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AMEN & MANY THANKS!!!!

The security house is built with 6" blocks, except for the side that is attached to the fence
that side was built with 9" blocks up to the coping of the fence(6 coach).





Peace!!!!

Some little expenses I forgot to include!!!
The sand from the soak-away pit was used to fill
the security house and its toilet and the guy that did the
filling, also water and rammed it before the casting. He didn't give me any charge
but I gave him 2k5(just freely. Because he's the one that
helps me monitor the site when I'm not around. He call to give me
update about the site at his own expenses). Also, their is another coping
on the fence and the carpenter charge 4k5 last o!!!! We agreed and he is yet to finish it!!
total: 7,000
Peace!!!!
Pics!!!

jerryben12:
@Am Alone: Please what is the current price of cement in Ikorodu? Also how much is 9" and 6" blocks? Any referral?

The least price you see cement around Ikorodu is around 2k(most people don't sell @ this price)
Again, the least price for 6" blocks around my end is 130
and for 9" it is around 135 to 140

But there is a place I saw 6" for 120.
But I notice this people don't add stone dust(granite dust) to their sand when they make their blocks.
So it quite depends on what you want!!!!!
Peace!!!!

ok!!! buaaahahahaha!!! buaahahahaha!!!! hu-hu-hu-hu!! buaaahahahaha!!!

Fhemmmy:
You want the security man to dey smell all your download?
Lol . . keep up the good work, bro

Soak-away wey dey smell no be soakaway oo!
that one na old skool!!! Besides, the soakaway
is for the security house alone. The main house soakaway pit is at the back of the house. I digged
that before I did my Germaine floor!!!(so the sand was used to fill the foundation!!!)
Peace!!!

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@ Diordaves

Am Alone just a couple of questions:

Is your security post sitting right on top the soakaway pit? If yes, what is the arrangement for emptying?

My security post is not sitting on top of the soak-away pit! The soak-away pit is on its own. Right infront of the security house.

What is the nature of your kitchen cabinet that you need iron work?: iron works as in the 12mm rods?

For the concrete slab that the washing hand sink will sit on! Actually, the welder advice me to use 10mm rod
but i choose to use 12mm because I still have some pieces leftover from others works I've done so far with 12mm rod
so instead of buying about 2 or 3 length more, I choose to use 12mm and buy at most 1 length.


Why do you need to channel your kitchen waste water to a diffirent pit instead of your normal soakaway?

My soakaway pit for the main house is 6ft by 6ff by 6ft. I think it will be too much to allow toilet water,kitchen water,
and bathroom water all to be directed only to this 6 by 6 pit!!!! it can easily get filled up! The soakaway pit I no
is only for toilet/WC water. Because I don't like to have gutter to channel the water outside in my compound, I just want to dig another big pit
like 7 by 7 by 9 or so. And direct all my bathroom and kitchen water only to that one. That way, I'm very sure
it will be okay!!!!
Peace!!!!

Stay blessed.(u2)

and. . . . .

The bricklayer will complete the casting today!!!
Once the windows are installed, I will do the total!
peace!!!!

The bricklayer charge me 10k
to do the casting of the security house,
security house toilet, security house soak-away pit
security house lintel(chain up), 5 coping on the fence, the
casting of the base for the kitchen cabinet, the base for the
wardrobe for the house(3set). And the iron bender agree to take
4,500 for the lintel work,the iron work for the soakaway, the iron
work for the kitchen cabinet and the iron work for the proposed
pit where all my kitchen water and other will be directed to.
Also, I spent 22350 on iron. I bought 15 length of 12mm iron @ 1380
and 6" by 6" ring @ 550 x 3. It was very close to my site
so the seller took it to my site @ his own cost!!!
Peace!!!

Eureka!!!! - I Got It!!!!
OLUWA CHAMPION!!!!!
CHAMPION TO GOOD!!

omobashua1:
@ am alone,is d #2700 per meter for the pop for everything ? . as in the guy will supply his own cements,plaster sand etc without u buying any material or is d #2700 just for workmanship ?,

Yes the #2700 include the materials and workmanship!!!
Everything except for the painting. Also, I wanted to beat
the price down a little more, but was advice by the guy not to
because they have some fake POP stuffs that are not really very nice
and changes color to brown after a period of 4 years or so!(no matter
the paint you put on it, the brown will still pop out!)
Peace!!!!

Tomorrow, the brickalayer will be castin the top of the soak-away pit
and the wardrobe of the house and the lintel and the security house
floor and some more other stuffs. Though i've not negotiated the price with him shall.
Again the carpenter did one small work and charged 4k5 last oo
its was just a little coping!!!!! I will some pictures soonest sha
peace!!!

On post #137 Brabus quote

Materials:
50 bags of Elephant Cement @ #1800 per 1 = #90,000
Labour work:   N120k incldg fencing of the 2 plots.

GERMAINE FLOOR:
120 bags of cement @ N1800   =   N216,000

Bros Brabus I hail oo, so now Location really matters right
Above is your previous post!!! I don't know what to believe anymore!!!
Infact, I 'm getting more suspicious!!!!
Do you know why I disagree with that amount?
I disagree because of the level of work done so far
I again disagree because of the quailty work I saw in the pic
So how do you explain the contradictions?
Thanks anyways!!!
I rest my case!!!!!

hasyak:
the mixing ratio was done by my engr, the last trailer of cement i bought for 2.2k/bag=1.32m, for the germen and block works, still have over 300 left hope to use it for the decking job, before then, we bought 300 @ 1580= 474,00 and another 100@ 2k =200k.
total 1,994,000

use part of the cement to mold some blocks before we decided to start buying, find out the guy moulding for us is not giving the quality of blocks we required and the cost compared to the good once sold is cheaper.

Thank you very much brother!!!
For your contribution to the thread
So I will say if anyone follow a standard procedure
for mixing cement. around 600 bags should be
enough to stand a fence and complete a 5bedroom
duplex and plaster the whole house and fence(excluding moulding of blocks)
--I need to take that upstairs!!!(Though I noticed your foundation consumes
more cement and concrete than any normal one that was one of the reasons
why I include plastering and it may consure more!!!!)

Peace!!!!

^^^
Thanks man,
Please continue the good work
I am really enjoying you post!!!
Again I want to ask you
What ratio are you mixing your cement to sand and granite
because I am mixing 1:6:8 i.e A bag of cement to 6 heapan of
sand and 8 heapan of granite.
I want to analize. Again, the 2m for cement,
is it the cash spent so far or the cash you hoping/willing to spend for
cement,woods, and the others

Maybe its my eyes but the house ain't so big!!!
When you design a giant house
be ready to make a giant pay!!!!
But make more enquires oo!
Also, I like to ask,
@hasyak,
are you using granite or gravel
@Gobi that goes a long way as granite
is around 4time the price of gravel!!!
but please make more enquires ooo
Because, hmmm, these people can use
hammer nak person head ooo!!
Peace!!!

@remcoface
The guy is an Engineer!
The best price I got from him is 2700 per square meter!
Good news is that he's a pastor!1!
But trust no one o!!!
Its like he's got people that works under him or so.
But that is the best price I got POP around here
and its from him.
Please do your own pricing oo!!

Pasita: 08026353241

@ hasyak
Please stick around with more informations and try to share any suspicious charges
with us so maybe people around can help!!!
We sure needs people like you around this thread to know what it really takes to
build something like what you have there!!!
**Don't spend unnecessarily o!!!
The Good Lord Will Strengthen You
Peace!!!

hasyak:
nope just the building, if those and other expense are added then we should be looking at over 10m excluding the land cost.

^^^Seriously!!!!
Well, that was one of the reasons why I was
suspicious about Brabus 4.5m(fence,approval,omonile. . . etc)


Again, there is a difference between building a house for rent
and one for yourself. It can be up to 2 and a half time more
depending on what you want!!!!
It is just a case of Danfo(350k) and a private infinity jeep(3.5m)!!!
Peace!!!!

^^^ Hmmm hmmm
Does the cash include those omo onile, and the approval fee?
Also, is the fence included in the money
Thanks!!
Appreciated

^^ Bros nice pics
you keep giving us pictures without any details!!!
What is the amount spent so on your project?
Also where are you building?
It is a twin duplex?

@topic
NO!

Just like Spyder stated
the prices are okay!!!
But you need to bargain more on the doors!!!
those are the onces I see as expensive
I don't know the kind of doors you want to do anyways
while the price looks so much is because you are
doing so much!!!
Peace!!!!

caseymoney:
Am Alone, thanks for your contribution. I appreciate you. I'm building in Igbogbo, Ikorodu area. Though, Im based in the US. I can see you got granite for your concrete work. How much is granite?

Thankz
Granite goes for 120 to 130k for 30tons
If you want to buy 10tons you can't get it
less than 52k. So it is always better to buy
30ton because on the long run, it is much cheaper
My 30tons went for 130k
Again you have to be very careful
most of the people that bought it in my area
got theirs for 120/125k
but the man supplying mine sells for 130k
And I notice my 30ton are much plenty compared to
every other persons buying @ my place there!!!!
Peace!!

^^^^
it cost me 350k for the woods
and 150k for workmanship!!!
But again, I don't think mine can be applicable
because of the type of roofing sheet I used
it consumes around 3 times more woods than aluminum

Again, this roof is more expensive than Aluminum
you don't want to use it for a commercial building!
Instead I advice you go for aluminum!!!!
Peace!!!!!!!!

@caseymoney

Firstly, I don't know if you are building in Lagos! But check out the prices!!!!

Sharp sand/Dredging ----- 22k per 10ton
Bricklayer 2500 per day's Job
Labour 1500 per days Job(for the setting of blocks, 1 Labour will serve 1 bricklayer.
and each bricklayer can set 100 to 120 blocks for a day's job. But for plastering,
one labour will serve 2 bricklayers. And they will plaster 2 sides of a room each
for a day's job. This is the best around Lagos. And it as to be 12 by 12 of a normal
room. But if you room is bigger than normal 12 by 12, you can still negotiate it for
same price. Depending how much bigger it is).

I have not used gravel before so I don't really know the price.(around 36k for 20 ton or so)
For plastering sand, 10 to 12k per 10ton


But again, if you are building in Lagos, you don't want to pay your bricklayer per day o!!!
The best is to give it to them as a constract!!!!
That is what I have been doing(except for the little soak-away and security house).
To explain to you why I think contract is better is this.
If they are working per day for you, they can easily do a rubbish job!
And less of their mind will be devoted to the work.
Again, @Least in Lagos, you are most likely to spend more.
for example, they tell you they set 100 blocks for a day's job.
If you give them 100 blocks to set, you find out that they
may set 80 blocks leaving 20 behind. Because when setting,
they count half blocks as one.

But when they are taking it as a contract, you can easily
count 100 blocks as 100 and not less.
So when you want to give them as a contract
say 1000 blocks, you can easily say since a day's job is 100 blocks
then 1000 blocks equal 10 days and since 1 labour 1 bricklayer
equal 4k for a days job, then 10 days equal 40k. Then again, you try to
bring it down to 35k or so. So as to get some discount.
but sometime you may not get it so cheap. you may spend 42k or 45k
but it is much cheaper when than when they count 80 blocks as 100 for you!!!!

Good-luck!!!