brabus:

Hello All, one thing I'll be doing on this thread is to modify my posts wherever needed so that we can keep the thread clean.

@sunnyjz, I'll mail you later. I'll be setting off to site early today.

@caseymoney, I know smartdraw, visio and all others but  I use ConceptDraw for Mac.

@Sagewood, pls check the Land information above. 55 x 120ft (I'll always keep it updated as soon as real things get started). We are building 3 flats. see the floor plan attached.

@Fhemmy - I'm all out for you today. You love pics, you get some nice ones from the neighbourhood.

@love-tosin, thanks for the opportunity you afforded me.

brabus:

Project Location: Beachland Estate, Arepo, Ogun State
Reason: Proximity to Lagos (5 minutes drive to Berger, 10 minutes to Magodo, 20 minutes to Allen, Ikeja, 30 minutes to Ikoyi Club, 40 minutes to VI, 40 minutes to Murtala Muhammed Airport)
Land Cost: [/b]N7.5m (excluding Agency fee, Omo-onile, and miscellanous)
[b]Land Size: 55 x 120ft

Does the land worth the price? Maybe - I'll post more picture of the neighbourhood later tmrw.

[b]LAND INFORMATION
[/b]Flat Topography
Fenced with gate
Title: Survey, C of O (almost ready)
In a gated community


@sunnyjz, I'll update the floor plan later as soon as its ready. Inbox me for the cost of the plan.

Select:

@ All,
This is a nice one and worth monitoring.
U can get in touch for the processing of your Building Plan Approvals within Lagos and Ogun States. I work as a Town Planning Officer in one of the Lagos State District Offices. U cannot get me on phone at the moment(as I am not in town). But pls mail me via- select500@yahoo.com and I will get back to you immediately.
Cheers!

brabus:

Thank you for all the responses so far. Work should commence on the site by Monday 13th June after we have tidy up all the loose ends. But meanwhile, I'm working out the Construction Schedules and Timeline with my client and subcontractors based on available resources.

Lesson 1
Make changes on paper. Once you start building, it becomes exponentially more expensive (not to mention time-consuming) to make changes. The best time to make a change is when you’re still working off of the plans. While every job has some changes, your project will get built faster and with fewer errors if you make changes before the walls go up.

Why Construction Schedule? You may want to ask

Staying on schedule will save us money. Lots and lots of money!

How?

Having a written goal to shoot for, not some vague idea of when things should be done will help us get closer to our goals than just hoping for things. Also, the schedule will let us know when to order what supplies, and this will help us save because it means we'd have materials onsite when we need them, thus no time delays; unused materials are on site for shorter periods of time, thus less damage and theft.

This thread will continue to be an interesting one like the previous thread as it will dwell most on smart steps to build a luxury house without breaking bank.

diordaves:

Yet another bold move. Well done. To start the ball rolling, I've got a couple of questions:

# What are your core focus (objectives) in delivering this obviously grand project: SPEED, COST or QUALITY? This is imperative, so that when we critique and appraise your effort we do so informatively and objectively and not blindly as previously experienced.

# You said the project is in Beachland Estate and land cost is 7.5m excluding Omonile. My question is when you buy into an estate, do you still deal with omonile or the vendors of the estate are expected to smoothen out all hicups with omoniles. Stay blessed.

keba:

Wow Brabus, this is great. Was going through this post then told a colleague of mine who resides in Lagos before he called you asking about availability of property in the area. Would have spoken with you but he ran out of credit. I will contact you soonest and will definitely follow up this project, kudos,

spyder880:

Still learning, just a question, is there any reason why you want to wait till the materials are complete before starting the setting out/breaking the ground since this normally takes up to 2-3 days?

brabus:

Just to be rest assured that our plan will fly as pre-planned. Why break grounds when the materials are not on site? Suppliers may fail and thus projects delay starts. I dont like keeping my guys waiting endlessly, I always want at least 50% of my materials ready before committing to a task.

Pukkah:

Just asking, is the onset of the raining season the best time to commence construction of a building? And how does this affect construction timelines and conservation of materials?

This is a commendable effort anyway.  Kudos.