can bungalow be built on such a small buildup area?

bungalow means its a standalone building, not interconnected from one side (unlike Semi-D) or both (link houses). And I'm not wrong, at least 10 feet of land must be allocated on both side of the  bungalow.

that would be a really small bungalow

I have build my own house before, that was 8 years ago. Build up around 4k ft2 and it costed me 600k thereabout. That was 8 years ago when the material costs was lower. With a budget of about 250k to 300k, it definitely won't be enough. For the structure, YES sufficient but not in liveable condition. You need to demolish the present structure which involve costs too.

There are by-law u need to abide too. Yr architect should know. Please, Please get the town board approval before you do anything!

Honestly speaking, it is no easy task.

Hope this will give u an idea what's coming your way.

A lot actually will depend on the materials used etc. I believe it can be done via modern construction techniques. Maybe you can check out PJ Development's acotec panels which can reduce your costs significantly.

Is the existing house a link house or a bungalow? When u say it's a corner lot.

Next, u need to get approval fr MPPP. After plan submission, it might take 9-12 mths. Not sure if things had speed up after PR took control.

I assume ur 24x63 is the area ur building would be erected. So multiply the area of 1512ft² x 2.5 = 3780ft².

On average of RM100/ft², you need at least RM378k to build the house with average finishings. And that estimation exclude demolishing the existing structure.

I don't understand how you would be able to build a house so cheaply. You'd still need to hire an architect to draw out the plans, a C&S engineer to sign off that the building is structurally sound and an M&E engineer for all the electrical and water services. All of that costs a significant amount of money already.

Exactly my feeling!

Being a 3 stotry building, u may need to do piling & that's expensive!

Before u do anything, find out all the details first ! Budget first

The trick to save costs as what I did is , get the contacttor to do the structurer only! i.e. meaning no windows, no flooring, no doors, no whatever fittings. Buy those fittimgs yourself & get it done yourself. That would save u a lot of money .

If your dad wants to do it by himself, he needs to be full time there monitoring the workers. It gonna be very taxing for him. At least a 4 months job. Even so, I still can't see how u can do it with only 250k.

just my 2 cents opinion, no harm intended.

cheers

My wife's uncle build a bungalow for RM500k. That's the house only, excluding the land price.

Anyway, the main thing I don't understand is why you need to rebuild it completely into a bungalow, especially when your land area is so small. Wouldn't it be much simpler to just extensively renovate it?

One of my neighbors basically did that. Bought a terrace house and basically knocked out almost all the walls (except for the ones that are shared with the neighbors obviously) and redid everything.

Are you just talking about this project empty-handed or do you already have the plans in hand? Because I sure would like to see what a 2 1/2 storey bungalow on such a small area is supposed to look like.

(Disclosure: I work for my family-owned construction contractor company and we specialize in building bungalows.)

You need to do soil test before u know whether u need to do piling. The cost is more or less the same. Depending on how many piles u need for yr structure. I used rc piling.

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Added on June 5, 2009, 2:59 pmJust FYI, I used 600k excluding land to build my house on a 10,000 sqft land 8 years ago. I even designed the house myself saving the designing cost plus I virtually bought all the house's fittings myself.
Wangkokyew,

which part of KK do u build most the bungalows....khidmat area?

With the current economic situation. Labour might be cheaper but material price is climbing steadily.

Trust me, RM80/ft² would get you sub-par finishing at best. We're talking about Penang island here. If you say places like Parit Buntar, Nibong Tebal, Tasek Gelugor, Sungai Dua, Kulim etc. Then RM80/ft² might be sufficient.

And remember, extremely high chance that you'd exceed your initial budget. Be prepared for it.

It costed me 20-30K just for the pilings.

Actually, am not trying to discourage u or anything, just want u to reliase that it is not that cheap & it involves a lot of hard work. It will be hell if the project stuck halfway b'cos of funding problem. In general, building yourself is expensive!

Just to share my experience. I'm not building bungalow but extend my terrace house sideway by about 10'x39' double storey and 8'x20' single storey, and a back extension of 3'x20'. Structure + alum windows cost alone is about rm80k inclusive of 10 points 40' concrete piling costing rm5500. The structure cost seems cheap enough initially. When added porch, fences, plumbing, wiring, tiles, painting, plaster ceiling, grills, doors, locksets etc. in the end total cost without furnishing, curtains, kitchen cabinet, lighting, alarm, cctv, appliances, autogate etc. is about rm175k. This is just cement brick house with cheap white horse tiles and nippon paints. So if you've budgeted rm250k for structure only, be prepared to double that for everything else.

BTW, my house is in Bukit Tengah, Seberang Perai.

Another issue I would like to highlight is that IF your current house is NOT free from encumbrabces & u are applying the loan based on the new value of the house (after re-building) then ....it gonna cost u even more cos u have to do it thru one contractor ONLY & a certified one by the bank & most likely cost more. 

If the loan is approved for renovation, then the contract has to be awarded to ONE contractor only to do everything !

I thought basic construction cost hovers around RM130++ for link house, RM150++ for semi dd and RM200+ for bangalows