Types of Houses Names And Pictures In Nigeria

This are the top popular residential and to a large extent commercial
houses in Nigeria.

Note the word popular, I'm not talking about all the building types in the
country, because there is no skyscraper here.

They are popular because they are economical to build while maintaining the luxury and its durability.

1. Duplex: you have both Detached Duplex, terraced Duplex and semi Detached
Duplex.

2. Bungalows : You have Detached and semi Detached Bungalow, then terraced
Bungalow.

1. Bungalow

 

This type is further divided into two, either detached or semi-detached.

*A Detached house is a single standing property that does not share any
walls with any other structure. Due to the isolation of the property,
they’re usually more private.








*A Semi-detached  This is a pair of houses joined together by a common
wall. One side of each house shares a common wall, while the other side is
usually detached.








Bungalows are quiet common in Rivers state.

*A Terrace house is a house that is located in a long row of houses. They
are usually same and identical structurally. Both sides of each house in
the row share common walls with a neighboring house, the only exception is
the houses at each end of the terrace. Which looks like a semi detached
house.

This type of houses are common in Lagos and Abuja. But can be found in many
states of the country in one form or another.

2. Duplex

This is usually two separate residences, attached side-by-side, but the
term is sometimes used to mean stacked apartments on two different
floors   (Du-plex)The duplex house often looks like either two houses put
together, or as a large single home, and both legally and structurally.

The duplex home are usually as a single house section with two different
entrances. But usually one staircase, which opens to the rest of the flats.
Except the ground floor.

Like Bungalows, Duplexes in Nigeria are usually two types. Detached and
semi Detached. The only difference is, while Bungalows are grounded,
Duplexes are usually story high.

Semi Detached

This are common in South East Nigeria. In fact they have they style which is
known as the Onitcha  style. This type is designed to take minimal land at
the same time contain many flats.

3. Story building: Readers of this site brought to my notice this type of house that is even the most popular in Nigeria right now. The name might not be universally accepted but trust Nigerian s we name things that suits us.

The story building type of house are way to build lots of flats and offices or market shops without worrying about land. Popular in Eastern part of the country and now spreading like wildfire to other part of Nigeria this house is preferred for commucial purposes.

The modern story building highrise or semi-highrise often consist of two or more floors which are accessed by the use of staircase, the popular ones are 3 story high with some going as much as 5 story high. Most don't have lifters because of the power supply in the country.

This are the top popular residential and to a large extent commercial houses in Nigeria. Note the word popular, I'm not talking ab...

Cost Of Wood For Roofing In Nigeria

When it comes to roofing a house in Nigeria knowing the cost of wood is important. If you have a plan it should be included in, if you don't have one, you should endeavor to get your plan in place.


Your plan should include the plan for the house detailing milestones, for example from January to this February I would have finished the foundation, from February to June I would have reached lintel for a ground house or reached decking for a story building house or duplex.


This helps you track your progress, check your budget and adjust where approximate, most importantly it helps you stay focused and on a lighter note avoid village people.


Let enter the market and see the prices of woods sellers in Timber markets are insisting on.

Sizes of roofing woods in Nigeria

Wood or timber are produced in different sizes for roofing, these sizes are listed below along with their measurement in inches and millimeters.

2” by 2” i.e 50mm by 50mm

2” by 3” i.e 50mm by 75mm

2” by 4” i.e 50mm by 100mm

2” by 6” i.e 50mm by 150mm

3” by 4” i.e 75mm by 100mm

3” by 6” i.e 75mm by 150mm

Cost of Wood For Roofing in Nigeria

There are two main types of wood in Nigeria, hardwood, and softwood.


You get hardwood from a deciduous tree which loses its leaves every year and softwood comes from a conifer, which is often evergreen, Hardwoods are slow growers and are dense.



For the prices it depends on the market, the prices are a combination of key timber markets in Nigeria, from the cities of Lagos, Aba, Port Harcourt, Benue, Kano, Sokoto representing Southwest, Southeast, Northcentral/middle belt, Northeast and Northwest respectively. It might not be exact as the priced are subject to change but we will be updating it.

Prices of Hardwoods for roofing in Nigeria

2×2 – N300 – N400
2×3 – N200 – N230
2×4 – N300 – N500
2×5 – N400 – N600
2×6 – N500 – N650
3×4 – N500 – N700

Prices of Softwood in Nigeria

2x 4 x 12 – N200 – N270
2 x 3 x 12 – N100 – N270
1x2x12 – N400 – N500

All prices are in Nigerian Naira.

When it comes to roofing a house in Nigeria knowing the cost of wood is important. If you have a plan it should be included in, if you do...

Top Trustworthy Places To Buy Houses And Lands In Nigeria

Real estate investment does not disappoint, when you buy finished house, it will remain your own forever, unless you sell it. By then you are likely to make more than you bought it.

Is true that some people are faced with either building from scratch or buying already built house, some prefer building their own house because of cost, design and quality, as in you have control over design and the quality of building materials, ensuring that your house stand the test time. But apart from perhaps cost (which may be higher than the one built from scratch) you can get both design and quality in any house from reputable real estate organization.

It is often a challenge to find trustworthy organization were you can buy your houses from, I mean organizations or agents that covers Nigeria, not just the popular states like Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu or Uyo. But ones that covers the if not the entire states in Nigeria but a sizable portion of the country, so that you can get the option of choosing the which state you will buy from.

The good news is, apart from their physical address, most of them have online presence. So I'm going to focus those with presence online.

1. From property sites

One of the easiest way to buy houses or lands in Nigeria is through property websites. Some sites allow registered agents with offices on their platform. Which means if they are not registered they won't be allowed to use their platform.  This ensures that those agents advertising with them are genuine.

The sites are

i. https://www.nigeriapropertycentre.com You can search for houses or lands based on type of design or based on location.

ii. http://house.jumia.com.ng Jumia is a well known brand in Nigeria and Africa, so there service is not in question. The only downside maybe the cost,  because before you get to buy any property you will have go through them, instead of directly to the agent in charge of the property.

2. Directly to Agents

Some Agents

Cedar Management Limited

  24b Femi Okunnu Phase 1 Lekki, Lagos, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria

 08090668823, 08170288674, 07032893900, 07038086562

Daridal Ideas Nigeria Ltd

 9 Rotimi Ilesanmi Street, By Crown Estate, Lagos, Nigeria

 08181506234, 08077780061, 08181896905

Kemchuta Homes Limited (especially lands)

Beto Mall (ground Floor), K/m 35 Lekki/ Epe Exprss, Opp.: Corona Collage, Abijo, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria

 08160614645, 08029386136, 09093525614

Whatsapp  +2348160614645.

Chidi Nwakwuoke & Co. (has branch at Aba Abia State)

Suite C8, Amori Complex, Orelope, Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria

08062493276, 08023055562, 08122663728, 07063617353

Whatsapp +2348122663728.

Aganbi, Aganbi & Company

35 Okere Ogborikoko Road, By Ejiro Schools, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria

  +2348037844262, +2348128524466, +2348033602478.

Note: When you contact any of the Agents, mention where you got their contact, that is Naijaworth.com. Once they recognize this site you may get discounts.

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Minimum Cost Of Roofing A House In Nigeria

This is a rough estimate of how much in you can spend in roofing a house in Nigeria. Whether it's a bungalow or a duplex, whatever type of house, you'll get the guidelines for the rough estimate. You might spend slightly more or even less depending on some factors.


Yes, you can actually know the amount of money you need if you want to roof a house even without starting the project. You just need to take into consideration some factors and circumstances that are peculiar to Nigeria.

Factors like

Prices of roofing sheets

When it comes to prices of this roofing sheets, it can change the amount someone bought him 5 months ago may not be the same amount another person will buy his own.


For example, a long span aluminum roofing sheet may go for N1,250 per meter for 0.45mm on January and on Nov to December it might increase due to festivities.


For the current prices of roofing sheet in the market you can check it out, otherwise visit the nearest Timber market to find out prices for yourself, if you are not available we can gladly get you these prices in any state you want (see our services page)

Types of roofing sheet

There are many types of roofing sheet, from ordinary zinc to long span roofing sheet, they all have different prices, for instance, the price for aluminum roofing sheet is different from stone coated stipe tile, if you'll like to see the various types of roofing sheet in Nigeria and their pictures check this article.

Wood

You need to determine what type of wood will be best suitable for your roofing style, hardwood, single wood etc.

Carpenters/ labor cost

The third factor is the carpenters that will roof the house, they don't have a fixed price, a set can charge an amount while another can charge a different amount, so they are not fixed. (If you're in PH, IMO, Abia and Lagos and in need of good carpenters that specializes in roofing contact us to recommend really good ones.)


Those are the four major factors you need to consider, others are Minor.

What are the materials needed for roofing?

This is for roofing alone excluding the ceiling cladding, facial flashing, eave angle, valley gutter, angle ridge caps, wall trimmer or wall tape is which is usually 496 square meters for a large house.

We will take into account the dimensions,
These dimensions are essential to determine the accurate span of Rafter, Wallplate, Tie beam, King Post, Overhang, Purlins, fan struts, and others.

Now for a standard house, we have


Ceiling noggins of 600mm, and 600mm as overhangs on both sides you'll have 7,800mm or 7.8m +1200mm or 1-2m=9meters.


Then divide by 0.6m of 16.975m of 50 by 50 you'll have 15 PCs of wood.


- For the number of 2 by 2 wood to buy in the market for the ceiling noggins-

18.175m x 15pcs=273m of 2” by 2”

9m x 31pcs=279m of 2” by 2”

Total=552m

In the market, the wood comes in 3.6m per piece

So 552/3.6=153 pcs of 2” by 2” you will buy 153 pc of 2 by 2 wood for ceiling noggins.


- For wall plate 28pcs of 3” by 4”

- For facial board 15pcs of 1” by 12”

- For Tie beams 32pcs of 2 by 6 of wood

- For struts, 64 pcs of 3 by 4 or 75mm by 100mm

- For Rafters in our case the height of the roof as 3.5m and the breadth of plan plus overhang is 9m, so 24 pcs of 3” by 4” required for rafters.

- For Purlin which is wood of 2” by 2” or 50mm by 50mm we nail the roofing sheets on, 66 pieces of 2” by 2”

- Others are King post which is a piece of wood that stands at the middle of two rafters at the opposing sides.

For Kingpost 15 pieces of wood of 2″ by 6″ is needed, see the diagram for details

This is where wall plate, strut and rafter is located.

I'm I boring you with the technicalities? Here is a summary of what is needed For a 3 bedroom bungalow


1. 7 and a half bundles of Alo Zinc ( you can roof with other type of roofing sheet)

2. 16 pcs of facing board

3. 200 units of coconut tree plank.

4. One bag of 4 inches nail

5. A quarter of a bag of 3 inches nail.

6. Transporting the planks, roofing and facing board to the site.

7. Labor cost (that is if the prices are not bundled together by the carpenter, most carpenters buy the materials and execute the project)


Let's just come down to the amount of money you should budget if you want to roof your house.


Depending on the current prices of items in the market it shouldn't cost more than N500,000 for a standard house in Nigeria.


The recent project we did was for 420,000 for roofing a 4 bedroom Bungalow house with 0.45mm Longspan North brow roofing sheet in Aba Abia state.

This is a rough estimate of how much in you can spend in roofing a house in Nigeria. Whether it's a bungalow or a duplex, whatever ...

Minimum And Maximum Cost Of Building A House In Nigeria

First of all this is an estimate, and like every estimate don't expect it to be exact, it won't, it may be slightly more or less when it comes to what you eventually spend at the end. But it will certainly help know theamount of money you should budget.

When it comes to the amount of money required to build a house in Nigeria, there are some things you need to consider first. This things are important because it can either decrease or increase the amount of money you spend.

1. Land

This is the first thing you have to consider. Assuming you don't already have land, and you want to acquire one. Factor in the prices.

Estimated prices of Lands in Nigeria per plot

 

The prices may not be that accurate because there are a lot of factors that determine the worth of any land. What I am trying to do now is to give you the minimum amount that can get you a plot of land, in a location that is either in the capital city or in a developed area per the standards of each state.


You should probably consult a land agent that is present in any state you want to buy from, for the exact prices of lands and its location. (or I can recommend one in your state)


South: Here you have the

South South comprising of Rivers, Delta, Cross river, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Bayelsa states.


Lands here minimum 1million to 20m and above.


Some states like Rivers state and to an extent Delta are quiet more than that.

South East : Abia, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi states a minimum of 1 to 15 million Naira and more.

South West minus Lagos : Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun, Osun states.


Minimum of 500k to 12 million Naira.

Lagos : Depends on area but you should hold a minimum of 10 to 20million.

North

North Central : Kogi, Niger, Benue, Kwara, Plateau, Nassarawa minus the Federal Capital Territory.

Minimum of 100,000 to 1million

FCT : 30 to 50million minimum.

North-Eastern States: Taraba, Borno, Bauchi, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe State.

Minimum of 100,000 to 1million.

North-Western States: Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina State.

Minimum of 100,000 to 1million Naira.

2. Type of soil

Having settled for a land is time to know the soil texture. Because th cost of building depends largely on this aspect. For example consider the cost of building 3 bedroom flat on on two lands. Land A contains too much moisture and it is largely wet, while land B is a normal loamy type f soil.

Land A will require a lot of sand and concrete fillings, and thick amount of casting before the foundation proper. While land B won't require much.

That is if for example land A requires 10 trips of concrete stones and 10 trips of sand just for filling, then land B will take only 5 altogether.

The cost won't be the same. On some lands the cost of foundation alone will go a long way to lintel level on a Normal land. So good land is very important, if care is not taken you can spend almost all your money budgeted for building the house on foundation alone.

3. Type of building

Next thing you have to consider, is type of house you want to build. Is it a residential or shops and offices type of building? If it is residential is it for commercial purposes i.e for renting, or do you want build a personal house a family house?

Cost for building a Bungalow is different from building a duplex.



For example for a modern 3 bedroom bungalow built in Umuahia with the following specs

3 bedrooms of 12' x 12'

3 toilets of 6' x 8'

1 kitchen 10' x 10'

1 store 6' x 6'

1 dinning 10' x 10'

1 circulation 6' x 14'

1 living room 14' x 16'




foundation :

setting out : 20,000 Naira

excavation : 40000 Naira

foundation footing: 60000 Naira

foundation wall : 200,000 Naira

DPC : 400, 000 Naira

TOTAL FOUNDATION : 820000 Naira




Super structure

wall of 3m high = 700000

lintel/ head course/concrete facial = 300000

SUPER STRUCTURE:




Roof

roof truss : 400000( materials & workmanship)

roofing sheet: 200 000 Naira ( long span aluminum roofing)

ceiling : 190000 Naira ( pv ceiling)

ROOF TOTAL = 790000 Naira.




Finishes::

plastering/renderings : 400, 000 Naira

floor tiles : 250000 Naira.

painting: 250000 Naira

Windows : 250000 Naira

doors : 250000 Naira

TOTAL FINISHES : 1.4million Naira




total = 4million Naira.

4 million Naira built a 3 bedroom Bungalow, the same amount won't build a 3 bedroom twin duplex (not decked). Because technically a 3B twin duplex is two 3 bungalows joined together.

So types of houses is important. If you would like to know the various type of houses in the country you should read up Types of houses.

4. Workmanship

 

This is equally important, how much labours, bricklayers, carpenters, Architect and any other Arstisn that is necessary for building, will go long way either reducing the amount you spend or increasing it. This is why it is necessary to have a trusted supervisor on site, so that you will get what you pay for.


Laborers may decide to make 5 head pans 10, and then charge you for 10 head pans, at the end of the day you'll be paying for work not done, but a supervisor can detect that, or any other form of deceit for that matter. This will reduce your cost.

5. Finishing

This is another place you should look into. A standard finishing will cost less.

For instance the price for 0.45mm Aluminium Roofing sheets is different from the price for Fibre britment roofing sheets. ETC. For types of roofing sheets, pictures and amount, in the country see Types of roofing sheets and prices (2018).


You'll consider doors too, iron vs woden doors, windows, paint and electrical wiring.


Also read up on the cost of decking a house in Nigeria

First of all this is an estimate, and like every estimate don't expect it to be exact, it won't, it may be slightly more or le...

Minimum Cost of Decking A House In Nigeria

Before you get the cost of decking a house in Nigeria you have to consider some factors, then you'll arrive at the amount of money you need. 

I'll also show you a finished decked house with the total money spent in decking the house and materials used.

Factors that determine how you end up spending

This factors can either make you spend more money on your building project or make you spend less on decking your house, this is why you should pay attention to each.

Size/type of the house

 Size of the house in question goes a long way in determining how much you end up spending. 

You can't expect to spend the same amount of money used to deck a duplex on a twin duplex or a mansion. So size and the type of the house matters a lot.

If it is a story building type of house you're building (Onitsha style i.e semi high rise or high rise), you'll have to deck it multiple times depending on the number of floors too. You'll spend more on a two-story building than one story building.

Prices of materials

Prices of materials used in decking a house are one of the major factors that determine the overall expenditure. Materials like rods and cement are major ones. 

In Nigeria, it is cheaper to deck a building during February - March period than November December time. This is because of the general increase in prices of goods and services which affect all areas of life especially in the southern part of Nigeria. In this part of the world, Christmas and New period is a signal for prices to increase, it affects the transportation, hospitality, and other sectors the construction sector is often the most affected.

Labor/workmanship

This is an area you'll want to look into. You have two option here, hire a company/individual to take care of the whole decking or hire workers one by one, that is stage hire.

This is necessary because decking a house in Nigeria involves 3 major steps or stages.

Stages of house decking in Nigeria

1. Carpenter is needed for constructing the platform that will house the rods and concrete mixture.

2. Iron benders are needed for bending irons to the required specification, then deploying to the platform and binding it.

3. An Electrician is needed for pipe laying and conduit wiring.

4. Mason and labors also knew mason servers are needed for mixing the concrete with cement and sand, which is then used to deck the building.

Company/Individual contract vs stage hire

Both have advantages and disadvantages. If you give Someone the contract of decking your house, you'll avoid the stress of constant supervision and uncompleted work not completed on time.

But for stage hiring, you'll have to constantly supervise them at each stage.

Which is cheaper?

Stage hiring is often cheaper but the difference in price is not much, you'll have hired and supervise different workers for different stages of the decking process. 

Contract option is better, you get peace of mind knowing that one of the most important aspects of your house is done with quality materials. Sometimes the contract option is even cheaper.

Materials needed for decking a house in Nigeria

- Rods include binding wire

- Cement 

- Sand

- Granite/gravel/stone/concrete etc

- Nail

- Bamboo

- Workers include Carpenter, Electrician, Iron Bender, Mason, and laborers.

- Water

Prices of decking materials in Nigeria

16mm rod at N1750 each 

12mm rod at N900 each

8mm rod at N700 each 

Cement  N200 for one

Granite  around 40000 per trip/ton

Sand N16000 per trip

Binding wire N300 for one

Wood 

Others are the cost of

Bamboo not fixed

Electrician not fixed 

Carpenter not fixed 

Iron bender.

All prices are in Naira.

Also, take note of some expenses like water and transportation.

How much can I budget for decking a house?

The minimum you should budget for decking a house of not more than 100sqm floor should be in the region of  800,000 to 1.3 million Naira depending on location and the period of the year, as ending of the year increases expenses and prices of commodities in the country.

Before you get the cost of decking a house in Nigeria you have to consider some factors, then you'll arrive at the amount of money you...

Toilet Water Closet Prices In Nigeria

Here are the current prices for restroom equipment the water closet for toilet also known as the toilet seat.


Water Closet is made from the ceramic which is used as a toilet. This kind of toilets is more hygiene and easy to clean. The Toilet which is designed to sit on is known as water closets. It usually comes in a set consisting of


1. The flush tank (has a 5 to 10-liter water tank)
2. Seat cover
3. Water closet itself.


It is connected in that order, first, the tank which used for flushing is connected to the water closet which is then connected to the drainage via a plastic pipe.

Accessories for Water Closet:

When you buy a water closet here are what comes with it the fittings & Accessories should be available.

i) Seat Cover with fittings

ii) Floor mount Fittings or Wall mount fittings

iii) Flushing Tank.

Iv) Water sealant(Gasket).
Before we go into the prices let's look at the different designs of water closet available for Nigeria today. We will look at the ones the plumbers consider original and fake, then we will recommend some quality ones we've used for our client over the years.

Different designs of water closets

1) Standard water closet.

2) One piece water closet.

3) Two-piece water closet.

4) wall hung Water closet

5) 'S' trap Water Closet.

6) 'P' trap Water Closet

Don't buy any other WC outside the above-listed designs, as this are ones that will last, WC is designed to last a minimum of 10,000 usages.

Some recommendations

Buying from the recommended will get you quality ones, plus a discount in some cases.

1. Twyford Water Closet Close Coupled One of the top brands when it comes to manufacturing toilet equipment, this one comes in a complete set, it has the toilet seat, tank, and sink.

A Mini WC set. It is consists of toilet seat, basin and pedestal. Plus free basin mixer. It is made with quality ceramic material.

Get It Now It is about ₦38,000

2. Twyford Children Water Closet, Toilet Seat & Tank Another product from Twyford, this standard WC is specifically made for children and the elderly as it is quite durable, easy to flush and doesn't use much water. It comes with the seat, and the tank.

Get it now  for ₦54,500 

3. Water Closet - Pedestal Basin With Mixer Tap + Executive Toilet Seat This stylish designer WC is made for luxury, it is a complete set that has Pedestal basin along with an executive Toilet seat. The feel is out of this world, recommended for those that find it somehow difficult to poo.

It is an S-trap toilet seat.

Get it Now  for ₦140,000

There are many others available both on the open market and online, for other online types of WC and their prices, see this link 

In the Nigerian open market, you can find others that may be lesser in price, though there is no way to verify the quality.

If you have any question ask below.

Here are the current prices for restroom equipment the water closet for toilet also known as the toilet seat. Water Closet is made from the...