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afm4ever: I want to fence my one plot of land which i acquired in october this year untill when am ready to build on it how many blocks will be needed to do the normal fencing for the land and how much is one block sold pls i need ur replies thanks

Seewealth: Please I want to know which one is better: to mold blocks yourself or to buy blocks for ones house. thanks.

Missktinz: And what would be the definition of neatly removed wood? How do you assess it?

mufutau55: Spokeboy, below is the number I got sometime ago here for those guys renting decking panels.
The guys are in Lagos, I am sure they will come to Ikorodu area too.
The man's contact number 08060333372. Tell him A.Y. gave u his contact.
Sorry, I don't have the guy's name though. Call them and see.. Good luck

Hajji Mufutau

Missktinz: I didnt know one could rent decking panels. My builder never mentioned this and I'm so pissed off because I feel the money spent on decking wood is just a huge waste. I will definitely be keeping this number too Alhaji.

mufutau55: Don't know about her, never even seen her post.

Hajji Mufutau

segzy14: and who is the number one woman on NL?

gabbytabby: Critical factors that made this possible

1) I was living on site it was easy to supervise and correct deviations before they become a problem.
2) It was not my first project such that I had a good idea what things should cost.
3) I also had contact details of a majority of my suppliers such that I can call them to check price before I set off
4) I had demonstrated integrity in my dealing with my workers and suppliers such that even when I am not on site and something is needed I can say go and collect or ask the supplier to deliver such that people are not waiting around. Workers will also just get on with work knowing I will pay and be fair.
5) I knew where to source most of the things I needed from.
6) I had a good relationship with people in the neighbourhood and if a local worker that is incompetent comes into my compound I will get a call warning me of this fact almost straightaway or if something fishy is going on, I get to know pretty quickly.
7) I cooked for all the people staying overnight every night and provided a place for them to stay so that they are able to reserve energy for the work the next day instead of battling traffic problems.
I was very careful in choosing my contractors such that if for example a contractor quotes 200k for a job that should cost 50k, I would not use him even if he later agrees to do it for 45k cos from experience they dont tend to do a good job and spend a lot of time looking to steal or play games by hoping to get more money or they later abandon the project or I abandon them. I will rather go for one who say 60k to 80k and we negotiate and I know that I might end up paying 80k or look for additonal work to help him make the 80k if possible.
9) As a woman, there are those that object to being supervised by a woman or someone they think they are older than (some dont even realise that I am older than them and they start to wonder when my brothers come round and in their 4x4 still they show yoruba respect ) and most of them are easy to spot cos you call them to give you a quote and they are giving the quote and explanation to the bricklayer or another male worker around and some go as far as say you wont understand the cock and bull they are trying to explain.