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My brother has cash his work started only two months now,he is working fast,he roof last week speedly

Good morning nairalanders ,I will be doing a brief work this morning,below are rigs my brother bought he will be digging a well that means I don't have to bother about getting water for my tenants to come.the blocks behind are the leftover from his work.

The new blocks we moulded plus the leftover from previous work sum up to 350 blocks,to the stage we are now I know we are going to be using 450 blocks in total, remember the two rooms building will be continuation of the previous one,so I got one side covered alreay.i have paid 7000naira so far to the engineer,he has played his role by making this work possible. tomorrow I have few blocks to add to make it to niltel level.
I never knew it will be so easier this time,I only work twice Wednesday n thursday.so far I have spent 40k plus.the expenditure list will come out at the concluded part.
Remember this one is for renting,so everything will perfectly be in the right position.

On Monday we bought a trip of sand for 16k and this is what I will be using for the whole work until after roofing when we will be plastering the house.
On Tuesday I bought 5bags of cement which we moulded.

Zombiekiller010:
Is it advisable to mould block by oneself or to buy block, its #160 per block in my area. How many blocks did you use for the foundation .what about building plan, you didn't say anything on it or is it brick layers that gave you the sketch for the drawing you used to build your house

It is advisable to mould your self,a trip of sand is 16k in my location,2600 naira for a bag of cement,one trip will give 630 blocks for 13 bags of cement.the total sum of 60k can give you 630 while 100800 naira can give you 630 blocks the difference is too much,moreover the industry blocks are not that strong.
The engineer always give a rough sketch of the land,since my area is a low key area all those documentation are formalities.
I use between 750 to 800 blocks for the first building.

Zombiekiller010:
Is it advisable to mould block by oneself or to buy block, its #160 per block in my area. How many blocks did you use for the foundation .what about building plan, you didn't say anything on it or is it brick layers that gave you the sketch for the drawing you used to build your house

It is advisable to mould your self,a trip of sand is 16k in my location,2600 naira for a bag of cement,one trip will give 630 blocks for 13 bags of cement.the total sum of 60k can give you 630 while 100800 naira can give you 630 blocks the difference is too much,moreover the industry blocks are not that strong.
The engineer always give a rough sketch of the land,since my area is a low key area all those documentation are formalities.

The sand on ground in the pix was the one we were using on Tuesday for moulding blocks for my own project.

The house behind me is a one bedroom flat apartment and a two bedroom apartment,we moulded 2350 blocks,47 bags of cement and four trip of sand. 2100 blocks was use to the finishing.
For the setting of block two trip of sand was use, building engineer took 30naira per block and helper 2,000 naira daily.

I started this project in my late twenties but hopefully I plan to own at least five buildings before five years time. Operator is a vision lady,with God, hard work I will get there.

So I notice that each passing day I learn more in this building field,I was opportunity to buy a land at my back for my brother,and I supervised the from the moulding of block to the the building of the house.Above is the building .

I already started a two self separate rooms apartment Wednesday I plan to start update the house tomorrow.

Inside the house,

Inside the house

This is the stage we were able to build the house to our convenience pending when there will be fund to further it,since is a personal house we can manage but right now we are attaching a two rooms to rent behind this house and the two rooms will have a finishing touch.thanks to all my followers.

Am sorry guys I have been offline for 2days now because I started the two rooms project Wednesday instead of the proposed thursday. Above is the concluded list.
So inside the house is completely set, remaining the outside plastering.pictures of the house will follow.

I have 300k cash so I am planning on starting a two room project,this time I will be renting it out,I did it d first time and I can do it again. I know people will be asking why not elaborate house like flat but this is Nigeria were we have more than 100millions of people below poverty line.so let me serve them.
This month I will be building just two rooms apartment and it might take to next month end for the finishing.
If you will be starting the journey with me by Thursday let me get some likes please.

Four couch for the dpc level, two blocks sinked below soil level and two above the soil level.

From Jan January to March last year I bought two trips of sand and I paid community chairman 10,000 naira the total money spent now plus the land inclusive some up to a total of 452,000 naira. four couch was use for the dpc level although is a completely dry land.

kydreams:
...you can arramge your document your self...just check for the document you need ....translate dem and legalize it too...but the ukrainian embassy is very corrupt this days so most times people always pay for sure visa to be certain they get visa....

Bros. Please what is the cost of express Visa?

Momfa:
OP , it'll be nice if we get pictures of the house ,you know. To get an idea of the whole project.... and also i knw u r busy with other things but don't keep us waiting for too long.

Am taking my time so everyone can get involve in the whole building process and for them to learn what is involve. Of cos pictures of the house will conclude it.

As at December ending to early January 2018,there was scarcity of sharp sand,on the 7th of January which was a Sunday morning one of the suppliers called me that they could deliver to me,so I hurried up to the site.
They offload the sand and I paid, luckily for me I saw the engineer I was planning to use for the work,he was around the site. He said when are we busting the foundation because I had extra cash on me I jokingly said now,that was how the foundation was jokingly busted that day. I use 3bags of cement for the foundation of a mini flat, more break down coming.
Let me get Some likes if you are following and shares if someone is getting informed.

Within the period of July 12 to December 22 I have spent 315,000 for buying land, lawyer agreement paper, settling of the people farming on the land,buying the first trip of sand and molding some blocks.

Those are the expenses made in respect to the land for the remaining 6months of 2017, fast forward to the following year January 2018 when the real work began.

The total sum of cash I spent so far to make the house a bit liveable then move in was 820,450. I know lot of people who are more wealthy has spent over 3million yet building is still in process.below is the Break down on cost.

Purchasing the land was not an easy task, because I have problem with trusting people,I know it's just 200k,for poor me it took me a fortune to raise that. This is Nigeria with 200million people and more than 100million people are below poverty line,am one of them, fact.
My family was a withness to the purchase then,but am now familiar with the seller. He render lots of service during the building process.

It started at around July 2017 when we were able to purchase a land for 200k,it's full plot of land 100×50 at community that is not up to 5mins away from the city center.
We were so lucky at that time because we bought the land directly from the owners not those reselling.
I have everything jotted down from day 1, am good at keeping record.

Am starting this thread on building a house as a guide to people who think that with out millions you can't become a property owner. Also for those who lavish cash carelessly,any thousand you hold counts.
Also there are some people who also just leave cash in the bank for a long time,when you can make your money regenerates cash for you over and over again,you just let those make more cash out of you. the
If you are following me and you are ready to build your own house and be a landlord,or ready to go into real estate business for not up to a million naira as a starter just start following.

Justice96:
Rice beans yam...ogbono egusi okasi infact whatever food Nigerians eat then provisions you know na.... if there's one thing that will discourage you here is the food Senegalese don't have good food except for their Jollof rice(chep) which is very rich than ours ....so we naija here goes to naija store to get foodstuff

Brother please contact me on for more Information,is the consular card the same as residents permit.
How many days can one get there by road,and the cost?

Have you been out of the shores of Nigeria,tell us your good and bad experience lets educate each other.

It seems to me they are not much information about this country,is it that few Nigerians are busy enjoying CV quietly,or there nothing really happening in CV.

gentlebullet:
My trips were for official duties. You won't have to pay any money to immigration upon arrival. The last time I flew into Praia from Dakar was June 2018 and the airfare was CFA220,000 roundtrip and it's a 45mins - 60mins flight(Dakar - Praia - Dakar) I paid cash at transair office at the airport in Dakar.
The two boat cruise experiences were official group trips so I don't know about the cost implications and I don't get to pass through immigration formalities in the course of my official trips within the ECOWAS sub-region.

May be it was because you were on official duties that was why you didn't go through some protocols,I heard there are some formalities at the airport especially for africans visiting. I just hope someone on unofficial duties in cabo Verde Come online to clearify the entry procedures and living in general.
Sir I would like to give comparison of both Nigeria and Cabo Verde.