python2.7 sip endless makefile - python-2.7

This will be my first question. I have searched through the other questions but unfortunately none of them solved my problem(s).
I'm running 32-bit Python (2.7) on Win7. I want to install the PyQt4.
I have downloaded PyQt-win-gpl-4.11.4.zip and PyQt4-4.11.4-gpl-Py2.7-Qt4.8.7-x32.exe files in: https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download link. It is written there: "Before you can build PyQt4 you must have already built and installed SIP". Hence, I downloaded "sip-4.16.9".
I followed those steps during the installation: http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/sip4/installation.html. I successfully executed configure.py script. However, when I tried to build SIP by running the make command, I have an infinite loop like given below:
C:\Python27\sip-4.16.9>make
cd sipgen
make
make[1]: Entering directory '/c/Python27/sip-4.16.9'
cd sipgen
make
make[2]: Entering directory '/c/Python27/sip-4.16.9'
cd sipgen
make
make[3]: Entering directory '/c/Python27/sip-4.16.9'
... and so on endless
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.

Usually I install PyQt4 via Christoph's excellent site.
I tried:
C:\Users\user\Downloads>pip install instPyQt4-4.11.4-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl
but it told me my system isn't supported. Doing the same for the 32bit one resulted in the same error.
So I tried from source and hit the same problem in this question. After reading the 64bit problem highlighted by ekhumoro I realized that the python downloads page seems to download 32bit by default even though my OS is 64bit. Python2.7 64-bit is available here. What I did is uninstall the 32bit one fist so that the 64bit one can take its place (no need to set up envirnment variables again). After this I tried installing the .whl agani as shown above and this time it worked.

When the same problem occurred, I was able to solve the problem.
python configure.py --platform win32-g++
mingw32-make
mingw32-make install
However, the next step is still unclear.

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