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mahabone:
@CASEYMONEY! You falied to pinpoint what's exactly wrong with the tiling
to substantiate your claim. And @ EGIN! standard ceramic tiles(NON-RECTIFIED)
don't need spacers.

caseymoney:
^^^ Am Alone, @Sprumbaba has said it all. Like I said previously, you got good looking tiles but your tiler did a shoddy job. You need grout for the finishing (I guess, that's what your referring to white cement). Grout is meant to fill the spaces between the tiles but unfortunately, I couldn't see any space between the installed tiles. The tiles are not well aligned  (For your personal digest, the grout space are not uniform. The tiler should have used spacer as many suggested). . Click the following link and show your tiler how wall tiles are installed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYais38h5Qk

NB: I'm not here to criticize but to call your attention to what I noticed in your project. My bungalow is at the same level with yours and I'm here to learn and contribute all I can.

Oluwa Champion!!!

Am Alone:
Casemoney first, I must say that your words were just too harsh to say DIY can look better that than. I have take my time to study the work done by the tiler. I agree he is not all that good. But I monitored this work myself and make sure he give me what I want. Like I said before, the tilling is not completed. What is left is for the joints to be filled with white cement with is normal/common. Even at that, you can't say its so bad. Because from what I can see from the picture and at the site, the work is perfect!!!! Wait till I send you more pitures of the finished works.


@ Egin!!!
Sometimes it feel to good to see people stand up for criticisms. . . . Casemoney criticism for me is not constructive as he could not pin-point what exactly is wrong will my tilling. Anyways regarding your claims that spacers were not use. And doing some more research on the matter, I have come to understand that some tiles just like the onces used in my bathroom comes with factory/company fixed spaces. So that no matter how close you lay the tiles there must still be spaces between them. Just like the tiles in my house. Again spacer or no spacer doesn't mean the job is not okay or done right!!!!!! Spaces in-between tiles is a thing of choice and should not be considered as a bad tilling job. Attached are picture of some bathroom and wall tiles done abroad and see for yourself. . . .  The black and white below have got now space and the white have got spaces as small as mine!!!!
THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!

drills:
Pleaase can you inbox me the place you got the china doors kevoawani@yahoo.com

Am Alone:
My interior door are the imported china doors. And its of 2 types
One sells for 14k5 and the other sells for 17k5
installation is 2k5 per door and the fixing of the handle
But for the main entrance door
It is turkey and sells for 120k

Then I have another 4 feet door like that on inside the house
It was used for the lobby
I got that one 32k.
Where is your source for the doors?
Note all my doors are the roof surface onces(it is a little bit more expensive and doesn't change color) (Noted)

Caseymoney: Can you provide the cost of the new roof, quoins(corner stone), window hood, and pillar?

olubuffett:
Guys I have just notice that the houses above has gutter roof that does not serve the purpose, a gutter roof should have pipes connected to it to  allow water flow to the drainage, those pics above don't have pipes.

kalu_j:
@ casemoney, sorry i attached a wrong quote. i actually wanted to attach MariaP quote. How can someone just say building a six bedroom duplex with 1.5m without any explanation. I hope this nice thread will not be destroyed.

kem4:
Spyder880 and Am alone please i need your help,  any  idea on  the amount per m2 for interlocking stones. ples i need this info asap

Femson2011:
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lawyer:
How come am just seeing this topic!! These Spammers populating the property forum with their 2billion naira lands that have no head or tail wont give better people like brabus with fantastic posts the opportunity for others to learn. This topic deserves to be among the topic 5 topics and is therefore made a sticky!

Continue the good work brabus

spyder880:
@ All, I am going ahead to open a follow up thread for this topic, I will call it  THE REAL COST OF BUILDING A 6 BEDROOM DUPLEX RELOADED.

I thank you all for your support, I cannot mention names here for fear of omitting any of my friends, but una sabi unaselves and I say a very big FAT THANK YOU. It was a worthwhile experience, and we are going to continue the learning process. 

SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW THREAD WHERE HOUSE FINISHINGS WILL BE THE FOCUS, HAVE YOU GOT TASTE? THEN COME AND FEAST YOUR EYES.

Am Alone:
@ Caseymoney!!! I'm A Looker By Profession
First I Don't See Any Good Reason Why I Will Want To Tell People That I'm This
And I'm That!!! Anybody Can Be Anything especially when all you need do is type it!!!

Before anyone interested in what I do for a living hear it! I will start with the fact that I am from
a wealthy home. Olodi-Apapa(where I Grow Up And Where My Family's House At!). Anybody living
around that area can testify. My family is not only rich, but we are the most famous
because of my grandfather that work with the government(I never come earth then o!!!) And was given
lots of land as compensation. Even our family compound(very big) was used as a court back where and my granpale the
judge!!!!

The above is not really necessary apart from the fact that it says, there are changes that I did make it
faster/quickly due to connections. Even if i no work, i go chop and I get lots of rooms wey fit accommodate 20 wives
but na polygamy nai make me dey give them chance ooo/relocate to Ikorodu(I was @ Ikotun before. It was too close to
Olodi-apapa. Bob Come see visiting - lol). Because its the farthest place to that area(visit when my dad ask moi to)!!!!

I do C&F for a living @ tin can port Apapa!!!!(relocated to Ikorodu just mid last year) but the distance to Ikorodu na barrier. Sha I still dey run sh1t!!!!!
And I get two 18600 Litre Tankers(Me and my colleague own 1 And the other one I own alone).
I entered the business Early Last Year With The Company Name; Soprano OiL & Gas Ltd.


To put GOD FIRST na one of the disease wey nobody fit cure me off!!!
That same work, I don do am for two years wey I no get better pay at all
Later later the table turn around!!! That Is Why I Always Say ; No Be Him Wey Dey Work,
But Na Him Wey THE GOOD LORD SHOW MERCY!!



Oya make orna start dey take pictures na
@least you don get idea where the word 'AM ALONE' came from

jerryben12:
It will be better and cheaper if you have container going to Lagos. I bought tiles from the US and used them to fill in the blank spaces in one of the containers my humble shipper shipped sometime back. I spent a little shy of $1100 to purchase ceramic tiles and the tiles were enough to cover everywhere in a 3 bedroom house. Like I said, it will only be justified cost wise if you have a container going to Nigeria.