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Hello house. I am not sure if this question has been asked before and answered. What is a fair percentage of the rent a lawyer or property manager is entitled to? I am renting a unit for 1M and a lawyer I want to hire to manage the property is asking for 10% of that. Is that what is the going rate in Lagos? I welcome contributions from the house.

mufutau55:
This is lovely though.

Hajji M.

Got some new designs. I was told the price is N60K fabrication and installation. I think this is too expensive.
Does anyone have idea on fair prices for these types of window/door shields? Location is Lagos.

gabbytabby:
This is my plumber. A fast worker and takes pride in his work. He can do the rain water pipe connector his tel no is 08169940298 Abbey.

Thanks so much

fash78:
Bros I dey o. it's been a while. please let me know if you get someone that could do this. I need to do it asap. I have a tenant that wants to move in this weekend and I need to fix the shield for the doors and windows at least. I can do water pipe connectors later

These are some samples of shield that I got @Egun. I have not called the guy for prices though. Guys what is the range of prices for these window and door shields?

EgunMogaji:
Dude, how far?

I still need to get this done too on my padlock garage, so if anybody is in Ibadan, holla.

Bros I dey o. it's been a while. please let me know if you get someone that could do this. I need to do it asap. I have a tenant that wants to move in this weekend and I need to fix the shield for the doors and windows at least. I can do water pipe connectors later

hello house. I need to do window and door shield to guide against rain water. I also need to install rain water pipe connector round my house.
If you are competent in doing this plesse drop me message here and I will contact you.
Thanks

I replied but the email got sent back to me. Email me please.

fash78:
Folks I need your help in getting current prices of the materials listed below. I want to make some furniture and I am paying the artisan Labour only which has been negotiated. He gave me the list of materials below with prices (mushin prices). Note that I am not on ground so I asked one of my friends to follow this artisan to market to price the materials.

Now this is me doing my due diligence by verifying the prices given to me before going ahead. I will appreciate your help folks. Another alternative is to wait till I am on ground which is in a couple of months and price these materials myself but then the work will be delayed.

1. Quarter plywood - N2700 per sheet
2. Tank nail - N1000 per bag
3. Stud - N200 per piece
4. Castor- N4000 per pack
5. Thick 2 inch taping (200 meter) - N20000
6. Evostic - N4000
7. 2 inch foam (25d) - N10500 per sheet
8. HDF - N12800 per board
9. 2 by 12 by 12 wood (mahogany)- N450 per piece
10. 1 by 12 by 12 wood (mahogany) - N2500
10. 1 by 12 by 12 wood (ogbus) - N1700 per piece
11. 4 inch foam (25d) - N21000 per sheet
12. 6 inch foam (36d) - N12300 per sheet
13. 2 inch fiber- N3000 per sheet
14. Leather - N1500 per yard
15. Half inch foam (22d) - N2200 per sheet
16. Polish - N6500 per gallon
17. Thinner - N3500 per gallon
18. Sanding siller - N4000 per gallon.
20. Teru N350 per yard.

Guys I still need your help as per my ask above.
Thanks

Excuzeme:
That is exactly what we are saying!
If there is a STANDARD RATE, that will serve as a basis for negotiation and both Client and COntractor can then engage in bargaining, putting into consideration, any peculiar nature of the job at hand.

But such difference, after negotiation, should not be too far from the standard rate.
Ofcourse, this would not allow the Contractor, who is more experienced, to cheat the Client, who is just a novice to such negotiation.

I dont see any Contractor, smiling at me right now!

You are absolutely right. The issue of standard has been a bone of contention between my site engineer and I. His submission is that not all jobs can be subjected to standard rates. I totally disagree with that. For instance when I wanted to do the concrete work of my septic tank and soak away. I estimated the volume myself (from the form work completed by the carpenter). Based on the volume calculated I applied the standard rate for pouring cubic Meter of concrete to negotiate my payment with the mason.

My advise to whoever want to start a building project is that arm yourself with some.basic rates and how to apply them to the scope of work you are paying for. Basic rates for block moulding, iron bending work, tiling , concrete work, carpentry work, POP work.

If you are confused or ignorant of some pricing as I am right now with the current prices of furniture making materials, come here and ask. People will be more than willing to at least give you an idea of market rate for labour or prices of materials.

You will be saving yourself a lot of hard earned cash.

Folks I need your help in getting current prices of the materials listed below. I want to make some furniture and I am paying the artisan Labour only which has been negotiated. He gave me the list of materials below with prices (mushin prices). Note that I am not on ground so I asked one of my friends to follow this artisan to market to price the materials.

Now this is me doing my due diligence by verifying the prices given to me before going ahead. I will appreciate your help folks. Another alternative is to wait till I am on ground which is in a couple of months and price these materials myself but then the work will be delayed.

1. Quarter plywood - N2700 per sheet
2. Tank nail - N1000 per bag
3. Stud - N200 per piece
4. Castor- N4000 per pack
5. Thick 2 inch taping (200 meter) - N20000
6. Evostic - N4000
7. 2 inch foam (25d) - N10500 per sheet
8. HDF - N12800 per board
9. 2 by 12 by 12 wood (mahogany)- N450 per piece
10. 1 by 12 by 12 wood (mahogany) - N2500
10. 1 by 12 by 12 wood (ogbus) - N1700 per piece
11. 4 inch foam (25d) - N21000 per sheet
12. 6 inch foam (36d) - N12300 per sheet
13. 2 inch fiber- N3000 per sheet
14. Leather - N1500 per yard
15. Half inch foam (22d) - N2200 per sheet
16. Polish - N6500 per gallon
17. Thinner - N3500 per gallon
18. Sanding siller - N4000 per gallon.
20. Teru N350 per yard.

EgunMogaji:
What's his userid?

I'll put it on my real estate site too.

It is Sova. This is one of his threads https://www.nairaland.com/1811572/project-installation-fitted-walldrobe-lagos/5.

fash78:
Thanks Hajji Muftau for facilitating the digging out of this guy. Yes he has committed to finishing the work by next week. He confirmed that he abandoned the work because the project sum we agreed to could not finish the work. He could have come back to me and plead his case instead of abandoning the project. Has Hajji mentioned we came to an agreement for a variation in project sum and he is committed to completing the job by end of next week.
I will keep you all posted if he does not come through on his commitment.
Thanks

It is unfortunate that Sove after given him second chance to redeem himself eventually showed he is a crook and a fraud. After Hajji stepped in, Sove pleaded he wants more money to finish the job. He asked for additional N300K but I offered to add N200k to the original agreed project cost with a caveat that the money will not be given to him directly. We agreed that my site supervisor will go with him.to the market to buy anything that he needs and both of them will move the materials to site. We spent like N150K on MDF and some other materials 2 weeks ago. He came to site for about a week and some days to work and then disappeared. We have not seen him again for almost 2 weeks and he is again no more picking calls from me or Hajji Muftau again. I have now cut my loss and moved on. He started this project (kitchen cabinets and closets) since last year October. I have hired another person to complete this job.
I want this guy blacklisted on this forum so that he won't be able to defraud unsuspecting clients again.
Sove cabinet is a fraud so people beware and steer clear of him.

mufutau55:
They have come to a billateral agreement for the work to be finished by next week when his balance will be paid and everybody will be happy. This time legal involvement is present. So far so good. Thank you all.

Special thanks to all my "Otelemuye" who dug him out.
"Small Body Big Engine" thank you very much.

Hajji M.

Thanks Hajji Muftau for facilitating the digging out of this guy. Yes he has committed to finishing the work by next week. He confirmed that he abandoned the work because the project sum we agreed to could not finish the work. He could have come back to me and plead his case instead of abandoning the project. Has Hajji mentioned we came to an agreement for a variation in project sum and he is committed to completing the job by end of next week.
I will keep you all posted if he does not come through on his commitment.
Thanks

Chekitaut:
Egbon Fash, If you no call me for house warming we go fight. We have always be together from foundation with no eye contact. Fash Baba i feel u

Egbon Fash who dare you, will feel the power of KOBOKO.

Chekitaut by God's grace we will celebrate together my brother.

44chux:
Oga Hajji, this is not your fault. I don't like it when people make those who help them with recommendations feel bad when biz goes sour. One can not mention your name and not expect you to atleast come out with a disclaimer. But i didn't expect to see you do it with this tone!!!

About 45% of genuine artisans who collect lumpsum contracts are in this mess.
Normally they collect your advance and use it for immediate pressing needs. Later they raise funds from other means to complete the project.
The problem this time is that the economy has so contracted, that it takes them forever to raise the funds, by which time the raw materials cost has doubled due to inflation.
The ones with confidence and people management skills come back to you for contract variation while the others run and hide out of confusion.

The more threats of punishment, the further they run.
Just pretend you don't care about harming them but just want to discuss about extra help you can provide to facilitate the execution coz ur time constrained, and they show up miraculously.

Note this is for the artisans that come recommended due to previous completed projects

Mr Man if you don't have anything to say please don't add salt upon injury. Who is telling you I am making Hajji Muftau to feel bad. Hajji is my bros.way back so I am not blaming hin at all. He has introduced at least 2 other people to me (Gbadesky who is handling my paints supplies and painting and Rotech who completed my plumbing piping work) and I had no issues with them. The only reason I mentioned Hajji name is to let people know that this Sove guy is not somebody I randomly gave a job. I gave him the job based on trust Hajji have in him which he has betrayed big time.

Please if you don't know what to say don't comment bro.

EgunMogaji:
Sorry that this is happening but I want to salute you for being a real man by naming the offender. Some don't.

Thanks EgunMogaji. All I want to do is to make sure this does not happen to anyone again.

FastShipping:
I'm tired of these Nigerian artisans. Similar thing just happened to me with another nairalander who promised to deliver my EBM windows since end of November. It has been one lie after another. He gave four different delivery dates. This guy took money from me and did nothing. I surprised him by letting top brass in the police deal with him. He's now doing my window with top speed after knowing what we have in stock for him.

Where is your project located? Let me know if you need police connection and let the police pick him up and deal with him.

Thanks bros. I will PM you.

Sova no sleep for the wicked o. You are a very wicked being. I am done running after you wasting my money calling and you giving me empty promises. I will do whatever it takes to recover my money from you. Folks please be very wary of this guy. You will regret it if you release money to him to anything for you.

Folks please be wary of an individual called sova. This guy was recommended to me by Hajji Muftau but he bleeped up big time. Hajji right now is regretting sticking his neck out for him to get him jobs. I gave him a job to design, fabricate and install all my kitchen cabinets and closets for my build. Most of you here know my project. The scope of work is 4 kitchens and 14 rooms. He billed me for both materials and labour. He promised to deliver the work by November last year. He has collected so far 92.4% of the total sum of the project. Right now he has abandoned the job and not picking calls.

He only finished 1 of the four units. The other three units were left uncompleted. he didnt bring the granite slabs for all the remaining 3 kitchens neither did he finish all the kitchen cabinets and the closets for the remaining units.

Folks do not fall victims to this guy i beg you in the name of God especially those in diaspora.

The guy is not picking my calls neither Hajji Muftau's calls also. I will go to any length to recover my money but I thought I should warn any other person contemplating giving him jobs, don't waste your money o. I have done my part.

Folks please be wary of an individual called sova. You can check one of his threads here https://www.nairaland.com/1811572/project-installation-fitted-walldrobe-lagos/5.
This guy was recommended to me by Hajji Muftau but he bleeped up big time. Hajji right now is regretting sticking his neck out for him to get him jobs. I gave him a job to design, fabricate and install all my kitchen cabinets and closets for my build. Most of you here know my project. The scope of work is 4 kitchens and 14 rooms. He billed me for both materials and labour. He promised to deliver the work by November last year. He has collected so far 92.4% of the total sum of the project. Right now he has abandoned the job and not picking calls.

He only finished 1 of the four units. The other three units were left uncompleted. he didnt bring the granite slabs for all the remaining 3 kitchens neither did he finish all the kitchen cabinets and the closets for the remaining units.

Folks do not fall victims to this guy i beg you in the name of God especially those in diaspora.

The guy is not picking my calls neither Hajji Muftau's calls also. I will go to any length to recover my money but I thought I should warn any other person contemplating giving him jobs, don't waste your money o. I have done my part.

segzy14:
I bought 1500L for 39,000 naira in abuja today.

I bought 3000 Liter for N65K last week.

EgunMogaji:
Egbosa, are you back to building elevated structures?

If so, can you share previously successfully completed ones?

Thanks.

@ EgunMogaji this one na subtle finishing o, Egbosa over to you, Share any picture of completed elevated structure with proofs to back it up that you are the one who supervised the building.

Please does anyone know the current price of 3000 liters GP tank? I need to buy one asap and want to know the current market price. Thanks.

Dominionng:
Picture update! That was how my Oga beat me to it Will come back to create my picture story.

Project scheduled for 4wks but completed in six due to reasons beyond the control of both parties. Above all, we keep the client happy as we appreciate the opportunity.

Dominion

Dominion what is happening?? This is the second time you have made promises to get your workers to come and finish up but they failed to show up. I hv called, texted but no response from you. Please do the needful as the electrician is waiting on your guys to hang those chandeliers. We have kept our relationship cordial don't let this little work outstanding spoil it o. Thanks.

Folks this is my first posting on this thread.
I have the following degrees:

1. BSc Industrial Chemistry - Unilorin
2. PGD Chemical Engineering - Unilag
3. MSc Chemical Engineering - Unilag
4. MSc Petroleum Production Engineering - Robert Gordon University Scotland.
5. PhD Chemical Engineering - starting in 2017 by God's grace. - I am considering a joint PhD program with Unilag and University of Alberta. I already got a Prof in Unilag willing to supervise me and a co- supervisor from University of Alberta.

I will be following this thread closely to learn from folks who are presently studying towards their PhD degrees.

esperon25:
Cash @ 450

N490?

I am looking for buyer for usd. I am selling about 2K USD or more depending if the rate is favourable. Inereted person can drop best rate here that he would buy. I am based in Lagos.

abike12:
How are you making calls now?

Mostly Internet call.

abike12:
I noticed the same with Rebtel. I was getting 600 minutes for $15, now the same amount gets only 120. I told my parents to call me and go get WiFi.

Does anyone know which ISP is good in the Ikeja area? Thanks a lot

@ ABike you are correct. I have since canceled my monthly subscription on Rebtlel when i noticed I am not getting 600min for $15 anymore.

danowena:
Please can you share the number of the man that did your window hood? And dat of your tiler as well.

Please send me an email and I will forward the number to you.
Thanks

Dominionng:
Picture update! That was how my Oga beat me to it Will come back to create my picture story.

Project scheduled for 4wks but completed in six due to reasons beyond the control of both parties. Above all, we keep the client happy as we appreciate the opportunity.

Dominion

@Dominionng still waiting for the picture story