House Construction Cost: Build a new house in this way without pillars and beams, it will be ready in just 5 to 6 lakhs

News, Digital Desk-  Everyone dreams of having their own house, whether it is a ready-made apartment or a plot built on their own. Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages. 

Home not only gives an emotional bond but also independence. However, building a house is a big investment, as even in villages it costs in lakhs. The choice depends on your personal choice and needs.

Lakhs can be saved by being smart in house construction. If you are building a single floor house, then you can save a lot of iron rods, cement and sand by avoiding pillars and beams, because it does not make much difference to the strength of the house. 

There are many other similar measures by adopting which you can reduce the construction cost significantly. (Single Floor House Construction)

Adopt this structure instead of traditional design-

Some tips can be very effective for building a cheap house. If you are not building a multistory building, use a load-bearing structure instead of a frame structure. 

This simple change can save you lakhs. A load-bearing structure puts the load on the walls, reducing the need for columns and beams, which are mandatory in a frame structure. This significantly reduces costs and helps you build a house that suits your budget.

In fact, less iron rods are used in load-bearing structures as compared to frame structures. Apart from this, there are some other solutions, such as using fly-ash bricks instead of normal bricks, concrete frames instead of wood, use of cheap wood instead of sheesham-teak, etc.

This much expense comes in frame structure-

Now let us know how much it costs to build a house in the traditional way i.e. on a frame structure and how much we can save if we use these tips. For example, let us take a plot of 500 sq. ft. 

The average cost of building a one-storey house is Rs. 1,500 per square ft. In this way, in the normal way, it will cost around Rs. 7.50 lakh to build a one-storey house on a plot of 500 sq. ft.

Changing the structure can make a difference of lakhs-

Now let's look at some tips. First, you can reduce costs by changing the structure. Load bearing structures do not require columns and beams, which reduces the use of iron rods, cement and sand. Second, use fly ash bricks; these are cheaper than normal bricks and do not require plastering. 

They can be directly putty and painted, saving both plaster and labour costs. Finally, square construction also helps in reducing costs.

Tips to save so much-

If the measures mentioned are adopted, the consumption of cement will be reduced by about 50 bags. Currently, the average price of a bag of cement is Rs 400. This means you are saving Rs 20,000 on cement alone. The cost of rods is usually 20 percent of the total construction cost. 

In load bearing structures, it remains 10 percent. This means instead of Rs 1.50 lakh, your work will be done for Rs 75 thousand. In this way, you are saving Rs 75 thousand on rods.

Savings from brick to sand-

It takes about 5 thousand bricks to build a one-storey house. Buying normal bricks will cost about 50 thousand rupees, whereas in the case of fly ash it will be only 25 thousand rupees. 

This means that you have saved 25 thousand rupees in bricks as well. Since there is no need for plaster or beam-column on adopting these tips, apart from cement and rods, sand is also used less. 

If you were spending 75 thousand rupees on sand while building a house in a normal way, then by adopting these tips this expense will be reduced to about 50 thousand rupees. That means 25 thousand rupees are being saved even in the case of sand.

By adopting this tip, you will save 2 lakh rupees-

You can also save on other expenses of building a house. Stone costs around ₹40,000, tiles ₹50,000, putty-painting ₹25,000 and windows, doors, electricity and plumbing ₹1.15 lakh. 

By building toilet and bathroom together and using ceramic tiles instead of marble, you can save bricks, cement, sand and space. By using these methods, you can save more than ₹2 lakh, so that your dream house can be built in less than ₹5 lakh.