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kuntash:
Good day " Am Alone & Spyder"

from what I can deduce from your projects, , Spyder so far is using washed gravels while Am Alone is granite all the way,

Question:

@ Spyder, pls do u intend to use this washed gravel all the way or u would be using them for the german floor and foundation (DPC) correct me if I am wrong pls, ? and use granite for pillars and beams?

@ Am Alone, what was the total cost of the German floor alone?

@ both of u, WHY GERMAN FLOOR? is this compulsory? whats the worst case scenario if excluded in a building such as a 4-bedroom bungalow in a place like Lagos??

@ all, why the sharp variations in the cost of the sand? , do you have them so cheap elsewhere ?, Enugu for example?

@ Kuntash

The total cost of my german floor is: around 350k

Omonile ---- 40k
Workmanship & pure water & rice for the labour after finish: 77k
Granite 30 tons(they use just about 25ton of it): 130k
Cement 80 bags @ 1800 per bag: 144,000
Sharp sand 20 ton: 48000
water(for people who fetch it from the well): 4000
wood & nail & capenter say: 31,000
size of house is around 220 square meters

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@Spyder:
Spyder, 3Trips of sand for that price (18K) => One Trip => is 6K?
What size of Tipper is this referring to?
10Tons? 5Tons? 20Tons?
I am asking because l was buying a "10 Ton" of Sharp sand for 25K, in Lagos and am wondering whether l am missing something here?
Cheers

@ Landscape

Please be well informed that you are being reaped off!!!!
Me too I have been buying sharp sand(dredging) for 24k
But today I just discovered that the original price is 22k
And I have bought a total of 9 tippers of the sand
so I have lost 18k to some thief!!!
Please make your equires well oo (also they are 10 tons)

^^^lol
well done bravo

omonuan:
I am alone,

"Many thanks
more grease to your elbows
Amen!!!

11.5million
I believe that!
thought kinda high
but still okay"-I am alone

Land alone is 2.5million of the cost. Now same size land in the area would cost 6million. I bought mine with fence in 2006 for 2.5m

Hmm, I c

@ Brabus,

Don't worry
I just figured it out!!!!! lol
Location mater!!!!
U bought 2plot of land 1million
what else can one expect
when it comes to cost of construction
Gud jobs u doing there!!!!

omonuan:
This hostel is in Choba PH very close to the University of PH.  It is on two plots.  I have enough space left to add 24 (the one shown in picture is 30 flats) more self contained flats on a two story building plus parking space.  I don't have the cost of wood handy but I will check my records and get back to you later.  I have so far spent about 11.5 million. This cost includes land and everything and the second level is ongoing.

Many thanks
more grease to ur elbows
Amen!!!

11.5million
I believe that!
thought kinda high
but still okay

@ Brabus,

Bros do not mislead ppl

U just said that ur house covered a full plot of land
where as it does not cover even up to half a full plot of land
and I am very sure that if you answer truthfully
my above questions. You will see that you are giving us
and understand estimate.

the down floor of my house is a bit bigger than your's
And i used 9inches block all through,

And one more thing
please answer correctly my above question

And i must confess that it is better to over-budget
than under-budget!!!

@omonuan

Please you are building this hostel @ where
and on how many plots of land??

also, how much did you spend on woods alone

@ Brabus,

This is where i get you red handed.

It is virtually impossible
to build to that height you have posted there
with just 500k as workmanship.
Yes its a lot of money. But when you
put it in construction. It just like nothing.

here in lagos
to set 5000 blocks will cost you nothing less than 200,000
let say you use 8000 blocks
man that will sure cost you nothing less than 320,000
lets say you paid 250,000 for 8000 block(which is kinda impossible in Lagos at least)
so where is the capenter's workmanship and the iron bender
and the german floor workmanship
and the decking workmanship
and the foundation(casting) workmanship
and the digging workmanship
and the canpenters that the the german floor workman ship


Furthermore
bros. wood 200k will never be enoff from what I am seeing here
No nails? no binding wires
no rings?

Please give us full details jor
I doubt 4.5m to this stage you have posted for us
So where do

@ Brabus,

sir, did you pay any omo-nile fees at all
furthermore

can you calculate how many tons of granite you have use
and the cost. Then cost of sand and laterite
and how it amount to 800k(if that is what you said is it)

3. Granite, Sand, Laterite = N.8(N800,000??)

Thanks

check this link

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-356246.32.html

somebody build a 4bedroom bungalow
back as at 2006
for 15m

@ Brabus,

Thanks for ur kind words
I still don't want to believe I have spent too high
Because I put in my best and made sure I get the best price
and made I use the best material

Cost of construction actually varies from place too place.
in my short cal.

Granite ------ 7o ton ----270000
Workmanship ---- bricklayer ------ 280000
German floor ----- workmanship ------ 70000
blocks bought -------- 4800 blocks @ 135 ------- 648000(Lagos price)
12mm rod & ring ----- estimate----- 100,000
sharp sand (dredging sand)----- 9 tippers so far @ 24,000 per tipper ------- 216000
wood & kapenta extimate --------- estimate ----- 170000
cement so far ---- 250 bags @1800------------- 450,000

total extimate(including things i did not calculate): over 2.m

(bros i also paid omo-nile for everything thing. The collect money for German floor, to roofing, to fence, to foundation to even burglary
e plenty die!!!

maybe plus decking and the other tins will amount to 2.5m to make it like ur own
but bros i defy u. my house no cover 1 plot of land o
but ur down floor no big reach my own.(I stand to be corrected)

And if u are truthful
give us the exact amount that you used and not
'over'

This is the length and breath of my house
20m x 14m

hw mach?

@ spyder

Please can you post us the total cost
to this level?

@ spyder,

nice pics

@ SPYDER880

Nice pics,
Keep em coming!!!

@spyder880

Base on what brabus had posted, me mysef I am confused
If he had spent 4.5m on that duplex. That means in a way I must have being spending too much on many thing(perhaps).

But let me make some things clear here. As before, I posted the size of my house. And you can't compare it to every house

The man that wants to do the POP came today and gave me the total m2 of the interior
and it amounts to 196m2. And I must confess, even most 5bedrooms bungalow don't have up to 196m2 for the interior.
Even the bricklayer confirmed that it is the actual size of two 2befroom flat.

My younger brother who is building a 4 2bedroom flat here in Lagos spent 4m to get to the German floor(thought it was not a level ground).
I am building in Lagos. Where everything is being inflated.
My foundation is 8inches high, and also 4 blocks before the German floor.
The german floor is 3 inches high. and I have the bricklayers set about 4 coaches of blocks after the lintel.
Sorry to say
but bungalow pass bungalow

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for ur eyes only

@ spyder880

No wahala sha, YOU HOUSE WILL NEVER COLLAPSE.
It cant at all, because of gravel at all.


@ everybody

When you use the best of materials in construction
the output is all beta

@spyder880

Sorry to say
but I must confess that the materials you are using to build this your house are sub-standard
From hand mold blocks to gravel
And if as you said earlier that you have built a lot of houses
by now you should know the best,

spyder880:
My engineer just brought a total estimate of what it will tke to complete my foundation and get it up to german floor level.
Gravel 4 trips X N12000 = N48000
Sand 8 trips x N6000 =N48000
50 bags of cement @1700 =N85000
half inch rod x1250 = N37500
supervision = 20,000
labourers = N40,000
iron rod =15,000
carpenter = N10,000
transportation = N5,000
total N308,500.00

Hey man, Thanks for this information
But please atleast use Granite for the foundation and not gravel
And please when decking the house, please use granite as well
very important

My house is going on FINE!!!! AND SO I THANK THE LORD
I like to bring cost of buildings in bulk so as to save time and
reduce the stress of the reader.
Furthermore I will post us some more pictures next week
Ty

Fhemmmy:
What is the cost of the blocks in both sizes as at now?

Cos of block as at now
is
9 Inches Block: N140.00 per block
6 Inches Block: N130.00 per block

@spyder880

Hand made blocks are stronger,
My point is, if you want your blocks to be mold by you
make sure they use machine in doing that
the manual one is no gud at all.
Except you like the man called 'quantity'

Anyways you are doing great
love it

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spyder880:
The boy helping my block maker didnt come to work today so only about 170 blocks were made from 5 bags of cement.
Bill = N2000
Total current expenses = N137,800.00

Oga if you do not take this your house will take you ages before it can be completed

My advise to you is; firstly do not use hand mold blocks to build your house because it is not advice-able
secondly to save time and money, build as soon as you can because the price of materials is increasing daily
for example,
I bought cement N1730 per bag
but now it is about N2000 in Lagos
and wood, I bought 700 is now 720
save time save money
and do not use hand mold blocks jorr

^^^ Oga that would be asking for 2much na!!!
who want to dey go through that stress

@ spyder880
Please what is the total cost of this architectural drawing(minus approval o)
mine bungalow
50k!!! if yours is 20k
that means I must have being reap off

This is hw far that money has taken me
By next 2 weeks I will post some more pictures
because by then there would be some sore progress
OLUWA CHAMPION SHEY YOU KNOW

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When the Carpenter finally remove the wood
I will post you some more pictures

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