Living room, dining rooms and other common areas being tiled..........

Floor tiles skirting.........

spyder880:
Floor tiles skirting.........

the black tiles, do they have a specific name?

michlins:
the black tiles, do they have a specific name?

These are the marble face tiles made by Time ceramics.

More works going on as we tile the walls and floors of this building..........

More floor tile skirting...........

We have almost completed the tiling works in this house, more pictures later.

Kitchen floor tiles, counter top tiles, all going on............

Some completed kitchens, remaining the top.............

Starting the steps..........

Wall tiles grouting in progress.........

Staircase tiles ongoing..........

spyder880:
Some completed kitchens, remaining the top.............

Engineer, what usually determine your choice of kitchen cabinets (i.e. when to use bricks/concrete top and when to use boards/granite top)? Is it strictly the factor of budget or there are some other engineering factors to be considered before choosing what to go for. Secondly, does the type of kitchen cabinets add or reduces rental values?

Thanks

folyshow:


Engineer, what usually determine your choice of kitchen cabinets (i.e. when to use bricks/concrete top and when to use boards/granite top)? Is it strictly the factor of budget or there are some other engineering factors to be considered before choosing what to go for. Secondly, does the type of kitchen cabinets add or reduces rental values?

Thanks

What usually determine the choice of cabinets, is usually the intended use of the house. I am a person that sees rental property as a business, and I make my decisions on the choice of materials on cost, and durability.

For a rental house, the focus should be on the choice that takes the least cost to build, and that won't make the landlord to be coming back to maintain or repair the fittings in a house every now and then, hence my preference for a stronger cabinet based on concrete, then tiling over it to make it look better. Some tenants could be very rough, and even careless, and so damage to wooden fittings are more rampant as the house is rented from one family to another. The front will have wooden cabinets. The top will be finished with strong, white slippery tiles that ensures easier cleaning.

When we come to private residential property, the focus is on the comfort of the owners/occupiers of the building. So I usually go for stronger cabinets, since its usually one or two kitchens at most, we finish the top with granite/marble to suit the taste of the owners. Since it's a private residential house, the owners will be more careful with the wooden cabinets.

Pictures 1 and 2, concrete cabinets for a rental block of flats I built somewhere.

Pictures 3 and 4, wooden cabinets I built for some private residential buildings somewhere.

spyder880:


What usually determine the choice of cabinets, is usually the intended use of the house. I am a person that sees rental property as a business, and I make my decisions on the choice of materials on cost, and durability.

For a rental house, the focus should be on the choice that takes the least cost to build, and that won't make the landlord to be coming back to maintain or repair the fittings in a house every now and then, hence my preference for a stronger cabinet based on concrete, then tiling over it to make it look better. Some tenants could be very rough, and even careless, and so damage to wooden fittings are more rampant as the house is rented from one family to another. The front will have wooden cabinets. The top will be finished with strong, white slippery tiles that ensures easier cleaning.

When we come to private residential property, the focus is on the comfort of the owners/occupiers of the building. So I usually go for stronger cabinets, since its usually one or two kitchens at most, we finish the top with granite/marble to suit the taste of the owners. Since it's a private residential house, the owners will be more careful with the wooden cabinets.

Pictures 1 and 2, concrete cabinets for a rental block of flats I built somewhere.

Pictures 3 and 4, wooden cabinets I built for some private residential buildings somewhere.

Thanks for the very detailed response.

We bought and offloaded many tiles in this site yesterday. We will start working with the tiles today. More pictures later.

Tiles still being done in this site, more pictures later.

We might start the construction of a security man house for this property as soon as possible. More pictures about this later.

The staircase finish is ongoing..........

We are set to start buying materials for the sanitary wares installation, kitchen and bedroom cabinets, handrails and painting of this house.

More pictures as we start off these works.

Meanwhile, kitchen counter top getting ready.........

Work still in progress, grouting, and other finish works still going on.

We have also bought and offloaded some sanitary wares needed to complete this house, more pictures from this site later.

We have purchased many of the materials we need to fit sanitary wares in this building............

More works done

We started by fitting the water heater units..........

Placing WC sets..............

We are also fitting the shower sets on each bathroom...........

More from our works today..........

Well-done sir.

rukyboy:
Well-done sir.

Thank you bro.

The next stage of this work is to build kitchen and bedroom cabinets here. We have gone to the market and bought a lot of materials needed for this work.

Our preferred colour for the cabinets............