₦airaland Forum

Omonjoe:
Hello all, could someone help me check if the following order of work will be ok for my project:

Plastering

POP

Windows

Doors

Tiling

Electrical Cabling

Land Scapping

Painting

Omonjoe:
I have read some reviews about @money121 here and I was at times doubtful if they were real! Well, I decided to give him a try on my roofing project and here is my story;

I contacted @money121 (CEO Imran roofing) on WhatsApp to let him know about my project and he asked for the roofing plan which I sent and he gave me a rough estimate pending when the wood work is completed and the actual measurement can be done. Two weeks after the wood work was done and he then asked me to send him actual measurement so he can get load the right quantity of materials to my site in Ekpoma Edo state. I sent a local guy around Ekpoma who is also a roofer to take the measurement and he sent me the sqm.

Sending the measurements to @money121 he told me those measurements where just too much judging from the plan I sent him earlier. This arouse my interest in @money121! Because he could have charged me with those measurements and no one will know about it. He offered to send his boy down to Ekpoma to take the measurement and behold his measurement was way less than what the other roofer sent!.

We agreed on the payment terms that I pay a deposit of 2.3M before he will load the materials to Ekpoma but I forgot I have 1M daily limit in my bank. After I transferred the 1M to him, I told him of the situation, to my surprise @money121 loaded the materials that morning and sent them to Ekpoma with his boys without waiting for me to complete the initial deposit of 2.3M.

Today the roofing is completed and I would want to let everyone know that @money121 (Imran roofing) is one of the most honest Nigerian businessman I have seen and his professionalism is second to none....keep up the good work @money121 you have just won me over!

uncleteeh:
Architectural drawings,
Electrical drawings (not required in some states)
Structural drawings (for non bungalow structures)
Mechanical drawings. (not required in some states)

AngelicBeing:
Hian, bag of cement @750 naira and a bag of rice at 4,000 naira , in which of the Nigeria are you talking about, the one in West Africa, West indies or Western Sahara? Nothing person no go read for Nairaland.com,

Once EgunMogaji the high chief of Ibadan completes his automated house, l might likely visit and hide at ibadan as long as l have those big dogs in the building, Ak- 47 ( mopol protection and all the security gadgets been installed at his house, other than that l am remaining on Mount Everest with the celestial Angels

topsy23:
You can contact us for your MEP design drawings

Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC

topsy23:
Boss I believe what I ask shouldn't generate the kind of response I got from him, reason for quickly apologise. We are all learning here

EgunMogaji2:
I’ve always felt that using “30 years abroad” is a cop out.

I’ve met many people here in Nigeria that couldn’t tell you where the airport is and they are living fulfilled life’s here.

Though they may not check the age range but do you want to tell me that Brabus, Spyder880, Skimanski, KolaShangOne don’t have the listed items?

n3xt:
In Nigeria, every man is a republic.

Living a good life, setting standards and making it work against all odds is hard. Living on false hopes from the government in power is harder. [b]Choose your hard.

One4me:
At times, they have no choice moreover, "Old habits, die hard".
At what age do you want them to start running abroad and start hustling to settle down (which takes time, even if you win the Visa Lottery), then there is the issue of 'Wife turning to Husband' in London and America, something Old people will not find it easy to adjust to, if at all they want to adjust to it
When you are young (under 35yrs), one has the freedom to do it , make mistakes and do it all over again, but anything after 40yrs, na to dey tread jejely. That is where the HAPPINESS comes from

Long and Short, Small Garri and Groundnut with Peace of Mind, is better than McDonald Chicken with High Blood Pressure, if not Prison

Edit: If you hammer Govt money, Nigeria is one of the best place to lavish money and live a high tension but enjoyable lifestyle.

SurveyorGeo:
Survey plan is fundamental, you either get it from the estate management/company or you get it done. Without the survey plan you can't get started.

AngelicBeing:
Hmmmm

n3xt:
Who is government?

I think the word ‘government’ needs a new definition though.
As for me, government is a group of people ‘elected’ or ‘non-elected’ governing an organized community (a state or other entities). Government is important to the existence of civilized society.

It’s not just about state, local councils or country alone. It starts from every home.

For example, Nairaland property (the largest property forum in West and Central Africa) has no governing council We only have few set of people who react when issues come up.
Whenever there’s a coming together of people to live or coexist in a community, there’s a need to form a body (government) which will handle the administration of the such community.

Anarchy/confusion will always reign in any state/society/forum that exist without a government.

Before we talk about those who lord over our country (Nigeria) and commonwealth, let us ask ourselves “After over a decade of existence, are we managing Nairaland property section the right way or just passing the buck?”

This is a much wider meaning to "government" than the ruling political force. It starts with you and me.


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EgunMogaji2:
“I” fit in the demographic and make it work by setting realistic expectations.

No electricity - solar plus gen.
No pipe borne water - borehole.
No security - various schemes.
No good roads - SUV.

I’m not surviving in Nigeria. I’m thriving. Al-ḥamdu l-illāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

micronut:
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If you are into one skill work or the other or you know any one who is into one. They can go there to show their works. Others can join too to see skill works they may like.

It's a group to support those young guys and girls who have learned one skill or the other.

Good luck.

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Mup4life:
For complete installation of 6 line or 8line coupled with the enegizer?

SurveyorGeo:
It depends on the size of building, the higher the more drawings required. as the last time I checked, survey plan and arch drawing for a bungalow, survey plan, arch, structural drawing for a storey building and anything beyond this, it will require M and E drawing too

jaytime:
This is not my project. I'm into Decoration, not building Engineering.
But I see no reason why you would just look at a single picture of a room (roof for that matter) and just conclude that they've not done electrical piping.
FYI they've done piping in there, it's only cables they haven't run yet. Discrediting anything just because it relates to one's area of expertise is not the best way to sell one's self.

AngelicBeing:
Hian, come home and sweat it, mba, I am ok here on Mount Everest where I currently reside on top of the highest Mountain in the world, let me continue with my fresh fish pepper soup ontop this mountain with the snow and angel's that visit me daily, Lol but I agree with your post though

Xtopher123:
You all asking for Price and Quantity of Materials in here, do you guys know there's something called a Quantity Surveyor?

Nigerians like shortcut and they usually get burnt for it.

In the Project design and Delivery phase there's something called a QS (Quantity Surveyor) who should produce an unpriced Bill of Quantities together with the Architect and the Client. That's what will be given to the contractor to Price and come up with a Cost of Construction either by bidding or by appointment.

Nigerians LEARN to use the right professionals and pay for their services. It'll save you a lot of headaches in the long run.

uncleteeh:
Good Morning To All and Sundry.
Happy Sunday.
OAK Group wishes you a prosperous week.
We remain ur plug to excellent architectural designs.
08108408732

jajeri3216:
Hello house , there's a crack on the wall which is causing me corncerns.

Is this crack suggesting structural issues?

Dijita:
Thank you and God bless.
My kobo kobo project is been handle by my sister and the husband who is a supplier. Thanks to this site and the professionals here I am educated and get help in cutting down on price quotations. Unlike in the beginning of the project where I was been told the price of things which I later discover to be way higher than stated, now I just quote the price I got from here and told them that if there supplier can't meet the price I will call my own guy to deliver at this price. I will then add extra money for effort. In this particular instance here I added 30k .
Just in case some people are wondering, I am not just taking I patronize people here as well. I got my architect from here and have done about#300,000 business with him. I hope to patronize others in the future

diordaves:
If we, Nigerians don't invest first in the country, it is foolhardy to expect foreign investors to troop in droves. Nigeria is a big market but not economically bouyant. The average personal income (purchasing power) is low.

When it comes to the internal investment climate with regards to uncertainty, there's only one 'thing' that is holding the nation down: EXCHANGE RATE POLICY.

Not kidnappers, not corrupt politicians, not bad roads, not adequate power supply, not lack of fiber optic ( broadband). These are the symptoms of lack of internal investment. The cause of our ailment is the poor and incompetent management of the Naira rate against international currencies - the Naira rate to the Dollar. This started from the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP).

I will give you a very practical and familiar example - myself. I'm in the Diaspora investing in Nigeria so I am a foreign investor. Abi no be so.

Now (For example) I have a property with long term tenants that gives me N5 mil per annum in rent. During President Goodluck Jonathan's regime, the average Naira exchange rate to the GBP was stable at N300. Then, I repatriate £16,000 per annum back to Britain from rental income.

As I type, the Naira to Pound rate is 600. So now I repatriate £8,000 from the same investment. That's about half of my income gone into thin air for no practical or business management reasons. Just government incompetence that I have no control over. Absolutely nothing I can do other than to increase rent. If I do this, the tenants (traders) will transfer the increase into the price of their products and poverty is let loose over the country. This is the situation we are in since SAP.

Now you can see if I were a property foreign investor like for example airline company (Virgin Nigeria), Dunlop, Bata, A.G Leventis, Layland, Volkswagen, Peugeot etc that are mandated to repatriate funds home for their shareholders overseas, what do you think they will do? With a dwindling income not from lack of trading but from the inability of the government to stabilize the exchange rate, they will do what they did - close shop and unleash unemployment. This is what is happening in Nigeria. The foreign exchange regime or lack of foreign exchange regime is killing Nigeria slowly but surely.

Any administration that can stabilize the exchange rate for two terms, Nigeria will be better. Nigeria's biggest problem is not corruption, but lack good governance and competent institutional managers of the polity (economy).

One4me:
If it is 'a share' they are after, maybe that can be arraigned but you will be shocked to hear that the moment you start your Refuse Management Company, one 'Big Man Politician' from somewhere will suddenly realise you are making money from it and then decide to use his children or a front to setup a sham Refuse management Company and INSIST that ONLY THAT COMPANY can do refuse Management Business in that state, and your Company is ruined.

I have seen things like this happen a lot, let me share my own experience.
I once submitted a complete, packaged and fully funded proposal to Govt, the DG said Govt is not ready because there is no fund, three months down the line, l saw another company doing exactly the same project but like an amateur (infact, you could easily see that they dont have the knowledge at all) and when l checked their Registration details at CAC, l saw that the company was registered about three weeks after l met the DG of the Govt Agency, with my proposals and when l dug further, l realised it was the same Agency that was sponsoring the Project. That really got me annoyed and l went to do further search on the Project Manager, found out that it was the Cousin of the DG who is not even a graduate nor knowledgeable in that field.
Long story, cut short, l petitioned and wanted to go to Court but my Lawyer, after contact with their legal dept, made it clear to me that under our laws, the Agency has the right to determine who it gave jobs to and when it initiates any contract and that since l dont have a 'Patent' over the technology, l cannot claim that no one else can implement it!
But in essence, the DG stole my project, gave it to his Cousin to implement at over ten times what it would have ordinarily cost and TODAY, the project is dead and money is gone. By the way, Armed Robbers came knocking on my door for the first and only time in my life, around that period but they did not steal anything, just fired shots into the house and left. Friends told me it was a "warning shot" from those l am dragging issues with.
I just gave up on Nigeria, its not worth dying for. Too violent, too dangerous and too risky for normal humanbeings.

Mup4life:
what would this measurement cost for electric wire?

Abolarin91:
Armed robber is now disturbing in some area within Lagos! Prevent burglar...

Work done:
Date: 11/11/2020
Location: Ibezim Obiajulu, off masha, surulere, Lagos.
Materials used: razor wire and barb wire.
Installation duration: 1 day
Client name: chairman of the street

Don't wait to experience burglar/pilferer,armed robber before you take action!

Abolarin91:
Work done;
Date: 14/11/2020
Material used; razor wire
Site location: Oshodi street, Ogudu, Lagos state
Time duration: 1 day
Total perimeter: 90ft
Client name: Mr. Sanusi
Medium:

...as we end SARS, let end armed robbery or we prevent it! Stay safe

Badgers14:
Congratulations!!!

Since the new house is 15 minutes away, if you invited us earlier, we would have matched there to grab a piece of something to move it to your new house.. boom boom just like they your property is moved to your new house.

I can imagine how you feel, the excitement, sense of fulfillment etc.. that comes along living in your own house.

Congratulations again!

Since you didn't invite us for your house warming, could we at least com an snap selfie for your gate ?

aghaibiam:
I will be blessing my new home tomorrow.i am now the proud owner of a modest 4 bedroom bungalow.Thanks guys for all the free consultations.How do I move houses at minimum cost? Best bet would have been a nine eleven truck but there is no money for that.My house is 15 minutes away from my present address.