Jussi: The Baba is at it again! We're waiting for the thrill that comes with your team.

See you on the other side when the new thread opens. Many more blessings brother, daalu jor!

yndig: hello house pls i need help. My bricklayer is charging me 450,000naira for foundation work this includes

blinding
casting
blockwork
and slab

all the bricklayer work until DPC and i thought it was way too much. I have another one that quoted 350,000naira.
this house is in abuja a four bedroom duplex flatland.

pls Your contributions will be highly appreciated.

spyder880:

If you asked this question here last year, I would have said the price is totally outrageous. But having known what I know now, some sites could be very difficult to handle due to some natural or man made conditions.

prince_onx: @Spyder:
You are still saying the same thing I just said. 90% of your reasons are man made!
A delivery van can charge you N10k to deliver cement because the road is slippery or messed up! That doesn't mean he can't do the same delivery for N7k and still make profit.

yndig: Thanks guys for the reply i see points in what both wrote but for me i think the quote was way too high.

Here is a little insigt to the project.

1. the land is flat
2. the foundation is dugged
3. Yes the site is far from market but i deal with the material to site
4. the Bricklayer will only have to deal with ''blinding, casting, blockwork,slap ''carpenter''(its a contract)i have my ironbender and everything that has to be done till the Foundation is completed

will this help you guys say the appropriate price for this job? or maybe close to appropriate price?

brabus: @Spyder880, Prince_onx, Well Done o!

N450k might be too much for some project but not all. I'm presently doing a fence for a client on Nairaland and my charges is N400k +. It seems ridiculous but the work is not a joke.

yndig: Thanks so much Brabus for the break down

On another note the engineer is charging 110k to supervise the whole foundation work and 140k for the casting and decking work. i dont agree with him but is the price fair?

brabus:

Your engineer is charging N250k for a job which is less than 50 man hour, how much will he charge for MTUs (with 8 flats and 3 floors). Julius Berger doesn't pay that much.

Little wonder your cost are outrageous. Abi Spyder880 - dem they pay you like that?

He'll be like an engineer on one of my site who's riding BMW X6 while the house owner is cruising 2005 Honda CRV.

Let's digress so that we don't derail the thread.
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@Spyder880, well done sir! I'm enjoying all the good works o. Remember me in your kingdom when you don dey collect millions for supervision fee o.

spyder880:

For where
I dey soak garri for the second time today, e no easy at all bros. How your end na?

Fhemmmy:

Big man too dey soak gari, are you kidding me?
I thought na only me like gari oh, with some nice chilled cold water with some ice cube, sugar and milk changing the color of the water . . . boy oh boy!!

spyder880:

For where
I dey soak garri for the second time today, e no easy at all bros. How your end na?

Fhemmmy:

Big man too dey soak gari, are you kidding me?
I thought na only me like gari oh, with some nice chilled cold water with some ice cube, sugar and milk changing the color of the water . . . boy oh boy!!

brabus:

Thanks! My end too dey fine. I know the reward of this service is not monetary gain but I see it as a good way to build oneself. The thrills and frills of building project are the real excitement.

I spent all day today showing a client 'Topshop' (another Nairalander), who came visiting from Ireland, her project in Ikorodu town. The beauty of everything is that she was so grateful and even mentioned how people like yourself has help instill confidence in our people abroad. That's more than money, bro.

I even got a nice cedarwood state shirt and tie set as a memento. Na me she gave that one o. Her msg to you is 'Keep it up'

spyder880:

See the people that are making my precious garri to be expensive by the time you park one Hummer and come down to buy garri, the market woman will hike the price for the rest of us using Legedes-Benz.

brabus:

So, garri dey Canada!

Na how you want am, yellow or white, Ijebu or Ibo . . . ?

spyder880: I am on transit now moving to Owerri, we hope to restart operations there after our funds ran out. We just want to complete all works and commence roofing as soon as possible.

We might be moving to Asaba next week, we have a bungalow project to build. The building will be similar in many aspects to the one we built on the "reality building of 4 bedroom bungalow" in Enugu. I will most likely be in Asaba tomorrow Sunday to conduct final inspection on the site and agree on a likely start date maybe by next week. I have got a team ready for this.