Mohammad Yousaf replied on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 02:26 PM
I am making my one Kanal house, with basement, in DHA-2:
I am Paying my Architect Rs. 20,000 per month for the whole supervision and came to know after getting his services that it is probably one of my best decisions, I ever made in my life.
It is costing me more, in steel, water proofing and in other construction material but these Rs (2.5 to 3.0 Lacs going to architect) are doing so much that there are no regrets at all.
I have so far consumed 44 Lacs of rupees, with 02 roofs done, with the following overhangs as well:
Additional digging with machine for leveling: 30,000
I started during rainy season and took "Tarpaal" to work on basement which cost me Rs. 33,000
I think I will be able to do the 3rd roof along with boundary wall, main gates and all tanks built with a total cost of Rs. 55 to 60 lacs for JUST structure, no plaster and no other thing EXCEPT structure.
It should be kept in mind that when I started, 6 months before, material was sky high, steel alone was costing me 68,000 (best quality) and bricks at 4700 per thousand. Now things are very cheap.
I advise all to take your Architect supervision at least for the structure. This is a great thing you will in making of your house!
He will tell your contractor to demolish something built wrong AND at the same time will tell him a perfect solution of the problem, while same thing would look perfectly alright to you. |
