Building A House... First Estimate Missing Plumbing And Electrical?

[Dave Hounddriver]

most people spending 1-5 million would like it their way?

 

For 1 to 2 million the home prices remain stable and good houses on the market for that price will sell.  Anywhere up from that may be a hard sell.  (Notice I said "may" be a hard sell.  Sometimes they sell fast but the higher the price the smaller the target market.

[Thomas]

I know the risks since we do not own the land... but it is all I can do for now since I am not even retired.

You can make a long time lease. I suppouse the uncle don't say no to get a (small) fee each month   :)

Is it true that homes deprecated in Fil, because most people spending 1-5 million would like it their way?

/A few regions are OVER heated. It can be a balloon, which will burst.

/In most of the country there are many WANTING to buy, but they don't have money  :)

/The places in between sell, but hard so it's common the price has to be droped.  (E g one sold for only half of what he paid a year earlier to get a quick sell, but then had a karaoke bar started just beside since he bought it. And now it's some problem selling a house bought for 2.5 mill and improved for 0.5 mill or so. They try to get the money back, but I told them they better expect less to get it sold. Owner has left Phils allready. The caretaker like to live there    :mocking:

[scott h]

but does anyone know if these numbers are close to right?

 

Numbers look about right Tim, but we built our house 2.5 years ago. I personally asked for a basic list of materials and got 3 quotes from local suppliers. They were all comparable so I just picked the one where the owner and his wife spoke the best English.

 

If memory serves, once the plan was drawn up our architect (second cousin naturally) gave his estimate on the total cost of the house, but it was not itemized but based on his experience and the square meters of the house. I asked around and that seems to be how they do it. It actually came pretty close, any overruns were do to us upgrading building materials and fixtures etc. etc.

 

good luck :cheersty:

[Curley]

 

Your house is going to be 15 x 21 and if you have a 1' overhang around then the roof would be 17 x 23 = 391 sq ft.

Plywood is 4 x 8 =32 sq ft.  So, 391 / 32 = 12.22 sheets plywood needed for the roof.  Where else will the plywood be used?

 

 

How about the foundation and the concrete and steel columns? We have 9 columns on a  6x5m room. Each column requires a plywood form otherwise how will you pour the cement?

 

You don't need to use good quality ply for forms, they are only there for a few day and scrap lumber or chipboard will suffice.

[chris49]

 

 

Your house is going to be 15 x 21 and if you have a 1' overhang around then the roof would be 17 x 23 = 391 sq ft.

Plywood is 4 x 8 =32 sq ft.  So, 391 / 32 = 12.22 sheets plywood needed for the roof.  Where else will the plywood be used?

 

 

How about the foundation and the concrete and steel columns? We have 9 columns on a  6x5m room. Each column requires a plywood form otherwise how will you pour the cement?

 

You don't need to use good quality ply for forms, they are only there for a few day and scrap lumber or chipboard will suffice.

 

 

Actually built 2 forms and we poured 2 columns in day reusing the forms in 48 hours and in between we continued putting up the blocks.

 

We were not given the option of cheaper lumber but the plywood was quite cheap, that's maybe why.

[chris49]

Is it true that homes deprecated in Fil, because most people spending 1-5 million would like it their way?

 

 

That was already answered. But land will always appreciate, that's one thing.

 

These retirement homes presumably wont be sold but might be sold after we die sure.

 

1.5 M in  provincial area is quite a bIg amount. And most people who build in the province have their own land.  A house on family land with all due consideration would be  hard to sell.

[Curley]

I have never built a house out of hollow block, so I have no idea how many it will take. The estimate has 1,000 blocks.

 

To estimate your number of blocks required is simple,

1) take the size of the blocks L X H (depth doesn=t matter) and that will give you the area of one block.

2 Take the size of each wall L X H will give you the area of one wall

3) Do the same for the other three walls and add all four together

4) divide the block area into the total wall area and that will give you the number of blocks needed.

59 This will give you a little spare for wastage as the corners will be counted twice plus there will be spacfe for the mortar mix.

 

It looks as though they are using 1/4 inch marine ply for the ceilings,..... I would go thicker.

[GregZ]

Is some of the plywood for divider walls? A diagram or plan of the house would help you estimate. I did not understand if the kitchen will have walls, what they are made of. I assume CR is block walls.

About #of blocks: 70 linear feet (perimeter) would take 70+- blocks @ 8 feet you need 12 high = 840 blocks +- add for the CR walls. 1000 sounds reasonable.

I have to say that I like your plan... Don't put too much stock in the words of the nay sayers. Rent of 6k / month is 72k a year. You paid for this much house in 21 months +-. ROCK ON! ???????? Figure in those MISSING items though. Plumbing will come in handy.

Edited May 21, 2015 by GregZ