not visited site ones in his life or know anything about building will be give building quote to non home base person and later a professional give advise or quote the next thing we will see is that the quote is TOO HIGH,
so many thing like that pls is too annoying why because some of you guru has ran away from here.

If all ran away who will make the this section great again pls that is why I will mention some names here to pls come back again and let’s rebuild this Nairaland as a whole

Pls I will like you people to ponder deeply and come back here and make this section great again
In the likes of

Hajji mufutau
Segcy Moore
A venture
Rubbish
Dennis 3D
Egin
Abdulwastech
Kenny
Topsy
Spider
Rotech77
Floflo
Egunmogaji ( tuale o)
Kingsodigital (not the actual user name)
Dubem capital
Dabomb
Ericko
fastshiping
Brabus
Olumide for Christ
angelicbeing ( Oyinbo po ju )
Sweet home seller guy ( not the real user name)
Abuzaid.
Gbadex paint
Client ( Bikonu , ejoo yankuri)

Modified*name continue

Adanny
Skimaski
Timtol.
Allcopatec
Bixton




And many more guru which I forget there-names now.
Pls I urge you people to come back again to make this section great again.

If your name is not mentioned don’t think you are left outside this issue, you cant hide I will surely dig you out and include your name later

durojim007:
Hello house,

Please, I need some information on screeding.
1. How much is labour per sqm
2. Which of the screeding product is best for interior and exterior
3. Is cement good for screeding
4. How much is labour and material per sqm

Location: Ibeju Lekki

Thanks for all the help

EgunMogaji2:


As you remembered me, may Allah remember you too and bless you abundantly.

I’m humbled.

Here’s my opinion on the issue that you raised.

Many vendors have moved on and stopped posting either because of personal commitments or being bullied away.


For owners like me, many of us have finished our builds and many more since then, gained the experience and simply stopped participating.

In my opinion this specific thread has outlived its intent if not its usefullness.

RedMapleConsult:


Labour varies from 250-450 naira per sqm depending on the total area and where to be screeded

For interior screeding, we use POP cement, POP emulsion and topbond. though there are other screeding materials like PVA and sorts but domestically POP cement and emulsion used.
Cement is good For exterior screeding.

Labour and material together varies from 500-750.

BLACKPANTHER111:



Thank you Brother.I will look into all this Asap.Are you an architect?