We are repainting some portions of the house, we plan to repaint the kerb stones to black and white instead of black and gray as chosen before.

Good job Spyder880. Things keep looking better.

Oga Spyder. You need to do the lower portion of the house turning red from the laterite whenever there is rain. May be the lower portion can be painted with gloss to repel the laterite water. That is why I like tiling the lower portion. Thanks.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Oga Spyder. You need to do the lower portion of the house turning red from the laterite whenever there is rain. May be the lower portion can be painted with gloss to repel the laterite water. That is why I like tiling the lower portion. Thanks.

Hajji M.

Good morning Sir, I had the plans to paint the lower portion with a different colour when I started this building, I even placed the belts at a height to separate my lower colour with the paint for the rest of the house. It was the decision by my clients to fill up the compound so we can redirect rain water flow to the outside that swallowed the lower portion of the house. (See attached pictures of my wall separator as we were still building, see how high it was.)

Tiling the lower portion is good, but some people dont like the different look, when compared to painting the lower portion, also consider the cost of extra tiles round such a big house. The rain water issue on the lower walls was a temporary issue, made worse because of the type of brown sand that was used on filling the flower bed when the rains were still falling heavily in the rainy season. I had wanted to delay that painting till the rains stopped, I am sure the staining cannot happen next rainy season if the flowers grow enough to absorb some of the impact of the rain hitting the ground around the walls. Then again, my clients agreed to install the water collector much later, if we had put the water collector when it was raining, the water would have been channelled away from the walls.

The good news is that I have bought paints and we plan to repaint the lower portion with gray. Now would have been the proper time to paint thie whole outside walls, not then.

Thanks for your suggestions Sir, I appreciate your inputs a lot. Happy weekend Sir.

spyder880:


Good morning Sir, I had the plans to paint the lower portion with a different colour when I started this building, I even placed the belts at a height to separate my lower colour with the paint for the rest of the house. It was the decision by my clients to fill up the compound so we can redirect rain water flow to the outside that swallowed the lower portion of the house. (See attached pictures of my wall separator as we were still building, see how high it was.)

Tiling the lower portion is good, but some people dont like the different look, plus the as compared to painting the lower portion, also consider the cost of extra tiles round such a big house. The rain water issue on the lower walls is a temporary issue, made worse because of the type of brown sand that was used on filling the flower bed when the rains were still falling heavily in the rainy season. I had wanted to delay that painting till the rains stopped, I am sure the staining cannot happen next rainy season if the flowers grow enough to absorb some of the impact of the rain hitting the ground around the walls. Then again, we decided to install the water collector much later, if we had put the water collector when it was raining, the water would have been channelled away from the walls.

The good news is that I have bought paints and we plan to repaint the lower portion with gray. Now would have been the proper time to paint thie whole outside walls, not then.

Thanks for your suggestions Sir, I appreciate your inputs a lot. Happy weekend Sir.

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Noticed the stain happened before the concrete floors....newer splashes ? Or just the old ones?


My oga...just like oga Hajj suggested using gloss....when the flower grows...rainwater will/would still stain the upper/higher part depending height of the flower beds...

Jisike nwanne...you are doing well..

spyder880:


Good morning Sir, I had the plans to paint the lower portion with a different colour when I started this building, I even placed the belts at a height to separate my lower colour with the paint for the rest of the house. It was the decision by my clients to fill up the compound so we can redirect rain water flow to the outside that swallowed the lower portion of the house. (See attached pictures of my wall separator as we were still building, see how high it was.)

Tiling the lower portion is good, but some people dont like the different look, when compared to painting the lower portion, also consider the cost of extra tiles round such a big house. The rain water issue on the lower walls was a temporary issue, made worse because of the type of brown sand that was used on filling the flower bed when the rains were still falling heavily in the rainy season. I had wanted to delay that painting till the rains stopped, I am sure the staining cannot happen next rainy season if the flowers grow enough to absorb some of the impact of the rain hitting the ground around the walls. Then again, my clients agreed to install the water collector much later, if we had put the water collector when it was raining, the water would have been channelled away from the walls.

The good news is that I have bought paints and we plan to repaint the lower portion with gray. Now would have been the proper time to paint thie whole outside walls, not then.

Thanks for your suggestions Sir, I appreciate your inputs a lot. Happy weekend Sir.

dongc:
Noticed the stain happened before the concrete floors....newer splashes ? Or just the old ones?


My oga...just like oga Hajj suggested using gloss....when the flower grows...rainwater will/would still stain the upper/higher part depending height of the flower beds...

Jisike nwanne...you are doing well..

The splashes on the walls are old, some happened before the concrete flooring because of two reasons,

1. There was no water collector channels, so the water just hit the ground and splashed on the walls.

2. The filling sand used is a deep reddish brown colour, making the splashes more pronounced.

Other splashes happened much later, after the painting of the walls because;

1. Another filling was done with imported top soil, rich in manure which was placed in the flower beds to aid flower and plants growth.

2. We shouldn't have painted the outside walls during the rains knowing that we are using white all through, (I warned about this then) I had planned to do the outside walls later, notice that these splashes didn't happen on the fence, I painted the fence after the rains, by the time the rains will return next year, the flowers would have grown to cover the place.

I know that the walls wouldn't have been splashed this much if we placed the water collectors before the painting of the outside walls. Painting the lower portion with glossy paints might be a temporary fix, but since we had painted the outside colour with matt, glossy paints might peel after two years since its sitting on matt and not on wall primers.

The option of tiling that lower portion is also good, it will require some new costs in this era of rising cement and tiles costs. I will talk to my clients about it.

Thank you for your contributions Sir, your points are well noted.

Work is ongoing in the site this weekend, painting of the outside, painting maintenance and air condition installation are being done by my workers now.

In addition, I am sending a tiler to the site immediately to measure the lower walls.

Dalu nwanne....jisike!

spyder880:


The splashes on the walls are old, some happened before the concrete flooring because of two reasons,

1. There was no water collector channels, so the water just hit the ground and splashed on the walls.

2. The filling sand used is a deep reddish brown colour, making the splashes more pronounced.

Other splashes happened much later, after the painting of the walls because;

1. Another filling was done with imported top soil, rich in manure which was placed in the flower beds to aid flower and plants growth.

2. We shouldn't have painted the outside walls during the rains knowing that we are using white all through, (I warned about this then) I had planned to do the outside walls later, notice that these splashes didn't happen on the fence, I painted the fence after the rains, by the time the rains will return next year, the flowers would have grown to cover the place.

I know that the walls wouldn't have been splashed this much if we placed the water collectors before the painting of the outside walls. Painting the lower portion with glossy paints might be a temporary fix, but since we had painted the outside colour with matt, glossy paints might peel after two years since its sitting on matt and not on wall primers.

The option of tiling that lower portion is also good, it will require some new costs in this era of rising cement and tiles costs. I will talk to my clients about it.

Thank you for your contributions Sir, your points are well noted.

spyder880:

Good morning Sir, I had the plans to paint the lower portion with a different colour when I started this building, I even placed the belts at a height to separate my lower colour with the paint for the rest of the house. It was the decision by my clients to fill up the compound so we can redirect rain water flow to the outside that swallowed the lower portion of the house. (See attached pictures of my wall separator as we were still building, see how high it was.)

Tiling the lower portion is good, but some people dont like the different look, when compared to painting the lower portion, also consider the cost of extra tiles round such a big house. The rain water issue on the lower walls was a temporary issue, made worse because of the type of brown sand that was used on filling the flower bed when the rains were still falling heavily in the rainy season. I had wanted to delay that painting till the rains stopped, I am sure the staining cannot happen next rainy season if the flowers grow enough to absorb some of the impact of the rain hitting the ground around the walls. Then again, my clients agreed to install the water collector much later, if we had put the water collector when it was raining, the water would have been channelled away from the walls.

The good news is that I have bought paints and we plan to repaint the lower portion with gray. Now would have been the proper time to paint thie whole outside walls, not then.

Thanks for your suggestions Sir, I appreciate your inputs a lot. Happy weekend Sir.

Thank you very much for the detailed information sir.
I know you will always find a solution to it. Keep up the good work Sir.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


Thank you very much for the detailed information sir.
I know you will always find a solution to it. Keep up the good work Sir.

Hajji M.

Thank you Sir.

Respect

The air condition connections are done and completed, I will have to test the appliances later.

This house has been concluded, and we will see the finish pictures here today.

Lynkings really did some marvellous work with the internal decorations of this Royal Manor.

Enjoy some of the final pictures .........

This is the final look of this house, royal in all respects. The flowers are starting to grow more, being maintained .............

Around the house ...........

The gate house.....

Front of the BQ

Watching the flowers grow.........

More ..

Main entrance into the main building.....

Ante room.........

All internal furnishings like curtains, chairs and decorations were done by Lynkings, very beautiful combinations.

The main living room, as seen from the gallery leading to the upper floor private lounge.........

More from the top .......

The main living room as seen from the ground......

The dining room........

This is the private lounge at the back of the house, looking very beautiful...........

This is the private lounge upstairs........

Oga Spyder, this is lovely. Good match from Lynkings.
Good work overall Sir.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Oga Spyder, this is lovely. Good match from Lynkings.
Good work overall Sir.

Hajji M.

She really did a wonderful job, I love the combinations.

Let's go to bedrooms...........

Another bedroom.......