Low Cost Housing is a new concept that addresses effective budgeting and tracking techniques that help reduce cost building by using locally available materials along with better skills and technology without sacrificing strength, performance and The life of the structure. Huge misconception that low-cost housing is suitable for only sub standard works and are built by using low quality cheap building materials. The fact is that low-cost housing is done by proper management of the Resources.Economy is also achieved by postponing finishing works or implementing them in phases.
Cost of construction
The cost of construction of the building can be divided into two parts, namely:
Cost of construction material: 65 to 70%
Labor cost: 65 to 70%
Now in low-cost housing, the cost of building materials is lower because we use locally available materials and labor costs can also be reduced by properly scheduling our work. The cost of reduction is achieved by selecting more efficient material or by an improved design.
The areas where you can reduce the cost are: -
1) Reduce the base area using the thinnest wall concept wall.
2) Use locally available material in an innovative way such as cement floor blocks instead of burnt brick.
3) Use energy-efficient materials that consume less energy such as the concrete block instead of the burned brick.
4) Use environmentally friendly materials that substitute for conventional building components such as the use of R.C.C. Door and window frames instead of wooden frames.
5) Pre-plan each component of a home and rationalize the design procedure to reduce the size of the component in the building.
6) When planning for each component of a house the waste of materials due to the demolition of the unplanned component of the house can be avoided.
7) Each component of the house will be checked if necessary, if not necessary, then that component should not be used.