PRICE LIST OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND FINISHINGS IN LAGOS

If you are still a tenant in Lagos and want to be your own landlord, this is the time to start planning how to build your house.

I want you to know that building a house in Lagos, Nigeria is not as difficult as most people perceive. All you need to build your house are the following:

•   Buy a Land.
•   Draw a building plan.
• Get a builder to give you the total cost of labor and building materials required to complete the building.

PRICE OF BUILDING MATERIAL (OCTOBER, 2014)
SN	MATERIAL	MEASURE	COST IN NAIRA
1	Cement	bags	1,750
2	8mm & 10mm dia.bar (133)	tons	118,000
3	12mm (93) & 16mm (53) dia. Bar	tons	112,000
4	20mm dia. Bar (33)	tons	120,000
5	Binding	rolls	5,000
6	1" ×12" Planks	nos	1300
7	2"×3" timber (bracing)	nos	250
8	Nail (1" 2" 3" 4" 5")	bags	5,000
9	Maring Board	pcs	6000
10	Bamboo	nos	250
11	Line	nos	150
12	DPM(nylon)	rolls	4,500
13	Peg	bundle	600
14	Solignum	gallon	3,000
15	Roofing wood Hardwood (2"×2")	pcs	250
16	Roofing wood Hardwood (2"×3")	pcs	300
17	Roofing wood Hardwood (1"×3")	PCS	470
18	Roofing wood Hardwood (2"×4")	pcs	500
19	Roofing wood Hardwood (3"×4")	pcs	800
20	Roofing wood Hardwood (2"×6")	pcs	700
21	Roofing wd Hardwood (1"×12") Fascia	pcs	1500
22	Roofing wd Hardwood (2"×12"x12")	pcs	2300
23	Tornado or concrete nails	park	350
24	1/4 rod	length	450
25	Sharp sand (20 tons)	trip	38,000
26	Plaster sand (20 tons)	trip	35,000
27	Filling Sand (20 tons)	trip	24,000
28	Granite	(20 tons) trip	110,000
29	Granite	(30 tons) trip	140,000
30	9'' Block	nos	170
31	6'' Block	nos	150
SN	PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS (Piping Material)	MEASURE	COST IN NAIRA
1	4" Pipe	Length	1,500
2	4" Elbow	nos	300
3	4" Tee	nos	450
4	4" bend	nos	300
5	4""×45 bend	nos	280
6	4" Cross Tee	nos	800
7	4" plug	nos	50
8	3" Pipe	Length	1,200
9	3" Elbow	nos	250
10	3" Tee	nos	300
11	3" bend	nos	200
12	3" plug	nos	40
13	2" pipe	Length	650
14	2" Elbow	nos	80
15	2" Tee	nos	135
16	2" bend	nos	100
17	2"×45 bend	nos	80
18	2" plug	nos	30
19	1" pipe	Length	400
20	1" Elbow	nos	35
21	1" Tee	nos	50
22	1"Socket or sleeve	nos	50
23	1" Union connector	nos	150
24	3/2 pipe	length	530
25	3/2 elbow	nos	50
26	3"*2" tee	nos	250
27	3/2 Socket	nos	50
28	Adaptor	nos	50
29	Stop coke	nos	750
30	Vent cover	nos	250
31	5/4 pipe	nos	470
32	1"×3/4" Bushing	nos	30
33	1/2" Male/Female Socket	nos	30
34	1/2" Male/Female Elbow	nos	30
35	1/2"Male/Female Niple	nos	30
36	Floor drain	nos	450
	Second Stage
1	3/4 Pipe	pcs	350
2	3/4 Elbow	pcs	30
3	3/4 Tee	pcs	35
4	3/4 Socket	pcs	35
5	3/4 Cork	pcs	600
6	3/4 Adaptor	pcs	50
7	3/4 Union connector	pcs	80
8	1/2 Pipe	pcs	200
9	1/2 Elbow	pcs	30
10	1/2 Tee	pcs	30
11	1/2 Socket	pcs	30
12	1/2 Adaptor	pcs	30
13	1/2 Stop cork	pcs	500
14	1/2 Union connector	pcs	50
15	1×3/4 Elbow	pcs	50
16	3/4 ×1/2 Elbow	pcs	30
17	1×3/4 Socket	pcs	35
18	Tread tape	nos	150
	HOTWATER PIPE (COPPER)
1	Copper pipe	pcs	3000
2	Copper elbow	pcs	150
3	Copper tee	pcs	150
4	Copper socket	pcs	100
5	Copper F/M	pcs	100
6	Gasket gum	pcs	200
7	Abro gum	pcs	1700
8	Putty gum (small)	pcs	50
9	Putty gum (big)	pcs	500
10	Topgit Gum	pcs	1300
11	Yarn	pcs	150
SN	ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS (Conduiting)	MATERIALS	COST IN NAIRA
1	20mm PVC pipe	Bundle	2,500
2	25mm PVC pipe	Bundle	3,200
3	D4 single phase board	packet	5,500
4	D6 single phase board	packet	6,500
5	D8 single phase board	packet	14,000
6	D4 three phase board	packet	12,500
7	D6 three phase board	packet	15,000
8	D8 three phase board	packet	18,500
9	20mm coupler	packet	600
10	25mm Coupler	packet	900
11	20mm Male bush	packet	600
12	25mm Male bush	packet	900
13	3×3 Iron & Patriel box (England)	packet	400
15	3×6 Iron & Patriel box (England)	packet	450
16	20mm U, Y, Looping, End or Through box	packet	700
17	20mm 4 waybox	packet	900
18	4×4 Adaptable box	packet	300
19	6×6 Adaptable box	packet	450
20	6×9 Adaptable box	packet	700
21	Tangit gum (small)	pcs	250
22	Tangit gum (medium)	pcs	500
23	Tangit gum (big)	pcs	1,300
24	Cooker unit box	pcs	600
25	20mm Bending Spring	pcs	250
26	25mm Spring	pcs	280
27	Earthing rod	pcs	1,500

The builder will go and come back with a long list of inflated prices of building materials that might discourage you. But hope is not lost. Below is the current price list of building materials (excluding finishing) in Lagos, which you can use to prepare the costing.

Stay in touch as the cost of these materials will be discussed in the next articles.Building finishing includes Roofing, window & door fixing, Electrical and Plumbing fittings, POP, Painting and Tiling.