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3Strike,

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Lets all learn from our mistakes and try and do well.
Not of us is perfect and temptation of money is so strong.
My sister is paying for this everyday. no be small so lets all move on.

May the Grace of God continue to provide for us and our families.

Like my fellow Naira-lander said we cannot choose our siblings. We can only live with them and try and make it better.

Drinks on me if we jam for VI. look for the tall guy making so much noise....................

God Bless you all

Wow, I am so Sorry to hear this.
and I thought Brabus was bad. This takes some beating.
The Grace of God will get you through this.
No one is greater than God.
We will all pay for our sins when the time comes.

I think the Sad thing here is that with all the evidence plus even the stuff that Bosun/Brabus has showed he still finds it hard to accept his part in this let alone apologise.
That is the Sad thing. He prefers to go out with a blaze and defend himself instead od admitting his wrongdoing and apologising.
So are we saying that the other clients that have made complaints against Brabus are all wrong or insane?
It really beggers belief how the obvious can stare someone in the eye and still not see it.
We nigerians are really hard ooo.

and one more thing. Brabus you have always had my number here in nigeria.
Maybe not my brother's number but definitely my own.
Have we not spoken on phone a few times?
Did you not mention in your whatsapp screenshot that you thought we were different people because the one you spoke to on phone sounded different?
You have had my number all the while so why in this whole did you never call me to say any of this?
Just answer this simple question

Who was to do verifications? you are the contractor. Are we not meant to trust you again?
Brabus, I really wish you had a point here.
My brother just called me to end this so will do this for him now.
All I will say is this. Naira landers you have been following this thread with your eyes.
If I am wrong then so be it.
My conclusion is this. Brabus and my Sister colluded to defraud us of over 5M (submitted contract - New contract).
It's very simple here.
Who said what or whatsapp screenshots or recorded messages should not detract for this.
Bad Sibling? ofcourse yes. Bad Contractor? You decide

So you are now saying that you did not know what contract you were being paid for?
Is that your angle now?
Wow, All I can say for sure is you are as smart as people give you credit for.
You are really in the wrong buziness. You should be a criminal attorney because if I was a murderer you will get me off for sure.
You really have an answer for everything.
Kudos to you.
I am sure the other unhappy clients will say the same thing.

Good luck to the others.

You are no longer on the project so the Saga has ended. Hope some other unfortunate client with a bad sibling does not fall into your trap.

Need to go catch some fun. Naira landers feel free to join me if anyone is in VI tonite.

Haji M,
What is your email so I can send you his number?
Think it will be nice to have chat with him so he can give his take on this.

OK, so we are going down the route of negotiation?
Let me be clear to everyone here.
Nothing to hide. I did not negotiate with you nor did my brother.
Yes, you are spot on my sister negotiated with you for the work.
That was her role.
The question I have is what was submitted to my brother and what was Next home paid for?
Was Nexthome paid for the contract negotiated for 23,437,250.00 or paid for the one that came up about 2 weeks ago for 19,769,350.00?
Was the money paid into any other account other than Your account?
So my question here is what is your point? That you did not collude with my sister to inflate the price?
I still don't get it.
You are both in on this so what you tryng to say? that my sister put a gun to your head and force you to do this? or that it did not benefit you in anyway? or that you were scared of losing the business so you agreed to play along?
which one is it Mr Brabus?

Haji M,
Private email has been iniated.

Wow, my brother told you that she is entiled to negotiate on his behalf? wow I must be going mad.
I will provide his number and you call tell him this directly.
I dont speak for other people.
You have his number already so I believe you can reach him to convince him.
I will forward his number now

Haji M,
I am more than happy to do that.
i will provide his number to you now so u can call him directly

So you never sent me a contract? are you saying the contract was sent to my sister and not to me?
What did you officially submit to myself and my brother for this work?
Who engaged you on this project? Was it my sister?

So Brabus,
Are you now saying that we were aware of these two contracts from day 1.
I dont get your argument or defence.
I have the quotatin you sent recenelt and the one you sent this blew up in your face so what are you trying to say?
Are u saying that you did not quote 23,437,250.00 for this work when we started only to send a modified quotation for 19,769,350.00 a few weeks ago when this came to light?
What exactly is your point?
Just answer one sincere question. Did you collude with my sister to defraud us?

Haji M. Thank you
As I have constantly said my sister is not innocent at all.
I work in Abuja. My brother is in London so she was the only person here.
I have not for once said Brabus is lying about my sisters involvement. She would come on here in time and say her own part.
All I can say which is fact is that Brabus gave us a quote. I can upload it here and based on that Money was paid to Brabus.
Not a single penny was every given to Brabus.
If you read my first message here I made it clear that all money was coming from one account for transparency purposes.
I have every single evidence to show that Brabus was paid fully for the work he quoted to us for Shops, Foundation and Blockwork,
I would never gave my sister money to give to a contractor when I can deal with him directly.

This is so infuriating. How can you find the nerver to say all this.
Did you not give my brother this full quote? whose account was the money fully paid into?
Were you paid based on the estimated you provided us or are you saying we missed a trick by trusting NextHome?
Please say exactly what you are trying to defend here.
You provided a contract and money was paid you based on that contract and you have the nerve to say something about who signed it.

What Brabus?
Wow, now you are a liar. What was signed for between you and my sister was to deliver the work at a certain time or face penalties.
The estimates that you gave were from you not my sister. so why are you twisting this.
My brother agreed the contract with you. is this a Lie. so why are u trying to disguise this by adding some red-heering.
Everything was done between you and my brother. Money was paid to u directly based on the Work schduled you gave us. is this true or false?

@Brag3
Please few questions, and then I will render my unsolicited judgment.

1. To whom does the money get transferred to directly, your Sister or Brabus? Money gets Paid to Brabus. We never ever Paid my sister any money
2. The money being transferred; is it based on the quoations given by Brabus or by your Sister? Brabus gave us a quotation. My sister never gave anything. Nexthome gave us a quotation of 23,437,250.00 for the whole work (less finishing)
3. Who dispense the money for all the materials? Brabus or your Sister. Brabus was paid for everything + Materials
4. Who signed the contract? Brabus and your Brother or Brabus and your sister? Contract was signed with Brabus and my brother.

Please answer respectively in the number order being asked above...

Thank you Farm1.
I am glad someone sees through this.
My sister is not innocent. They both had a role to play in this and only God has saved us from the whole thing.
Work is progressing as we speak so lets thank God we did not lose too much.

Thats good.
Accept your areas of weaknesses and work on it.
Don't ever collude to defraud your clients.
Bro, trust me. everyone knows blood is thicker than water (in most cases) so why put yourself in this situation?
My brother trusted you and acted in good faith and you paid him back with all this rubbish.
Who is the loser here?

I really dont get your screenshot of the whatsapp conversation.
Did I miss something or are you saying this is proof of something?
My fellow Naira-landers if Brabus has not issued any threat to my sister then I say again "BRABUS sorry" but if he has done so and anything happens then we will all face the music.
It's as simple as that. We can all choose to record conversations that suit our games. No wahala.

Down play what is said about my sister? No way. She is as guilty as you. Make no mistake. both of you are equally guilty.
Are you innocent in all this? Did I not reply your email?
Bro, I have never once down-played my sister's role in this. Never. That is why I am managing the project by myelf. I took time off to manage this. Is this a lie.
This review only came up when you threats were issued to my sister.
Did I call or text you since iron rods were delivered? No cos I have not business with you.
I only got involved again when the iron rod supplier came back to my site and threatened to stop work.
You and my sister were in on this and both of you have what is coming so please stop acting as if you were completely innocent in the whole thing.
I know 100% sure that this was something that was benefiting both of you and thats why God revealed this to myself and my brother. We work hard for this money as others on this site do so we expect our fellow brothers and sisters to assist us and be happy for us not try to defraud us.

I never complained about the quality of your work. if you read my review again you will see you had kudos and praises at the start. I give Credit when credit is due and speak my mind when something goes wrong.

If you think that Nexthome was completely innocent in all this then you one very deluded guy.

Operate a proper transparent outfit and business will flow in. If you continue with this Ponsy scheme then you only have only yourself to blame when all the cards come crashing down.

A word is enough for the wise.

My contriubution to this thread ends now. We have aired enough dirty laundry the for Naira Landers.

Good luck

haha, Threaten you wife.
I will not allow anyone to harm your family.
I dont do that I am family man.
I will never allow another man to harm another person's family. No way.
I was just letting you know that I am aware of all conversations.
My sis never threatened you. She just made it clear to your wife what is going.
I have stated my own.
One final thing. How much was paid for iron rods and what did you deliver?
Can you say with your life infront of God that you delivered iron-rods worth 1,277,000?
Even the iron suppplier can attestt to this.
Everyone here on nairaland can make their own conclusions.
They all abled men and women so lets leave it with them
If you never threatened my sister then I say infront of the whole Nairaland "sorry to Brabus" but if you did and plan to then you will face the full wrath of everything coming to you.
Simple as that. He who is lying knows themselves.
I dont doubt my sister had some games up her sleeve to which she is facing now. She is being dealth with in the family. Trust me but you were the contractor. You took all the money. You gave a fake overinflated quote. These are things to which you have agreed to. So my fellow naira-landers will do do business with this contractor? If your brother or sister wants to defraud will you not at least expect someone who claims to be a contractor of integrity try to stop it? Truth of the matter is you were in on it and you benefited from it. True or false?

I still don't see your proof.
You show phone logs. What is this supposed to mean. That she called you? She was meant to manage you so whats strange about her calling you? You seem to think that only you did IT, lol.
You dont know me Bro.
I have more details than you can ever dream of.
So you reported to my Bro. Ofcourse you did. You had no choice. And why did you report to my Bro? Because you still wanted him to keep you on this project not because you wanted to come clean. Bro please don't let me involve my Bro on this thread. He still thinks you are a Saint for whatever reason. He even told me that you asked him to advance you for the next phase for about 600K to which he is considering. Is this a lie or should I tell him to come on this thread?
He is your last defence so if you bring him on here he will be surprised with all this.
Bro, where have you been in the last few days? Mon, Tues, wed?

Brabus,
You make me laugh so much.
Where have you been for the last few days? Please tell naira landers everything? in a Police cell?
Every conversation you have with my sister I am privy to.
Do you think only you record coversations?

Some simple questions here. state facts

Were you paid directly? Did we pay into your account? I have all the proof.
So you are here claiming you colluded to defraud us? so you do this with other clients family members and defraud them? Does this have any integrity?
How long did you take to refund the money paid to you?
How long did the iron rods take to be delivered?
Did the iron rod supplier come back to my site on multiple occasions even though I have been paid?
Please answer these simple questions. I deal in facts not hear-say. if it was hear-say I will need a few days to say all I know about you so lets stay with the facts here.

I dont owe you anything. You own me nothing. We are both men who are supposed to be brothers. You were paid for a service and to be honest you did not complete it. Do you know how much it is costing me to fix the work u were supposed to complete?

Please dont fool us here.

My review had dates and facts. None of which you have disproved. All you done is go with one angle of threatening.

Why dont you attack my facts with dates and figures and we can know who is lying.

Am I lying? Are all the other clients here lying?

I am done with you. I wish you well but know for fact things will catch up with you much sooner than you think.
FYI I was with my sister when she called your Pastor. I wae even with her when she called your wife. You forgot to mention that we spoke to your wife as well who was completely shocked your actions.

Good luck with all you do

Thanks for all your replies.
This review was not done out of malice but to let others know my experience.
I am not one to make noise. If I have formed maga/mugu then thats my biz and I take full responsibility for that but when you start to threaten a man's family then it becomes fire for fire.
From all the responses so far it seems very crystal clear that I am not the only Victim of Brabus/Nexthome Builders.
Like I said in my last post let he who hears, listens oooo

This is my personal experience with Bosun Davies /NextHome Builders.

Background


Bosun Davies was introduced to my brother in UK by one of his friends who I believe is on this site and who has engaged Brabus in the past for some construction work.
According to my Brother in UK Brabus came highly recommended due to his attention to detail and communication skills which were vital to our brothers and Sisters in Diaspora planning on building houses in our beloved country – Nigeria.
My brother was going to source the majority of the funds for the project and myself and my Baby sister were going to manage the work being done here in Lagos.
Early 2013 my brother came to Lagos to inspect some pieces of Land and Bosun was helpful in assisting him with going to inspect the lands and providing advice on whether to purchase them or not.
When my brother went back to UK he was very happy with the way Bosun conducted himself and decided to engage his services for any future projects.
In Feb 2014 we purchased a piece of Land in LASU and sometime in Sept/Oct 2014 Bosun Davies/Nexthhome were officially engaged on this project.
At the onset it was made clear to Bosun that this was a family project involving myself, my brother and my sister and, that funds were going to be provided from one account for transparency and accounting purposes.
Our Experience
We engaged NextHome Builders to do the following:
3 shops
Security Post
6 * 2 bedroom flats
When we started this project in October 2014, Me, my brother and Sister had a conference call with Bosun Davies and explained what we wanted.
Bosun was very quick in providing architectural drawings/designs for the project and we were very impressed. In fact his speed of work vindicated our decision to use Nexthome considering the not-so-good reviews we had read and heard about their services. We felt everyone deserves a second chance so why not NextHome.
Nexthome provided a schedule of work along with materials and costing for the whole project. Again we were very impressed with this as this gave us an overview of the intended cost so we could budget accordingly.
I work in Abuja so my younger sister was tasked with working closely with NextHome and providing feedback to myself and my younger brother in UK.
My only dealings with Bosun at this time were via emails and phone calls. My younger brother in UK did not have much dealings with him as it was our task to manage things here.
All funds requested by Bosun were paid on time and work progressed as expected. We were able to complete the 3 shops, security post, Foundation (German Floor) and blockwork for ground floor in by March of this year and again things seemed very OK.
My brother came to Lagos at the end of May this year to inspect the work that was being done and bosun met him and showed him around the site. He was happy with the work done so far and Bosun then requested for some money upfront to begin preparation for the decking phase. He told him that it will be good to start procuring materials in readiness for decking phase. After consultation with myself we decided to advance Bosun with 1 million Naira on the 1st of June this year to prepare for the decking phase.


Where it started to go wrong


In the Middle of June this year I was in Lagos and decided to inspect the site myself to ascertain the progress made so far. On getting to the site I was very surprised that we had spent:
700000 on demolition of existing structure
1646000 – 3 Shops/Security
5,674,500.00 – Foundation /DPC
2,985,500.00 – Blockwork ground
And there was no material left on the site to continue with the next phase. This really alarmed me. I also got my colleagues’ Engineer to inspect the site for me and was told that the work was not even completed.
At this stage I decided to be more hands-on and take some time off work to manage things myself since my sister did not seem to be doing a good job at managing this.
I took sometime off work and came back to lagos and met up with Bosun early July. We had a brief discussion and I made him aware I was going to be more hands-on going forward. I also told him that I was not happy with the fact that no materials were left-over having spent over 10M on this project so far.
He then gave me some flimsy excuses which did not make sense but I was willing to cut my losses and move on. Afterall it was our fault for not being more hands-on.
Next day I spoke to Bosun and told him that having looked at his schedule again I feel we are being over-charged for certain things and that he should try and discount some things for us. He then made it clear that he was not going to do that by even one naira and that if I liked I should even supply the other materials by myself.
I then said thank you. That’s fine for me. Where do we go from here.
He then agreed to do supervision of the work and some other bits and that we can supply the materials. I being a man of my word decided to go ahead and stupidly pay him another extra 707000 naira to cover the balance of some iron rods that were needed and to cover some additional cost for the iron benders and casters. This payment was made on the 16th of July this year
To my utter surprise I first got a text from Bosun asking what the 707000 was for even though he knew what it was for and then he insisted that I send him an email saying what it was for. This I did immediately and to my amazement the next reply I got was that He was not going to do the job again for personal reasons.
I was very surprised but not bothered so I told him to refund the money paid the day before for iron rod bends and casters and then make sure he gets my materials that had been paid for to my site. To recall 1M was paid to him on the 1st of June and another 707000 paid on the 16th of July (a Thursday). He promised to make my refund to me immediately and my brothers and sisters this became a war. Each time he came up with one excuse or the other ranging from I am not in Lagos, I don’t have my token on me to make the payment. He promised it will be done my Monday. This did not happen. Eventually on the 23rd of July 430K was refunded for the Casters and Iron rod benders leaving 1277000 for the iron rods.
After this we entered the next stage of trying to get the iron rods for the decking. I had already got a new team of workers on site and work was progressing. I was onsite everyday and calling Bosun everyday but he continued giving excuses. This was paid for since June 1st and balance given on July 16th so why was it taking so long for this man/company to deliver my iron rods? At this time I was getting really angry. This has already caused a major fallout in my family. My brother in UK was getting so much pressure from my mum because he was the one that brought this guy onboard. What made it worse was that my brother in UK was still defending him. He seemed to be in contact with him regularly and he kept asking for Patience. I am completely different from him. I made this clear to Bosun that my brother may be quiet but I am from the streets and will take this to wherever he wants. I have been there, done it and I have the T-shirt to prove it. This guy was messing with the wrong guy. He was burning his bridges big time on this project.
On the 28th of July, the rods were finally delivered and what was paid for was not what was delivered but I decided to let things go and continue with the project.
Can you believe that the next day the iron rod supplier came back to my site asking for money. I said are you mad? What money? These materials have been fully paid. He said he had not been paid I made it clear that if he comes back here he will get arrested. How can he come to ask for money when over 1.2M had been paid for materials that were worth only 1M or so? This became a big mess and Bosun was nowhere to be found. He kept playing games and concocting all kinds of stories. I for one was not worried as I know how to deal with people like this. To my complete amazement I got a call that iron rod guy had come to the site with police and they were threatening to stop my work. I then instructed my sister to go to the police station with the police and speak to the person in charge and explain the whole thing. All this while Bosun was nowhere to be found.
I would end this here now because it has taken another nasty turn.
Bosun is now threatening to harm my sister. He has been telling my brother in UK that he and my sister planned to defraud us on this project. He even went as far as sending my brother a copy of the original schedule of work and the inflated copy that was submitted for the project. He told him that him (Bosun) and my sister were in on it from the start. He is trying to break my family up but he does not know where I come from or what I have seen. He who plays with fire should not store petrol in his house.
I know so much about him but I don’t want to use hear-say here. All I want to do is let my fellow nairalanders know my own experience and to let Brabus/Bosun Davies/NextHome know that if anything happens to my sister or any member of my family he should be prepared to face his worst nightmare. He has met me before so he knows what I am capable of.
I know his Pastor. I know his wife. I know people that are looking for him.
I make no threats but I will defend my family to the last by any means necessary.
Let he who hears, listens.

Hello Fellow Nairalanders,

I will be writing a review shortly on Brabus/Nexthome Builders.

Please stay tuned