House Construction Tips

This post contains some of the aspects to be considered while constructing a new house on a vacant land. This post is derived mostly from my personal learning (or the lack of it :D ) during our house construction (Sep 2015 - Jan 2017). I m putting it down and hope it will benefit me ( and hopefully others) in future.

1. Planning
2. Approvals
3. Bank Loan.
4.Masonry - Contract
     a. Buying Raw Materials
     b.Cement, 20mm Jelly
     c. Bricks or Solid Concrete blocks
     d. River Sand or M-Sand or River Sand?
     e. Water
     d. Steel.
     e. Elevation diagram
5. Carpenter
    a. Buying Wood for Doors/Windows
    b. Buying Plywood for Interiors, Kitchen
    c. Laminate sheets
     d. Labor
         i. For windows,Doors,
         ii. For Interiors.
6. Painting
    a. Raw Materials.
    b. Labor
        a. For Normal
        b. For design.
7. Granites/Tiles
   a. Raw Materials.
   b. Labor
       i. For Granites
       ii. For Tiles.
8. Electrician
   a. Raw materials.
   b. Labor
9. Plumber
  a. Raw materials.
   b. Labor
10.False ceiling
     Contract
11. Water Connection
      a. Procedure.
      b. misc costs
12. Electricity Connection
      a. Procedure.
      b. Misc costs.
13. House warming
14. Certificate of completion to Bank Authorities about home loan
15.Completion Certificate (C.C) and Occupancy Certificate (O.C) from authorities.







5 Carpenter.
Carpenter.Finding Carpenter can be a difficult thing.
Some of the usefull materials found online are :
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/skills-and-know-how/carpentry-and-woodworking/lumber-buying-tips-and-tricks