DCGUY:

Oga Spyder, on behalf of myself and classmates; I thank you wella!!! if no be the knowledge wey you open up to all, I for no start my house-out of fear.

Chief, congrats ooo!!!! peace and love go rain for that your house.

Elsafema:

Oga spyder you no go die lailai pls am starting my new 5bed room bungerlow at ibadan pls i need rough quotation to limtel level am not dooing any german floor can 1m be enough. how many number of;
cement
sand
block
gravel
iorn
labour.
please oga spyder and all menber of the house help me it is urgent

size
Sitting room: 16x18ft
Dinning: 16x10ft
Kitchen: 13x12ft
store: 12x6ft
all 4bedrooms: 13x16ft(the wardrobe occupies 13x2ft of the each rooms making it 11x16ft) 
Master bedroom: 13x16feet(wardrobe excluding wardrobe space)
Master bedroom wardrobe: 5x6ft
Master bedroom toilet: 5x8ft
Remaining 3 toilets: 5x12ft

The house has a shoot out: 11x12ft

pls am wating for your QUOTATION it is urgent. will 1m be enough to limtel level without german floor.

ibrokay:

@ Elsafema
I am also building a 4BR bungalow in Ibadan.
From what i learnt  from this thread,i will advice you to
do the german floor.
The price of cement should be 1850 naira per bag.
Sand is 13k per trip.
Instead of gravel i will advice you to go for granite.
Its just 2,200 naira per tonne,it is more economical compared to gravel.
Labour is not all that expensive,i paid 40k for every 1000 blocks laid.
Anyway am not an expert,but make sure you get the best hands to do the job for you.
All the best.

spyder880:

^^^ ok

gmiky:

Oga Spydo: following your threads has been a great inspiration and motivation for me to get things started on my Land in Abuja. I got a plan for a 4Bed Duplex but require your advise and input to get started. How do we begin? I need your input on possible projected budget to get a project of such magnitude started and with what I have seen and read on the various scholars here, it really doesn't cost much to accomplish such a project. Expecting your feed back please.

lizzybabe1: I think I'm lost. So what is the total cost so far?

spyder880:

Something in the region of N4.8m but no need to throw the costs around till the pictures are out to see where the cash sank into. I am not sure of the actual sum as I have not sat down to sum it all up.

spyder880: currently looking to learn more, finished reading these, can anyone suggest more books related to this field.

spyder880: ^^^ although I dont know Ibeju Lekki very well, still I dont think N5m is realistic for building duplex + BQ in any part of Nigeria. Why not start with building the BQ first and while living there, arrange to build the duplex.

love-tosin:

Thanks for the frank advice Spyder! I intend to do just that i.e BQ first and build duplex gradually. But I want a working figure.

So is N7-8m more realistic? I'm looking at a very basic and modest design with 2 master bedroom and 3 smaller ones. No atrium, lobby etc. I'm not doing all that marble, granite finishes etc either.

Or should I just go for a bungalow?

hi,more power to your elbow,as per your Q,i will be frank with you,that #5m wont take you anywhere,am currently building something similar to that just mine could be bigger,but i tell you what,about #5.5m is what has just taken me to only decking(i should be casting the deck work in a matter of week).Ans thats just like the beginning,so i'm just gonna advise you to build a beautiful bungalow like that am-alone one but if you still want the duplex,with just a basic finish,i think #10m should do it.

jerryben12: NL has become boring with low activity on this thread. I miss this thread so much!.

spyder880: @ blacklion and sadze, please relocate to our new thread "Strong, beautiful and affordable homes" for more updates and comments/questions.