DCGUY:

@ am alone, I love the work done b4 your roofing-what is your carpenters information and the iron benders info?

mikedeoye:

@ Am Alone,

I will definately do my own negotiations before Buying and i assure you i will get it cheaper. The info im trying to get from you is part of my market survey, I'm also going to check some other places before settling on where to Buy. Pls what type of Tywford brand ( set of WC and Basin) did u get for the 30K (i mean the name). I know u said u got the Tywford Envy for 80K.

U forgot to drop the Seller's contact again. Pls drop his details here for me.

One last question, how do i differentiate the fake from the Original?

Thanks

Am Alone:

@ Mikedeoye,

One more thing, please note we have varieties of all this stuffs. They may all look alike, but the their qualities will be different.
As in they have grades.

Like for example; The kitchen basin I bought cost around 24k brand name is Topaz!
I will post the picture later. And as a mater of fact I have seen two Topaz just like mine
and the first one was for 9,500(though it doesn't have double tray as mine. It only have double bowl)
And when I investigated it well, I notice the packaging was okay(not as the one I bought!) And it has
no guarantee!!!
Then again I have seen another one with a 5yr guarantee. But it looks more like a fake or so!!
Mine has a 15yr warranty! Thought it may just be a sticker as most people may think.
But I Love it!!!!
Remember the person was introduced to me by a honest person. Nobody is perfect!!!! I mean, some
of the things I bought from them must have being inflated, BUT THE BIGGEST JOY IS THAT, THEY ARE
ORIGINAL AND VERY DURABLE!!!!
Now again, I went to the market to do some research about pricing because I felt I most have lost too much
The bathtub, I saw it for 17k5 last. But i bought my less
my house mixer I saw it for 16k5 too but bought mine for less
The water heater I bought mine for 15k, but the price was around 16k(stand to be corrected! It is 15kg Ariston product)
but there are some other things I believe must have been inflated!!!!
It ain't easy!!!! But I did my best!!!
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Am Alone.

Thanks Bro!

I perfectly understand. I'm particular about some thing qualitative at the right price and with such info like us then i can be guided when doing my pricing. The worst case is that i get them at the same rate as yours but ultimate goal is to get them cheaper.

Which one is House Mixer? how much the did u get the mixter taps for the different twyford basins you bought.

Thanks and congratulations on progress made so far on your project.

aasog1:

Will get to that later in the day sir. The land is in Bariga sir. Land there alone cost 8-10 million or more. So it doesnt.
And 2 bedroom in the area is worth roughly 250k or more, depending on how soon you want the flats occupied.


@AmAlone & Spyder

I dont know if you are encouraging a DIY: Do it Yourself for all the people here. Is that professional at all?
Im sorry, but sincerely, this is going beyond mere advertisements.

aasog1:


I dont know if you are encouraging a DIY: Do it Yourself for all the people here. Is that professional at all?
Im sorry, but sincerely, this is going beyond mere advertisements.

spyder880:

@ Am alone, that solignum tratment is sometimes not reliable o. The last roofing I did, the whole woods were painted with solignum and a little qty of kerosene. Do you know that termites started eating the wood that were still packed on the ground waiting to be used for the roof? The termites ate even the painted parts with blackened solignum. Afraid catch me!

omonuan:

aasog: does the 23.7million cost include land? Would you be kind enough to give us a break down of the cost? I am really interested in your cost !

Am Alone:

Spyder lol. . . . Thank you very much!!!!
But you know there was something my Carpenter told me
He said if you buy a bad wood, no matter the amount of
Soligum you add to it, it is still useless!!!!
Because you will need to get a very gud wood first, before you
can start to think of treating it. Then again he recommend I use
the white one. When I went to the market, I couldn't find it.

Anyways, I will have to go and find it ooo --- By firE By Force!!!
Thank man

kuntash:

,  how many Nigerians can go for the likes of construction companies? lest how many professionally built houses are available therein 

na wa O!!

2dmax:

@midas 02, can i have your email address? @ all, do get your best qoutes for electrical wires and cables from maxndianaefo@yahoo.com, also read builders andd developer wise up! at the property section.

my angel:

Hey Am Alone,

So far you spend this amount from the foundation to roofing now? Net Total Of Cash Spend So Far: =N=4,742,870 are you sure.Please can you give me your cell number or your email add.

kuntash:

@ sonety2k, use anyone u like, but I would advice u supervise in either case.

if u prefer hollow blocks and require a considerable amount, u can bargain the block machine to be @ your site, buy the materials and agree on how many blocks to be given u from a bag.

spyder880:

@sonety2k, I must confess that the two types of block has no real advantages over the other except when you are building special structures. For me, I like to do the first floor in any house am building with solid blocks, but there is no real problem with hollow. I use hollow blocks for the upstairs units. I also do my septic tanks with solid blocks, no need pouring concrete when the soil is dry. Another observation I have made is that hollow blocks collapsed on me on a day heavy rain interrupted things on a site I built 2 years ago. The base was not wide enough so rain just washed off the wet mortar and the whole things came crashing. It wouldnt happen with solid blocks as we noticed in a site I built last year. When heavy rains came, I sped down from a nearby town, buying up nylon sheets to cover the job going on but arrived late. The sides were washed but the blocks remained standing due to the base were not washed off. That is one of the advantages of solid blocks.
Use hollow blocks if you like, I will use it in the upper part of my duplex. It is even cheaper because it requires less cement and sand to produce. If a bag of cement gives you 35 solid blocks of 6", the same bag can give you 42 hollow blocks of 6".

kuntash:

^^^^ wrt your posts on this thread, your bargaining power seem shaky @ the early stage, thus some people like me saw it as money miss road person building a house and willing to bulldoze any obstacle relating to cash.

from your posts lately, it appears u r gaining confidence and the negotiating prowess is increasing, this is a natural phenomenon unless the person na mumu.

wish u luck!

spyder880:

Honestly, the guy is improving rapidly. It happens to most of us, the first house I built, the supervisor took me to the cleaners and ever since then, I have learnt my lessons. Always remember that whatever has been done before could be done better today, at a cheaper rate. Never buy at the first place you want to, and dont keep a single customer/supplier or workman.