HOW TO BUILD A PERMANENT HOUSE WITH A BUDGET BELOW KSH300,000

Well, I recently discovered that you are now handled depending on the appearance of your residence. Meeting someone who lives in a beautiful mansion in town but has never gone back home because he has no place to sleep can be upsetting.

To completely avoid such embarrassment, I have a wonderful proposal for you: a basic modern house that will not cost you a fortune but will command greater respect.

You can construct a single bedroom, a sitting room, and a kitchen for less than $300,000. Take a pen and paper and follow along as I go over the computations with you.

From the foundation to the lintel.

It will cost you 25 thousand shillings for bricks (2300 blocks).

You need 2,500 shillings to purchase stones for the foundation.

You need 4 tonnes of sand ballast, which will cost 5,400 shillings.

Sand, 5 tonnes will cost you Ksh 6,000.

4 rolls of wallpaper will cost Ksh 3,000.

Black TBC paper, 4 metres long, will cost Ksh 1,000.

You need 22 bags of cement, which will cost Ksh 5,000.

Steel type T8 at each ksh 450 for 12 pieces will cost ksh 6,000.

Steel type R6 at ksh 200 each for 10 pieces will cost ksh 2,000.

Labour requirements will cost 30k.

You could have used a total of ksh 96,000 from the foundation to the lintels.

Roofing Requirements.

The timber is estimated to cost Ksh 40,000.

Roofing sheets and nails are estimated to cost Ksh 40,000.

Labour will cost Ksh 20,000.

The total roofing requirements will cost Ksh 100,000.

Finishing

You need 45 bags of cement, which will cost Ksh 30,000.

Ventilators, 1 for each window, will cost Ksh 3,000.

6 window grills are needed, which will cost Ksh 12,000.

A ceiling that is star designed requires 20 pieces, which will cost Ksh 14,000.

Window panes are estimated to cost Ksh 10,000.

A total of Ksh 69,000 is required for finishing, or an estimate of Ksh 70,000.

A total of ksh270,000 will be used for foundation, roofing and finishing.

Story courtesy: Opera