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Brabus
Don't worry
na small small
e no easy o
And i really gbadu ur honest words
Mo'Chedda!!!

@ Brabus
Please can you post us some pictures of your house
with after the roofing?? Since you said you have roofed
the house already!!!
Also, how much did it cost you for the roofing of your house

@ Spyder
You are really doing great!!
I like the price of labour over there
And I like the speed you are driving
No dulling!!!

Dem don 2 gbab me
so no food for any1

Brabus
LOL!!!!

^^^

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for those who love pictures

@ Salius
The total money for the woods and nails and Soligum(chemical to treat the woods) and transport
is 374,000.00
300,000 for woods alone
transport 21,000
nails 30,000 (6 bags at 5k per bag! Note the nails are UK made. Uk made is the best)
Soligum @ 3000 I bough 3 and kerosine  I bought 9,000
and to treath the woods I gave them 4,000(below the normal price.)
The woods I bought was Akun! 

The total wood is around 800 pieces

They will start the roofing hopefully on Friday!

GOD ALMIGHTY. FABULOUS HE!, FABULOUS HE!! , BABA!!!
MY GUY CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW HIM SOME RESPECT!
DOWN ON YOUR KNEES!!!!!

salius:
The cost of labour is very high in the north oh, After using 82 bags of cement for the german floor, the bricklayer is asking for 370k as labour for a 4 Bedroom flat. I think its on the high side, pls i need your input.

@ Am alone, please how much wood did u buy for the rafter of your house?

Bros I don't understand what you mean by rafter ooo!!! Maybe if you explain better I can help you
But the  total woods I bought was around 230k including transport
It was 100k. But that design cost me and an extra 130k wood(you can see the woods used  in the pics)
And like I said. Cost of building really varies from place too place.
I did my best here only to find out that it was nothing compared to
the prices of other places.
Oga 370k is 2 much ooo!!! Mine was 280k and they said it was too much
and all the blocks I used was 9 inches throughout, and I used a total of 5000blocks! including the soak-away pit. No 6 inches at all(the cost of setting a 9 inch block is more than that of a 6 inch block)
Go and get another bricklayer o! because meself won shine my eyes well well oo

^^^ And vise versa
You are very good with words
always one sided!!! And you know the lesson
wey stock don teach ppl sha!!!
But land na land
it never depreciate(@least in naija)

After I fix my doors, windows and burglary and doors
i can then run the wires!
but till then, it remains it my house!

for the quality you mention above
here is 350k but the others are same!!!
If it is as you've said, the value of house rent here
is same as yours. So why is my labour and material cost here
more expensive?!!!! Na wa ooo!!!

Brabus, no time
I want to buy the wire and keep
and as a matter of fact, I am going to buy the wood for the roof today
tomorrow or next they will start the roofing
I just want to know so that when it gets to that time
i will know what to do!!
P.P.P.P.P u no?
Proper preperation prevents poor performance you know?

@ brabus, please say something about that electric thing na

@ Spyder why I'm asking is because, I believe location really affects cost

The area in Ghana where I saw bricklayers for 1500(they are professionals)
I bedroom self contain them collect 15k per year oo!!
My labour is very very expensive as compared to Brabus & Spyder
But I don't think I have wasted any money so far on anything
Na the area wey I dey build and na the best price I get be that
For example
My blocks I guy @ 133(the rate is 135 to 140) but i buy 133
I got the best price any1 can boast of
yet compared to the price of Brabus @ 120 per block
Not that I was reaped off, but that is location for you
And it applies to every other thing
Cement now in Lag her is 200k(with abeg ooo)
Na Dangote I dey use. So other brands na 1900 here
But Compared to spyder na 1800

@ Spyder,
How much to rent 3 bedroom flat in that your area??
Thanks

@ spyder,
I just talk my own!! U can laff again
since you say na temporary no probs
but u no talk am b4!

spyder880:
You are so funny, I am a businessman, and I make the best decisions to enhance my profitability. The house I used zink on is a tenement house which I will pull down in 10 years max. I will use the land for a filling station later so its like a temporal structure.
It is not more expensive to do labour for aluminium roofing as against zink, all na labour work and many factors like height, size, space and convenience is what will determine their charges. Easy bros, with the way you are going, a smart builder will tear you to shreds with such misconcepions about materials.
Another point, spending too much cash does not ensure perfection, sometimes its a wrong signal wich they interprete to mean you are wasteful and should be sucked dry.

I no dey spend too much or waste money! I am doing my best!
I dey build to the standard I want
Peace!!!

@ Brabus
85k na for workmanship oo
Materials na 200k ooo
check out na!!! Na one of my neighbour introduce am to me
and i dey suspect them 2 ni!

@ brabus
what do you think about this electrician charges?
For the electrical wiring we is asking for 85k(i no lagos things expensive and i need the perfect job)
but i mean the money too much
me dey think like 30 or 40 k o
any suggestions?

Thanks Spyder!!!

check out the pics again
Cost me 500k(it is really worth it? ?)

spyder880:
Maybe what helps me is that I have hoards of workers pestering me daily and competing with each other to do my labour jobs. We pay N2000 for bricklayer day job here and pay the labourer N1000. But sometimes I go for counting, they lay each block for N20-25-30 naira depending on who is paying and size of block and that system is the fastest since they will be struggling to lay more blocks. My roofs are always done cheaply, I finished a house late last year, it was a 12 room self contain and the labour cost for the roofing (nearly 20 bundles of zink) was N90k. (the woodwork, zink work and all the ceiling boards for all the rooms and balconys)You just have to haggle. Sometimes they help each other, four guys may submit quotes and you choose one, but actually, the whole quotes are done by same person, and his friends will be helping him by presenting high prices, in the end you choose one and they just laugh at you and sit together to drink with your money later in the evening.

Spyder zinc no dey last na??
One thing I want to mention is that sometimes
the materials you are using affect the cost
like for example, the aluminium roofing will be more
expensive than zink and if u are using cloth,
it will even be more cheaper!!!
BUT LAGOS NA WA!!!
One more thing, bros I no won find over cheap labour
make them con build rubbish for me!!! I prefer to spend
the cash to get perfection!!!
Peace!!!

Another thing I want to mention Brabus is that for example
2 bricklayers will use atleast 3 labour(at least na so them this lag bricklayers dey do o. Except when it comes to plastering)

So i will calculate 4300 block
@ 4500 per day work(bricklayer 3000 labour 1500. I use this amount because my blocks are all 9 inches through out)
total will be around: 193,500
for those blocks!
Then for the casting they did, they use a total of over 145 bags of cement(excluding German floor)
so lets say an extra 86,500 for the casting all through!!!
And he still plastered the soak-away

Na the best I fit do for pricing be this
Though there is suppose to be some discounts till
But that is that!!
Any other place you see some error Brabus?!!!

So far spent on the bungalow is 3million!!! Not 5
land is 2 million
Peace

Then the casting off the foundation to the pillars and lintel and the casting of the gutter roof
I am kind off feeling I had being reap off!!
Someone around me set 5000 blocks for 200k here in Lag(only blocks ooo)
But if you consider the soak-away pit and the founation pillars and every
hmmmm I still feel reap lol!!!!
Somebody building in Lagos
Please confirm!!! Peace
Another of my friend building a 4 bedroom bungalow not as big as mine
spent 2million to roofing level(it has no gutter roof) and he used gravel and didn't use dredging sand

PEACE!!!

My roof the carpenter here dey charge me 150k oo for only labour!!!!
Na from 200k!! GUY LAGOS NA WA
THE 150k na the best price i fit ever get lol
na so one wey call himsef professional bring him own quotation for 250k!!!
Bros, c me c wahala!!! I need to confirm is roofing stuffs sha before I proceed
But Brabus, design of roof matter too o
my roof dey a bit complicated sha!!!

@ Brabus, Tru talk
But you know construction varies from are to area
Here in lagos they Labour is 1,500 per day if they are setting blocks
Then bricklayers charge 2500 to 3000 per day and they set 80 to 100 blocks per day
This price is for lagos ooo!!!! I have used a total of say 4300 blocks!!!
if you do your calculation you can tell the difference. Please confirm from anyone that works in Lag!
Everything is been inflated!!! To my own calculations, I am doing great!!
Lagos price just dey different! I remembered when I was in Ghana
There Bricklayer collects 1,500 per day work
while labour charge 1000 to 1200 per day work
now check out the difference,
But I still hear ur talk sha!!!
But get am in mind say Lagos things high
Any body building in Lagos please i want to confirm that

@ spyder
I've said it before; 500k
it may cost you more, it may cost you less
but you need an expert to work it for you otherwise
e no go fine at allll

For those who love pictures
I have more coming you way!!!
And I hope you like them!!!

My updated cost is as follow
I bought an extra 11 bags of cement for the gutter roof casting(total cement used for thet casting was about 53 bags)
The 11 bags of cement was bough @ 2000 per bag(Dangote brand) total: 22,000(them won collect money to carry am, bros I carry am for my car boot!!! for free)

NET TOTAL: N4,998,700(including land- -- Land is N2,060,000)

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