@a4architect. You have been very helpful of late providing useful and well researched information on matters housing.

What do you reckon are the best colors for:

(a) bedroom
(b) living room
(c) lounge

Hi Wazua, I would like to know the estimated cost of building a 3-bedroom maissionatte house on an 1/8 piece of land in Syokimau. The breakdown should include the cost of materials ie sand, stones, cement, timber, labor etc.
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I concur with you.............The guy should engage a QS and pay for the services. He will get a detailed and comprehensive BQ. But that should be after he has engaged an architect and a SE.

@Gathinga,
The colour question you ask should be directed to an interior decorator rather than an architect?

What do you reckon are the best colors for:

(a) bedroom
(b) living room
(c) lounge
We all have different personalities,therefore we each choose a colour depending on our personality i.e utgoing talkaive people will choose reds and oranges while introverted quiet types will be more comfortable in blues and greens. The bedroom user should choose the best suited colour for them.
If its a public space, you can choose a colour that will give the desied effect to the occupants. For example, in a restaurant, the table cloths are usually red in colour so as to make the occupants uncomfortable and hence eat quickly and leave to create space for other customers. The tableclothes are changed to blue in the evenings so as to make customers stay longer so as to buy more drinks.

@a4architect, if there is a flat whose foundation and dound floor have already been built, is it expensive to put up additional flats.

The cost of labour will go slightly higher since materials will have to be transported vertically up the 1st floor and thus take a longer time.

@Gathinga,
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the house can be built in phases. Phase 1 can be the ground floor then 1st floor becomes phase 2. The cost is 50% for phase 1.