A home is a prized dream of an average household. But mostly, the budget exceeds expectations. Let us go through the example of such a family which ventured to build a home.
The construction began after many delays. At this stage, the plan is only to have a ground floor, with three bed rooms, kitchen, dining, and living space. All these have been conceptualised in 1,800 square feet.
Stairs inside and the pooja room are additions. The family raised Rs 25 lakh from Chit funds and pledging gold and an equal amount from bank loan. As expected, a low cost model is the idea, though they have no intention to compromise on quality.
The foundation, basement and belt construction went on smoothly. But the major part comes next. They had given up on the idea of cement solid blocks.
For the walls, they sought laterite stones for which they had to go to Kannur. In Kannur, they scoured through many quarries and selected high-quality laterite stones and bought them. To get expert craftsmen to deal with laterite stones, they had to go another 50 kilometres from the construction site.
After putting in such a huge effort, they finished the walls. To cut costs they avoided concrete sun shades and the roof slab was also constructed. All this work, they thought, had been confined to the budget.
At this point, a suggestion came out of the blue– to be precise from the homemaker’s kin. As there is already a stair to connect the first floor from the ground floor, why can’t we have a bedroom als.
