Share tips on Building a house in a city like Lagos
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Posted by Felix Okoli on November 04, 2010 at 12:26:21:
This is more like an open discussion about building a house in Lagos Nigeria or any other city like it. If you have got any contributions or suggestions based on your personal experience or third party information, feel free to share them here.
This would include the cost of getting land or buying and renovating an existing house. The paperwork required as well as estimated total amount for building varying categories of houses like duplexes, story buildings including any other expenses which can be official or not.
One thing I know about building your own home is that your would need a land firstCost of land varies at different places in Lagos
At Ikorodu, a plot can go for N200,000 to around N500,000
At Surulere, Land is scarce and buying from someone else may cost around N10m or more
Buying an old duplex for renovation at somewhere like Surulere could cost up to N30m+ and renovation may be around N2m - N3m Sinking a borehole is also necessary if you need good water and the deeper you go, the better. Some boreholes can be dug to 160ft to get good water and it can cost up to N200,000 to get one sunk. You would need to have a large tank on the ground for reserve to store the water and then a pumping machine to pump it up to another tank for supply to the main building. There are other items one needs in building a good house from the scratch but the most important part of building your own home is the foundation. Don't bother too much about how much you spend on a foundation because that it the most important. Once you are done with the foundation, the other parts of the building are relatively easy
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This is more like an open discussion about building a house in Lagos Nigeria or any other city like it. If you have got any contributions or suggestions based on your personal experience or third party information, feel free to share them here.
This would include the cost of getting land or buying and renovating an existing house. The paperwork required as well as estimated total amount for building varying categories of houses like duplexes, story buildings including any other expenses which can be official or not.
One thing I know about building your own home is that your would need a land firstCost of land varies at different places in Lagos
At Ikorodu, a plot can go for N200,000 to around N500,000
At Surulere, Land is scarce and buying from someone else may cost around N10m or more
Buying an old duplex for renovation at somewhere like Surulere could cost up to N30m+ and renovation may be around N2m - N3m Sinking a borehole is also necessary if you need good water and the deeper you go, the better. Some boreholes can be dug to 160ft to get good water and it can cost up to N200,000 to get one sunk. You would need to have a large tank on the ground for reserve to store the water and then a pumping machine to pump it up to another tank for supply to the main building. There are other items one needs in building a good house from the scratch but the most important part of building your own home is the foundation. Don't bother too much about how much you spend on a foundation because that it the most important. Once you are done with the foundation, the other parts of the building are relatively easy
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