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4nobody4every1:
Lol @ tenant stealing your wardrobe, l dont think they will actually steal a wardrobe, a tenant that will stoop so low to dismantle and steal a wardrobe is poor than a shrine rat ,the rental unit l completed few months ago also has block partitioning

Just playing it safe bro. Never say never!

4nobody4every1:
Seconded, did same in my personal house

Spot on. All rooms for desmond flats gat the bricks partition. In my own case na make tenant no fit steal my wardrobe o. ... but of cos it helps to support the structure somehow too..

babalose:
@3strike....heard you have picked brabus to zone 2. What's up this time?

Oga I have no idea what you are talking about o..

alstacs:
Good day gurus in the house and friends in diaspora. Please I'm monitoring a project for a friend who lives abroad. They just concluded the DPC and are working on the block work of the ground floor of the duplex.
While the plan shows the wardrobe position to be demarcated with blocks, the supervisor thinks block work for wardrobe is unnecessary and out of fashion. I am confused as my friend is a rigid person who might want to see his plan executed the way it was drawn unless if I could be convinced otherwise.
Now the question is, is it really out of fashion to build the wardrobe wall with blocks?

You see na where problem dey start be that o...why u no just do wetin your friend want jeje?

mavverick:
Oga egun
happy Eid oo
I'm sure you understand yoruba
I saw a set of creative lights here sometime. Good concept however I found the ceiling shadows distracting.

what's the point of a light that creates very dark shadows on the ceiling. Just me 2 cents oo.

You know i be won greet oga Egun Happy Eid but honestly i no even know which one e no dey practice....3 in 1

Anybody won swear say dey no miss the Drama wey dey go on for this section una too like dramas.... come dey form say una holy pass.


Wey Agarawu? since he won the 70k we no see his brake light o.

lastpage:
Jeez!

I never knew this thread could become this boring!

We use to have two, three pages within a few hours in the "good old days"........ but now, we cant even have a 'single page' in 36hrs!

If it continues this way, l bet this wonderful thread, could could go into oblivion in no distant time.

I hope it does not but then, lesson learned: EVERYTHING in Life, comes with it's "[size=14pt]Pros[/size]" and "[size=14pt]Cons[/size]".





Lastpage!

Even Lastpage can testify......

Yes o! and I guess no room for fraudsters.

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UNA STILL DEY ON PAGE 382 SINCE LAST WEEK? WEY ALL THOSE PEOPLE WEY SAY OUR DRAMA TOO MUCH...SAY DEM WON BUILD? BY THE WAY BRABUS DON PAY MAVERICK THIS WEEK? LETS START FROM THERE AGAIN... [/size]

NLresidentQS:
Chai. This is serious. But Oga mi, are you sure there are plots of 1m in Lugbe ?

Typical Naija man. Na you dey ask question and na you dey answer am.

NLresidentQS:
Hello Sirs

I do not know if anyone is familiar with Abuja here..

Please can I get a plot of land of 400k - 600k around Lugbe / Apo...

@hajjim, @eriko242 @spyder880 @kolashangone @abdulwastex @egunbaba @allbosses

is this some kind of joke? did you say a plot for 1million in lugbe or Apo?

4268 views already?

lastpage:
No, it is the "ideas and learning discussions" that l miss........ not the people and their wahala!

#TeamWayForward?



Lastpage!

I get it baba.

Lastpage did you just say you miss us? #brabusvictims

Qc1:
^^^

How can I get that wall?

Chairman I see you.

EgunMogaji:
That's the problem.

All the information was here already but deliberately pushed to the bottom and out of the way by the builder posting new favorable stuff.

But that's taken care of now.

PS: your English is perfect.

spot on!

#shineyoureyes.

wanaj0:
Yes he is an adult BUT he needs help. I don't think he is 'fraudulent'. It is because his pride is NOT allowing him to humble himself and LEARN.

If he can enter into partnership with (or even employ) a season engineer, most of the problem he is having will be solved. He seems not to CARE about reputation! Maybe someone need to help him understand how BIG companies go under due to BAD reputation.

I hope those he has offended will have the heart to forgive him (forgiveness is selfish). No need carrying negative emotions all around however justifiable you think it is. The anger, bitterness and hatred will do you more harm than good. So please, make una FORGIVE Brabus.

No one should give BRABUS any other work until you are sure he is working with a competent engineer! Brabus is NOT an engineer so expecting him to provide engineering judgement is sheer folly! Yes he has interest and passion BUT that does not translate to competency.

BRABUS, get an engineer to work with you. Use your skill to position yourself as a project manager. Live the technical/engineering works to those that are trained and competent to do the technical work. It does your reputation and that of your family members no good having your pictures floating around on the internet for the wrong reasons.

For those posting private messages online, please desist from such. Let us respect each others privacy and confidentiality.

As per QC1, he need to get competent engineers to do an on the spot evaluation of the problem so that they can proffer solution. At this stage, internet solutions no be am.

May God bless us all

Thanks for those good write up.

Question for you.

Are you one of his victims? If Not, then you still wont understand. Easier said than done.

You said:
For those posting private messages online, please desist from such. Let us respect each others privacy and confidentiality.



How will you feel when your builder put all your financial transaction open online for marketing purposes without your consent?

Please go to brabus's threads and see how he opened client's yansh....so client told family member say no money and that the build cost just 5mil and when brabus put everything online, and family now see you spent 11mil... how do you explain to those people?

Brabus will post your chats and voicenotes in a heart beat just to score cheap points.

He started it. But we beat him to his game. We all have our messages saved too.

Regards

3strikes!!!

lastpage:
Trust me on just one thing (even if you cant trust me on anything else since you dont know me): I will say the TRUTH...... as l see/understand it.

I wanted to communicate with Brabus, on the Burglary proof thingy because it was getting frustrating to do here without the "distractions" of his integrity!.

He is the FIRST person that l ever tried to communicate with on PM.
He acknowledged my Email and since then we have never said a word since that "acknowledgement" behind what you read here.

See, l am experienced and smart enough (with all sense of modesty and humility) to know that "There are no permanent friends and there are no permanent enemies". What you do in "secret" today, will be blown open "tomorrow"!

All you need to do is look at the way they have been exposing their "private text messages and Chats" for all to read.
I am beyond that kind of childish humiliation!
My handle here is used by myself and my wife. My Children even read what l post and the eldest will soon graduate as a medical Doctor!

So, what do l stand to gain, if at my age, l cannot stand-up for what l believe in?
Mind you, l dont claim to ALWAYS be right, l am just as fallible as anyone here.

Let me refer you to something: I have been on this site since 2009. I am very "outspoken" and l dont usually talk shyte. I have been approached many times, to become a Moderator. At a time, they even want to do a"personal profile interview" on me.....recently, they even wanted me to be "Coordinator" of a competition!
Yet, for like seven years, l have brushed all those aside! U think l am just stewpid or effing Camera-shy?
Reflect on that, for a minute! I just dey laugh nii!

Brabus or anyone for that matter has Nadda to post about me because "l dont do collabo with anyone"

As to how l make my money? You dont wanna walk in my shoes!
Let me out it this way: How do you think a man that works in one of the most challenging fields, yet still uses his annual Leave (when l am supposed to be in Bermuda or some other Caribbean resort, chilling like Mad) to SUPERVISE his own build (I hold trowel sometimes, if l need to show my Artisans that" kini Big Deal" )
Does that sound like a man who picks his money on trese or some Dasuki-gate candidate?
I am one of the hardest working people Nigeria ever produced... and l am proud of it because "Our motto is: There is Dignity in Labour".

If you put your shyte on the floor and ask me to pack it with my bare hands, l will......as long ans you are willing to pay me commensurately.
Call me "owo'gbe kii'run" (Shyte money nor dey smell shyte! ).


As for "liking Bosun", You missed it by a hundred miles! There is nothing to like about him going by all the controversies!
I am just not that emotional about issues: I dont like him and l dont hate him. If he does good, l will praise him, if he does bad, l wil stick it inhis face.
But l ALWAYS give everyone a chance, no matter how small, to reform.... if they want to.

Egun Baba, said he does not see me giving my work to Brabus! True-dat.
(I think the last "Build Contract" he signed with anyone on Nairaland was in 2013. Did anyone sign a New Contract with Brabus in 2015 ? Please let me know. I may not just be aware)
I dont need Brabus or any builder right now. What the future holds, l cant say precisely

I have said it before that he and Abdulwastecx are on my radar...... but it will be for jobs whose "technical inputs" are certainly beyond my knowledge.
I dont pay people for what l can do myself. I am a hands-on, DIY person since l was very small.
The first building l did as a boy was my Mum's shop ( 22ft x 16ft, from foundation to Roofing, just me and my Junior Brother ONLY, as Artisans).
I was in 'Form 3' back then! Everyone in my street was looking at me like : This Boy has gone Mad! look at "omo Teesha" turning himself to Brikilar!
Since then, l have come a long way. But what l never fail to do is LEARN from everyone l come across.
To me, everyone has something to offer me. I gain from the most stewpid person on earth because l can separate "the wheat, from the chaff"!

Anyway, l dont like talking about myself, lets change the topic please.
Everybody is beating me hard about this Brabus thing.... like say l follow-am chop the money he made from those builds!
Even my beloved madam Gabby (secretly nii o) sef no cut me slack!
Issokay o, dearis God sha.


@Everyone that misunderstood my phrase about "Giving him job and going to sleep", l take God beg una; That was not supposed to be a slight!
It was said with all "honesty" at "problem identification" which is what l was doing in that post.
Forgive me, that was never my intention, even if it comes across as that.

That is why l added that "He wont even breath" (Close-marking) if l were to work with him.... but he would do the darn job to my satisfaction.
I feel your pain even though l am not the "tears type".
When a house has a "bad foundation", it is usually a difficult problem to fix.... short of demolition!
I bang my head on the table anytime l look at QC-1's job but my head tells me to stop because "that wont solve the problem"!

I understand and accept how everyone feels about me right now..... and l accept responsibility for it.

I still repeat, KARMA is a biatch!
If you cheat others of their legitimate sweat and think you are smart..... you need to think twice!
"Those who destroy others so they can succeed, would have destruction awaiting then, as sentinel, at the point of their success".

I am not God but l know and believe that "God is always fair to everyone".
Whatever Brabus has sown, so he will reap. It's not a curse but a Prayer..... and that includes me, myself.
Brabus needs prayer....... more than curses! may God touch his heart, for good.



Lastpage!



Bang-on!
I hope he read this and take sit to heart.

(I think the last "Build Contract" he signed with anyone on Nairaland was in 2013. Did anyone sign a New Contract with Brabus in 2015 ? Please let me know. I may not just be aware)



Baba, but I gave my project to brabus officially on Jan 12 2015 at around 7:24am CST.

What is Karma and how long does it take for Karma to catch up?

Do you even know if all this is the Karma you have been writing about?

How many more opportunities does Brabus need to prove he is not a QUACK?

I see in one of your post you want us to put his family into consideration....is that right?


My wife never stop talking about the kind of headache the family went thru cos I chose a wrong builder and at one point I felt I failed them as the head of the household for making that bad choice... btw do you think QC1's family will be happy seeing those pictures?

Do you know as a result of this bad experience, my wife doesnt even want to hear about anything real estate investment in Nigeria? Can we blame her? No!

Do you know I have spent over 200k fixing the roof of the said project and it is still leaking as we chat?

What is happening right now is that KARMA you have been talking about and you know what...this is just a tip of the iceberg. He brought this on himself and his family.


We arw still right on one thing. You were not his victim so u wont really understand how the shoe dey pinch.


Regards,

3strikes!!!


@Agarawu no vex say I no vote o . Na you say my vote no count o. Make I no come dey shoot blanks..

wanaj0:
You are a 'professional'. If you make a mistake, your license CAN be withdrawn. That alone makes you to pay attention to details.

Brabus issues are NOT mistakes. He is dabbling into areas that he does not have the COMPETENCIES. Interests and passion does not equate to competency. What you call mistakes are 'professional negligence'.

Either Brabus get a competent civil/structural engineer to work with him OR he find something else to do! ALL his 'mistakes' are related to structural integrity of his builds.

Spot on! How can he even assign his sister who am sure knows nothing about building to supervise multi- million naira projects?

If you want to play joker with your money use Brabus Bosun of Nexthome otherwise you better pay attention to what everyone is saying here.

Regards!

allCopacetic:
Prices are brand dependent
1. 16mm copper- N500+/- per metre (coleman, Nigerchin etc)
2. 10mm copper - N350+/-. ". '
3. Busbar 200amps- the likes of INDOASIAN or HAVELLS - abt N40000
4. Cable lugs 16mm and 25mm- N50-N70 ....again dependent on what quality u get
5. Black masking tap- ( abro insulation tape) abt N100

I appreciate your response sir. Gracias Amigo.

lastpage:
WRONG!

Honestly,
I swear to God, l will give him, if the need/opportunity arises.
(I generally dont "swear by God's name"... my YES, is my YES, and my NO, is my NO..... and for me to say the above, it means a lot)


I know his "weakness".... and l am capable of supervising him to the last block!

I wont give him any document to get for me (I know where l do such things and l have never been disappointed)
l cant accuse him of stealing my Block or anything (I put soldiers on my fenced site)
He cant build "floating pillar" for me (I will be watching and approving "everything" ....before casting)
He cant even 'breath' (I am always on my site 24/7, when l am building .....usually when l am on annual leave)

So, where will the mistake come from?
Problem is, he was building for people who "gave him money and went to sleep" (I dont blame them for that) ....when he himself was just getting on a "steep learning curve", back then.

But l am sure he is learning fast!
He is an "educated hustler" and hustlers are "sharp/intelligent" people.

I just hope he can STFU and stop trying to "argue his way out" of every accusation.
That one annoys me real bad!
Silence at times, is Golden.

Make una forgive me say l am not "acting true to convention".
That is just me.



Lastpage!

Baba, I have been in your shoes. You are not the only one who think people deserves second chance. I do too. Am sure you know Bosun have had more than 7 chances to prove himself but obviously a leopard can't change its spots no matter what........


Do you know it was this same QC1 that said I should give my project to Bosun cos he felt he should have improved......but He proved us wrong again.

Am sure Bosun is currently communicating with you via chat and will be feeding you things that are not even close to the truth about his clients, He did that too with everyone of us to get our sympathy......He will come back here to post all the screenshots here very soon. pls quote me on this in few months.

I have so much respect for your personality here online. but common Baba! Bosun got more than 7 different clients here on Nairaland who are not happy with his work and feel ripped off but you are still here advocating for a second chance for him? Baba, Bosun will not get second chance here on Nairaland....Thats the fact and any one can take this to the bank. people like him don't belong here. he is a FRAUD!



I really don't know how you make your own money sir. But for me and others who work tirelessly inside unforgiving weather outside the shores of Nigeria can tell you it was never easy to gather this money. And you want one Quack and Arrogant Builder to be using our money for experiments? Baba you not try at all o. you no like us at all at all.


FYI: See some of the screenshot below. I supported Bosun at one point before I gave him my project. I even went so hard on people who were accusing him back then including Euromillion.I was of the school of thought that we all make mistakes, learn from our mistake and then become a better person as a result of the lesson learned.. but he proved me very wrong again.




#sayNotoQuacks. #BOSUNBRABUSNEXTHOMEISAFRAUD.

Just so you know..The respect I once had for you here dropped from 100% to 82% within the last few days and am sure most people are feeling the same way too......#uberfact

good thing is that no love is lost yet.....#noHomo


3strikes!!!

gabbytabby:
Oga lastpage you fall my hand.

How do you give a second chance to someone who has already had 6-8 chances already.

If you ask Brabus he might agree to help finish your build for little expenses. Do you want to take your own bait. I know you are smarter than that hence the if not..........


. quote author=lastpage post=46853535]

I am "one" of those who believe in giving someone a second opportunity.

Infact, if not that my current build is so advanced (builder input no longer required), l would have used it to prove you guys wrong.

I am looking forward to when l will want to do another build from scratch, l will announce it here that l am using Brabus to build it.
Quote me on that, god willing.

Brabus has his issues, ...serious issues (and l have spoken repeatedly on them, even went as far as advising him "like l would do a "Blood Brother".

Three things accounted for the failure in his "PAST" Builds:

1.) His knowledge of foundations (back then) was very INADEQUATE!: He meant well but you cant give what you dont have. back then, his knowledge, compared to now was very limited!

2.) The Clients were mostly, if not all, "Diasporeans": Though this is not an excuse but his Clients have zero or very limited knowledge of Building.
They relied on Brabus' "expertise" when in actual fact, he too was just "learning as we go along" (like some other Builders here too, you can see from the way they ask or answer "technical questions".
(Abdulwastecx stands out from the crowd! he is a trained Engineer so, "No shaking".
This is where Brabus "bit more than he could chew".
He could have, at the very least, INSIST on a Soil test at all times.... and just follow the recommendations of a Structural Engineer who interprets the result


3.) Supervision was lax, if not non-existent: Again, l wont blame the Client but we are all learning! There is a reason why projects have "Consulting Supervisors" that are different from the Builder. These are Professional Engineers who are paid and mandated to ensure that "they monitor and approve" what the Builder is doing on ground. You should not allow your Builder to supervise himself. I wont.
Brabus was building without "oversight" supervision. If you cant supervise your builder, please employ a qualified person to do it for you.

The reason l am very confident that l will give him (Brabus) a job in the future, is that as "a Client", [b]l will be with him EVERYDAY of the build! That is how l do my own builds.... l monitor like hell, while "learning" at the same time
I have acquired "appreciable knowledge and experience" over time, such that even if l dont employ a seasoned Engineer as Supervisor, there is NOTHING Brabus will or can do, that l am not knowledgeable about.

I WILL TELL HIM WHAT TO DO, I WILL ENSURE HE DOES WHAT I WANT AND I WILL DO THE NECESSARY TESTS (SOIL, CONCRETE, e.t.c) to assist both of us to make a success of it.

it is a pity that the above three factors came into play, all at the same time, in Brbaus's build for his clients back then.

TODAY, in 2016, l dont think all those three factors can/should still align together... to produce the results we are referring to/discussing.
As for his "personal values"...... What you "already know" should not be able to hurt you... if you are intelligent and smart![/b]

Brabus na Ijebu, me na Ijebu, so let us see who get "sense" pass now.



So, when l say l will give my job to Brabus, l know exactly what l am saying and l am not saying it out of ignorance or sentiments.
Mind you, Brabus, like any other humanbeing, have their "strengths and weakness"
I know how to turn a "human weakness", into strength.

Thank you,



Lastpage!

BTW: I also believe anyone can reform, if they want to.
I also dont FLIP-FLOP on my relationship with anyone .... because it is ALWAYS based on PRINCIPLES, not personal sentiments.

Madam Gabbytabby,

We all know that oga Lastpage will never give Brabus any job to do for him. Baba just dey pull our leg. Right baba?

please can anyone be kind enuf to give me the unit price for the following items:


1. 16mm copper per yard
2. 10mm copper per yard
3. Busbar 200ams
4. Cable logs 16mm and 25mm
5. Black masking tap


Regards
3strikes.

mavverick:
The woman you see there is Bosun's elder sister. No pun intended
She was on Bosun payroll, and despite the fact that I paid for engineer na Lanicky i come get at one stage. See why i said some of us in diaspora don suffer for engineer hand !

Are you serious right now? So Bosun's sister is the site supervisor? And we still wonder why all this plunders are happening with our projects?

This Bosun Nexthome have no regards for our hard earned money at all o.

He will start your project, mess it up and still have the audacity to yab you about it. SMH

By the way If you think every thing went smooth with that green house Bosun have being bragging about here...


Just staytuned. this one na Redeemed church member project kasala o.even with police statements. Just hang tight folks



What is that green house project of his called again? K something or The Reserve

mavverick:
I was extremely lucky, I had done a lot of reading up and learnt a lot from NL. This is what happened during my german floor, me and Bosun had rows and rows, and a friend of mine (name whitheld) had to reconcile us. He didnt deliver the number of trips of sand that i paid for, in the end I had to start ordering it myself, and paying labourers myself. Whats the F******* point of an Engineer then or a QUACK !

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/german_floor.jpg

I do not see any 12mm rods on QC foundation, QC please confirm as this is very important.

Before Bosun starts to claim credit for the use and implementation of hardcore, see the discussion that led to it. It was my idea, even from thousands of miles away, I was telling my engineer how to do his job, engineer and engineer mistress as well !

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/xc1.jpg

And I insisted I pay for it, he wanted to defraud me but he didnt know I have eyes at the back of my head, paid 300k for 2 trucks, he dropped only one and wanted to use it like that, but i insisted i needed to see the picture of the second drop.

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/xc2.jpg

Maverick who is that lady walking any how on the hardcore? Is that Lanicky on nairaland?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrout ! Houston we have a problem. . No wire mesh seen true true o

EgunMogaji:
Bros Lastpage didn't vex. If he did I believe that yellow and green would have been included in the cacophony colors

I kid I kid, really I love crayola.

Hahahahahahaha... i just shutdown my computer for the week o. I dey go house. The way I dey laugh here ehn.. make dem no come say make I take sometime off go see a psych doctor.

lastpage:
Can you please quote ANYWHERE, that l claimed to be a Geotechnical Engineer?

I dont take kindly to "impersonation" please.




@Abdulwastecx:

I would also suggest that you specify the TYPE of TEST (CPT, SPT, e.t.c) the Professional (you are recommending) will undertake (in writing) and further ensure that it is what is being given out in the Report.

To recommend people nowadays, one has to be very specific and also follow-up .... so that a hard-earned "good reputation like yours, .....is not tainted!
I dont want someone to start asking you to refund "Soil test" Money....because you are the one who linked the Client to the Test Contractor!

Even if (when) you did it "in good faith"!

Sorry, l dont have someone to recommend!



Lastpage!

Bros no vex na. I was only trying to point the gentleman to the right direction for suggestions.

abdulwastecx:
Please house I am looking for a very good Geotechnical film that can carry out soil analysis for a client in Benin

Cc lastpage

I just love this thread...........full of the good not so good, the bad, the ugly and hypocrites.

Make una continue....i dont know if na the thread dey shack me or the 40% liquor wey I put inside my coffee for office. But continue.