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badboym
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I am building at the moment and have spent close to 6m on a bungalow including the money I used for acquiring the Land which is 1.2m.I still need finishing touches that will cost me some 2.5m - 3m.I feel the Engineer is frauding me and I just don't wanna make the saeme mistakes next time.Can someone please tell me the best way to build and save cash ?
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DIPUU2LIFE
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I dont know the engineers opinion on this. but it would have been better if you took the drawings of your house to a quantity surveyor. His job is to take off quantities from the drawing and attach going rates to each item of work to be done. next is to give a copy of this bill, excluding the rates supplied to as many contractors as possible. They will return it with their different rates. you will then compare them together and also with that of your QS. with this you can know if you are being cheated or not. you can also pay at stages agreed on and unless the contractor visibly finishes the job paid for no money again and you can also hold him responsible cus you have a contract.
but what most people do is to just get someone and say can you build the house. how much and they begin with no basis for comparison or checks. some dont even have drawings to start with. Talk to a live and unbaised engineer on this. its not easy typing on this forum. little can be typed.
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ajileko
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@badboym
What and what has been completed so far and what is left to be done. What size is this house and how many bdrm's ?
Six millions including land maybe fence plus building plans/drawings and the building structure is not bad. I don't think he's cheating you that much but I'll have to see the size of the mansion you are trying to construct.
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badboym
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@badboym
What and what has been completed so far and what is left to be done. What size is this house and how many bdrm's ?
Six millions including land maybe fence plus building plans/drawings and the building structure is not bad. I don't think he's cheating you that much but I'll have to see the size of the mansion you are trying to construct.
Thanks for your contribution Bro.I wil try and get the Pics I took of the House on here and must state that out of the money,200k has been paid as money for deposit for C of O.Omoniles got 200k and he claimed he did the borehole for 260k.As for what still needs to be completed,I still have the Aluminium windows to go , fittings for the Toilets e.t.c.P.O.P and PVC,Interlocking,Car Port,Platering of the Fence,Doors and so on.Finishing works generally. I dont know the engineers opinion on this. but it would have been better if you took the drawings of your house to a quantity surveyor. His job is to take off quantities from the drawing and attach going rates to each item of work to be done. next is to give a copy of this bill, excluding the rates supplied to as many contractors as possible. They will return it with their different rates. you will then compare them together and also with that of your QS. with this you can know if you are being cheated or not. you can also pay at stages agreed on and unless the contractor visibly finishes the job paid for no money again and you can also hold him responsible cus you have a contract.
but what most people do is to just get someone and say can you build the house. how much and they begin with no basis for comparison or checks. some dont even have drawings to start with. Talk to a live and unbaised engineer on this. its not easy typing on this forum. little can be typed.
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ajileko
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Thanks, I will like to see the picture of the house because I'm doing a small project but not quite as big as yours. It's a 3 bdrm bungalow with 2 baths. Just finished the foundation and working on the German floor.
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emyworld
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ajileko can u give me an estimate of how much a 5 bedroom bungalow would cost, the land is in anambra state. my email is emyworld2002@yahoo.com |
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zenatta
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There is really no easy way to it. You cannot help being cheated cos builders and artisans are cold blooded. However you can reduce the level of fraudulent actions if you secretly involve yourself in the purchase of materials by doing your home-work. Never believe the prices they quote, they are not kind, never take their word as law for the authenticity of materials purchased or you would end up replacing many items in less than a year of residence. And goodness! never leave them on their own, uninspected.
I have been blessed by reading the post of Dipuu2life. Good way to go. In my own case, I got a consultant for the manager handling my project. With this spanner in the works, in the end, I became the wiser one, saving myself headache and loads of money.
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thirdeye (m)
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The best way out is to have an overall supervisor that will be responsible for whatever go wrong on the site, even if he is going to make money off u. be assured u'll still get a good structure. That will compensate you.
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design5
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Can someone please tell me the best way to build and save cash?
Mail me. You should be able to save a great percentage of your construction cost whilst adhering to desirable quality!
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