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Before Meets After: A more spacious bath

More Before and After pics later. Work still in progress

Before meets After

[b]LSPDC Renovation: [/b]Before meets After

Good job bro! I dey gbadun your work. Your price na baba. Maybe I'll come and build something for myself in enugu where the land is solid, labour are considerate and the price of materials are fair.

Have a good day! My regards to your family, especially the baby girl.

LSPDC Renovation: Construction Mistakes

Sometimes, the so-called pros can goof. Here are the mistakes and unavoidable errors at the renovation site.

Pic 1. Where's the space for the curtain rail? Relocate the AC
Pic 2. Bathroom light? Change position
Pic 3. Who's that man who install a door without checking the locks? Door permanently locked!

@Fhemmmy and everyone, olubuffet is right. Building in other part of Nigeria maybe a little bit higher even if you do it the Spyder's way.

Make una no try dat budget for Lagos o. Cost of materials and labour in Lagos is an overkill. If you don't believe me, try find out the current cost of cement in Ogba, Agege area of Lagos where we are presently doing renovations - A bag of cement was sold for N2300. I was forced to charter a pickup to Sagamu depot to go and pick some quantities for N550 lesser.

ALERT

Cement price has gone up in Agege area of Lagos. A bag of cement was sold for N2300 today. Na Wa O.

^^^Gbam! Thanks nakedwire.

@2dmax, thanks! What I'd advice you to be doing is to try and provide free estimate to people in need of electrical materials. Get a professional and trustworthy person to visit clients site and give them a BOQ. This local electricians can kill o.

Imagine, I knocked off one who was requesting 12 rolls of 1.5mm black, red and yellow wire from a client to wire 2 bedroom apartment. I believe and I'm certain that its not possible to have the same quantity of Earth wire in a house, so 'Be Wise'

^^^Thank you all. LSPDC Renovation: Updates

Yesterday, the POP guys finished their work, the PVC guys also did some good work in the study/bedroom 2/bathrooms. The bricklayer is done at the site just minor touches like installing the new burglary.

Note of Advice: Pls do not use PVC in the kitchen! More info on this later.
We also bought the remaining items for the project (ACs, kitchen and bath fittings/faucets, exhaust fan, and many more).

New Pictures on our facebook page. ________________

I'm a little bit indisposed and I'm on medication right now. I guess the stress is too much running without a car. Especially when you had to handpick each item in other to avoid conflicts - its not easy o!

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Recently a fellow NL made a contact requesting for a quote for the roofing of a semi-detached duplex - He's sent me some documents (the roof plan etc). What I love most here is the work of the architect - detailed and comprehensive drawing. No be those type wey dem dey do for cheap price.
I really pray things work out so that I can blog about roofing a house in the SW (the best source for planks, the different types of woods and their uses, the professional roofer and how to identify one and the new direction in roof construction). I'll be sending him our quote today.

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@all, beware of electricians! I just sacked 2 members of my team who connived with supplier to rip off a client. They gave an estimate of N569k to my client for a job which is not up to N300k. Make dem no spoil my name! Good name is better than gold.

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@Spyder880, una no dey make mistakes at all. Pretty soon, I'll be posting pictures of construction mistakes and errors I've committed in recent time. You go laugh, panic and learn!

Have a good day!

@atasteve, its not compulsory you paint the wood provided the are of good quality but it won't do you wood any harm if you paint them.

The woods shown are of high quality but I choose to paint them of free will.

@Cinzo, Ijebu Ode is your best source for quality woods. Why buy from Sagamu when Ijebu ode is just 25 minutes away.

LSPDC Renovation
Work is nearing 80% completion. The POP guys are done, the electrician is testing the points, the PVC guys are rounding up and the welder is taking measurement.
Tomorrow, my tiler and plumber will slug it out with the bathrooms (installation of wall tiles, shower tray, shower cubicle and WC.

More updates later tonight.

@omobashua, The "cheap pictures" are not meant to score cheap points for information purpose.

As long as the owner (our client) who's paying for it didn't see them as cheap - I'll take your comment as one of the cheap comments on NL.

@kunlekunle,@atasteve, I'll revert later when I get on my system.

blink182:
Please what is the cost analysis for this project?

That one na Jamb Question - but you will appreciate the cost after going through this

Living Room Remodel

2HP Split Unit AC (fitting/installation)
Floor - Laminate Floor finish with underlay
Electric - Cabling, Pendant light fittings, TV points, Inverter point, 4 socket
Ceiling - Plasterboards, Gypsum plaster, Ceiling rose
Windows - Burglar proof
Wall finish - screed, wainscot wall
Exterior doors - 2 Burglar Door

Master Bedroom Remodel

Floor - Quality carpet
Built-in Cupboard/Dressing Mirror (Solid Oak finish)
Wall finish - screed
Ceiling - suspended ceil
Electric - TV point, 2 Inverter point, Dimmer switch, 3 sockets, cabling, fan, new lighting
1HP Split Unit AC
Doors - Softwood frame, Hollowed-cored flush door in the bath, Ready-made Hollowed-cored door in the entry point.

Study

Block Work (remove existing wardrobe, create a sit out)
Ceil - PVC Ceil
Floor - Quality Carpet
Electric - Cabling, TV Point, Inverter point,
1HP Window Unit AC

Master Bathroom Remodel

We will remove and replace all contents of the bathroom, three fixture bathroom including the shower, toilet, sink, faucet, shower valve, installing new flooring and paint, add an exhaust fan, vanity light connected to the inverter and mirror. Everything to connect to a new plumbing in existing locations. Most of the wall and ceiling finishes would be replaced.

Update existing full bath
Custom vanity
Mirror
New lighting + Inverter
Standard fixtures and faucets
Ceramic tile tub/shower walls
Glass Block partitioning
Bathroom Door
Exhaust fan
Ceiling - PVC ceiling

Kitchen Renovation

The layout of your kitchen is essentially okay, we will only replace the cabinets, countertops, ceiling, sink and flooring. We will also add a fresh coat of paint to the walls and ceiling and add new power sockets. Basically everything would stay close to or in the same location.

New cabinets
Sink and faucet
New drawers and doors
Linoleum floor
Granite countertops
Electrical upgrade
Lighting
Inverter light
Smoke Alarm

Bath/Visitors Toilet partition

New bath/toilet
Standard fixtures and faucets
Lighting and mirror
Standard shower
Ceramic tile
2 Bathroom Door
Ceiling Light
Ceiling - PVC ceiling
Inverter light

All this for the sum of , - Pls fill in the gap with what you think this could worth.

ROBEN:
@Brabus, great pix and nice job U re doing here; kudos 2 U. I want to find out how much it cost to do the POP for the living room or d method of measuring d cost maybe X naira per square meter. Can a pop carry ceiling fan in it? thanks

The whole area covered with POP (living room, dining room and lobby) cost me N97,000. I don't do sqm or sqft with anybody - I buy the materials and call Alex to come and fix for me. Simple!

The POP can carry ceiling fan but not advisable!

Brabus Kitchen

This kitchen has a focal point - a place where I can interact with family members, give cooking lessons to my kids, and enjoy the wonderful breeze without missing the tasty aroma from my wife's pot. In short, the whole house is a meeting point.

Critiques and comments are welcomed.

On the other side, this is going on.

Today in pictures.

1. Wardrobe by Mr Woodman
2. Living Room PoP Ceil by Alex (Togolese)
3. Suspended Ceil by Alex
4. Lobby PoP Ceil by Alex (Togolese)

LSPDC Reno

LSPDC RENOVATION: Day 7 Update

Work is nearing 60% completion - the ceilings are returning, the living room is taking and our client is loving it.

Our client said we are fast and timely. A neighbour said we are the best. Could this be true?
Follow us this week as we put finishing touches to the project and find out why they'd say so in the Before and After pics update later this week.


Today's Pic updates to follow soon.

Oga Spyder880, 7 toilets and you call your house small.

No mind me! My house na convertible class hin fall. The conversion plan will turn the single family apartment into a 3-family apartment without breaking the bank or damaging the existing structure.


Right now, make I enjoy the fruit of my labour with my family!

Abi wetin you see to that one.

Brilliant critique! Keep them coming. My oldest kid is 18 months - he still have at least 18 more years to live with me.

What you are seeing there is an adaptable plan - if by 5 years I choose not to use the house again or it get too bigger for me. All I have to do is to close up the door leading to the living, make the guest room become kitchen, the kid area becomes the sitting room for another family. The same thing applies to the upper floor.

I already have the conversion plan with me and its pre-planned from the scratch.
The beauty of the design is there's no damage to the existing footprint. The stairs are fabricated steel stair which can be removed and there's provision for another stair in case we intend converting the house.

No mind me! Na over creativitiy cause am.

I have my mom and my brother living with me.

I'm an house-fellowship leader, so the porch is my meeting area.

In short, the house is a model house for a builder.

More updates on Brabus house later on a separate thread!

I recently made some adjustments to my personal project. Here's a rough sketch of what the house now look like. I'll be blogging about this project pretty soon. Watch Out!

[b]NEXTHOME BUILDERS: Our Advice

[/b]With the present cost indications, your dream house may cost more or less depending on taste and finishes. But as price of all inputs keep going up almost everyday, by the time you complete the house it can only go up. Getting a rough estimate online is just a guess!

There is no point in postponing construction of house even for a day. Waiting for money to reach you in sufficient quantity to start construction is simply a foolish idea as tomorrow you may not have the funds required even to start construction with the rate of cost increases.

For example, we are presently working on a roofing project. The initial cost estimate 6 months ago was N350,000 lesser than the actual cost now. Why? Cost of materials and all other inputs have increased.

Even if you have funds for foundation work, do it now and never postpone.

First and foremost technique to reduce cost of construction is to get proper professional guidance right from beginning of design till final completion. It amazes me when people who have constructed just only one house say that they know everything about house construction and will be willing to give free advice to any one.

After building and supervising directly more than 50 houses and acting as designer and consultant for many more buildings, I still learn more with each new project. When you get our services you not only get benefits of our expertise and awareness of latest technology inputs in the field, but also benefits of our rich experience and quality taste.

So simply do not go to someone who will give you a plan of the house free or lesser amount. That free/cheap design will drain your money and the inconveniences and wastages of house thus built cannot be corrected or wished away later however hard you may try.

Make sure you get services of the best professional in the field.

REMODELLING EXISTING HOUSE

Hi Brabus,

Happened to stumble on your thread. Definitely you are giving very valuable information for people like us, who are planning to build houses. I have a rectangular plot in Ikare-Ekiti with a 25 year old tiled house. I would like to demolish that house to build a house of around 2000 sft. In order to make an estimate I prefer you to visit the plot during my next vacation (after 3 weeks - at present I am in US).

Please let me know your charges for the visit/consultation.

Regards

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My Response

I can visit your site to study site conditions, take measurements and provide you a plan of the modified house to start working on your desire to remodel your existing house.

From there, I will guide you on steps to convert the existing house to a better house with more facilities and modern look with all it's old glory retained.

Kindly indicate your possible period of visit in advance for me to confirm date of my visit to your plot, as I cannot commit a date of visit on short notice.

While I was away - THIS IS HAPPENING!

NextHome takes on Roofing a 5 bedroom duplex! I will open a new thread to document this project later in the future.
Project Duration - 5 days
Budget - N1.2m

[b]LSPDC Makeover: [/b]More pictures from the project site.

[b]LSPDC Makeover: [/b]More picture from the project site

[b]LSPDC Makeover: [/b]More picture from the project site