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RashmiL wrote: October 8th, 2021, 3:12 pm

rjblr wrote: October 5th, 2021, 8:48 pm

RashmiL wrote: October 4th, 2021, 7:49 pm We are in fix. If grills are put on to wall , we can't remove mosquito mat . Mestri and family members are against putting grills outside.

framed mosquito mesh with 2.5 channel will make it work. Thout would mean additional expense though.

How can we remove the framed mosquito mesh when grills are put inside ?. We have not researched much here. We are also planning to put openable upvc windows in some places. If grills are inside how do we put mosquito frames. Any inputs are welcome.

RashmiL wrote: September 11th, 2021, 10:54 pm Total price structure till date. Surprise thing is the cost of the bricks. It will not cost more than 2.5 lakhs even with premium 8 inch cement bricks for 4000 sq ft built area house.

RashmiL wrote: September 2nd, 2021, 10:12 pm Also some important points to remember when we give labour contract

1) Unlike Material contract , we don't give advance to labour contractor. Even if given it should not be more than 5k.
2) we could not find labourl contract agreement anywhere. So we went with a written agreement specifying rates and things which are included and excluded.
3) Even in labour contract , it could be man day basis or chadra basis. Always go for chadra basis. If not labourers will simply waste a lot of time and you will end up in loss.
4) Most of the contractors do not agree for earth works.For our site of 30 x 40 dimension,.Earthworks total cost came up to 58k precisely. This after digging pillars up to 5 feet.
5) Centring , Bar bending , Gang men (Slab laying ) , Door and Window fitting are Contractor Responsibility.
6) Water sump if built in RCC has lot of work and cost a lot for Contractor. hence they always tend to push Brick Water sump to save cost. Avoid that trap. In fact avoid contractors who start with words like "I have built many houses etc etc "
7) Few contractors quote less chadra price , but will ask entire plot to be measured for calculation. Never ever agree to it especially if you are building 2 or more floors. The calculation always against you.
8) Parking place, compound wall, paraphet wall chadra price is generally 50%. We gave full price for parking, but included water sump in it. In fact I would always suggest people to go for that formula.
9) Most of engineer drawings comes with sunken slabs which has additional cost for centring. Always talk up-front with contractor and do mention that plan has strictly adhere to engineering drawings. Off course there will be some changes always, however it should be discussed.
10) The classic trap to which people fall is staring house with lower floors and ending up building more floors than planned. And believe me, this percentage is very high. Not only it messes plans but also everything goes for toss.
11) always do enquire on standard rates of centring , bar bending and gang men independently .
12) Bar bending standard rate is 25 rs per sq ft. It includes Lintel, Pillar and Slab work. The sq ft of slab only is calculated atleast in our case.
13) The pillar boxes, Sarve Mara, Saarve haha, water tubes and other equipments are all responsibility of contractor. Pillar box rental generally comes around 110 per pillar for 8 inch.
14) Centring makes or brakes the building. Do talk in beginning on quality of centring. it's not mandatory for us to go with centring and bar bending suggested by mestr if you know good one, go for it. That is clearly possible. Although contractors exagerate prices in front of us, but market rates are different though.
15) Always go with reference for labour contractor , especially the ones who labour contract only.
16) Do talk on things before hand like no of days you will leave curing for slabs. We had mentioned 15 days of curing. The contractors will try to push for 7 and 10 days do not agree for it .

catchmesachin wrote: September 14th, 2021, 4:48 pm location is yelhanka.

catchmesachin wrote: October 18th, 2021, 6:22 pm Anyone used Acasia Wood for window frames and shutters??? been hearing good reviews on it. Getting a good seasoned acasia wood at Rs.1500 per cuft.