Thinking of what to invest in when location is an issue.

There are many opportunities in real estate that are disguised as challenges. One of such areas is the absence of public halls that can be used at affordable prices by residents of several communities in Nigeria.
These facilities are conspicuously missing in many communities in Nigeria and those who invest in this sector are going to make regular money from it without worries.

Our culture is communal and relational in nature. We love to celebrate and console together so a deficit of facilities coupled with our relational nature will make event hall business more viable in some location where residential projects are not thriving.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjMRZ98DFSs

NextHome handled the following on this project:

1. Supply and Installation of Suspended Ceiling
2. Supply and Installation of Ceiling Lights (produced and supplied by Simonkk)
3. Installation of POP Ceiling
4. Landscaping/Hardscaping/Interlocking Tiles
5. Electrification and 300KVA Transformer Installation
6. Supply and Installation of Security/Multimedia/Audiovisual Systems
7. Signage

This investment has good cash flow returns and reduced management issues due to the short lease term which is less than a day.

NextHome

Stone Dust Needed in Ikorodu

[s]I need price of 30 tons stonedust to Ikorodu. We will be requiring about 180 - 200 tons for interlock project.

Location is on the main road by AP bus stop along Gberigbe road.

Thanks.[/s]

A supplier has taken this up.

Thanks.

NextHome Brick+Stone

A lot of projects become unnecessarily expensive because lots of fund were spent on making the land suitable for the intended use.

A land like the below won’t cost you fortune to build. It’s so solid that we never had worries using payloader to do the sandfilling nor spend a dime doing soil stabilization.

I love Lekki!

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It all depends on WHERE in Lekki, Lekki get grade!

There are parts of Lekki that are dry land, though Sandy and you will still need a raft to build a Story building
There are other parts of Lekki that are water-logged and still Sandy, your raft will cost more and it may even be a Drill
There is the third part of Lekki, the worst of them all, it is water, looged but not Sandy. IT IS A WATER-LOGGED SWAMP.
With this last one, l can ssure you that #10M for Foundation is not an exageration. I have one of it and l still dey regret how l got tricked into committing funds into it. The cost could have erected Two building in other places
... but it is a 'Sea Front', so tha compensates.

Lekki that are dry land, though Sandy

Here’s a good example of dry land that still require underpinning:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKLuyZ6UpA

The subsoil is silt which retains moisture and is extremely difficult to drain. You’ll require pile or underground improvement to work on this type of land. A larger part of Lekki seaside are silt.


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Lekki that are water-logged and still Sandy

Land with high water table or below sea level or below public drain. They sell these type of lands to you in dry season and the price are always too good to be true. You’ll spend a lot on soil stabilization and sandfilling. In fact, you might even have to drill.
A retaining wall will also be required on this type of land.

See pic 1 & 2 below.


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Lekki that is water, looged but not Sandy. IT IS A WATER-LOGGED SWAMP.

I call these type of land swamp for planting rice. See pic 3 below.



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Pic 4: Soil Test



A lot of people buy this type of land and get into fight with their builder/site engineer that Bola spent 2m on his foundation, why am I spending 12m? The reasons could be any of the above.


Another type of land that’ll require lot of fund is land at the end of a slope.

Aventures:

It isn't misconception that some foundation can cost as much as 10m or far more. I have witnessed several of such. We had a project recently in Ikate the client is a UK trained and a professional builder and been practicing in Nigeria for years I only provided structural supervision the project fdn is yet to be completed and I can tell you that the project has consumed far.more than 10m. The builder bought all materials by himself and managed judiciously.
My point is this , some project may be located in areas that can bring about high fdn cost for so many reasons while some people get them selves in such location ignorantly.
My advice is this, always consider your budget before choosing a land to buy not budgeting after buying a land. (Your budgeting from start to finish must include land and location choice) , therefore before buying land do engage professional that has good knowledge of the type of foundation that land of your choice may require. I just did a trip outside my base to do such for a client. It pays off.

I once shared the story of a client who spent N1m + to conduct geotechnical survey on the land he hadn’t bought.

When the result came out, he said “Thanks. We can’t build here.” I was like you spent that much just to verify a land.

He said “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

Soil Investigation - Reports and Recommendations

Based on the reports and recommendation of the subsoil investigation carried out at the project site, we are proposing a water exclusion strategy to tackle the surface water problem at the site. This means we will be using impermeable materials that will minimize the flow of water into the property.

Summary of the report and recommendations of the soil test

Objectives
1. To determine the relevant geotechnical/engineering parameters of the soil strata.
2. To evaluate the findings to determine the suitability of the site for the proposed development
3. To evaluate the results for recommendation on the most appropriate and economic type of foundation design and construction/fdn depth.
4. To evaluate the allowable soil bearing pressure that could be adopted for the design of the recommended foundation.
5. To determine the appropriate precautions and methods to be adopted in the excavation and construction of the fdn/boundary wall/drainage system.

The Results and Recommendation

The test revealed 7 major subsoil zones but the 2nd and 3rd subsoil zones which extends to 8.25m depth is considered suitable for the proposed structure due to the low compressibility nature of the soil and as such excessive settlement is not envisaged.

Good news you think! Read on!

The test result now recommended a maximum ground loading of about 50.0KN/m2 which is expected to exerted per plan area at foundation level. Technical detail (ask your structural engineer what that means).
The test result also went further to recommend that construction should commence during the dry season. Don't ask for reasons! Go and conduct a soil test to know why!

Foundation type: only to be determined based on the recommended working loads in the report.

Lastly, the allowable bearing capacity may be taken as 70kN/m2 which is relatively safe to support low to moderate superstructure loads.

Can we shout Halleluyah now? NO!

The result also advice us to take into consideration the expected imposed loads and possible different settlement that may arise - to look into ---- foundation with a founding depth of ---m below the present ground level.

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Have a fun-filled day!

rotecch77:


Check this out, I don’t know if our Aluminum fabricator can achieve this also.

I’ve come across something like that years back. Over-pricey tho.

Our guys should be able to. There materials are here to play with.

The problem ain’t ’not knowing how to do it’ but not knowing what to do with what they know.

Sometimes, we just need to loose the box. ask the why question and get creative.


The guys doing these stuffs aren’t created different, they’re just disruptors - disrupting what is with what could be. They don’t answer ‘yes’ to everything.

BrabusNG:


There are good Nigerians doing great stuffs.

I spent my weekend working on openable burglar proofs and bi-folding nets. It was a great explore as we try to bring the outdoor inside without security compromise.

You can never go wrong with this simple white bi-folding horizontal slat. Easy-to-maintain yet tough and tasteful style for minimalist and contemporary lovers

Cost: N30,000
Dimension: 1450 x 2050 x 50mm
Colour: Contemporary White


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abdulwastecx:


Nice building bro...the design is simple but beautiful!

Thanks bro.

I think simple yet functional designs always yield highest ROI in Lagos.

The owner of that build has also recoup his investment within 5 years.

QSFemi:
Good evening.

I would have helped you with an approximate estimate of the construction cost but the dimensions on the drawings are not readable.

Nice one!

megacontrol:
Pay a QS to give you a quote rather than listening to "them say". If prices, quantity or location changes then you just update your excel sheet and you're good to go.

I see you've uploaded a drawing and asked for guesstimates, someone has given you a figure which you may now use to make a go/no-go business financial decision.

Now you hear 10-12m for foundation in Lekki Even a pile foundation + beam + oversite for an average build will not cost you 12m but there you go...

vickzie:
I want to speak to you privately

Ok bro. DM me Whatsapp 08023429122

bebe2:


by carcass u mean from foundation to being roofed?

i would have prefered apartments but the estate doesnt allow so i will try and squeeze 4 terraced of 2bedroom each into my 600sqm land. the land was expensive so i will make full use of every angle. its for investment purpose.

Yes. Foundation to Roof.


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The carcass of the below was done 4 years ago for N15.5m excluding roof.

It’s 4 unit terrace building.

bebe2:


hm, but people here will tell you foundation in lekki is billions of naira?
even a friend that built in lekki county said foundation alone was almost 10mil.
people say all sorts, which doesnt help inexperienced people like me

I’m not saying there are no foundation worth that amount or even more. You can pull off the foundation of a basic 4 bed duplex on a fair land in Lekki with N5,000,000.

bebe2:


hm, but people here will tell you foundation in lekki is billions of naira?
even a friend that built in lekki county said foundation alone was almost 10mil.
people say all sorts, which doesnt help inexperienced people like me

Most of my clients are here. I doubt 2 people can come out and say they paid over 15m for their carcass and those two knew the size of their project and the materials used.

I won’t be able to share those projects though but if you seek, you shall find. Just dig.

How much do you think developers pay per unit?

Let’s not go into this tho.

bebe2:


lekki its far more expensive o, the foundation alone can cost 10,illion

Foundation of what size of building are we talking about?

Four years ago, I did thecarcass of most of my projects in Lekki with 10 - 15m

The most expensive carcass is about N20m and the footprint is almost a full plot of land.

bebe2:


thanks for dat,
i can easily use dat money to start of my land in abraham adesanya.
that opic land has been there for over 8yrs and it feels like a waste.
but no need throwing good money after bad

You’d spent about same amount building in both location but one gives higher ROI than the other.

vickzie:
in my opinion, anti burglar bars, razor wire, electric fence wire etc don't stop armed robbers, they only stop thieves. armed robbers knock on your gate, and the gateman would open, the rest is history.

Especially those ones that paste notice in the community they’re visiting.

www.pulse.ng/gist/visit-of-the-big-boys-armed-robbers-write-letter-to-residents-of-ogun-community/4hbbwyx.amp

vickzie:
armoured doors when the balcony ceiling is covered with just pop? 1 blow, everywhere scatter

He shock me.

rotecch77:
Check this, anti theft door alarm against intruder,
I don’t know if this is available here or I will check eBay/amazon

Nice one bro!

Check this for windows too.

write2obi:

Simple! Even local village burglars no longer check if your door can be breached or not, they just knock down your wall and do their thing

I did a project here and we were looking at spending about N15m in 2015 to import fortified glass only. We will fabricate the frames here.

I told the client “There’s no sense in this no matter how hard you try to convince me. We want to put a N20m window in a house where we used N150 naira block.”

That was the end of the story!

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I recall we discussed this "openable burglar-proof" about four years ago (around 2016 or thereabout) and you wanted to show me what you came up with but issues then, created a digression!

I also brain-stormed and came up with something that is working for me.
You should see the eyes of my Fabricator when the thing finally went into use, from his initial "oga, just put padlock and use key to open it in an emergency".
I was like you wont even find the key and if you found it, you wont be calm enough to operate such Key-Padlock, in a fire emergency.

It has three Solid Steel Hinges on one side (sturdiness), then their is a drop down, 7.5ft 16mm Rod at the other swing end that ends in a latch which requires "lifting it up and turning it 180-degrees, for it to allow the window to open.
It is carefully balanced and springed, to ensure even a young boy of three years can open it from the inside.
The thing is, the latch is almost at ground level inside the Room and any hand or tool cant operate it from outside, except from the inside (you wont have the leverage in terms of space, reach, angle and even effort/power to operate the latch at its fulcrum, from the outside.


Lastpage!

You might want to check out this creative idea too. I’m also working on another design pretty similar to the one you described.

cc: Egunmogaji2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EudglZl9yE

rotecch77:


My brother there are many materials used as bulletproof/ bullet resistance
The best and old materials is KEVLER its a synthetic fiber materials.
And others like acrylic, polycarbonate, steel (of high thickness) and Africa locally made “ayeeta” don't ask me this oo

So not only steel can used as bulletproof materials
But the best bulletproof is ALMIGHTY GOD PROTECTION

To a large extent, I think I’ve explored and used a lot of these materials.
I even went as far as talking to Hammerglass in Sweden for fortified glass but what I’ve found out is that all these solutions are not a guarantee against burglary. They can only serve as deterrent.

An armoured door without a BinLaden fortified building is just as good as having a normal door.

When armed robbers attacked one of the new generation banks, they break-in through the wall and not the doors.

God is the surest protection.

anonimi:


The thieves in such neighbourhood won't be the neighbours themselves but the domestic staff, especially in a country where many are underpaid, owed for several months and feed many unemployed relations and friends.
Is that not why one should work to expand the zones of comfort in the environment through charities focused on education, healthcare, lawfulness, poverty reduction through private sector industries and enterprises?
Does that not reflect why bigger parts of oyinbo cities are crime free than ours?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3401521_cannoteatmoney_jpegaebb2a352ae295fc9aa7a61c24b4203c

Valid!

We must build people who will in turn build our communities, not fences.

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This "bi-folding" Nets from you is also of interest to me! It would make removing and cleaning them easier, for one
It never occured to me before, to try and make it Bi-Folding, instead of the usual slide-over types l have. Now l have to start thinking about it and implement it soon.

What about allowing the Foldable/non-foldable net attach to the Swing Burglar proof so that when that moves, it moves along with it?
Just a thought.

Lastpage!

That’s the idea!

The idea is to invite natural light light into the space and seamlessly blend it into the garden with adequate defense/anti-mosquitoes and minimal distraction.

Same burglar proof design double as a protector, anti-mosquito net frame, and seemless transformation of an everyday room into a contemporary space.

I intend using day/night window blind net to minimize distractions.

The end goal is to have something like pic 1 below.


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Note:

Bi-folding won’t require a track as the size is too small to have any adverse on the door/window but a multi-fold will definitely require a track and rollers.

Cement Scarcity

How’s it at your end? I’m surprised that it didn’t affect Ijebu Ode.

Over the weekend, I got Dangote at N2650/bag in Ijebu Ode.

Abolarin91:
Snipper can be deadly o!, he shouldn't put it in kitchen zinc.

I used snipper to kill termites from my kitchen some time ago, I later disposed the termites after they died, 3 chickens and lizard that ate the termite died on the spot . I felt guilty of killing those innocent animal! Pls don't use sniper in the kitchen

That chemical/substance must not find its way into my building.

I don’t take such risks.

When I had termite issue during foundation stage, I was surprised that “omi fufu/akpu” (I don’t know how to explain it jare) did the job without stress.

Consult local farmers. They have a lot more effective and reliable solutions.

michlins:
I made mention of the quality of the steel and someone said they are made with ballistic resistant materials. I don't know what that is and I haven't seen the door so I piped low. But all I know is that you need at least 5mm steel to have bullet resistance in mind

There are different bullet resistant materials but the best ones can only deflect or destabilize a bullet.

Even 5mm won’t stop many bullet.

For every weapon developed, there’s a countermeasure developed to stop it.

For every countermeasure developed, there’s a weapon developed to get through it.

That’s how we’ve evolved through the ages.

bixton:



Are these doors really bullet proof?
How does one actually know that a door is bullet proof apart from trying to test it with a gun?

I once had a discussion some years back with a foreigner who told me if a bullet proof door does not come with a certificate backing it's proof(yness) then it's not bullet proof but just a grade of armoured door.


Is there any contrary view?

They’re actually bullet resistant not bulletproof. They don’t stop bullets but can destabilize it.

When you’re doing this for security, don't just think about just doing the room door alone. All the surrounding walls need to be reinforced with at least 3mm steel or polycarbonate or bookcase.

More importantly watch and pray.

Horlardorjah:



they could be habitating in the hollow blocks n after plastering find their way up to the roof n drop from any possible hole or space.
that's just my personal opinion as their could be other ways like through your floor drains if not properly done n possibly with loads or items you moved in with like someone's also mentioned.

just do thorough check n fumigate both the roof n the house extensively again.

I agree this could be the problem.

Dropping final note on VT.

If this project can survive without one, I believe any other builds can.

gbadexy:

That's great sir. Sounds like where I would want to be.

It’s the place to be!

2 Days / Thousand + Visitors/50+ Exhibitors / N20b+ worth of deals!

There are more than 2,500 guaranteed ready-to-invest visitors. It’s an event that offers large scope of sales, networking and branding opportunities.

I learnt a lot about precast concrete elements from the University of Lagos Team at the 2014 event

vickzie:
true sha, but like I said, the contractor and everyone involved in the build "chopped big". I want more Eze Egos and Abiolas as Clients.

We all want them too.