Chukazu:


you mean 90k for borehole?

please send me contact ASAP

erico2k2:

Ahaha baba you beat me to it
@Mayor welcome to the best thread on NL..This is the best we can do bear something in your heart. Put it on paper and make it go live. We are all here doing same from USA Canada to the UK and South Africa. There is wealth of expirience here to guide you through and mass savings tips as well.Ijebu guys are present here too** Runs quickly to hide from U know who**

erico2k2:
Yes Oh in PH

idris4r83:
35pcs of blocks per bag of cement? That's outrageous. It's damn too dare o. If it's 35pcs it's better to buy engine compressed blocks cos the price will even b cheaper. Anything short of 50pcs of 9inches blocks per bag is a loss. At least 50 should b target point per bag if not then no gain sir.

idris4r83:
lolz! We even work with some of the blocks in site today. When preparing blocks, mixture ratio and watering is the topmost priority. U can mold 25pcs of blocks and I mould 50 with the same one bag of cement it might interest you to know that with proper watering the 50 can be stronger than 25. The key factor is to use the appropriate sand and water the blocks for like good 3 to 4 days morning and evening. And again dangote cement is not as good as bua cement when moulding blocks. Am moulding like 2000blocks may be before this week runs out I will try to create a thread with pictures and share it to d house.

southniyikaye:
oga unless you are using stone dust to mix,this is a very wrong mixing ratio

Chukazu:


bros I need contact ASAP

erico2k2:

Ok no wahala make I reach house the digits dey my expense book.

BrabusNG:
Congrats Hon. Mayor78,

Interestingly, I never read it anywhere dat dem dey catch late comer for home ownership. Take your time, the bottomline is do your best to get it right.

Even if it's only one that fate allow us to have, let that one be worthwhile.

#askme Chateau de Brabus was built between 2010 and 2015. And we are yet to do the final paint work (I just did first coats and decide to chill out). Anyone who feels it's too late can give me fund to complete the rest work to taste. I'll gladly take it and still take my time to judiciously spend it.

Enjoy all the intrigues, suprises and disappointments that come along. It's part of the fun. May God add more bricks and mortar to your project. Amen.

Wishing you good success.

BrabusNG:
Congrats Hon. Mayor78,

Interestingly, I never read it anywhere dat dem dey catch late comer for home ownership. Take your time, the bottomline is do your best to get it right.

Even if it's only one that fate allow us to have, let that one be worthwhile.

#askme Chateau de Brabus was built between 2010 and 2015. And we are yet to do the final paint work (I just did first coats and decide to chill out). Anyone who feels it's too late can give me fund to complete the rest work to taste. I'll gladly take it and still take my time to judiciously spend it.

Enjoy all the intrigues, suprises and disappointments that come along. It's part of the fun. May God add more bricks and mortar to your project. Amen.

Wishing you good success.

EgunMogaji:


Let me know where you dey hide that baton for Murtala make I pick am next week

Chukazu:


bros I need contact ASAP

erico2k2:

Ah Baba the baton dey PHC Int, however I go post am go MM to wait for U.

EgunMogaji:


So na una dey fly London to Port Harcourt direct?

Ambode and Oba of Lagos must hear this

BrabusNG:


Whatsapp call or Viber calls to get live video update if necessary.

Sow a smartphone into the life of your site manager.

Ilaje44:


@Mayor78

Data is not all that reliable, and most importantly cheap in Nigeria. Else, Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber would be great choices. I don't know where you live, but I have been using www.rebtel.com for a number of years now. They are not the cheapest, but cheaper than Skype (the paid service) to Nigeria at least, and call quality is better than most other VOIP services. Give it a try.

EgunMogaji:


I stopped using Rebtel and now using Boss Revolution from the US. Cheaper.

Ilaje44:


Why did you stop using rebtel? I compared the tariffs, Rebtel is a tick cheaper than Boss Revolution in my case. I pay 3 Euro cent per minute, actually 2.5 which however is due to the fact that I am an old customer.

Ilaje44:


Why did you stop using rebtel? I compared the tariffs, Rebtel is a tick cheaper than Boss Revolution in my case. I pay 3 cent per minute, actually 2.5 which however is due to the fact that I am an old customer.

EgunMogaji:

I stopped using Rebtel and now using Boss Revolution from the US. Cheaper.

erico2k2:
08033401033 That number as promised. He won't remember though as contact fru the Mrs. But he did mine at farm rd off East West rd.

3strike:
Mayor, first of all I want to congratulate you for taking a very bold step building from diaspora. Some of us did the same and so u can too. IMO case I dont even know where my building dey if they no take me there. I met the land seller on NL, builder on NL and a lot of good motivations here too.

Here are my 2cents

It is very important to negotiate well. Save all the $ u can cos u will surely need it.

As maverick said, avoid involving families and friends...you will thank us later.

Feel free to ask questions if you are ever in doubt and make sure u get more than 3 estimates before u go with anyone.

For the most part I havent seen anyone on nairaland property section claiming to be a high-roller tho other than people who claim they will import all the materials for their so call "building" from abroad yet they cant afford to pay 1500 for dangote cements..Trust me u will see people here who claim to be building but all they do is disturbing public peace with boring pictures of sand filling for months....they talk on how they want to import every thing from abroad including water..opening threads on how to import padlocks and other ridiculous stuffs... Its all talk and no action. Pls dont for one sec get carried away...just dont lose focus and use what u can conveniently source locally. #stimulatenaijaeconomy.





As for the person who commented above you.. here below is what we found out about him after all the bragados and am serious

Mayor78:


My Chairman, God will bless you for your encouragements and words of wisdom. As for importation of materials, surely all materials I would use have to be sourced from Naij except the cash off course. As I am not building an estate (even if), the cost of importing (for individual use) is too enormous to comprehend. As we well knew starting with the cost of buying, hauling to port, consigning to Lagos Port, and indeed clearing, and hauling to site with the attendant risks, etc all are not ignorable.

Again the time to run around shopping for bargain in the industrial complexes, merchant outlets is not there. Even with the time, again remember that without Building Material Trade Licence you can not buy the materials at wholesale prices from merchant stores and bulk traders even during Clearance Sales, so you rarely buy at bargain price anyway.

Remember it is building materials (not mobile phones that you can hand-carry), so you essentially need at least a 20ft container indeed a 40 feeter to contain your building wares, toilet and kitchen sinks, baths, lister, Mechanical and electrical items, doors, windows, tiles, roofing sheets etc depending on the size of your project, But whether 20ft or 40ft, independent of other costs, the cost of shipping and clearing would be very close to if not more than N2m. Men! that's your roof done right there with that cash! I don't have that much cash for frivolities. By the way where will I stop importing, furniture's, electronics, home deco's, where?

Fair play to those that can afford them to. One of the joys of life is to do what keeps you happy in so far they are within a reasonable acceptable norm.

Most essentially, remember I'm building a family home where I hope to where finances allows often bring my family for holidays, which connotes that I'm looking forward to quality times with my wife and children playing and running around the compound (as Spyder888 would say) in my village, in my country, in our home. I wouldn't jeopardise the chance of realising that dream by using my off-work periods to run around counties looking to load a container of building materials. I simply cannot afford the time to do that instead of attending to unending but essential domestic duties here (school runs, baby sitting and children home works, cutting grass, family outings, taking the boys to and from football training's and matches, our girl to ballet classes etc) and above all, relax and be 'married' with my wife, otherwise my wife will throw me out of the house here before I finish the Naija house. LOL!

It makes quite a lot of sense economically, socially, and emotionally, to buy my materials in Naij. We have high quality materials for building in Naij, you just have to pay a little bit more getting guys to shop around and that's the deal.

Thanks again for your advise, please don't fail to keep them coming as I expect you would.

Chukazu:
@mayor OP.

the trip of sand is a bit on high side, I bought mine for 8k which is quite cheaper compare with 12k you were giving.

and is the same eastern part.

nijabazaar:
reading this feels like reading a blog, its like i am looking over your shoulders as you punch that calculator and sigh as you worry about the cost....almost poetic.

Best of luck, mr builder, you would build your magnficient Nollywood chateaux.

make sure your eyes is on the site manager, get updates from him almost every day

erico2k2:

Ahaha baba you beat me to it
@Mayor welcome to the best thread on NL..This is the best we can do bear something in your heart. Put it on paper and make it go live. We are all here doing same from USA Canada to the UK and South Africa. There is wealth of expirience here to guide you through and mass savings tips as well.Ijebu guys are present here too** Runs quickly to hide from U know who**

erico2k2:

Can I ask how many Bucket do you have per yip?
Mine was 5 buckets cost N28K

erico2k2:

You are right.I did solid @30 to 35 per bag.