Cost Implications Of Building Without Using Contractors

Helo people
            I need ideas on how to fence a plot of land and ultimately to build a house in Nigeria without using a contractor or an Engineer.What are the cost implcations of all these Thanks in anticipation for your valuable contributions

@Seun
Very funny!!!

@Debostar
It is generally advisable to work with at least one of the 2 people u've mentioned above if u think u can't afford both. Why? Even if you have the time to acquire knowledge of the idiosyncracies of putting up a building in Lagos, U would do yourself the most service by being the honourable proprietor who crosschecks what's going on on his plot with the background information he has to ensure coherence.
 Secondly, i doubt very much that u're a building/civil engineer. I could b wrong though. If you're not one, then u definitely should have one pop in to your site while construction's going on. Let him/her add his/her input to the building plans - if u intend to put up a lasting edifice. Experience (and not theory only) would be the desirable trait in your engineer by the way.
 At the end of the day, you can save from building with an effective, malleable yet focused small time contractor who's willing to take instructions from your engineer. Whatever u do don't leave out an engineer in your plans - or ,like Seun rightly alluded, u might b arrested one day for being the landlord of  a collapsed building.

 So as far as cost implication's concerned, building without an engineer might be cheaper in terms of building cost ,  but costly in other depts. As per a contractor - c'mon u need one ,  u'll probably give up on the building if you decide to build without one.
 

Lanrew,

Dont be a penny wise pound foolish. Yes, a mason generally called a bricklayer would build the house, but ther are some areas they can not get the technicalities which will be giving you problems in the future and of course you will be spending more money which idealy you wouldn't if you have given your house to a builder or engineer. Builders are trained to build a house which will last for a generation (99)years. I still maintain that standard. my e-mail seggs.partners@yahoo.com

@ALL, you are all talking about what it will cost to buildor to fence a house. but you are all forgeting the main thing legalising your document on the land. there is a saying that "he who owns the slave owns the property" i.e the person that have the write paper owns the land.
secondly, no construction should go on without building plan approval.
is the land free from govt. aqusition? etc.
so my friend perfect your document first so you would not have any problem with the property at the end of the day.cheers