And the front views

Beautiful...

Side view

kkonsults: Beautiful...

Thanks. Credit to my architect.

Jarus:



Thanks. Credit to my architect.

Congrats on the completion of your country home.

Nice, me likey.

Jarus: Building A House - My Experience

I have decided to open this thread to share my experience on my current project in Kwara, perhaps all of us, both home owners and prospective landlords, can learn one or two things and exchange ideas.

Project: A 3-bedroom flat, plus 2 room+parlour BQs. Later, by God's grace, to build mosque in the compound and shops adjoining the fence.
Location & Purpose: Kwara state; to serve as my countryhome, and follow family tradition of building first house in our village.
Size: 2 1/4 plots.
Initial plan: To do a modest 3 bedroom flat with no more than 2.5 -3m! But I find myself, most times on advice of parent and supervisor(an architect), tinkering with the initial plan many times, including BQs, reshaping  the plan and costs flying up!

In subsequent posts, I will share pictures of the different stages, costs and share key lessons I realized.

Height of Nonsense

and this made front page?

No worry, when I upgrade FROM X5 to X6 I will be sure to open a thread.

2years? not bad, I guess it was worth the patient. congratulations

Magic Bishop:

Height of Nonsense

and this made front page?

No worry, when I upgrade FROM X5 to X6 I will be sure to open a thread.

You must be an ibo man. Your people no dey happy when a Yoruba man or woman excels.

Congrats Jarus!

emmanuel ewumi:


Congrats on the completion of your country home.

Does dat look lyk a completed home, since 2011. If this is FP material
N/l has gone to the dogs, some. Small dogs, men.

goodluck bro

Nice work, Jarus.

Lovely!

Jarus: The BQ, up to lintel. I have suspended that one and faced main building:
2 different views:

What does lintel mean? I use to hear that alot while growing up. "Mo ti ko de lintel".

Awakulowo1:

You must be an ibo man. Your people no dey happy when a Yoruba man or woman excels.

Congrats Jarus!

and you are a f00lish yoruba tribal he-goat to drag tribalism into it.

odenni

Nice one and Congrats Bro, Is not easy at all, only someone who hasn't experienced the process of building a house will take it for granted

Ile-Ife:


What does lintel mean? I use to hear that alot while growing up. "Mo ti ko de lintel".

Lintel means Beam

Neat and beautifully done, congratulations Jarus.

Nice work.... How much have u spent in total @ this stage?

Soyedele1:
Lintel means Beam

Thanks, just checked, never knew its an english word.

ode remo:
Does dat look lyk a completed home, since 2011. If this is FP material
N/l has gone to the dogs, some. Small dogs, men.

At that stage of completion, I think the property is habitable.

For a young man in his early 30s to build that type of structure with his legal income, I think he should be commended.

spyder880: Neat and beautifully done, congratulations Jarus.

@spyder. why the long absence from www.stockmarketnigeria.com

ma sha Allah.

congrats, Jarus.

spyder880: Neat and beautifully done, congratulations Jarus.

Spyder, you had a thread, if i recall about the house you started building about three years ago (same time as me) someweher in enugu state. I was always following that thread (without making a single contribution though). I must confess i picked prices from that your tread when i was negotiating or buying items. To the glory of God i managed (after three years) to complete that duplex. I now want to commence the building of hostels (challets) for students very close to that same house.

How did your house fair, i am certain you have finished it by now.

More blessing bro

Jarus congratulations , you must be very proud of yourself, you have done it , all your sweat and hardwork has paid off , very very well done

I would love to build a house in lagos but i need info on how to go about it without being scammed,i just want to knw a proper and quiet location like a G.R.A setting

Magic Bishop:

Height of Nonsense

and this made front page?

No worry, when I upgrade FROM X5 to X6 I will be sure to open a thread.

wht the hell is wrong with you?? If u dont want to learn one or two frm the op then just go to another thread

I am marvelled, stuned. Congratulation LAND LORD JARUS!!!

And sumbody is advising me to save 5million for masters abroad. Money I wil use to build 3 bedroom flat in my hometown Omoku.

Congratulations on your house!

It is amazing how different the building experience is in the US compared to Nigeria. Over here, if you’re using established builders, they have the cost down almost to the kobo for every addition or upgrade to the house. However, they do nickel and dime you to death because they charge for every single upgrade, e.g., an additional socket or light switch in your bedroom will cost about $200-$250 for one.

But I still wish there are builders like that in Nigeria so that one can know beforehand exactly how much a particular building will cost.

For example, here's a website that will estimate the cost of a house depending on your specification for different cities in the US. http://www.costtobuild.net/index.html

I bet someone can charge a pretty penny if the same is available for Nigeria. (Hint to the entrepreneurs)


EDIT**************

Found a website that has excel spreadsheets that will help estimate or guide the cost to build a house.

http://buildingadvisor.com/welcome-to-the-building-advisor/project-management/estimating-overview-2/estimating-budgeting-worksheet/

Congrats Jarus, it ain't easy at all . . . .