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lonzo:
Helol House I need advice
My mother just informed of one of her tenants who has refused to pay his last year rent. When he moved in 2014 he didn't complete his rent, he owed 30k and the rent of 2015 he hasn't paid which made his total rent owed to be 280k as at now. The Major issue now is the 2015 rent is due March and by April he is suppose to pay for 2016. And she explained to me that this man has made no attempt to pay. She has spoken with him and sent letters or reminder. Mind you my Mother said she was considering the man's plight as a family man . Please should she serve theQuit notice to this tenant. And the 6months Notice I want to ask is it free or the tenant pays for the 6months used. Please advice as she wants me to come and intervene. I really don't know much of Property issues.
Await your replies.
Thanks

The position of the law is that where a yearly tenant defaults in paying his rent for. 3 months He is only entitled to 7 days notice to quit and thereafter another 7 day notice to recover possession. The above notices are usually filled in court by a lawyer. Six months notice do not suffice where is already a 3 months default
the tenant in question becomes a tenant at will. Your. Mum should get a lawyer who knows his onions. That tenant could be kicked out in a few a few months.

bebe2:
girl congrats, am so jealous right now

God give u strenght and resources to finish it

Amen.God bless you too. We shall not be distracted by unnecessary things instead we will leave legacies for our children.Amen.

bebe2:
MY BROTHER, am going home to purchase my stuff myself.

tired of wasting money

My strong lady do the purchasing yourself. Monitor your site and your workers and save alot of money. You will marvel at last. January is hard before they will use you to sort January out

johnson232:
@bold,correct woman...

In as much as we try not to get ripped off by our builders, I think it is also not a bad idea to encourage and motivate them once in a while....

But this your beans&garri moniker always dey make me laugh...

Beans is sure going to be one of your favorite food...

At a point I was feeling sorry for the guy cuz. He thought I was going to give him the job on contract. It got so bad that when ever he estimated for materials, we ended up using only half of the materials. I saved alot due to my personal involvement thanks to this section. The little tips boosted his morale.

johnson232:
This is nice....
Is the money for supervision from setting out to this stage?

Thanks...

Yes the supervision is for setting out to dpc since it is a pay as you go project. The agreement is 2k a day for supervision. Due to Xmas and carnival expenses I was just dashing the guy small small money.

olumide4christ:
[b]As a professional, I would like to advise you to ensure you completely cast your ground floor slab (or german floor or DPC as the laymen call it) before continuing with your blockwork up to lintel level. Don't use the system of raising the blockwork up and casting the german floor within the room spaces later as I presume you're planning to do considering
the capping you've done.

Like I advised "EgunMogaji" on the off-topic thread created by Hajji Mufutau, doing the german floor using the 2nd method which you seem to be proposing will result in 2 problems along the line:

1. Cracks along the edges of the walls and german floor as a result of differential or uneven settlement between the walls and the german floor. This is because in this case, the german floor is not monolithic i.e. the walls and the german floor are 2 different entities and as such, will shift/settle independently. You will now have termites and other insects/pests passing through the cracks into the building.

2. Rising damp - you will begin to notice the walls becoming damp when rain falls or when the water table of the soil around the building rises.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!![/b]

Thanks for your suggestion. God will provide.

johnson232:
Seems the op also closed her nairaland account after xmas holiday....

Me close account? I am around
Just prefer being a silent student.

EgunMogaji:
I can't quite tell if I'm looking at 6 or inches, please clarify.

This comes out to be N94 per block, impressive. Even more so if it happen to be 9 inches. Additionally, one would hope that you're ending up with much more stronger blocks but this is not always guaranteed.

I buy 6 inchers at N115 and 9 inchers for N130.

So in Ibadan, you saved N77,500 and N133,000 for 9 inchers.

Madam, please go out to the nearest mall and treat yourself to a pedicure, manicure, massage and pick out a nice new outfit. You've deserved it

The blocks are 6 inches .

benpedro:
Aunty abeg do you mind showing us pics of the developments so far

The pictures posted are the only available pics for now . More pics will be uploaded when I resume in March.

Closed site after Xmas holidays. By the grace of God will resume site during Easter holidays. Until then, God bless our hustle.

Cost from excavation to dpc.
1013 blocks were used for the 6 coaches.
Excavation 39,250
53 bags of. Cement 74,000@ 1400 to site.
Water 10400
2 trips of 911 truck sea sand. 31500
20 planks. 19000 @ 900 to site.
15 length of 12mm iron rod 19500@ 1300
17 length of quarter rods. 6250
Binding wire 2000
1/2 bag of 3 inches nails 2750
5 pounds of 4 inches nails 1000
Capenter workmanship for boarding the pillars and capping the dpc. 20k
Iron workmanship for 23 pillars 11250@500
Concrete work/ Casting of pillars and dpc capping/labour 132k
15 tons. Of granite 65k
Supervision 15k
Micelenous 8000k
Total 438,200.
The above amount excludes the cost of blocks.

johnson232:
Well done madam...
This your moniker funny sha....

Were the 30tons of gutter sand and 4trips of sea sand also used for the block making? If yes, were there some left? Because the total combining the sharp, gutter and sea sand is almost going to 100tons....

Thanks....

the seasand and cutter sand finished but the sharpshap sand was not exhausted even after completing the dpc.

spyder880:
Good!
Time for our women to stand up and compete in every sector of the economy. I see you bringing in another kind of innovation that will attract more attention. We are here for you. A big welcome my sister.

Oga spyder thanks for the motivation. You inspire alot. A big thanks to gabby tabby the woman syder.

mufutau55:
Congratulations my sister. God will help you finished in good health.

Hajji M.

Thanks sir.

benpedro:
Following....please is the 3,500 blocks meant for just the foundation or for the entire building? Please we will benefit more if you can tell us in details as you have been doing,how many blocks used for each segment.

I cant really say how many blocks are used because I did not count. However the 3500 blocks might not complete the project cuz of the hight of the foundation which is 6 coaches high.

Phase 1
Excavation to dpc.
The excavation was done at 3 meters since its a bungalow and the dpc built up to 6 coaches because the land is table but not even. Since the land is not swampy. I decided to do a capping on the dpc and the German floor will be done later.

The 3500 blocks will not be enough for the project. I intend to do this project in phases because of funds and time. This project is situated in calabar and I where I am based is 4 hours away from site.

The soil is not swampy . The land was used farming.

Cost of setting out.
1 square 600
1 hammer 1000
2 by2 wood 5400
Pegs 2600
Ropes 1k
3 inches nail 600
2 inches nail 450
Labour 10k

Total 21,650

Excavation and forming

Excavation and forming

The community charge 130k for developmental fees.

Sketch of the plan. No 3d. Approvals cost 135k

A sketch of the plan. No 3d. Approvals to cost 135k

Before I go further I must state that all I know about construction was acquired here in nairaland so I will try and share as much as I remember.

Cost of moulding 3700 blocks

100 bags of cement 145k at 1450 to site.
30 tons o cutter sand 24k
30 tons of sharp sharp sand 25k
4 trips of sea sand (911) 62k
Water. 27k
Moulding 50k @ 500 per bag
:watering of blocks 4k
Miscellaneous 11k
Total 348k

When we started the moulders thought I was an ajebo woman unfortunately I gave them a run for their tricks. Them bow
thank you guys. Love property section

It took the moulder 6 days to mould

More blocks

Block making

I started by moulding 100 bags of cement at 35 blocks per bag. So we have 3500 plus blocks

Happy new year to all nairalanders. We just started the construction of a twin two bedroom bungalow in cross river. Have learnt so much from spyder, haji muftua, jarus, and lot of other members. So I have an engineer who comes once in a while and also am experienced Builder and his team. I am the site manager, I buy the materials and pay the the workers. Been a part of nairaland has paid off.