Gradually resembling our new plan

So far, we have spent 679,780 naira to get to where we are. I will give u breakdown soon

Men keep your head straight to it, God will help you thru determination and confidence is what matter. Did I had you said you took 10 million loan? What is your idea budget to finish this house.

kopell: Men keep your head straight to it, God will help you thru determination and confidence is what matter. Did I had you said you took 10 million loan? What is your idea budget to finish this house.

thank u bros. Nope i didnt take a loan of ten million o. I said i took a loan of 800k less than 3yrs ago to start d business and i bought d property from my savings generated thru d business. The estimate from a rough bill of quantity is 8,973,069.50

Bill of quantity summary
Substructure : 288,843.00 staircase and first floor slab; 964,688.00 walls 610,670.00 doors and windows 1,087,300.00 wall finishes 1,738,050.00 floor finishes 1,135,029.00 ceiling finishes 677,989.50 fittings and fixtures 350,000.00 services 620,500.00 roof carcass and covering 1,500,000.00 general summary 8,973,069.50

Work resume this morning

topsy23: Give us the Mechanical and Electrical services installation for this project. A trial will convince you. U can also go through my thread also. My number is 08033643191 or e-mail: atope23@live.co.uk

can u give me a link to your thread?

helpee: can u give me a link to your thread?

Ckeck this link: https://www.nairaland.com/1233943/contact-us-electrical-mechanical-a.c

I think it will be better for me to post expenses after each phase. This phase will finish at the lintel level so i will update financial implication then but so far we have spent about 800k on d restructuring so far

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The first architect i called to site was a nairalander but to my surprise he believed so much in impossibilities. He said since columns were not made from d foundation that we couldnt introduce it again cos according to him anything involving casting cant be joined or added to. The worst part was that he said we cant introduce staircase since it wasnt built as part of the foundation. Though a young graduate i had to look elsewhere cos he was more theoretical than practical. Now that we have inroduced about 20 pillars even though only ten that will carry the decking have matt, have we really breached any structural engineering rule really?

Future kitchen of d duplex

Today on site

Almost at the lintel all round. By tuesday we should begin the casting of long pillars and the lintels

Preparing for lintel casting

New windows and doors emerging.

Lintel framework

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Right side view with ongoing framework

Ive learnt a lot from building my own house 100times more than what u can learn from others. The most important skill is how to manage fund without waste and without compromising standard. The ist method i adopted is to buy materials myself after getting quotations from 3 people and i usually insist they analyse how they arrived at d quantity. For example, if u want to give me quotation for pillars, u will tell me what length of rod u want to use.since each length is 39, i will divide it myself and arrive at a conclusion then i give u extra. I dont buy materials in excess at ist cos they may steal it if i am not there. If u ask me to give u 30 bags of cement, i give u 20, b4 u finish that 20 it will be clear to all of us wether or not u need more and d exact quantity u will need. I negotiate labour as a contract per phase. For example demolition was to cost me 80k. I gave them 20k to start. I made sure i dont give them more than what they av done per time so that even if u abadon d job i can call somebody else without losing a kobo. So far work has been progressing daily non stop and ive spent at least 950k within one month now while maximising fund wtout incurring waste. I will soon post our expenses so far

Pls do u av mail? Have inquiry to make in regards to what u ar doing construction/profession wise.

doctokwus: Pls do u av mail? Have inquiry to make in regards to what u ar doing construction/profession wise.

dromoju@yahoo.ca

@Helpee you're a very good manager, your strategy is the best so far. This forum has opened the gate of ideals to our people all over the world. I can remember years back when lawyer start posting information in regard to land and land documents, an average joe in any part of the world learn what we properly never know about lands documents or land transaction in Nigeria, at a point I thought it was an conspiracy from our government to let all this fraudulent OMO O NILE to rob people their hard enarned money especially people in diaspora. Helpee with this your strategy in no time when people are arm with information we soon run all this fraudulent contractor and subcontractors out of business.
Thank you for sharing this information with us.

Almost thru with ist phase of d project. We are already preparing for decking nxt weekend. So far we have spent 1.6million. Will give a breakdown now

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Thank u my brother

kopell: @Helpee you're a very good manager, your strategy is the best so far. This forum has opened the gate of ideals to our people all over the world. I can remember years back when lawyer start posting information in regard to land and land documents, an average joe in any part of the world learn what we properly never know about lands documents or land transaction in Nigeria, at a point I thought it was an conspiracy from our government to let all this fraudulent OMO O NILE to rob people their hard enarned money especially people in diaspora. Helpee with this your strategy in no time when people are arm with information we soon run all this fraudulent contractor and subcontractors out of business.
Thank you for sharing this information with us.

Saw ur reply,tanx.Ur start history& what u are doing now is inspiration& encouragement enough.D road maynot b easy,but am more dan tru with someone literary dictating one's life,what to do,wen& how.Soon as am tru wt sourcing start off funds wud toll d line wt determination,inspiration frm pple like u& God's grace on being gud in what I learnt& luv doing.
B assured wud b gettin in regular touch for any information/guide may need
Meanwhile,God's grace& guidance in your project & in d profession.

So glad to know that i can inspire others. Tnks so much for reading through my thread

doctokwus: Saw ur reply,tanx.Ur start history& what u are doing now is inspiration& encouragement enough.D road maynot b easy,but am more dan tru with someone literary dictating one's life,what to do,wen& how.Soon as am tru wt sourcing start off funds wud toll d line wt determination,inspiration frm pple like u& God's grace on being gud in what I learnt& luv doing.
B assured wud b gettin in regular touch for any information/guide may need
Meanwhile,God's grace& guidance in yo ur project & in d profession.

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Front of d duplex

helpee: The german floor of this room was weakend by a tree that burrowed it and was done all over again

God Almighty will help you complete this project. Its a good thing you are in Nigeria to supervise it.
Did you say yiu have to do all the german floor all over the whole house again?

Hajji Mufutau