Ok, I want to share with you guys the progress of my building. First and foremost I'm in the category of low income earners. I earn a little above 100k and for the progress so far, it all boils down to planning and focus. I bought the land from Adron home for N1,275,000 and paid additional fees of N950,000. So far so good these payment took me like two and half years

After being allocated the land I started buy materials gradually. So I will list them as much as I can remember
- 1000 9 inches block @155 - 155,000
- 30 tons of granite - 145,000
- 20 tons of sharp sand - 55,000
- Setting out, digging of foundation, laying of block to DPC level - 130,000 (Depending on your negotiating power) please engage the service of a competent engineer and do direct labour

I dug the soakaway 45,000 and poured the literate into the foundation and also paid labor 20k, engineer chopped me here and gave the guy only 5k (Epic)

Joshcoli:
Ok, I want to share with you guys the progress of my building. First and foremost I'm in the category of low income earners. I earn a little above 100k and for the progress so far, it all boils down to planning and focus. I bought the land from Adron home for N1,275,000 and paid additional fees of N950,000. So far so good these payment took me like two and half years

After being allocated the land I started buy materials gradually. So I will list them as much as I can remember
- 1000 9 inches block @155 - 155,000
- 30 tons of granite - 145,000
- 20 tons of sharp sand - 55,000
- Setting out, digging of foundation, laying of block to DPC level - 130,000 (Depending on your negotiating power) please engage the service of a competent engineer and do direct labour

Nice, God would see you through. Please, can you specify the state or city that the project is located? I'm planning a similar project in Niger state. Can you post the floor plan?

Ok, I paid someone 20k to evacuate all the dugged sand from the soakaway into the building and also paid about 58,000 to put pillers. These 58k covers 11 piller plus the front 3 pillers, the irons, cement, water, labour and also the carpentry work

Joshcoli:
I dug the soakaway 45,000 and poured the literate into the foundation

Well done fire down

Joshcoli:
Ok, I paid someone 20k to evacuate all the dugged sand from the soakaway into the building and also paid about 58,000 to put pillers. There are about 11 piller. This amount is labour and the iron bender, carpentry

well done I live in Ibafo close by.. God will see you through when I get to the stage of electrical and plumbing let
Me know... Gods speed

Filling

Bought four trip of literate at 18,000 each for filling

Mgbadike80:
Nice, God would see you through. Please, can you specify the state or city that the project is located? I'm planning a similar project in Niger state. Can you post the floor plan?

Thanks, the project is located at Shimawa ogun state

twinskenny:
well done I live in Ibafo close by.. God will see you through when I get to the stage of electrical and plumbing let
Me know... Gods speed

Thanks,I will hook you up when I get to that stage

Joshcoli:


Thanks,I will hook you up when I get to that stage

God will bless you

God will help u. As you have planned and begun, you will certainly finish it.
But, u didn't include bags of cement bought for the project so far. We would also relish the pleasure of seeing the floorplan. Well done.

Tammynator:
God will help u. As you have planned and begun, you will certainly finish it.
But, u didn't include bags of cement bought for the project so far. We would also relish the pleasure of seeing the floorplan. Well done.

Ok, many thanks
I forgot to mention bags of cement used
So far I've used 47 bags of cement
Dangote which then was 2,550 per bag. It has gone up to 2,650 per bag now

Another thing I want prospective builders to note is that, engineers makes things very difficult for builders because they know you wont be on ground to monitor their work. My little advice is if you can get someone trustworthy to be on site to monitor the work and pay like 3k, it will be very worth it... But those crazy engineers can even buy them over sef... Lol

Here at the concrete footing 15 bags of cement was used here

I was playing arround with the plan and I came up with something like these. If you want to do something like this simply go to homebyme.com

Register and just draw your plan

This is the floor plan... 3 Bedroom ensuit with a laundry

This is cool mehn

I am sure following this thread. May God see u through

Joshcoli:
This is the floor plan... 3 Bedroom ensuit with a laundry

that's a very compact and economical plan. Good one.

Joshcoli:
This is the floor plan... 3 Bedroom ensuit with a laundry

well designed

Right now, I'm at the site about to cast the German floor so far 40 bags of cement has being budgeted,

And we killed a snake today... It fell inside one of the soakaway... I tell you that creature is beautiful at the same time fearful

Beauty plus fear... What do you call that

Brief analysis of money spent today,

I already bought 30 tons of granite (145,000) which was used for the blinding and casting of the pillars. The 20 tons of sand is remaining small so I added another 20 tons of sharp sand (55,000). carpentry is 12,000, renting of Gen plus pipe 5,000 German floor casting 60,000. 40 bags of dangote cement 104,000

Total cost 55,000 + 5,000 + 12,000 + 60,000 + 104,000

Total = 236,000

Believe me some engineers are devil expecially these my engineers ... Because I decided to be on site the increase the cement mixture ratio just for the sake of wickedness. After these German floor is done I'm changing him ASAP

Joshcoli:
Believe me some engineers are devil expecially these my engineers ... Because I decided to be on site the increase the cement mixture ratio just for the sake of wickedness. After these German floor is done I'm changing him ASAP

can u imagine...

Joshcoli:
Believe me some engineers are devil expecially these my engineers ... Because I decided to be on site the increase the cement mixture ratio just for the sake of wickedness. After these German floor is done I'm changing him ASAP

Before u change him, ensure he didn't make changes to the floor plan, if he did, tell him to effect it on the plan, so another engineer can continue from the German floor

Joshcoli:
Brief analysis of money spent today,

I already bought 30 tons of granite (145,000) which was used for the blinding and casting of the pillars. The 20 tons of sand is remaining small so I added another 20 tons of sharp sand (55,000). carpentry is 12,000, renting of Gen plus pipe 5,000 German floor casting 60,000. 40 bags of dangote cement 104,000

Total cost 55,000 + 5,000 + 12,000 + 60,000 + 104,000

Total = 236,000

U did not add blocks cost

Even at 42 bags of cement the job was not done though remaining small

From my calculation, if the engineer had used half bag of cement for the mixture, it would have being more than enough but my presence made him to waste cement.

He used half and quarter, that is almost one bag for the mixture, I called my friend who is a builder and he told me the engineer is wasting cement because of my presence. It was later corrected after he has already used 32 bags of cement, if not I would have being using about 70 bags of cement to caste a German floor because the idiot was already requesting for additional 20 bags

Just imagine

erico2k2:

U did not add blocks cost

Just for the German floor alone, I even forgot the plumbing work... 23,000 materials and workmanship

From my little experience... You can't escape the fiery hands of an engineer. I think it's better you cooperate with them and give them what they want

Just beg them to have mercy on you

Joshcoli:


Just for the German floor alone, I even forgot the plumbing work... 23,000 materials and workmanship

From my little experience... You can't escape the fiery hands of an engineer. I think it's better you cooperate with them and give them what they want

Just beg them to have mercy on you

Not true, You need to know what you want, ie your mix ratio and stick to it, agree on a price with them and stick to that too. Be on the ground as well very important.

erico2k2:

Not true, You need to know what you want, ie your mix ratio and stick to it, agree on a price with them and stick to that too. Be on the ground as well very important.

Though I'm getting the experience now... That's why they say experience is the best teacher

Which of the adron estate, phase 2 or phase 2 extension?

Nice 1

Nice one boss, I bought mine from Adron as well (West Park Garden, Ibadan) and by God's grace next month I would be allocated and I want to start my project immediately. Please keep updating about everything most especially the cost and I wouldn't mind if you can also connect me to a good engineer if you can find one.