Yemibrilliant:
Pls, how far can 300k go in building 2 bedroom apartment on a plot of dry land in Ifo, Ogun state. It's urgent pls.

bixton:


Assumptions :

#100×1000 blocks =#100,000
2 trips shard sand @15,000 each= 30,000
3/4 granite 15 tons= 50,000
50 bags cement @ #2500= #125,000

Foundation excavation =#20,000


Total...............

Yet to include so many things

Yemibrilliant:

pls, can the 300k conclude the foundation or surpass the foundation abit.
Thanks 4 d response.

bixton:



I do not think "safety perspective" in kitchen placement is actually thought about in Nigeria per se even with home owners putting up walls as fence line. Home owners prefer to put up 20 course block wall as fence behind and sides of the house and choose to put see through or dwarf wall in front.
Given a good neighbourhood and nothing to hide by home owners, all sides of your fence is supposed to be a dwarf wall so if there be any fire incident any neighbour can be of help from any angle to assist.

Yemibrilliant:

I just want to try do something on the land but not fencing for now.
Your candid advice is highly welcome.

Yemibrilliant:
pls, can the 300k conclude the foundation or surpass the foundation abit. Thanks 4 d response.

Rubbiish:

If u dont intend to sink a borehole, use the money for digging a well & buy some number of blocks.

Rubbiish:

@bold Good point security & safety wise...but what about privacy sir? I only use dwarf fence for front. Sides & back must be high for me.

Yemibrilliant:

pls, can the 300k conclude the foundation or surpass the foundation abit.
Thanks 4 d response.

bixton:


It may and may not.
A lot of factors to consider .

But you can start something if you're anxious about it.

Just one step at a time.

bixton:



I do not think "safety perspective" in kitchen placement is actually thought about in Nigeria per se even with home owners putting up walls as fence line. Home owners prefer to put up 20 course block wall as fence behind and sides of the house and choose to put see through or dwarf wall in front.
Given a good neighbourhood and nothing to hide by home owners, all sides of your fence is supposed to be a dwarf wall so if there be any fire incident any neighbour can be of help from any angle to assist.

bixton:


It depends on what you mean by privacy?


The external walls of every house is enough for privacy and we all live within the walls of the main house.

Yemibrilliant:

Pls, can u help with the factors to be considered as i am a novice in dis. Thanks.

bixton:


Please if you already have a design plan, kindly sit down with your architect/engineer/builder, pen up an estimate, do some deductions - reductions, think over it, sleep over it , then get to the site to effect it.

Daboomb:



Not always true!

There are "layers", in any security apparachne.
We cal it the "Onion principle"...to reflect the layers of the Onion flesh, while it shields it central-core.

- Security layers actually start by just demarcating where your territory starts/ends.... using something as simple as a 'different color' of paint or even sand, on the floor (as long as it is different and clearly identifiable by others.)
- As the 'threat level' overcomes or trespasses the outermost layer and walks its way inwards, your level of response also increases commensurately

The message you are sending, for example by planting a different flower in your frontage, is to tell intruders: you are stepping on private space, pls keep off!
if they cross your flower-hedge and approach your gate, that is another "layer" and the response could be a Dog barking or a security personnel giving them the shoo-off signal or an announcement over your CCTV monitor reminding them that they are being watched and recorded and could be putting themselves in a precarious situation that can land them in jail.

Now, inside your compound, your 'privacy' is not just your unclothedness, it also includes what you can leave within the compound or expose within it, and you dont want others to be privy-to.

For example (and this is just an example), if you have a swimming pool within your compound, low walls wont do.
If you leave expensive 'Toys' within your compound, low walls wont do.
Even having your children play within the compound, if for example you just came from abroad , low walls wont do otherwise they become a target of kidnappers.

I do a little bit of 'advicing' on such subjects for a living, so l am quite familiar with it.

bixton:


It depends on what you mean by privacy?


The external walls of every house is enough for privacy and we all live within the walls of the main house.

Yemibrilliant:
Like how much will finish the foundation pls? I prefer borehole but it's not an option 4 nw.

Rubbiish:

just budget 500k without sand filling, german floor & supervision.
seems u just wanna secure d land?

nicerod:
Please can I get bricklaying job to hold body,soul and spirit together?

I don't mind if it is N1000 or N2000 per day

tobbyboy2011:
Please I need your help, I have a plot of land measured 50 x 145. Can I build 8 numbers of 2bedroom flats on it? 4 up and 4 down?

olapluto:

Where are you based

Iruosonobrugwhe:
Dear learned folks, please what is the minimum thickness a 'german floor' hould have?.....location Niger delta . Note that block work and roofing have been done.
What is the average cost for 265 m2 surface?

Iruosonobrugwhe:
Dear learned folks, please what is the minimum thickness a 'german floor' hould have?.....location Niger delta . Note that block work and roofing have been done.
What is the average cost for 265 m2 surface?

bixton:


Niger Delta is a big region.
If your build is within RS and BYS then make a budget for《650k, since you already have block walls erected completely.

Smattad:

150mm, 6inch thick , Least Should be 100mm i.e 4 inch thickness.

Iruosonobrugwhe:
thanks...

Delta precisely