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Here's another deal I just sealed up with a close friend of mine. The GPS location shows my personal project and we just acquired 5.5 hectares of land for less than N7m which we intend to develop into a residential estate.

As can be seen, the location is mainly non-developed land with palm trees, thick woods, shrubs, trees and other natural vegetation. And there's also apes and baboon.

We intend to do vegetation clearance, land excavation and mass land fill of some portion of the land and sell to raise some capitals to develop the main project.

@Spyder880, hope you're getting my drift.

In case Abeokuta - Ogun state is among the cities you're considering, I made a discovery in a secret hideout that can be developed into something nice.
I'm already doing a background and environmental impact assessment of the location.

On my next visit to the site (of course, I just bought 2 plots of land there), I'll try to take aerial photograph of the location, access roads, and other important features within the site and the areas.

Notable facilities within the location is the popular Oyan Dam which is less than 5km away. I'm not sure though but I can confirm. And there's a 6 lane expressway be constructed by the state govt leading to the location. There's an Islamic University (3 - 5km away).

Cost!!! It goes at a give away price of N300k per plot and I'm sure it would be cheaper if we're buying hectares.

That's not all. There's more in case you're interested.

Here we are.

@Spyder880,

I love this initiative but I'd rather at this time want you to concentrate on strategies to gain acceptance while the committee work in the background.

Achieving affordable housing or new estate development can only happen through a collaborative process (just as we have it now) — engaging the neighbourhood (the landlords) and of course the investors/developers to ensure the best possible proposal is brought forward to the buyers.

I know my Nairaland people will buy into this if we can do it differently. With the support of high chiefs (Femmmy), prince's (Prince_onx, floridacar etc) and madam's on this forum, we can do it.

It's a bright new day and a new week! Glory be to the Almighty God.

oakhill: Does the 350/sqm include materal cost?
otherwise what's the price range for material?

Haba! No be so o. It doesn't include cost of materials and supervision.

Good move bro! Wishing you good success in all your endeavor.

I'm also thinking along that direction in my country home.

Here we are

Progress Pic.

Block work in progress.

ASHLAND: Hi Brabus. Please how much you charge per square meter to install tiles floor/wall? The location is after Abraham Adesanya estate -- facing Epe. Also, how much you charge for window POP (5ft). Thanks in advance.

Tiles (floor/walls) are installed at N350 per sqm. We have different costs for the ornamental designs.

Block setting commences tomorrow. However, you can join me at the other site today as we pour the DPC.

Drab to Fab: Pouring the Concrete
Follow updates here as we pour the concrete.

More Pictures

Our Journey so far

Casting Done.

Niiade: mail sent. thank you very much

I've replied your mail.

Niiade: Thank you very much for your response, sorry about the "Sir" I address everyone I meet in that manner.

The question I asked: I wanted to know the average estimated cost of building two options

1. A Four Bedroom all En-suite Bungalow on a 60 by 60 land

2. A Detached Four Bedroom all en-suite duplex on a 60 by 60 land.

The land is a very flat land, dry red soil land. The building plan hasn't been sorted for yet. I want to know the possible cost implication in other to decide which is a better option.

I earn a meagre salary and I want to do my building rite and also complete in a very reasonable time. Thank you much my Oga(hope that's better).

Sir, can we do this offline?
Thank you once again

caseymoney: Brabus..send me an email pls.

I may have to dig our past correspondences to get your email address. It has been a long time since we exchange mails.

Niiade: Please sir, I wanna ask what would it cost on average to build a four-bedroom all room en-suite and a four bedroom all en-suite duplex on a 60M by 60M land sir. Thank you

First of all, I'm not sir yet. I'm still in my mid-thirties. Secondly, I think you need to rephrase your question so that I can better understand what you need.

I'm assuming you need average build cost of a four bedroom detached duplex (all rooms ensuite) on a 60 x 60 ft land.

What I don't know is the type of terrain you're building is it flat or slope? waterlogged or dry land?
If you can provide me those information with the plan of the proposed development, I can provide you with rough estimate.

Thank you.

DPC Casting on my mind

jaydacorsair: xan you work in portharcourt?

Not yet. South West Nigeria for now.

josab123: Well done! Observation: I am afraid ur iron bender did not follow structural details(I assumed u must have one)because those 16mm at bottom and up suppose to ve been 3 in nos as against 2 being story building to carry the load.........meanwhile, I stand to be corrected in the house(Adventure;segcy.moor; spyder etc) @brabus, please don't be offended as we are all here to learn

Noted.

jaydacorsair: 16m contract sum is there any other amount that will be added or the 16m covers everything both painting and other finishing touches?

Contract Sum

The contract sum for this project is N16m (Foundation - Roofing). It doesn't include finishes.

Filling done. Surface treatment in progress

Which Build Route?

Extracted from an email correspondence

...I also noticed you're making good progress on your Lekki project than the Ajao (Drab to Fab) project. Why is it so?
You started Ajao first and the building is smaller than Lekki project....

My reply:

...the Lekki project is Contractor-managed (provides labour, logistics and materials) while the Ajao project is a labour-only contract which means the Owner is the Project Manager.

There is more than one way to build a house. You can either DIY, contract it out or co-build with a builder. Whatever it is, you need to work out which route is best for you.

OWNER-MANAGED OR DIY

You take on the role of project manager. You will commission an architect to come up with a design scheme and when it comes to building the house, you will gather together a team of specialist contractors in their various fields: foundation, bricklaying, roofing, plumbing, electricals and so on. You will also buy all the materials and provide adequate site facilities and security.

The Demands
You will need to be a very good organiser, both on short term (day ahead) but also, and long term schedules (next month and the month after).

You will also need to know material requirements — not just what you want but, more importantly, if you want to keep costs down, and by how much. You’ll also need an in-depth knowledge of the building schedule (i.e. what trades come after each other and which work together) and an eye for the paperwork involved in running a site — from finances to security and inspections.

More importantly, you must be prepared to be on site everyday to manage things yourself. Otherwise, there'll be project delay.


CONTRACTOR-MANAGED

The contractor will work with you in the design process, and will be responsible for getting the house built. This means the contractor will arrange a team of subcontractors to undertake different stages of the project; they will arrange delivery of materials to the site and also coordinate the work flow.

This route places much more emphasis on finding the right main contractor.

Filling continues...

While we are at it, we're already making earliest arrangement for the bricks that we are using for this project.

bran1: Pls can you help me with the quotation for fencing a 4,000 sqmts dry land.

Thanks for your time on this thread. You can send me an email with detailed information about the proposed job.

A preliminary site inspection won't be a bad idea to put things right. Then, we can provide you an estimate.

Coming Soon!

Project: Fencing Project at Lekki Scheme II
Size: 962 sqm
Client: Nairaland Friend
Project Duration: 4 Weeks (26th March - 20th April)
Main Contractor: NextHome Builders

Watch this space for more update.

mufutau55: I agreed with you 100% on the above comment. I came here very late.. and I have followed all the related building constuction projects in this forum.
God bless the professional and other people who have conrributed immensely to this site..

Mufutau

Amen!

Progress Pictures

Filling the void...

Filling commences soon...

Demain_man: The question is if the design (see arrows) is another way of building parapet using wood instead of concrete?

There are so many other ways. Have you considered using precast concrete?

I'm thinking along that line in my next project. My precast guy is a WIZARD.

Picture speaks volume.