We grew up dreaming that one fine day we will build ourselves or our parents a decent house or home. This kind of dream cannot just happen overnight, it needs planning and putting more efforts towards achieving it. Building a permanent house is possible only if you believe. Most of us think that building a decent permanent house is impossible, it can be done though it’s not an easy thing. What really makes it hard is estimating the exact cost required to build any type of the house.
You can own the type of the house you have been dreaming of with as low as three hundred and seventy thousand shillings. This is an estimated amount and it can differ depending on your location and other conditions. The cost of building materials will also play a big role. The type of the building materials to be used and the cost will either make it expensive or extremely cheap.
Chose a contractor carefully for your project. They also play a big role in your house building process. Some contractors will only focus on making huge profits out of the project but some will only focus on providing quality work. Go with someone you can easily trust. Here is the breakdown of the estimated cost of building a two bedroom house in Kenya.
The Project;
1.The house setting will be the first thing on the list and it will definitely cost an estimated amount of Ksh. 2,000.
2.The second part is the escavation of the foundation. It’s one of the main areas you should put your focus on because your house will mainly depend on it. Escavating it will take around Ksh. 10,000.
3.The third part is blinding the foundation. This stage will still focus on the foundation and it will cost you around Ksh. 5,000.
4. The fourth thing that follows after blinding of the foundation is walling it. Walling the foundation will not take much of your money but a reasonable amount of Ksh. 37,000.
5. The stage that follows after walling the foundation is backfilling the foundation. This will be the fifth step when building your house. Backfilling the foundation will take around Ksh. 13,000.
6. This stage will involve slab, block work and ring beam. At this stage you will use Ksh. 10,000 for slab, Ksh. 80,000 for block work and Ksh.35,000 for ring beam. This three activities will sum up to an estimated amount of Ksh. 125,000.
7. The next step will be roofing, when done with roofing you will realise that your house is about to be done. Roofing will take you around Ksh. 40,000.
8.The Plumbing fixings; This includes fixing frames, windows and doors. This is the second last stage of your building process. In this stage you will use around Ksh. 15,000.
9.The last stage consist of plastering. For this kind of the house to be complete you need around Ksh. 120,000. You will realise this stage takes about ⅓ of the total estimated amount.
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