N° 014
House at Kakkanad
New house · Kakkanad, Kochi · 2026
A two-storey house on a 9-cent plot near Infopark: laterite-clad ground floor, lime-plastered upper floor and a long clay-tile roof that also shades the car porch.
- Kind
- New house
- Status
- Handed over
- Where
- Kakkanad, Kochi
- Built for
- A family of four; the father works in Doha and followed the build on WhatsApp
- Plot
- 9 cents · 3,920 sq ft
- Built-up area
- 2,850 sq ft (265 m²)
- Floors
- G+1
- Work started
- 10 Feb 2025
- Handed over
- 14 Mar 2026
- Took
- 12 months
- Rate
- ₹2,350 per sq ft built-up
- Structure
- RCC frame, M25 concrete to IS 456
- Foundation
- Laterite masonry on RCC footings
- Walls
- Solid concrete blocks; laterite cladding on the ground floor
- Roof
- Steel frame with Mangalore clay tiles over an RCC slab
- Flooring
- Vitrified tiles; granite in the living room
What we did
- Soil test and structural design with the client's architect
- Building permit drawings for K-SMART
- Complete civil, electrical and plumbing work
- Rainwater pit and a 6,000-litre sump
- Weekly photo updates on WhatsApp for the family abroad
Site diary
Dated photos from the site, stage by stage. On this sample site the photos are generated stand-ins.
27 Feb 2025Footings castTwelve column footings, each checked for level before the pour. 
2 Apr 2025Plinth beam completeAnti-termite treatment done before the floor was filled. 
18 Jun 2025Ground-floor slab, steel checkedCast in one pour the next morning; cube tests passed at 28 days. 
22 Aug 2025Upper-floor walls 
30 Oct 2025Roof frame and tiles 14 Mar 2026HandoverSnag list of 23 items closed before the keys were handed over.
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