Praise be the name of the most high God!
I finally took the bulls by their horns and dived into building myself a country home - a 5 Bedroom Bungalow in my home town.
Following (silently) the lectures of the big building guys on Nairaland, Spyder880 especially! I'm both the architect and project manager for this my building, not because I'm selfish or a "do-it-all" person but because I have learnt a lot from the people who have built and posted the process on NL.

I'm not a professionally trained architect, but in my former life I was a civil Engineer, LOL; I came up with a floor plan that I loved. I gave the completed drawing to a trained architect to have a look and within 24 hours, he sold my plan to his client and so I had to change few things in the plan (position of dinning room, study room which was also converted into a Self Contain attached to the main building to make mine a 5 bedroom instead of the original 4 bedroom I set out to build).

While this thread is to showcase the process of the building, its also an invitation to the great builders in NL for their good advise, suggestions and an e-helping hand.

I will be sharing costs and pictures as it progresses.

Elevation images of the building. The final building will be this 'simplistic'

I see, u want to take advantage of the new PDP swig nice

write2obi:
I see, u want to take advantage of the new PDP swig nice

Thursday 30/10/2014: Pegging and digging of foundation was done

Blinding of foundation done - Friday 31/10/2014

And by Monday 03/11/2014...

OP congrats
Abeg add cost of each phase as u go we will join u O IJN

nano4him:
OP congrats
Abeg add cost of each phase as u go we will join u O IJN

Yes will do! Need to get to where I have previous costs recorded...
Our bountiful giving God will make you start yours soon, moreso now that political campaigning has brought down the prices of Dangote and BUA cement

Here we go again

century106:

Yes will do! Need to get to where I have previous costs recorded...
Our bountiful giving God will make you start yours soon, moreso now that political campaigning has brought down the prices of Dangote and BUA cement

did you actually buy cement for 1k per bag

what state is this projects

how many blocks are you envisaging to use for this project

aguiyi:


did you actually buy cement for 1k per bag

what state is this projects

how many blocks are you envisaging to use for this project

No I haven't bought cement for 1K yet, no seller will sell old stock for less and if Dangote & co don't put a price tag on the bags of cement that's to be sold for 1k, sellers will still sell for old price and claim its their old stock. The project is somewhere in Abia state. So far I have molded blocks off 90 bags of cement (6" solid for dpc & exterior walls and 5" blocks for interior walls)... 27/28 6" solid blocks per bag & 32 5" solid per bag. I'm envisaging 5500 - 6000 blocks total for this project...

Building Details
Size of land/plot: 104ft 154ft by 102ft (almost a square, now it's 3 plots of land ) and the building will occupy 2902 SQ FT or 269.61 M²
The building will carry a total of 16 pillars to support the fascia (parapet).
The Entry Porch/Seat-out/Veranda measures 13 by 8ft
The Waiting room is 9 by 8ft and visitor's toilet is 3 by 8ft
The Living room (parlour) is 17 by 21ft and a small bar of 6 by 5ft
Dinning room is 13 by 11ft
The Kitchen is a stadium - 13 by 18.5ft with a 5 by 14ft store. The kitchen has a veranda measuring 12 by 5ft
The Master Bedroom is 14 by 14 ft with a 6 by 8ft wardrobe and an 8 by 8ft toilet & bathroom
Master/Private Lounge is 14 by 11ft with a porch/veranda/seat-out that's 4 by 11ft
Guest Room is 12 by 12ft, en-suite
The Other 2 Rooms share a common toilet & bath and are at least 12 by 12ft. The toilet is 5.5 by 8ft
The attached Self Contained Apt is 11 by 13ft with 8 by 7 Kitchen and a 4 by 7ft toilet & bath
There is a 12 by 8.5ft hall in the building that can be used as work-out area

Chi n'edu m

It rained heavily today, so no work on the site.

DPC is 4 coaches; it's a dry flat land...

Na only you wan build 3 bed room bungalow?....do you know how long it will take you.

LORDI:
Na only you wan build 3 bed room bungalow?....do you know how long it will take you.

Hahaha NO!
I said I'm the project manager meaning I'm overseeing the progress myself. There are more than 10 people working on the site daily; iron bender, block molders, block layers, labourers and of course the woman that cooks for them. I'm about 4 hours away from the site, so I will be going there as often as I can to oversee things.

It's a 5 bedroom bungalow by the way, thanks

Following.... Hope you don't mind showing us the floor plan. Congrats bro, should start mine next year

gboyex:
Following.... Hope you don't mind showing us the floor plan. Congrats bro, should start mine next year

Sure...

hmmmm. I am quite some way off building my own house but this is kind of good thing one should follow. at least I'm gonna learn a lot and might use it later.
Thanks for sharing ur progress and challenges with us.

Century106, Welcome with your thread... God is good.

Why is the kitchen not accessible to the room in the attached One room flat?
The plan is nice and well thought-out..

Hajji M.

autocad would be good for the image projections

I love this

akinsadeez:
hmmmm. I am quite some way off building my own house but this is kind of good thing one should follow. at least I'm gonna learn a lot and might use it later.
Thanks for sharing ur progress and challenges with us.

Yes, it pays off well at the end. I learned a lot following the progress of other builders and the lectures by Spyder880

mufutau55:
Century106, Welcome with your thread... God is good.

Why is the kitchen not accessible to the room in the attached One room flat?
The plan is nice and well thought-out..

Hajji M.

Thanks sir. God is good indeed!
The attached One room flat will be occupied by someone (tenant) who will take care of the compound since it's in the village. It's a temporary BQ until the main BQ is built, God's willing.

SMALLPENIS:
autocad would be good for the image projections

I love Autocad but this one is better. The real image projections looks more real than what Autocad's revit will produce.

seunlayi:
I love this

Thanks sir.

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century106:

Sure...

Since this is a project in the village where there is land, why not make the two rooms en-suite instead of them sharing one toilet & bath. I initially did something like this for my duplex project in the village and somebody advised me to make the two rooms en-suite. I took the advise and i was glad that i did. The extra cost is not much. Gives a lot of privacy.

@Century106, congratulation. My advice to you from experience project 10- 15 or even 20% above your budget, to put you in better position on the safe side. My brother things happen along the line, from workers issues to material ETC.

tandj:
Nna jisie ike.
Ihe a na eme adighi easy.
B4 u know it, its all over.
Pls make sure u do most things urself so as to cut cost.
God bless u.

Ihe a na eme adighi easy at all. Imela!
To save money, I will do most of the monitoring myself...

NL1960:

Since this is a project in the village where there is land, why not make the two rooms en-suite instead of them sharing one toilet & bath. I initially did something like this for my duplex project in the village and somebody advised me to make the two rooms en-suite. I took the advise and i was glad that i did. The extra cost is not much. Gives a lot of privacy.

Thanks sir, I will take the advise

kopell:
@Century106, congratulation. My advice to you from experience project 10- 15 or even 20% above your budget, to put you in better position on the safe side. My brother things happen along the line, from workers issues to material ETC.

Thanks sir; I have kept an open mind (pocket) about what may come, I pray my ome ihe ukwu God gives me and all of us more than enough resources to build our perfect desired homes.

century106:
Thanks sir. God is good indeed!
The attached One room flat will be occupied by someone (tenant) who will take care of the compound since it's in the village. It's a temporary BQ until the main BQ is built, God's willing.

Sure, I understood, thanks. And God shall provide to finish the project.

Hajji M.

I am following this thread keenly. Whats your estimated cost for this? Total estimated cost. That will give me an idea.

Pls Hajji M what is the difference btwn a porch and a verandah?

write2obi:
Pls Hajji M what is the difference btwn a porch and a verandah?

You know, to me they are the same.. In my book, Porch is just another fancy or sophisticated term for verandah.
Try and google for "Verandah" and "Porch" and look at the images, I bet they are basically the same.

Hajji M.

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mufutau55:


You know, to me they are the same.. In my book, Porch is just another fancy or sophisticated term for verandah.
Try and google for "Verandah" and "Porch" and look at the images, I bet they are basically the same.

Hajji M.

What about dressing and walk-in closet?