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@Obnoxious2001
E be like say you no understand Wetin Dey sup. How can one negotiate with a greedy person who inflated price of materials to x3 of the normal price. Negotiating is waste of your time because no matter how you negotiate, the end result will still not favour you. A greedy person has made up his or her mind and will stand on his or her ground to achieve his or her greed. To a greedy person, it’s either he or she achieves his or her greedy aim or nothing at all. A greedy person won’t drop their aim or come down for you. If a greedy person comes down for you, it is to cut another corner to still achieve their greed.

@Obnoxious2001 you will successfully cut cost and still negotiate. You Dey whine. Cost is all over the internet. We are in a digital era where all information you need is laid bare online so how will you not successfully cut cost. When a client already knows price of materials or have a rough idea, it’s either nobody can connive with the seller and cash in or even if them wan connive chop you, it will not be as much as if a client don’t have any knowledge at all. Hello…

You can't successfully cut cost with this approach.


You negotiate.

Besides, if you send the person, he can connive with the seller and still cash in.[/quote]

@rotecch77 There's difference between trusting a quotation and when you know for a fact that a quotation is over priced/ too high. Its true that buying materials is not engineers birthright but majority of engineers make it seem so. Some will even go as far as if the client don’t let them buy materials, they won’t accept the job all because of the huge amount of money they want to gain which is wickedness. But it’s good to know that some engineers like yourself would be willing to focus on your charges only and get the job done with good heart and the fear of God. Because some evil wicked engineers will later show clients shege all because they were not given the chance to buy the materials and do wicked things like abandoning the project after collecting some amount of money or do shabby jobs.

@rotecch77 Forget it. Whether engineer na money bag or not, no engineer will take up a project with the aim of not gaining. Some will aim to gain a whole lot while some will be considerate. There’s nothing like engineer just want to deliver the job. Even family member wey be engineer go wan benefit from you not to talk of outsider engineer. Like I said before, it’s always a great idea for clients to have knowledge in this field for so many reasons if not, chai 🙆‍♀️

Rightly said; some artisans contractors , Engr’s are killer NOT ALL oo some Engr are money bag o they are more ok than some client oo they don’t care about your money all they care about is to delivered your job as agreed , those rogue ones they notice that the project belongs to diaspora client’ they will change there mode of operandi ,, they believed that those people picks money on ground over there.
Also some client do shot there selves on leg bcs they will go for lesser labour cost quotation not knowing that the project handler as inflated Material cost, and quantity
Once the client later says look I’m buying materials myself Gbam whalah will start.

My brother So many things do happen in this field oo[/quote]

@bixton na the silver fountain price be this 355k. Under water light 45k, swimming pool ladder between 80-120k there’s 2 or 3 or 4 steps ladder. Swimming pool filter 280k at most, they’ll dig, buy Rods, blocks, cement and so on and tiles etc… Dem go Dey make us dey feel say na one big deal to construct. Na who no know Dey gok am.

@bixton just tell them the shape you want, color of inside swimming pool tiles you want and fountain. Normally, the swimming pool will come with the square fountain built with blocks like the one in this picture included in the price but if you want the silver fountain in this picture it cost 300k.




So have the swimming pool been constructed, in the process or completed?
If yes, please kindly upload pictures.
Thanks and God bless you richly.[/quote]

@rotecch77 but that’s what they’ll say especially when owner is in diaspora. They will give prices for original Real Tiger TMT rod but buy local and eat the rest of the money. It’s always better for clients to have an idea of prices before asking anyone at all to go ahead and buy the materials for them or better still clients should buy themselves. Imagine how high the carpenter quote is a whole 800k ahhh 😱. And the rest. Dem don use billing finish the man. It’s not nice money is not easy to come by.
Gentle man; it’s being long I gave advice concerning this type of discussion here.
But let me tell you the truth.

The granite price @450k for 30 tns is very ok
The iron rod cost your Engr gave is VERY CORRECT provided he is buying original one like
REAL TIGER TMT .. the price in mkt now is 1.3 to 1.4mPer ton But if it’s ordinary local it’s far lesser

More so I can’t talk about the quantity needed bcs I don’t know the size of your building .
Furthermore he gave cost of carpenter together with Materils I.e bamboo, plank . 2*3 plank and the rest that is why the price is high, but you can price it to your budget
People should not assumed all prices are high without proper checking

Personally now I do asked my clients to buy materials themselves to reduced my stress unless if he or she says time can’t permit,then I will do the buying[/quote]

@Lampert505 for example I got a quote for swimming pool from an engineer. Total was over 13million. I went on jiji to check for prices of the materials in the quote and realized the prices quoted and given to me by the engineer was times 3 higher than the normal prices. And by the time I re-calculated prices I got on jiji, I realized constricting a swimming pool cost just almost 4million plus workmanship. And I was given over 13million. Imagine the amount of money I saved. If I wasn’t smart enough and didn’t have an idea about these things , dem got chop me a whopping 9million for free from me. Imagine how difficult it is to earn foreign currency and someone wants to take it all from you so easily. So shine your eyes.

@Free2Fly As in my brother, them wan finish the man. Ehhh God🙆‍♀️

Buy the materials by yourself, if possible

The prices he listed for rods, cements, etc, appear grossly over bloated.

Then negotiate the labour fees together, not individually

How can carpenter's fee alone be 800K, iron bender 470k, casting 500k Nawaoo.[/quote]

@Lampert505 after getting prices on jiji, get a pen and paper, modify prices in your quote. Turn the table around, give the quote to your engineer or whoever is buying materials and tell them this is what they should buy. They will try to still convince you by saying your own prices is wrong but don’t give in stand your ground. When the person buying for you gets to to where they want to buy, out of nowhere, ask to speak to the seller also and negotiate price yourself and make sure you pay into the sellers account. Don’t be weak or shy with people you are dealing with, they will reap you off and take advantage of you. Stand your ground. It’s your hard earned money.

@Lampert505 Go on jiji to check prices of materials in your quote. Usually jiji sellers will also say price is negotiable so you will understand price is slightly lesser than what it is on jiji too. Send messages to sellers on jiji too to ask for price pretending you want to patronize them just to get price 😁then recheck your quote. You will realize how much you will save from quite given to you.

How do you guys think I could cut cost pls
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@Francis8999 just look at how you saved a whopping 500k which can be used on something else.

Thank you very much. The POP guy that gave me the first quotation inflated the number of square meters to 120.5 @ 12,000 naira per square meter giving is total as 1,446,000 naira for a three bedroom. I took another POP guy today and he measured it as 96.46 square meter @ 9000 naira per square meter, making a total of 868,000 naira, Even gave me a deduction of 10k and an option of buying the materials myself which I declined . Imagine a difference of over 500k. Some people are thieves.[/quote]

Some people in diaspora have been building ordinary bungalow for a year, 2-3 years and still haven’t finished building. That’s because you are getting highly outrageous quotes for materials and allowing workers buy materials for you. There’s no way you’ll be able to finish your house because you are being used as their pot of soup that must never get dry if you understand what that means. When you get a quote, do your research to find out prices before giving anyone your money to buy materials for you. Best is to get your materials yourself. These artisans eyes are fu$&kg red, dem no Dey look uche face. Dem no send you o. You see dem as artisans but they see you as opportunity. Dem go Dey follow you smile but at the back of their mind na how dem go chop you finish dem go Dey reason. Shine your eye ooo my people.

Guys check out this ridiculously extraordinary outrageous quote for swimming pool. For those who want to construct a swimming pool. The prices in this quote are times 3 of the normal material prices. Beware and don’t fall victim. This period artisans can get really desperate and greedy and will want to use you as an opportunity for breakthrough through the Quotes they’ll give you thinking you won’t have an idea. Well, that’s why jiji is there. Once you get a quote go on jiji to check and compare prices.

@rotecch77 makes a lot of sense

@topsy23 Oh I see. Thanks for this

You can build a shelf around it... It must be accessible in case of emergency. They must not be too enclose because of heat.. They need ventilation especially during day when there is hot weather.


They are all solar accessories

@dannie007

I’ll message you on WhatsApp

@dannie007

Can you achieve this types of kitchen cabinets with the glossy finish

@michlins obviously camera has to be visible. I don’t mean the camera. I mean this image. Are they accessories for cameras or solar? I would prefer them hidden and not bare like that. Is there something you can do to hide them so they are not visible

@twinskenny I mean this image. Is there a way the cameras can be installed without these accessories being visible like this

@twinskenny are there ways these can be installed without being visible. If am going to personally install cameras around the house, I won’t want the accessories visible like this.

@murphyrichy stone coasted is way more expensive than aluminum

@Brilliant007 Did you roof yours in 2024?

I spent 450k on wood
I paid carpenter 150k for the wood frame
1 spent 1.4m on roofing sheet
I paid the aluminium installer 100k

In total . 2.1m

Can i have your WhatsApp number . Let's chat .
I can link you with my carpenter and my aluminium seller[/quote]

@afrobaby let me tell you how this people work, when giving you quote, they’ll write words that you’ll either not understand or understand and put a price in front of that word. For example he used the word accessories but reality is there’s nothing called accessories when it comes to roofing. Ask him, what and what are the accessories and that he should list them out. These are ways they use in extorting unsuspecting clients.

@redgem if you’re in London go to woolwich or Peckham. You’ll find cargo companies there. You can walk into their offices or warehouse

@redgem google cargo companies from uk to Nigeria.

Really beautiful design. Following

What’s your WhatsApp number?

@Skydivine If it’s this wall panel you’re talking about, yes the water proof ones can be used inside the shower. They are called Oak waterproof slatted wall panels. Although it’s not commonly used inside the shower for some reason people would rather have them around the bathroom walls instead just like in these images

@Skydivine It’s porcelain marble effect tiles for walls and floors. Comes in different colors.

More Wall panel design, Colors and difffeent Adhesive to Glue them to your wall 😁The fact is anyone can be an interior decorator. There’s no big deal in doing these things yourself. All you need is DIY information and that’s it. If you can’t install them yourself, you can get someone to install them for you while you instruct them on what to do.

Gone are the days where people use just plain tiles for bathroom walls. You can mix Tiles to achieve a different and more modern look. Take a look at this example posted here, one of the image is when Coloured Tile is being loaded for delivery to a customer in Lagos Nigeria. The bathroom picture is for someone also in Lagos who mixed Tiles for a more beautiful bathroom view. This white bath is currently between 600-750k in Nigeria. The white bath use to be very affordable at about 450k but price increased drastically recently. Incase you want to achieve the full bathroom look.