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PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:29am On Apr 08, 2011
The plumber brought me the submersible pumping machine yesterday
Please check the pic below
brand name is Choice!
Cost me 25k. Then transport 1k

Please note that the prices varies. We have some that sell for around
40k to 80k and others sell for 20k

Please forget it! You are doing perfectly
Puntash, face the thread

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:16am On Apr 08, 2011
Now you have the money to get yourself a good foundation
and you used granite dust! Its okay sha at least better than
some pile of dirt! I believe if you know the best
you will always go for them
I mean --- After all its your house!!!
more pictures please

The Day A Man Stops Learning
He starts Dying!!!
OLUWA CHAMPION!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:09am On Apr 08, 2011
kuntash:
U r alone u say my I use wetin dem dey take mould block do foundation abi? well no wahala, ,  note however, that Julius berger that u always make reference to (although, they are far less popular in Germany- u can find out) they often use this granite for decking, the type that can be detached,  have you seen that tiny granite cake with cement?? someone like u might not be used to the grinding stone some of us still use,  do u know what that stuff is made of?,  is the idea of foundation not to make it as solid as a rock?, 

I am sure u have read comments from many people about how u condemn other projects and assume urs to be the best, and u can spend millions on the house u say u want to live in right?,  once again no wahala,  borrowing your status message,  "OLUWA CHAMPION"


I only have one addition to what I told u earlier about showing urself amongst your neighbours. its like u really never learn, I expected u to do better. This thread was started by Spyder, as "THE REAL cost of building a six bedroom duplex" u brought in your bungalow and used several pages for argument, with lenghty comments.

pls I urge u to stop this, if any of your comments should be helpful, make dem brief and stop criticizing, ,  you can simply do this by assuming, the person that u think is using substandard materials as suspected by you whos the expert, perhaps wants to manage his own tokunbo kia Rio saloon car and plan to tackle issues as they come, while you went to Germany to meet Volkswagen to give u a custom Tuareg of yr 2020!,  ok??

Lastly, remember that many Nigerians work HARD to earn a living and even try to have a solid shelter over their head even with the meager budget, they read this thread as well,  guy THINK, THINK! I beg u!
I have criticized me before that over waste of money right because I was going for the best
now GOD DON HELP you, you are doing yours. Happy for you. I just threw some of what you
trowed to moi previously and spyder picked it as an offence. If you are doing something, it is
best we know where we are going andn not be mislead by some other people who will not tell
us the truth. Like I said, the truth is better. And mind you, some people may work really hard
for their cash and as result may want the best for themselves so as not to come back to it again
now you tell them to save money. And they did that. Then over the years this same thing will start
having problems. How can they change it?

And by the way, what is your bungalow doing here if you criticize moi for bringing a bungalow here
na wa o
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:01am On Apr 08, 2011
ibrokay:
@ Am alone
Just to educate you.
Those terminologies you are reffering to are
Geological terms and so many people on this forum can
differentiate between granite and gravel.
The picture Midas posted shows large grained GRAVEL
and not granite as you claim.
Bro sir, where did I claim that was a granite?
hahahaha!!! Read the previous post wella
what we refer to as granite here and gravel here
were the pictures I posted above. And what Midas posted
was not we people are using here and referring to gravel.
And you saw what he term it right? 'pile of dirt' Period!!
peace!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 7:56am On Apr 08, 2011
chaircover:
@am alone I agree we are all learning from each other but we can be civil about it.

I have followed he thread from the beginning and you seem to beleive that if it is not done your way, then it is substandard.

I think that you can use a little tact in putting your point accross.

You have gone for the best of the best which no one is faulting you for. It is your house and therefore to your taste.

giving you an examople, After we had been wrongly advised to put PVC ceilings in the whole house and it was all up, we didnt like the look of it and it all had to come down & discarded at a great loss in terms of cost and we had to get someone else in to POP the whole house to our taste, but I wont come here and critisize anyone who decides to use PVC, do you get me?

The most important aspect of building is safety and once that is established we are good to go. There are many ways of doing the same thing.

Truth be told. You are doing a great job, and have encourged so many people on this thread and I pray that you who started your project will finish it and enjoy the fruits of your labour IJN.
Sister, I am extremely sorry if I have sounded that way. This has been a very educative thread.
And I don't kind of criticize and only want to pass a message across that. Some certain materials
are better Than others and as a result their prices varies. And that people go for the least expensive
materials so as to save cost. I always come up with this argument because I don't want people who
who have the money to go for the best and the wiliness to start going for less with believe that they
are all the same in quality. Now you can see our argument above. What Midas is defending as
all along is quite different from what we are calling gravel here. And as a result, he call it 'a pile of dirt'

Now regarding your statement above ''After we had been wrongly advised to put PVC ceilings in the whole house"
now I believe that must be a big loss for you. But now PVC is quite cheaper than POP. Back then I am very sure
some people most have advised that it is same with POP and that using POP is just a waste of money! Now you have to learn
that the bard way. Lets assume that was the decking of your house. And you were advice to use something cheaper that it is
quite same as the expensive oneshuh Tell me after the casting and all that, how would you have changed it?

I am not criticizing anyone. I just want some other people to know the truth. So that they can decide what is best for their house.
And the same thing applies to sand. We have the cheap ones here in Lagos that sell for less than 10k
and a better one that sells for 22 to 25k!!!! Now some people will tell me that they are all the same!

I am really very much happy! Because at least now the truth is out!  What we have above can both
be used for your house. And it is just left for you to choose from them!!! If you have the money
use the best for your house. Then those who are managing and use the later.
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 7:34am On Apr 08, 2011
Midas02:
Well , this is what I know that is called 'Gravel'.

What you have pictured above is simply a pile of 'dirt'!

Maybe we just have a variance in our terminologies. I rest my case!
BROS NO VEX OO
NA NOW YOU TALK WELL
THE ABOVE IS WHAT IS USED IN NIGERIA
AS IN IT IS WHAT THEY USE INSTEAD OF GRANITE
AND I TRY TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE THAT IT IS NOT THE
BEST. PEOPLE GO FOR IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE GRANITE
WHAT YOU HAVE ABOVE IS VERY VERY OKAY. NEAT CLEAN AND PERFECT.
BUT THE PICTURE I SHOW ABOVE IS WHAT WE USE HERE. AND LIKE I SAID
IT IS A PILE OF DIRT AND NOT AS GOOD AS GRANITE!!!!

NOW YOU ARE KIND OF DEFENDING MAYBE WHAT I WILL SAY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YES, YOU TERMINOLOGIES ARE PERFECT. BUT WE SAY GRAVEL HERE, WE MEAN THE ONE
I POSTED ABOVE THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE MOLD. AND THE LATTER IS WHAT WE CALL
GRANITE HERE. IT IS SO VERY OBVIOUS WHY NO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF TODAY
WILL USE THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION MODERN BRIDGES,
PEACE!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 12:54am On Apr 08, 2011
Granite is a very clean and neat stones. With no dirt
to help reduce the value/quality of your cement
na so one man dey advice me say make I no do german
floor for my house say e no need. Say german floor them dey
do am only for area wey water dey!! I do attention for am and say; yes sir!!! lol
you can't compare this two stones!!!!
I mean oyibo no be fool na


s o    p h u c k   p e a c e !!!

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 12:53am On Apr 08, 2011
Even if I am in a very deep sleep
and you take my hand, and put it on
these two stones. . .  I can still tell you
which is better!!! as in,  it is too obvious!!!!
comon sense

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 12:31am On Apr 08, 2011
@ Midas02

I completely disagree with you! Julius Berger or one of those Arab Contractors Company don't use gravel because they know it's not the best
not because it is not available. Forget about the availability. Gravel is readily available. And for your information. Kindly go and check all those old bridges built in
Nigeria about 4 decades back and you will notice that most of them were built with gravel.

Anybody who knows Ajegunle of Olodi Apapa? A bridge that joined Ajegunle to Apapa(boundry bridge)That bridge was built 2 decades back and it is now about 23 years of age. That same bridge collapsed December last year! And till date the local government had not fixed it and its kind of causing a lot
of traffic around that area!!!(abeg point to moi the one wey them build with granite wey don collapse).
Civilization has changed a lot of things. Gravel is two time cheaper than granite.
So Sir Midas, what about those small storeyed buildings some of these construction company built? Do you want to tell me that there is not enough gravel to build them?
Or even their is not enough. Why don't they mix them with granite at least to save cost?(this people wants to maximize their profit too you know) The book you red all this thing from I can swear that they are as old(that is if not older) than Nebuchadnezzar!!!!! grin grin grin
Scientist are making research everyday on how to better our lives. Gravel was used, but that was then.
There is a better alternative now! There are enough gravel! As in more than enough to cover bar beach! So don't use that as an excuse!!!!
When one try to make a point, some will even say their great granny house was build a century ago with clay.
And I ask them. Why don't you build yours with clay at least to save cost? huh

As at now, one of the best materials for construction are steel(I stand to be corrected)
modern sky scrappers are built with steel(not niaja o). Because its durability is far more higher than
granite! And steel is more expensive to build with.
We call it granite because that is what it is widely known as in this part of the world.
Like I said before, some of your statements are right. But when you say granite and
gravel are same. Bros leave that thing!!!!!

If you need 3.2million tons of gravel and you think it cannot be made available
please give me the contract!!! Like I said before, gravel is ok. But the problem with
it is the dirt that comes with it. And the big stones that comes with it as well. Granite
is better than gravel that is why construction company uses them. Who wouldn't want
to save moneyhuh Granite is very durable. Even a small gutter that construction company
will want to cast that will take less than a tipper of gravel, they will use granite.
THIS IS A BLIND ARGUMENT!!! AS IN  I REST MY CASE angry angry angry
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 9:53pm On Apr 07, 2011
@ chaircover
please don't just expect everything to be rosy
sometimes we learn from others mistakes or by argument/debate!!!
peace!!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:40pm On Apr 07, 2011
BY THE GRACE OF GOD ALMIGHTY, BY NEXT WEEK I MAY START MY ROOFING
spyder no vex if you pick any offence for wetin I talk!
I no talk to you. and one more thing, I love the speed at which your/our house is going
PEACE!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:30pm On Apr 07, 2011
Midas02:
If there is anybody here who wants to build his decking or foundation based on the 3000psi formula and you want to know how much cement bags you will need, I will be willing to do that calculation for you. I will only need some basic information from you:

1) How many square feet is your total floor? (Pls measure the rooms and add everything together to get a total square footage)
Note: I will not use meters, I only use feet!

2) How thick do you want your slab (floor) or your Decking to be?  (4 inches, 6 inches, 12 inches??)

Once I have this critical information, I can give you a pretty accurate estimate of how much cement, aggregate, sand and water you will need based on the 3000psi formula.

Peace.
Bros on a serious note you maybe right with your previous post, but I disagree with you with some others. Aggregates I believe can be categorize. You can't call all of them equal. And I want to tell you. Some people will tell you 1:3:3 is a waste of money. And you got it wrong when you categorize what they meant by 1:12:12
Maybe you should back to some previous post. My argument is that; 1:3:3 is perfect. But by the time you start adding more sand and stones without add any cement, it is not as valid as 1:3:3. And you don't say people that use the required formular are wasting money!!!
Furthermore. Aggregates varies. Gravel is not as good as granite. Because gravel has mould-like sand in it that reduces
the power of cement. So people who use them are advised to add more cement.
Even at most people living in Lag are not fools!!!
Gravel goes for around 23k here and granite goes for around 40k here
if na thesame who go mumu dey buy ganite?
hahahahaha abeg no make me laff!
I just dey air my thought make people know whats up
save money!!! but don't play with quality!!!
peace
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 8:17pm On Apr 07, 2011
I want peace with everyone. I no kno why my own man(spyder)
go dey attack me. How else, you want make I talk again?
me and u no get probs. You just dey start up something wey you
no need for this thread.
OKAY ABEG NO VEX FOR WETIN I DO(for not referring to you i guess!!)
okay bros no vex.

now na my twyford envy nai you buy for 12k. . . lol
Abeg go search am online and see the price yourself
12k ke? grin grin
Na wa ooohhhhh
When I see jay zee dey boast
of a 4million dollar car gift from beyonce
I no think 'waste-of-money'
I think 'how-can-I-get-more-than-that?'
peace
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 7:51pm On Apr 07, 2011
Midas02:
As a person who earned degrees in Real Estate, building technology and project management, I will like to chip in my 2 cents knowledge. There are several misconceptions and mis-informations going on in the building and real estate industry in Nigeria and I will like to seize this opportunity to lay them to rest and correct erroneous impressions and myths!

@Am Alone,
It would be nice if you restrained yourself from criticizing others when they do things different from you. I thought this was resolved 15 pages ago!! You must remember that there is no one way of doing things and in the school of thoughts, there is no graduate! Your house is nice and I think you are doing a great job however, please respect how other people choose to construct their house, even if you disagree!

It is indeed true that many buildings in Nigeria are over-engineered, although there are yet many more that are under-built or poorly built! Sometimes failed buildings and structures are not necessarily a product of poor materials or cheap materials, sometimes it is equally a product of poor construction practices or poor design or poor workmanship or even grand theft and conspiracy by site workers to steal  vital building materials and components on site and cover-up the fact.

Also you need to understand what others are trying to say before you embark on a campaign of smear and criticism. When @Spyder880 said he used one bag of cement for 12 headpans each of sand and stone, you should know that does not equate to a 1:12:12 ratio!! And this is why it is dangerous to criticize without knowledge!
You indicated that industry practice in Nigeria dictates a mix ratio of 1:2:4 – I think that will give you strong concrete but there is a lot more to concrete than that. Spyder880’s mix may or may not be actually stronger than yours based on certain facts which you have failed to take into account before harshly criticizing him.

When you are given ratios, the first thing to ask is what the value of the ratio is based on. Is it based on volume OR weight OR measure?? If you have a bag of cement that is 50kg, then it should be instantly obvious that a head-pan of whatever cannot be equated to (1) bag of cement hence the reason why your deduction of 1:12:12 is so wrong!

Generally, building industry standards uses measure as the value of their ratios, therefore what you want to know is how many head-pans fill or equate to a bag of cement. If it takes 3 head-pans to fill a bag of cement (and I am assuming here!), then it means that Spyder880’s concrete mix ratio is 1:4:4 which is not so far from the 1:2:4 you have been advocating for!

Finally, there are many aspects to concrete technology which you cannot rely on uneducated bricklayers and artisans to feed you with! Many of these artisans do things becos they have been taught that way and they have thus adopted it as industry standards – and many times they are right! However becos they do not know “Why” but they only know “How”, when circumstances require something different or a bit of ingenuity, they simply resort to what they know and thus end up giving wrong or ‘expensive’ advise!

If you want to know, Concrete mix quality is actually measured in pounds pressure per square inch (psi). A 3000psi concrete mix is considered very strong and adequate for most residential construction needs which includes German floors, structural spans and roof decks! I actually doubt that most construction projects in Naija achieve 3000psi. The recommended mix ratio for achieving 3000psi is 1:3:3. To achieve 3000psi, it is important not to overlook the most important and unspoken aspect of that ratio – water! Water is the single most important element of a successful concrete mix. How much or how little water is used is critical to achieving superior mix quality. The general industry recommendation is use 7 gallons of water for every 50kg bag in the mix. Too much water will degrade the tensile strength of the concrete and too little will compromise the chemical reaction, fluidity and ability to set and take form.

It really doesn’t matter whether one uses granite or cobble stones or gravel – they are all simply called aggregates! The only important thing about aggregates is the size. Sizing in aggregates refers to the average size of the individual stone elements – it may be sorted by quarries as  ½ inch, ¾ inch or 1 inch using screens. In mixing concrete, you may have pellets, pebbles, cobbles, gravels, stones or even boulders depending on what you are trying to achieve!  Smaller aggregates sizes are used in situations where a smooth finish is paramount. Generally, the bigger the screen size, the tougher it is going to be to get a smooth finish.
Maybe na me no understand or na you no understand wetin you dey talk!!!! grin
I'm not criticizing. Some ppl like puntash don carry so much for their head
now them dey do their, lol
And for spyder house, 70 bags of cement is OKAY!!!/PERFECT!!!!
I no get anything with spyder. He is doing great!!!
And I believe it is better for a house to be over engineered than for it to be under-enginereed!!!
Peace!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 7:46pm On Apr 07, 2011
grin grin grin grin
OSHEY!!!

EVOLUTION!!!!! IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF GOD
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 4:30pm On Apr 07, 2011
I forgot to tell you that the engineer that does POP(interior)
has being kind of nice. He has being the one
introducing moi to some kind of people.

Like now I got a call from him
and he told me that one of his pal
told him that he has cheap source of marble
I love marble for my house
that is what I want to use for my house
or some of those spanish or italian tiles
anyways
cashmoves dey wait
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 4:27pm On Apr 07, 2011
@ all
I've talked and meet an agreement with the man that will
do my exterior POP(widows and pillars)
and we agreed on 160k last!!!
I went out to do some research on the price to see if I can
get a better offer, and I get another man who can do it for
140k. This was the best offer I could get for all the POP work
for my windows, pillars and all the edges of my house.

I got the price per window 4000 naira each( 4 by 4 window)= 40k
and the pillars are all going for 15k per pillar. And I have a
total of 6 pillars to beautify. = 90k
lastly, I have a total of 8 edges to beautify and two 5 by 4 windows
and 3 2 by 2 windows. and with all my bargain, i have all of it going for
160k last. I choose to let the 160k man do the job
because I am sure he will give me the best job and again the 140k is not a
serious person. Don't want any man to delay my job!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 4:11pm On Apr 07, 2011
^^^^
hahahhahahaahaha BROS!!!!
Who dey talk to you!!! grin  grin  grin
you funny die!!! Who dey pursue you?
I see some people wey dey use only granite dust
wey them take they mould block
dey do foundation. Got me rolling on the floor!!!

Your decking will be OKAY at least for 70 bags of cement!!!!
Bros no vex o! lol
And leave all those storey of mould house lasting for 8 decades
leave storey bros!! If so, why you no build this your house with
mouldhuh atleast you sure go save lot of money!!!!
When you say cement mixing is 1:12:12 I just sit back, quiet and
they wait make you do that mixture for the decking!!!
lol!!! And leave all those stories about good managements
you are not building with all the best materials. To you the best is a waste
any person with experience on building that has the money and wiliness to
spend it, don't build with gravel.
And according to your words of advice. 1:12:12
Bros abeg mix am for this your decking if you get mind!!! lol
I no dey against you, moi dey for you!
and to anybody, it may be a waste, but that is how i wan't my house
and when it come to fittings. Come see me and where I dey waste money!!!
gud luck!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:15pm On Apr 07, 2011
Anyways enjoy your building experience
After all ITS YOUR HOUSE grin grin

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:12pm On Apr 07, 2011
Pillars are very essential for your house
even you are building it on a rock, please
add some pillars to it at least. Even if you
can afford granite, use gravel.
If you can't go for a storey, don't manage
instead go for the bungalow.
Don't think once your house is complete
it can't have some faults in the future o
it can begin to hav cracks and tears
and the decking will begin to fall off
this may take 15 years. But it will
surely come to pass.

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:07pm On Apr 07, 2011
Kuntash
I love your blocks
it is obviously very strong

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:03pm On Apr 07, 2011
There are way too many ways to kill a cat!!
hahahahaha!!!!! I love this thread!!!
LMFAO

I will advice everyone
please when building YOUR house
your number one piority should be
quality!!!! Then the bargain and all
the others can follow.

hahahahahaha!!!!
I love houses with big cracks and a very short life span!!!
lol!!! I love them!

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 12:55pm On Apr 07, 2011
The bricklayer will finish everything by next week thursday latest!!!

PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:45am On Apr 07, 2011
[quote author=prince_onx link=topic=606079.msg8069031#msg8069031 date=1302136097]@spyder: How and where do you guys get this deals from? I always call my brother and my contractor every single day I log on here. Even though am building a bigger/commercial house (4 flats), my prices and quotes are ALWAYS more than your guys own by FAR (times 3). The break down I received today for my own decking is 1,550,000 naira without the omo onile money oh.
*Rods alone came up to 603,000 naira (189K for one and half ton of 12mm, 280k for 2 tons 11mm, 94,5k for three quoter ton 16mm, 35k for quoter ton of 8mm, then one big role of banding wire or whatever that name is 4,5k.
*200 bags of cements 420K @ 2,100 a bag.
*one trailer granite delivered @ 120k ( I still have some left)
*3 tippers of sand 132K @ 44k
*water 15K
*labour 100K eventhough I promised another 10k after the job.
*welder *60K
*100K just in case more material is needed.
I was advised to rent the woods for the decking work which I paid 250k. They bring the woods, nails, do the carpentry work and take it down when my decking is dry, all included in that price and they should be done by tomorrow.
please folks let me know if anything on this list is way out of track as in price. Doing the decking by monday next week and this project is in Lagos.[/quote]I don't know how big your house is
but the boded words above is shocked
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 4:46pm On Apr 06, 2011
ACL:
@ Am Alone

nice job , just saw the casting for the roof in your pix,
pls wahts tha casting calledhuhhuhhuh?


need to know but might not hav 2 stress myself so much if u dont ming giving me your architect.

tx
What makes you think I wouldn't?
The Architect Number: 08023354542
I did it for 160k
The duration was close to 3month.
I believe you can do better with the pricing!!!
But that was the best I could get it.

And for the casting, I don't really know the name
But the other type that Oceanic bank uses is called: Gutter roof
So I call mine the gutter roof thing! lol
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 2:20pm On Apr 06, 2011
I forgot to include in my previous messages
that the approval for my house is ready!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:30pm On Apr 06, 2011
I was at the welder's place today, and to confirm again
te design of the burglary. He is through with the framing
what is left for him is to put the designs in it which will
take about a week or so.
The welder is kind of fast.

And again, the bricklayer is still on the matter BROS
Also, today I gave my plumber to go and buy me a pumping
machine(sub-masible) and its going for 25k. And I gave him an
extra 1k for transport!!! Making it 26k. He needs it to test the work
he has done so far, so that we can be sure the pipes has no leakage.
We will do the test next week.

Lastly, The electrician I employed new corrected so many errors done by
the last electrician. Anyways, He is kind of through with everything for now.
NOW WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE BRICKLAYER embarassed embarassed embarassed
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:20pm On Apr 06, 2011
@ ADEBYTE

I did not say the bricklayer will do the plastering in and out for 3k ooo --- LOL!!
What I meant is that, his workmanship for a day job can be 3k or sometimes 2k5
and for a days job, he can plaster a full 12 by 12 room(ANY BRICKLAYER WILL DO THAT)
Then he will needs a labour that will take 1500 for a days job(I dont know if you can get
a cheaper labour. But here in Ikorodu, its 1,500 for labour).
But then, a labour can serve 2 bricklayers. Also, I will send his number to you shortly,

NOTE: If you wan't to get a very good pricing
Just try to act like one who has been into constrution
for such a long time. And that you have other houses
that you wants to do the plastering. That if his prices
are reasonable, you can give him some other jobs!!!

OR

Tell him you can pay him around 7k to plaster the inside of 2 rooms.
That will bee the foour walls of 2 rooms
PEACE!!!
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 1:30am On Apr 06, 2011
Adebyte,
I will give you that information, but not now!!!
Because the guy is working for me now
and I don't want any compentition with my work
he needs to be through with all my works first
before I can give you his number.

But then again, you don't have to wait till he is
through! I have another bricklayer that has been
trying to work with me, but never had the chance
because I use only one bricklayer for my works(the one bricklayer will
take the whole job and bring people to help him finish it up!!!!)

So what I want you to do now is this: Kindly tell me the sizes of your
rooms, the toilets, the size of the sitting room, the kitchens as a whole.
then if possible, you can post the plan of the house or send to me.
Then tell me the price you are willing to pay(please let the price be challenging).
It doesn't have to be what you are really ready to pay. You can just reduce the
price. I can then help you talk to the other bricklayer/price the other bricklayer on
you behalf, to see if I can get a good bargain. OR I just give you his number directly
to your email. Then you do the pricing yourself. But I won't post that contact here
it will be sent to you email. I will get his number for you TODAY!!! Just if I remember
ABEG, if you plan to spend 90k as the workmanship for that house, start your pricing
with half the price!!!!

This are some tips that may help when plastering your house!!
First back then, a bricklayer can plaster a standard room(12 x12) for a daily job.
and his daily pay here in Lagos shouldn't be more than 3,000.00(though it depends
the area. But you can help yourself by not using people from those high living standard
areas. like if you are building in as place like Ikoyi for example, don't use a bricklayer
from Ikoyi. Because, I don't think they can take less than even 8k for a room(12 x12).
Just ask the guy, how many rooms he can work a day, and his daily pay(negotiable)
then you can use that to get your estimate/a good price.
Also, you can calculate and give a discount by your self.
BROS ABEG TRY TO GAIN MORE!!!
I WILL SEND THE CONTACT TO YOUR
EMAILS TODAY ANYWAYS,
PEACE!!!
Jokes EtcRe: Thanksgiving Dinner by AmAlone: 8:59pm On Apr 05, 2011
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PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 6:36pm On Apr 05, 2011
ADEBYTE:
Am Alone.Pls if i may ask! How much did you pay to have your building plastered.I have got about 9 rooms to plaster in and out and could not do it for the past 2yrs because of the high prices been given by bricklayers.If you dont mind,i may need to use your bricklayer if his price is not exorbitant.I already requested for both your welder and bricklayer contacts.


Thanks
I have not start the plastering of my house yet!!!
I only plastered the design of my house and it cost me 25k
because it requires a lot of time and effort. It is a design
and the bricklayer needs to spend time there to make it look
as nice as it looks now. But to plaster all the inside and
outside of my house, I plan to pay for workmanship less than 90k
I have not start my bargain at all. So don't just say 90k. It may be 60k or
less. You know my house is very tall? That is why I may pay more. But for
now I can't tell how much it will take me to do that because I have not done
my calculations for that yet. But at most, not more than 90k(tru talk)
though I plan to pay less than 60k sha!! wink
That money is only for the whole house(inside and outside)
except the fence
PropertiesRe: The Real Cost Of Building A Six Bedroom Duplex by AmAlone: 6:13pm On Apr 05, 2011
FURTHERMORE,
THE BRICKLAYER JUST GOT TO HALF WAY OF THE PLASTERING
PEACE!!!!

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