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How do snakes even manage to enter inside WC toilet??

Very unsafe !!!

phr0nesis:
Flush half of the entire squad after that

Starting with Maguire

Please, who dey home?

Uprightness100:
GOD Hates Divorce. And as people of GOD, we don't do what our Father hates. That does not mean you should remain in silence if your life is threatened.

If your life is threatened in your home, dont keep quiet. get Godly counsel, get out of the place.

Isn't Pastor Chris Oyahkilohome of Christ Embassy divorced?

(Not critiquing Pastor Chris, and I do support his decision. )

Christianity!

One G.O says no divorce..

But another G.O is divorced ( Pastor Chris Oyakilohome).

My suggestion: If your marriage is going sideways.. irreconcilable.. before they say pesin kee pesin.. quit the marriage and move on with your life and be happy.. at the last day, explain your decision to God Almighty.

( this is one of the many reasons I advise women to have a handwork, skill, sth doing, lots of women are trapped in marriage because when they leave, they will be broke)


Only God can judge us!

[quote author=Jeff68 post=111827338][/quote]Well, this is the scenario that always concerns abroadians..or folks that build a house but don't reside their full time.

I guess it comes down to planning, that's why I think planning is one of the most important if not the most important of an build.

Depending on the layout of the building, one could still achieve their privacy while still renting out to tenants..

The popular style of house to achieve this would be duplex in the front and 2 bedrooms of 2 flats at the back. I know of someone that was lucky, his lot was on the corner with one street in front and another street at the back.. so he built duplex plus 2 bedroom flats at the back, the tenants access their building from the other street and oga landlord access his duplex from the other street.

Another guy I know, he couldn't have separate entrance because of the location of the build and he doesn't leave their full time.. what my suggestion was for him to have his lawyer put a for let sign in front of the duplex, then pretend it was for rent but when people come to enquire, have them fill out a form ( no fee collected.. ) and the lawyer tells the prospective tenant, there's someone in the pipeline already, so when landlord moved in , folks thought he was a tenant that have a job that takes him around, that's why he is not always home ( landlord doesn't live in Nigeria).

Finding good tenants this days seems like Finding a needle in a haystack. With the high cost of build these days. For you to find a tenant that could be able to pay a market rate sometimes (depending on location) , they are yahoo boys. Average Joe with decent jobs with family do struggle sometimes to afford the rent in a new build.. so when you rent, work with your agent/lawyer.. you might need to work with the "good tenants " with legitimate source of income when you come across them.

EgunMogaji2:
I have a question on something that I've been pondered.

Now that I've shifted into my main house, my 2 bedroom bungalow is just sitting there. I have three options, I think.

1) Rent it out to a hand selected tenant on a yearly basis.

2) Turn it into a AirBnB. This sounds most logical to me since occupancy will be limited. Though it sound fanciful but I haven't done enough research to see the viability due to my location being Elebu.

3) Just leave it alone if it'll be too much hassle. I don't necessarily need the income.

I know that I won't be the first to have this quagmire so I want to tap into experiences and opinions.

Thanks.

For me, if I live in a compound full time and if I am blessed money isn't an issue, I will not rent to an outsider.. security, trust issues for me.. and personally, I still be a local man.. I don't like been restrained in my own space..

I like to sit outside alot, eat outside, chit chat outside, dressed in my singlet and shorts and walk around.. I just like to be free in my compound.

Option 1: could be an easy yes for me if I live in the premises part time. If I live there full time, I won't rent it out, if I do ( to raise a bit of income) it has to be someone close to me like a family member or a very close acquaintance, so I can still be free in my space.

Option 2: Air bnb in 9ja I hear people are doing that here in 9ja but I am terrified of that, I could maybe think of airbnb if I don't live in the same compound.. the idea of seeing different people who might possibly use fake ID to book, so you are sharing a compound with someone you dont know and most likely will not know even in your best effort to vet them.. please, man cannot can oo...

Option 3: this will be my choice so I can be free in my own space. If push come to shove, and I want to raise a bit of money, I could grudgingly rent it out if there's a way to section off the bungalow from the main building (fencing).

gwafaeziokwu:
Ify Obinabo, the new Commissioner for women affairs have really come a long way. A veteran television presenter in igbo language right from the days of Minaj System television, Obosi. I love seeing those that has paid their dues in Anambra being recognised this way.

I believe she knows the terrain well enough to help Soludo actualised his dreams of a society that is fair to women and all the vulnerable groups in the state.

Congratulations Ifeyinwa Obinabo. My generation learnt a lot of Igbo words from you, Leonard Onah and Nneka Nebolisa.

Do you know if Leonard Onah and Nneka Nebolisa are still working at ABS?

I pray this war/ invasion ends soon. There's no winner here just economic hardships and innocent people dying...

Nice

Greenarrow01:
I swear n3xt will.make millions selling real estate
I swear.

He has a way on convincing people.
He is good with polishing things

He is social media savvy

He is just not cut for construction.

Sir, it is not about changing craft, it is about one adjusting, reviewing and making amendments in their ways..

All this clients complaints up and down.. are all these clients wrong? Maybe they are, maybe they are not.

The best is one to work to better themselves in whatever they are doing, if mistakes are made, make adjustments, settle with contractors or clients and move on.. tomorrow is another day.

Real estate is not that as it have been projected here.. you lie to a client and misappropriate their funds.. recall, real estate is big business with lots of money involved.. those clients won't likely be going back and forth with the person online.. the end result might not end well for the said individual.

All this numerous back and forth between oga contractor and oga client. I am not here to offer judgment on who is right or wrong and frankly I did not attempt to read the numerous pages of the back and forth. But..

As a business owner, we ought got to learn business diplomacy.. sometimes win some lose some.. sometimes win win, or lose lose.
The best way is to revamp, reevaluate, make adjustments were applicable and build your brand.

Like i suggested to one of the contractors here when he was posting clients voice-mail and what's app etc.. those things don't bode well for the business owner, it doesn't help one build their positive business reputation (in my opinion).

My suggestion is, here's the thing, in customer-client relations, sometimes the other party is trying to take advantage of the other guy and sometimes they don't intend to but it appear that way.. things happen, mistakes could be made, people misunderstands, sometimes in our effort to perfect something might come out the way we didn't hope and it might appear to others that was a malicious intention even if it wasn't.

An example here, let me take us back to the year 1992, in one of landmark product liability cases in the U.S , a woman sued McDonald's because she accidentally spilled her hot coffee on her self and suffered burns. The lawsuit accused McDonald's of gross negligence And yes she won a jury verdict of $3m.


But let's ask ourselves these questions, this case is long closed offcourse but do we really think their was a malicious intent on the part of McDonald's? Gross negligence? When something is hot, it has potential to cause some kind of harm. Even if the coffee was at 100 degrees Fahrenheit, if it is chugged too fast or accidentally spills on you, it could cause a snow ball of accidents.

But what did McDonald's and other businesses do? They started including notes on the coffee that's says it is hot and came up with those coffee holder and watched the temp of the coffee. Lesson here, learn from incidents, Make corrections and move on.

There are other product liability lawsuits , the one of pressing iron but we won't go there now.. but there's a reason why appliances have lots of warning notes in the manual and on the box. That is businesses learning and making adjustments. The same reasons why there are software updates, product updates and redesigns etc..

One more here before I go, just last year GM sent LG electronics an invoice of $1.9bn because they had issues with their EV battery for their Chevy bolt that was manufacturedby LG, LG agreed to take care of the invoice.

Fast forward 2022, GM and LG Energy solutions (same parent company as LG electronics) signed a deal to build a battery plant in Michigan that is worth $2.6bn.

That's business for you!!

Apologist02:
Good morningng everyone. I need your professional ideas please.
There is a 5 unit semidetached house of 3
and 2 bedroom flats. The Engineer constructed a single chamber septic tank to collect the solid waste from the toilet only and directed all the wastewater (bathroom and kitchen) and flood water to a pipe meant to be linked to a drainage channel outside the compound.
Now, none of the houses along the street has a draniage channel (most/all are low-cost buildings) and there is a concern that the next house might not continue a drainage channel if constructed in front of the building alone (90% probability because of several reasons).
Pls sirs, what can be done to collect and/or dispose this wastewater properly. The soil is made up of tiny pore lateritic sand.

cc: everyone with an opinion

Spyder880
Egunmogaji2
N3xt

Why would anyone Engineer or not channel an untreated water waste outside of a property??

We all complain about ineffective and reckless politicians but are willing to fvck up our own environment, neighborhoods, with our own hands at a grassroot level..

What kind of rubbish reasoning is the so called Engineer employing here?

The building approving agency just cares about the money being paid to them nothing else.

( unless I missed the part op said the waste waters were already treated)

Even if the water was indeed treated, there still have to be a mechanism in place for the treated water to be disposed.
As innocent as rain water is, if there's no channel for proper disposal, it does constitute a nuisance, breeds mosquitoes and diseases.

The Engineer here just channeled the waste water outside his building and declared, my building is good, the waste water left my property, it is no longer my problem.

magmaxmagma:
3 weeks ago, My two sisters in Uni (One is already planning on getting married) came to visit due to the strike.

Armed men 4 in total broke into our house around 1 am, I woke up after hearing a heavy bang, they are already in the parlour, at gunpoint they asked me to bring all my laptops, money and valuables, the robbers forced me and my sisters (unfortunately in night clothes) to the master room, they tore their dresses, in turns they forcefully raped them, I begged and cried for them to stop but one of them smashed my head with the gun and told me if i move he would shoot me in the head.

I haven't been able to sleep and my sisters are so traumatized, I couldn't do anything to help but watch them cry while these monsters raped them. i am so depressed and unhappy, how can i move on from this sad event?

Sad your family had to experience this ungodly event.

If you are financially able.. relocate from the area and move to new place.

The rich keeps getting richer..

If you follow how this guy play around online and his personal lifestyle.. one could probably think he is a goof ball.. but he is still out there working hard on the low...

Just like those folks that party all the time but do tdb every night.. people always see them partying but they never have carry overs

So, the message here is be wise!!

Lewisjohnson:
The Executive Governor of Anambra state Prof Soludo have done as he said recently,

Onitsha is now Clean.
We are now looking forward for New Development and Rehabilitation of Anambra State.

Was there any provision for people to dispose of their wastes? Otherwise this place will be full of wastes/trash in few weeks.

olukaygold:
That's the reason why I brought the topic here,it's for commercial purposes

Exactly!

Just like I appreciate that, some people won't.

I think it will come down to the location of the build and the type of tenants you could attract.

I am not familiar with the area you intend to build, but in certain locations, open concept will be a no no because people are still loving the conventional style.. the defacto style.

But in some locations , prospective tenants will be happy with that, because they understand that type of architecture and do appreciate it.

If I may add one more thing, open concept is not for folks with too many friends that visit often and like to throw party left and right. So open concept won't really fly if the build is around campus and you intend to rent to students.

olukaygold:
Thanks for your feedback. But how do you handle the kitchen heat and soup stinks sir?
I know of Heat extractor but na Nigeria we dey,24/7light is not assured to powered the Heat extractor.

Open the kitchen window to bring in fresh air while you are working your magic in the kitchen.

I do like the open floor plan myself but I was advised against it in commercial build because they said folks won't appreciate the idea.

TheOldGods:
6 months is too long. Would have wasted my time trying to figure out if she is the right one or not.

You might also spend an eternity wondering why you lost her, why you couldn't take things easy for few months

70 years old man !

deltaprincess:
You apparently don't know anything in Politics. APC will need the Southwest to win next presidential election. Tinubu is the Leader of the Southwest and wherever he points the Southwest follows.

APC needs Tinubu to win.

Remember, Tinubu does not have SW in his pocket when OBJ is there.. Tinubu have lots of clout in SW politics and so does OBJ.

So if Tinubu is interested in securing the bloc, he needs OBJ to fight in his corner.. just like they say, when two elephants fight, the ground suffers.. if OBJ and Tinubu are on the opposite end, by the time Tinubu expends his energy to fight him off, other candidates are busy working other zones.

Also remember OBJ have some love in SS,and up north, SE don't really dislike him like that.. I would think OBJ have more influence in SE than Tinubu.

klassyguy:
She said because I had the same behavior when I was a kid. I believe she is just scared.

Please tell Madam there's nothing to be scared about.. the earlier the better.

If he has ADHD or Autism, you all could get him the help that he need. If he doesn't have it, then you know.

Please have heart to heart talk with Madam and get your boy help before it is too late.

Cheers!

MonkeyMods:
So this is how they left all the properties they acquired there behind? E nor good to invest abroad o


Anything can happen at any time

If I have to paraphrase you here, anything can happen any time.

What if war breaks out in Nigeria today? Will you carry your duplex and your Benz for head enter plane to Japa outside the country?

This is bittersweet.

Sweet that they are atleast back home safely to their families..
Bitter that they are back to square.. even if the war ends the next second.. school might not resume anything this year.

Some do have little properties be it some personal possessions car, etc.. all those are gone in smoke.. ( I hope they have insurance tho) but the process to get the claim through will be very tedious..

But all in all.. Thank God for their lives.

OGBEREIJEBU:
Stright to point

I am 36years old. Many years ago after NYSC, I have no Juicy paying Job that can enable me to marry. I was in a relationship with Ugochi from when she was 20 until 28.
Age was not on her side so I being a nobleman advised her to go ahead and marry one wealthy middle-aged man 41, that was asking for her hand in marriage.

The pressure to marry him was too much from her friends and family. I had no juicy Job, could barely eat, pay bills and have a chance to even drink and buy clothing.

I had to make sacrifices for her, so 5 days to her wedding, we agreed in unison to meet for farewell and farewell F@@k.With frustration and Heavy heart I ca..me deep inside her Four times. Gave her money for drugs (White quinine or postinor 2), she rejected it and promised to take care of it herself. I went to her wedding, eat, wished her well and left. Cried all night and moved on.

Her hubby took her to Abuja.

Now I have a good job. I am building my house and I have a car. I am extremely comfortable now.

I got a call earlier this year and it was Ugochi. She was desperate to see me.
she travelled down to Lagos to see me.
I wasn't comfortable so I talked her out of coming to my house. We met at an eatery and she came with one handsome little boy.
I ordered Food for them and then my biggest fear came.
She said her husband found out the baby is not his and sent her packing.
She informed me the baby is mine.

I was shocked and I had to tell her I am squatting with someone, She and xxxxxxxx left for Imo State but before then, I denied and I argued, I went defensive.

The problem I have now is that I am planning my traditional wedding in August 2022 I have a presentable fiancee I love way too much.

Now, I can lie to the world but I can't lie to myself. That Little boy looks like me and has my pointed nose. Facially, it is glaring He is mine but I don't love Ugochi again, I have moved on. I love my fiancee so much.

How can I handle this situation?

Well, the did have been done.. I am not here to judge anyone.. God will take care of that.

But, you didn't tell us what Ugochi want.. she brought a little boy to you..okay.. now what??

Is she trying to make you marry her?, or she is just informing you about your son just in case?

Does ugochi have a job? Is she self employed?

First as ask her what she want and go from there..

If she needs financial support because she doesn't have any job.. since you are doing well now.. you could set up a business for her so she can take care of herself.. then you move on with your life and you both can co parent your son.

If you Ditch her.. hold your two ears.. if you Ditch her and she don't have no money and no where to sleep combined with the embarrassment she brought to her self and her family... then you just bought wahala..

Cheers!

How come the first photo and the 3rd photo looks different?

KolaShangOne:
You are right. This is not an affront on Architects please.

I've observed that Some architects during design stage do not visualizer the actual living in conditions when designing a house . Maybe it's because we don't pay them well enough.

I know they consider lighting but I've had to shift windows to create space for TV console placement. I've had to introduce floor light because of a floating bed, had to introduce another window because I wanted the Master bedroom to view the gate directly, introduce a recessed "sunken" living room floor because the owner loves height etc etc..

I believe when we involve architects fully in the design and construction process , results will come out better.

Methinks the bottom lines here are,

Lack of attention to detail.
Lazy?
Always in a hurry hurry to move to the next job.
People not taking pride in their work.
COPY CATS!!!

From my experience, that's what I have noticed. I have found one architect only here on nairaland to ticked quite a few boxes.

The one I detest the most is COPYCAT architect with silly designs and rubbish 3D designs.. 3D designs that ridicules architecture.

I am not an architect but I think it is an art. Should be meticulously delivered capturing what the owner have in mind, considering purpose of thr building, livability and affordability etc.. while highlighting the craft, the art, the beauty of the profession.