Oga Spyder, I am building a home now and I am at roofing stage. The building surface area is ~240 sq m. I used some roofing apps online to estimate the roof cover applying 1,2 and 3feet of eaves and my number couldn't match what I was quoted. I was getting less than 380 sq m.

Using the info above what would be the estimated woodwork, labor and Material?
How about the roofing cover assuming I am using Stone coated(Milano, Bond or Roman Designs)

I was quoted ~1m for woods and 2.37m(425sq m roof tiles) for roofing cover and accessories and 800k for labor for both

My Engineers fees were included in those labor charges.

I feel that is a bit much.

spyder880:


To start and complete this building may cost as much as 5.5m things are dangerously expensive these days.

Thank you.

spyder880:


Which state will the house be built, and I hope it's a downstairs?

Imo State, outskirt of Owerri.
Yes it will be downstairs.

spyder880:
Hello my good people, we gather here again to do another beautiful work. We have been hired to renovate a couple of flats to modern standards. These flats were built in the 1980s but still looking good.

However, the owners wants the flats touched up so they can conform to modern standards. No fancy finish styles, no expensive materials to be used, just get the building to today's standards.
Details of the work;

Project: Renovation of two flats
Location: Anambra state, Nigeria
Client: A Nairalander
Contractors: Spyder880 builders
Duration: 30 days

Please follow me as we move to make this project a huge success. We thank you all.

Congratulations on all the goodwork you have been doing.

I have this piece of land that trailed at one end to less than 25ft wide for the last 90 ft. of the land, and I need to fit some form of self contained over there. Could you please give me a quick and dirty estimate of what this may cost. Attached is some plan I whipped up real quick. Thanks.

spyder880:
Roofing starts, roofing carpentry in progress........

Is it possible to give a breakdown of the wood needed for each of these building? What's the angle of these roofs?

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I am at a roofing stage of my home, I tried calling your number but it said you are not on WhatsApp. What is the price for Roman, Bond and Milano stone coated sheet. i will need between 400-450 sq meter. The color should be black. While at it, what's the cost of installation?

spyder880:


I was talking of Enugu, Anambra is N190,000 or more.

Mind don fly me bro. Ok that makes sense. I noticed all your other numbers for rebars and cinder blocks marches what I got for quote.

I should take advantage of the higher dollar exchange and complete the carcass ASAP.

spyder880:


Cement N3,900
1x12x12 wood N1,500
16mm rods N7,800
12mm rods N4,350
8mm rods N2,150
10 tons chippings N140,000
Flat tipper sharp sand N23,000 (Enugu), N30,000 Anambra, N35,000

10 ton chipping is N140K?
Why am I paying 420K for 25 Ton? So I am paying 168K per 10Ton?
Osanobua!!! this people don finish me....

spyder880:
Ceilings inside this house.......

Are the windows a single unit with the protectors? or are they separate from each other?

Rany4all:
Is that concrete or potopoto? Forgive my french please

whirlwind7:


I'm here again!
Now that you have some rough estimate to guide you, get to work ASAP!

Meanwhile, when you check the total cost in that list (don't know the price of blocks in your area)
And let's assume the money you can afford to spare right now is no more than ₦300k. What do you do?

See?
Bottomline: just begin with what you have.
Estimates would often scare you off if you don't have enough money.

I can relate to the idea of waiting to get it in bulk and be scared with estimate.

My first ever project years ago, i kept waiting to have it all together and then one day, a neighbor tried using my narrow property to make an access road. He was sold that property with false info that access was through mine. Overnight I sent what I had and have the foundations done and home built up to window level and that prevented that calamity. I was waiting to have funds to build it all in one fell swoop.

Now I go with the mindset of if I don't have it all but just will power and little fund. i start from somewhere.

spyder880:


This is a very important question, and from my experience, has caused a lot of ill feelings between contractors, engineers, homeowners and other suppliers. To start with, I will say that an homeowner should discuss these matters upfront with the engineer or contractor. Things like left over materials should be discussed and agreements followed during construction processes.

But if there is no prior agreement to make the contractors let go of left over materials from previous stages, I think the engineer or contractor should roll over the left over materials into the next stages, without any discount from next stage funding.

There are some materials that are impossible to use up to the last bits, sand, chippings, blocks and wood will always be left after every stage.

Contractors and engineers can lose money for a stage, but if they have a lot of materials left on the site, they can move on and use the materials remaining to start the next stage of the work, this might make them recover some losses.

I have also formed the habit of buying materials in bulk, and this might mean stocking some of the materials on site. This always helps me to hedge against inflation.

Thanks for this. I trust my contractor/Engineer but as a human you cant help but wonder sometimes.

DaInferno:
to say the pillars serve as outside cover isn't logical enough, pillars cannot stop rain splash or sunlight. Ever heard about truss? The most essential use of pillars is to support a structure and in more recent times: add beauty!

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder in this case. I for one is not very fond of most of them. Some take up a huge portion of the view but some are tastefully placed that they add to the aesthetics of the house.

Anyways @Spyder880, I am in the middle of building my home now and to be frank, I wish I used your services. the frustration of taking one month for the slab is getting on my nerves despite my giving the entire cash upfront.

Can you give me a little insight into your accounting to the customer?
My case, the work is broken into 7 stages and quote provided. I provide fund for each stage and Engineer buys and builds with his staffs. I am not sure if the amount used is exactly the quoted items, less or more.

What happens when the amount of material you quoted for the customer on a stage of work, say slab work, is not used up? Do you roll over the rest to the next stage and adjust the quote for that stage?

What is the prevailing practice in your field?

Congratulations bro. The seem like a huge house. I am sure you will do justice to it going by your wonderful portfolio.
Quick question, I noticed a lot of new homes have those gigantic pillars in front or on the side. Is there any structural needs for them or just the trend?

Oga Spyder, is this kind of building a new trend? Is it owned by one from Brobdingnag (Gulliver's travel land of giants)? Of what use is the unusually high level of this home?
I guess I am struggling to understand the need for the height of this home? Can one shed some lights?

spyder880:
All Glory and all honor be given unto our Lord God, the most High. We are about to commence another beautiful project. The details are as follows;

Project: construction of a 7 bedrooms high ceiling bungalow
Location: Anambra state
Client: A Nairalander
Contractors: Spyder880 builders (0803 335 0750)
Architects: Casa Phills Designs (0806 111 6988)
Duration: 3 months (construction stage till roofing)

You can also check out our other buildings on these links
https://www.nairaland.com/5178606/making-owerri-royal-manor/37

https://www.nairaland.com/6007691/making-white-penthouse-anambra

This house model picture got me all confused. Is this one floor or 2 floors? Not feeling it at all.

spyder880:


In this country? No Sir.

Thats what I thought too, so now that my question is clarified, abeg what's the range? A ball pack price abeg.

spyder880:


About N700 to N800k, all materials and labor.

From excavation to laying of the concrete bed?

spyder880:


About N700 to N800k, all materials and labor.

WOW, THANKS!!!
That is about one fifth of what I was quoted. And the size is about the same as this building going off your plan drawing.

spyder880:
From the top.......

German Floor for a home of this size usually run on average around how much?

spyder880:
Pictures from the carpentry works in this house.........

How badly did the fluctuating price of goods affect you initial budget of ~N15.8mil(carcass) for this project?
Another question, when quoting the BEME for your customers, how do you normally break it down? To pieces needed or overall unit(m sq , m cube, tons etc)?

spyder880:


The surface mount is easier to maintain in a leak or damage situation. The identification of leaking area, ease of repair and shorter time spent will cost less. In a conduit piping work, any leakage or repair will take more time for the problem area to be identified since most of the pipes are inside the walls. Then again, correcting a leak or repairing or replacement of a damaged pipe can cost more, take a longer time and the discomfort to the occupants of the house will be more.

Conduit piping is usually better where there are fewer occupants in a house, externally mounted piping are much suitable for multiple dwelling units. Thanks.

Thank you.

spyder880:
Let's remove all the scaffolding wood, and also patch the holes on the walls.

Beautiful work, keep it up bro! Been a silent follower of yours and admire your works.

Not a big fan of the sewage and water pipes on the surface of buildings. I am sure there are options to surface mount. What are the advantages and shortfalls of the options?

michlins:
please bro I don't understand what you mean by that

The edge of those designs will be bad if in contact with the skin especially picture number 1

michlins:
anything short of this type of rail will be an insult on this rail. Keep up with the work

The edge of those will rip skins on a daily basis

spyder880:
And preparing the grounds for pegging of the foundation.........

Ndewo. I have been a silent observer on this site for over 10 years. Its time to come out and give you props for your posts.
Keep it up and continue the good work. Kudos.