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Where in Texas is your Lexus located? We can get it shipped within two days and in Lagos in the next 35 days.

FMary: Peace! Pls I need in details how much it will cost to ship a $7,000 repearable 2005 Lexus Rx 330 from Texas to Lagos wharf. Like I said the car is accidented. Thanks and God bless you for your advice.

Where in Texas is your Lexus located? We can get it shipped within two days and in Lagos in the next 35 days.

ExpressBooking: Fast shipping does what he knows how best to do. His services are amazing. if all businesses are done that(Fast shipping) way.... the biz world will be a better place. A.O.L Fast shipping, we are with you to the end. I am currently clearing the 2011 Toyota 4runner you shipped to Benin. Also let me know when to pick up Bill of Laden for Honda Civic and Toyota Sienna arriving 30th July and 3rd August respectively.

Your business is highly appreciated.

calculusx: Shipping tru fast-shipping is hassle free and customer service @ it's best. You are on the right track

We ship a lot of vehicles per month. I don't know your vehicle specifically but I'm glad your vehicle arrived safely.

Thanks for the trust.

koksybrown: Thanks for your prompt response.
Kindly list locations that will cost between $200 and $400 to truck so i can base my search on them.
Thanks

Within Florida, New Jersey, most part of New York, Eastern Part of Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and within Texas but shipping through the port in Texas is $1,140 as against $950 for others.

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You are not doing yourself any favor. Where are pictures of the works you have done recently? Post some pictures before anyone takes you seriously.

koksybrown: Cost of trucking to port
KS - Wichita
CA - San Bernardino
NJ - Somerville

Wichita, KS - $750

San Bernadino, CA - $1,325

Somerville, NJ - $200

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@brabus

Cement plastered walls like the ones we have in Nigeria tend to fade within a year or two after painting them and they don't really look appealing to me. Are there alternatives to wall plastering for exterior of homes in Nigeria other than the cement plastered walls? In the U.S, we use sidings like the ones below. They are low maintenance. Come rain and sun, they remain the same for the next 40 years. Are there other options available in Nigeria?

brabus: Sir Willow08 and Sir FastShipping - I read every word of your comments and I'm thinking "this people got to be different". It sounds like you have a big taste! Possibly bigger than average Naija homeowners?? I'm so happy to be on your roll of honour with my highly respected associate. Skimanski is one of the few architect/designers that I truly respect. He's in this game for long, and his attitudes and work ethic reflect this.

I'm Brabus, a design consultant and an interior designer for young and upcoming build and design company (NextHome Builders) and the clients I work with don't have ftime to make decisions on designs and schedule, so I have to make a lot for them. The ultimate goal is to create a space that they will love, fits into their existing house and looks great for the family - all on a very friendly budget.

I ask the homeowner to send me images that give the "feeling" they are hoping for, the must-have and nice-to-have features. Part of my job as interior designer is being intuitive about what parts of a design are appealing to a client and finding the common thread in a variety of different styles that they pull together.

The NextHome Difference - We take YOUR taste and make it tasteful--we don't push our style on you.

I hope to talk to you soon.

The landscaping looks fantastic! I hate seeing all concrete crap that is so common in Nigeria.

Willow08: is artificial grass expensive in Nigeria? I live here in s.a , so i don't know how much it will cost to have one in your lawn. any idea.

I have no idea. I prefer real grass.

Willow08: To me, Skimanski is preferable. he has a different style, i hope to work with him when I'm ready.

I decided Skimanski last week but I spoke to someone in the last two days who convinced me to go with Brabus.

The two guys seem fresh and different from what others build in Nigeria.

Willow08: https://www.nairaland.com/1164230/best-architectural-interior-construction-works/13
i was going through similar post and i saw this guy's project. i think this guy is good to work with if you wanna resume your project. his work is creative..i think he can replicate designs if your budget is right........ your views.

Skimanski is very good as well. I spoke to him last week. I am one of his followers. My head says go with Skimanski while my heart says Brabus. I won't be making mistake going with any of the two guys.

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Willow08: Nice!. do you have any pictures of his work or designs. you can post them or send them to my email. johnsonjesse42@yahoo.com.

The guy is called brabus in property section. I heard he can implement any design you have. He has the expertise to achieve any design you give him. He has impressed fellow Nigerians in diaspora.

Willow08: oh!...good, i plan on getting a house plan here in s.a, by then a year must have been spent doing the design courses which i haven't chosen yet. The guy recommended to you, can he handle south African bali designs? because i'll need someone with some sense of creativity, even if it takes 3 yrs to build and design a house. it will be worth the wait.

The guy seems to be different. He is somewhat fresh from little I have seen from him. I have to be there with him and contribute when the time to do it comes. I will have my catalogues and interior design magazines handy when it is time to go to Nigeria sometime in December.

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Willow08: My brother, You shouldn't give up, if you want to build your house to your taste, you need to get an architect that is like minded. choose a very easy to understand but beautiful house design, there should be less wall but large spaces,instead of demarcating the kitchen why don't u leave it with the lounge. thereby reducing expenditures. I saw a post by a man who claimed that such designs led to technical problems...what technical problem? we always want easy things which is not helping at all. we also have abundance of wood so i think buying cheap shouldn't be a problem. while building always inspect and correct few mistakes made here or there. And God bless if you are an interior designer. it will be quite easy to in corporate designs found on-line.

Glass! , many people don't know what beauty beholds a house with glass walls and frame-less doors. the figure below shows example of smart designs with cheap expenditures. polished wooden glass walls and windows and doors will do, especially if you are building a bali styled house (fig Unit12 voor) . cheap but beautiful,you don't need curtains rather go for window blinds. by the way, do we use window blinds in Nigeria?, its definitely alien to most Nigerians (smh)

@fastshipping. can't you replicated this bedroom if you were to supervise a carpenter? (Fig 4-Bedroom-design) .There is nothing special there. its just the choice of design that made the bedroom stunningly beautiful with simple details. as you can see, the light made it more rich in colours. we must incorporate all these elements when designing a house. don't be afraid to try new things.

Walls? I hate brick walls in any form. I love homes built with polished woods and thick aluminium with glass. The four sides of the home I'm building are not 100% walls. The front side of will be 80% glass. The side where the kitchen, lounge and nook are located will be 30% glass. I love thick plain white glass. I love them so much I can't think about waking up every morning and just have to see walls everywhere. Glass and less wall allow more space in the house. It is also cheaper to have less walls.

Who needs curtains in a when you have glass walls or large windows. Curtains are part and parcel of our people. I rather have a wooden made window blinds behind my glass windows. It is very rare to see a house in Nigeria designed with some good window blinds. Our architects and interior designers need to go out and see what is out there.

All I need is time to go to Nigeria and get things done with a good designer and builder. I have just been recommended a guy on nairaland. I will be talking to him shortly.

I have several books, catalogues, and magazines about home design. The reason is to learn and see new things. Nigerian architects, builders and engineers tend to believe in brick walls , cement and paint so much they overlook other materials available for building beautiful homes. What happens to frameless glass doors? What happens to glass partitioning? It is very hard to see something different in Nigeria. Everyone builds the same way. I have 100s of saved images about building from foundation, to flooring, to wall paneling, to ceiling and roofing that you can imagine. Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, sunroom pictures are not left out. I have tons of them. All these images are available by "googling" for what you need but the lazy architects just continue to recycle the same images of the past 30 years. Our architects are mostly inept especially the ones that are yet to seek knowledge in other advanced countries.

It baffles me when I come to nairaland and see people praising some works done in certain homes. I have seen it all.

I am building a contemporary home in Abeokuta, Nigeria and I gave it to a nairalander but Gosh, I fired the guy because he is all talk and no senses in any of his work. I never allowed him to show it here. I brought the design from the U.S and gave it to him to implement. I hate people who are bad at what they chose as profession. I fired him on the spot. I could have done a lot better than what he did.

Beautiful!

Nigerian home designs are boring to say the least. The link you provided says it all..............

emeraldshore: how much to ship from OH - cleveland east to lagos?

$500 to the port and $950 to Lagos.