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Lagos - Mason collects 4k to 5k per day while the unskilled labour (the person serving him) gets 3k per day.

Working at a higher level, that's storey building, the labour rate for both mason and unskilled labour still applies but their output will be reduced.

debeey87:
What's the daily rate for masons and laborers in Lagos/Ogun state at the moment.

Do they also charge higher when working on story buildings(1story to be precise)

How much?

DFAMEGUY11S:
Doors

The cost of granite per tonne is almost the same in most quarries in a particular state for instance. However, the total cost of granite is the cost of the granite from quarry plus haulage cost. That gives us an idea why the cost of granite to be hauled to one location is different from the cost to another location. Haulage cost makes all the difference.

Dirkcoyt:
Wow !!! Maybe they sell based on location since you’re on the akala way I still got 20 tons granite for 120k in October ! Wow Nigeria I don’t understand ooooo

The working architectural drawings should be posted too so as to give prospective bidders full information on what they're bidding for.

Alkanelly:
Hello builders, I am looking for a quote for plastering of my 4 unit of 2 bedroom flats in port harcourt. I will also like a qoute for the doors and casement window with burglary proof. See attached picture of building. If you are in port harcourt reach out to me. Honesty with integrity is very important. If you are not do not even dare else you will be thrown into jail. Just a warning. It is time we deal with honest people in this country.

What's your total budget for the project?

yemi2plus:
Good evening everyone,

Can I please get your opinion about this floor plan for a 4 bedroom apartment?

Thank you!

Wow. The data provided here are interesting.

They show the peculiarities of the project and validate the current ongoing construction cost of #15m earlier posted. There's no doubt at all about the current expended construction cost and future costs. Thanks for sharing.

Free Tip: When you finally complete the project and establish the total construction cost, please divide the total construction cost by the gross floor area of the building. That will give us the approximate cost of the building per floor area. This information can be used to forecast preliminary estimate of future projects with similar character by making use of appropriate cost indices.

Thanks for your contribution.

I wish you resounding success in this project and future projects.

KolaShangOne:
1. The foundation. The land had a sharp negative slope of about 30 degrees. Drove up foundation costs.

2. The building itself is massive (21m x 12m)

3. Original stone coated roof used. (Not the ones they sell for 3500 per sqm)

4. We just used Plasterboard for ceiling instead of POP. Drove up costs.

5. Entrance door n exit door cost a combined 600,000

6. Room doors cost about 150,000 or thereabout..

7. In-situ concrete fascia.

Etc.. Etc...

Good evening boss.

M25 - 1:2:4

Volume of concrete based on your dimension - 11.7 cubic metres.

Number of bags of cement for such volume - 59 bags.

bixton:
Good day Engineers and Quantity Surveyors.......
Please can someone help me with the total number of bags of cement for this size of concrete floor of 13(length)*3(width)*0.3(depth) metre using a grade mix of M25..............

Lol...I'm not sure you can get sued by mere recommendation here sir.

EgunMogaji2:
I think @Twinskenny does.

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Well done boss.

What are the highlights of the project?

Like;

The roof covering
Wall, floor and ceiling finishings

Structural frame (if any)

I like empirical data a lot as a cost researcher.

KolaShangOne:
Egun has seen the light

Currently on a 4 bedroom bungalow project and we are past 15million naira mark ..

But as QS said, building cost depends on ALOT of factors..

About 5000 blocks plus foundation.

IreDara:
Good evening guys...please help a sister.
1) How many pieces of blocks should I budget for standard 4bedrooms apartment with two sitting room.
2) I want to start by buying things little by little, i don't have the lump sum to start the building project, but I want to start anyway.
3) Is it advisable to buy blocks first or sand or granite.

I'm confused as to what to do next, someone help me.

For such brief which I assume to include, living room, dining, kitchen, Toilet/Bathroom, bedroom, lobby, entrance porch and kitchen terrace, I estimated an area of 42 square metres for the building area. That means that an approximately 1,650 blocks will be enough for the building including the foundation assuming it's a good soil with good bearing capacity.
For block setting and concrete foundation footing, you can budget 30 bags of cement.

Rilwayne001:
Like how many blocks and cement can finish a room and parlor self contain?
Thank you sir

Fair enough.

I am a Quantity Surveyor.

I cost buildings and construction developments for a living.

fabulous85:
15-18m for a basic finish, Considering the cost of materials.roofing alone with wood work and longspan will gulp about 1.5m or more. This includes wood, roofing sheet and labour no matter the size of the 4 bedroom. Then estimate number of blocks to be used, cement, iron rods. Then finishing with basic materials. Am just a home owner detailing my experience after supervising my building my self . Am not an architect or engineer

What's your projected estimate?

fabulous85:
too low

Too much or too low?

fabulous85:
7-12m for a four bedroom bungalow in 2022? I seriously doubt that

For a 4 bedroom bungalow, you can have a budget of 7 to 12m depending on lots of factors.

For a detailed estimate, you will need an architectural working drawings to achieve that.

Coiner:
Good morning brothers.

Please I do intend to start a building project, and with the raging costs, I think it's wise to ask you experienced folks here how much it would cost to erect a standard 4-bedroom bungalow.

Location: Asaba, Delta State.

Please I would appreciate both estimated figures and a detailed breakdown. Any of that would do.

Thank you all.

I thought we would be discussing the impact of the Ukraine - Russia crisis and its impact of Nigerian economy and by extension building and construction industry.

But here we're fighting one another

Good evening all.

In Benin City, that's their truck for 15 tonnage.

dbshaywhy:
Professional in the house...In the picture below... Is that load actually upto 15 tonnes of granite or can that truck actually contain 15 tonnes of granite?

Greetings boss.

spyder880:
I greet you all. Have a blessed working day.

Oops...

Water cometh soon.

EgunMogaji2:
After the all nighter they did not find water.

So another sleepless night lies ahead.

Woe, as they say, is me.

Good evening to the house.

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lahizak:
My experience building a four bedroom ensuite apartment for a family member showed me that u cannot trust those engineers or builders to be faithful or prudent. When I was doing my roofing, various artisans said I will be using like 17 - 20 bundles. I decided to sit with them throughout the building. We ended up using 11. The enternal plastering also was quoted to use 80 to 100 bags of cement. We ended up using 50. I just received a 35bags quotation for external plastering. Lesson is that if u can, monitor ur work, those artisans are not been kind on us at all

Congratulations.

This will be an interesting project.

rotecch77:
Make I do small advert jaree.
Watch out for the construction of this contemporary building from Ab initio.

A thread for the project is loading
5bedrooms duplex
Builder/ Contractor: Rotech( Arbo contractor Ltd)
Client; Nairalander
Duration; 4month (1st phase ,carcass only)
Cost :……stayed tuned to it
Location: lekki Ajah area

Do you have architectural working drawings?

The answer you seek lies in taking off quantity of materials from your working drawings.

This is why I advise building owners to have materials and labour schedule prepared for them so that problems like this would have been resolved at the pre construction stage.

praise010:
Greetings house... Pls any idea of quantity of cement to plaster a house of 4 No of 2 bedroom flat and 4 bedroom Duplex.

Again, must I do screeding after plastering?

Any recommendation for plastering?

Property is around Ojo, Lagos

Is there any tiler here that can work behind Shoprite, Sangotedo?

If there is anyone, please contact me.

Thought you've retired there, sir.

EgunMogaji2:
I am typically out in the villages scouting for lands. I ride at least 150 miles a week on my sports bike and in the ozza room is someone 23 years my junior.

I think I'm good

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It depends on your location, soil conditions and prevailing materials and labour rates in your location.

Elxandre:
Please What's the minimum amount that could finish a basic two bedroom apartment minus land costs.

Fair enough sir.

EgunMogaji2:
Excellent.

You see on my build, lots of issues. Electrical outlets in the wrong locations, windows in wrong places not allowing proper furniture placement, etc

No American architect if in charge as a turnkey would allow that to happen,

I own all those missteps on my build because I chose to be the General Contractor on my build and I trusted locals who were incapable.

I won’t blame my architect because he delivered what I paid him for, working drawings.

At the bolded, that is the standard practice even in Nigeria.

In Nigeria, building and construction professionals have scale of fees approved by the Federal Govt of Nigeria which is subject to the Estimated Cost of Construction of the project. It's widely used in Govt contracts, multinationals and few high end clients.

In other cases, professionals just flow with negotiations just to make the services affordable to everyday clients.

EgunMogaji2:
Regarding Architects and services.

So what I did was purchase an Architectural plan off of eBay. I was confident that I can read it well and have modifications done by a Nigerian Architect who again will ONLY supply a modified architectural plan.

This method is cheap and I assume the building liability. The design liability continues to rest on the Architect.

Architectural service could be all inclusive and up to turn key. Not cheap and is typically a percentage of the total build cost.

This is from a USA perspective.

I agree on the need of structural design for this structure especially with its Kilimanjaro roof skyrocketing towards the sky. Can this roof withstand wind impact?

Charisdesigns:
I am more concerned that building is tilting

I might be wrong tho, might be from the camera position.

In most cases, bungalows are built without structural design, but this right here need one (A profound one).

These are the issues.

Professionals are grossly underpaid without consequences.

dangoteinlaw:
but when it's time to bargaining price you don't draw the line on quacks. You want an architect you paid 50k to spend 3weeks on your designs because that your 50k will make him somebody right? Maybe they can come to your site and become your bricklayer too.
Some ppl are not just big enough to contract an architect they are just overreaching. Professionals are for the elite. Your 100k will not get you that quality job 300k will get someone else. A bitch on the forum once propose to pay 50k for a complete drawing plus 3d, now I'm sure when she finally gets a quack to do it at that price and something goes wrong her mouth will be running sharp too that architects don't know their jobs.

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Contact CHOICE COST CONSULT for for quantity surveying services, viz-a-viz

1) Bill of Quantities (Projected estimated cost of construction).
2) Materials and Labour Schedule (breakdown of cost of materials and labour respectively for your construction projects).
3) Valuation of ongoing construction works (know the cost of already existing or ongoing construction).
4) Bidding and Tendering for construction jobs (As a contractor bidding for jobs, you need competitive tender to win the job. Nobody can help you out except a quantity surveyor.
5) Pricing of blank/unpriced bill of quantities for tendering purposes.
6) Invitation, pre-qualification and selection of contractor based on suitable tendering procedure. Don't award your jobs to the least bidder bit the least responsive bidder. Be smart. Don't let contractors fool you.
7) Contract administration from inception to completion of your projects. (interpretation of conditions of contract is one of the duties of a smart quantity surveyor).
cool Preparation of both feasibility and viability studies (if you're engaging in a commercial construction works, know the payback period and rate of investment of your projects. Nobody does it better than a quantity surveyor.
9) Life cycle costing
10) Cost control
11) Cash flow forecasting
Etc

Contact us today...

Mobile no: 09012800750