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Sagewood:
Still a great thread!

Good job Spyder.
Am Alone post lastest pictures

spyder880:
You are correct, I miss the guy myself.

brabus:
@Fhemmmy, I noticed this section is boring because Am Alone has been silent for days now. His posts, pics and updates are very insightful.

Am Alone, abeg pls come o!!!

is it the same guy someone in the last thread insisted he most leave?

honestly, i believe he contributed a lot in the last thread, in a way some people might not appreciate. but we all are different and have to understand and respect other people opinion. people were always reading him wrong thinking he brags, but he was just happy and proud of what he has achieved so far at his age.

personally, i would have love to contributed more since am also into a project presently, but the way he was attacked discouraged me.

Lagosboy:
Sir, i think you miss the point because SLS had been in banking for over 20 years and was a CEO of Firt Bank before he was appointed the CBN governor. Yes riba is haram in islam but it is not forbidden in islam to work in a modern bank but i dont want to go into islamic jurispudence here. SLS as CBN governor is expected to put islamic banking under the table all because he is a muslim scholar? Certainly not ! The truth be told many non muslims in Nigeria have been programmed from birth to hate anything with an islamic tag.

You raised the the issue of OIC but i still do not understand how it affects the christians or other non muslim sin Nigeria, on the contrary it gives all Nigerians access to the interest free development loans of the Islamic Development Bank in comparison to the slave loans of the world bank.

ISLAMIC BANKING IS A BUSINESS AND VOLUNTARY ,IT IS NOT COMPULSORY . WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SOMETHING YOU CAN IGNORE ?

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II

Effect Of Thought On Circumstances

A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master- gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the flaws of thought, and understands, with ever- increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and mind elements operate in the shaping of character, circumstances, and destiny.

Thought and character are one, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. This does not mean that a man's circumstances at any given time are an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought-element within himself that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development.

Every man is where he is by the law of his being; the thoughts which he has built into his character have brought him there, and in the arrangement of his life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err. This is just as true of those who feel "out of harmony" with their surroundings as of those who are contented with them.

As a progressive and evolving being, man is where he is that he may learn that he may grow; and as he learns the spiritual lesson which any circumstance contains for him, it passes away and gives place to other circumstances.

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow; he then becomes the rightful master of himself.

That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practiced self-control and self- purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition. So true is this that when a man earnestly applies himself to remedy the defects in his character, and makes swift and marked progress, he passes rapidly through a succession of vicissitudes.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors, that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations; it falls to the level of its unchastened desires, and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives it own.

Every thought-seed sown or allowed to fall into the mind, and to take root there, produces its own, blossoming sooner or later into act, and bearing its own fruitage of opportunity and circumstance. Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bad fruit.

The outer world of circumstances shapes itself to the inner world of thought, and both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are factors which make for the ultimate good of the individual. As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both of suffering and bliss.

Following the inmost desires, aspirations, thoughts, by which he allows himself to be dominated (pursuing the will-o'-the wisps of impure imaginings or steadfastly walking the highway of strong and high endeavor), a man at last arrives at their fruition and fulfillment in the outer conditions of his life.

The laws of growth and adjustment everywhere obtain. A man does not come to the alms-house or the jail by the tyranny of fate or circumstance, but by the pathway of groveling thoughts and base desires. Nor does a pure-minded man fall suddenly into crime by stress of any mere external force. The criminal thought had long been secretly fostered in the heart, and the hour of opportunity revealed its gathered power. Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. No such conditions can exist as descending into vice and its attendant sufferings apart from vicious inclinations, or ascending into virtue and its pure happiness without the continued cultivation of virtuous aspirations; and man, therefore, as the lord and master of thought, is the maker of himself and the shaper of and author of environment. Even at birth the soul comes of its own and through every step of its earthly pilgrimage it attracts those combinations of conditions which reveal itself, which are the reflections of its own purity and impurity, its strength and weakness.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. Their whims, fancies, and ambitions are thwarted at every step, but their inmost thoughts and desires are fed with their own food, be it foul or clean. Man is manacled only by himself; thought and action are the jailors of Fate--they imprison, being base; they are also the angels of Freedom--they liberate, being noble.

Not what he wished and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions.

In the light of this truth what, then, is the meaning of "fighting against circumstances?” It means that a man is continually revolting against an effect without, while all the time he is nourishing and preserving its cause in his heart.

That cause may take the form of a conscious vice or an unconscious weakness; but whatever it is, it stubbornly retards the efforts of it possessor, and thus calls aloud for remedy.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is as true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose sole object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life?

Here is a man who is wretchedly poor. He is extremely anxious that his surroundings and home comforts should improve, yet all the time he shirks his work, and considers he is justified in trying to deceive his employer on the ground of the insufficiency of his wages. Such a man does not understand the simplest rudiments of those principles which are the basis of true prosperity, and is not only totally unfitted to rise out of his wretchedness, but is actually attracting to himself a still deeper wretchedness by dwelling in, and acting out, indolent, deceptive, and unmanly thoughts.

Here is a rich man who is the victim of a painful and persistent disease as the result of gluttony. He is willing to give large sums of money to get rid of it, but he will not sacrifice his gluttonous desires. He wants to gratify his taste for rich and unnatural foods and have his health as well. Such a man is totally unfit to have health, because he has not yet learned the first principles of a healthy life.

Here is an employer of labor who adopts crooked measures to avoid paying the regulation wage, and, in the hope of making larger profits, reduces the wages of his workpeople. Such a man is altogether unfitted for prosperity. And when he finds himself bankrupt, both as regards reputation and riches, he blames circumstances, not knowing that he is the sole author of his condition.

I have introduced these three cases merely as illustrative of the truth that man is the causer (though nearly always unconsciously) of his circumstances, and that, whilst aiming at the good end, he is continually frustrating its accomplishment by encouraging thoughts and desires which cannot possibly harmonize with that end. Such cases could be multiplied and varied almost indefinitely, but this is not necessary. The reader can, if he so resolves, trace the action of the laws of thought in his own mind and life, and until this is done, mere external facts cannot serve as a ground of reasoning.

Circumstances, however, are so complicated, thought is so deeply rooted, and the conditions of happiness vary so vastly with individuals, that a man's entire soul condition (although it may be known to himself) cannot be judged by another from the external aspect of his life alone.

A man may be honest in certain directions, yet suffer privations. A man may be dishonest in certain directions, yet acquire wealth. But the conclusion usually formed that the one man fails because of his particular honesty, and that the other prospers because of his particular dishonesty, is the result of a superficial judgment, which assumes that the dishonest man is almost totally corrupt, and honest man almost entirely virtuous. In the light of a deeper knowledge and wider experience, such judgment is found to be erroneous. The dishonest man may have some admirable virtues which the other does not possess; and the honest man obnoxious vices which are absent in the other. The honest man reaps the good results of his honest thoughts and acts; he also brings upon himself the sufferings which his vices produce. The dishonest man likewise garners his own suffering and happiness.

It is pleasing to human vanity to believe that one suffers because of one's virtue; but not until a man has extirpated every sickly, bitter, and impure thought from his soul, can he be in a position to know and declare that his sufferings are the result of his good, and not of his bad qualities; and on the way to, yet long before he has reached that supreme perfection , he will have found, working in his mind and life, the great law which is absolutely just, and which cannot, therefore, give good for evil, evil for good. Possessed of such knowledge, he will then know, looking back upon his past ignorance and blindness, that his life is, and always was, justly ordered, and that all his past experiences, good and bad, were the equitable outworking of his evolving, yet unevolved self.

Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. This is but saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles. Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world (though its operation there is just as simple and undeviating), and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.

Suffering is always the effect of wrong thought in some direction. It is an indication that the individual is out of harmony with himself, with the law of his being. The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure. Suffering ceases for him who is pure. There could be no object in burning gold after the dross had been removed, and a perfectly pure and enlightened being could not suffer.

The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony. The circumstances which a man encounters with blessedness are the result of his own mental harmony. Blessedness, not material possessions, is the measure of right thought; wretchedness, not lack of material possessions, is the measure of wrong thought. A man may be cursed and rich; he may be blessed and poor. Blessedness and riches are only joined together when the riches are rightly and wisely used. And the poor man only descends into wretchedness when he regards his lot as a burden unjustly imposed.

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness. They are both equally unnatural and the result of mental disorder. A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.
Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe; justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life. Righteousness, not corruption, is the molding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right. And during the process of putting himself right, he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

The proof of this truth is in every person, and it therefore admits of easy investigation by systematic introspection and self- analysis. Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life. Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot. It rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance. Bestial thoughts crystallize into habits of drunkenness and sensuality, which solidify into circumstances of destitution and disease. Impure thoughts of every kind crystallize into enervating and confusing habits, which solidify into distracting and adverse circumstances. Thoughts of fear, doubt, and indecision crystallize into weak, unmanly, and irresolute habits, which solidify into circumstances of failure, indigence, and slavish dependence. Lazy thoughts crystallize into weak, habits of uncleanliness and dishonesty, which solidify into circumstances of foulness and beggary. Hateful and condemnatory thoughts crystallize into habits of accusation and violence, which solidify into circumstances of injury and persecution. Selfish thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of self-seeking, which solidify into distressful circumstances.

On the other hand, beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances. Pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control, which solidify into circumstances of repose and peace. Thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision crystallize into manly habits, which solidify into circumstances of success, plenty, and freedom. Energetic thoughts crystallize into habits of cleanliness and industry, which solidify into circumstances of pleasantness. Gentle and forgiving thoughts crystallize into habits of gentleness, which solidify into protective and preservative circumstances. Loving and unselfish thoughts which solidify into circumstances of sure and abiding prosperity and true riches.

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.
Nature helps every man to gratification of the thoughts which he most encourages, and opportunities are presented which will most speedily bring to the surface both the good and the evil thoughts.

Let a man cease from his sinful thoughts, and all the world will soften towards him, and be ready to help him. Let him put away his weakly and sickly thoughts, and the opportunities will spring up on every hand to aid his strong resolves. Let him encourage good thoughts, and no hard fate shall bind him down to wretchedness and shame. The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colors which at every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever- moving thoughts.
You will be what you will to be; Let failure find its false content

In that poor word, “environment,” But spirit scorns it, and is free.
It masters time, it conquers space; It cows that boastful trickster, Chance, And bids the tyrant Circumstance Uncrown, and fill a servant's place.
The human Will, that force unseen, The offspring of deathless Soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.
Be not impatient in delay, But wait as one who understands; When spirit rises and commands, The gods are ready to obey.

I
Thought And Character

The aphorism, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called "spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those which are deliberately executed.

Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruit; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry.
Thought in the mind hath made us. What we are by thought was wrought and built. If a man's mind hath evil thought, pain comes on him as comes the wheel the ox behind. If one endure in purity of thought, Joy follows him as his own shadow - sure.

Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice, and cause and effect are as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things. A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association with God-like thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character, by the same process, is the result of the continued harboring of groveling thoughts.

Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their maker and master.

Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this-- that man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.
As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, man holds the key to every situation, and contains within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he may make himself what he wills.

Man is always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state. But in his weakness and degradation he is foolish master who misgoverns his "household." When he begins to reflect upon his condition and search diligently for the law upon which his being is established, he then becomes the wise master, directing his energies with intelligence and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues. Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought. This discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis and experience.

Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul. That he is the maker of his character, the molder of his life, and the builder of his destiny, he may unerringly prove, if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects upon himself, upon others and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation. And utilizing his every experience, even the most trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of himself which is understanding, wisdom, power. In this direction, as in no other, is the law absolute that "He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” For

only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the temple of knowledge.

have you read this book? if you have, what do you think about it, and if not you can download it from the link below, and let us have opinion on it.


http://www.amazon.com/Biggest-Secret-Change-Updated-Second/dp/0952614766

present

Am Alone:
@ All, the plastering of my house will commence soonest!!!!
I am just waiting for the plumber to come and run a test on the pipes
to see if there is any leakage. Once the test is completed(say on Tuesday Next Week Lastest)
I will proceed with the plastering!!!

you have really tried man, from your work so far, can imagine the plastering work you are thinking of, thats one area you should look for very good hands, if well done, the satisfaction it brings is something else. keep it up!!!

so what is the solution? what do ladies think about polygamy?

if a man is ok and he is capable of managing two or more wives , why cant he marry more as was done by our grand parent, i think this is one of the way out, half a bread is better than none!

Reference:
Good progress sir, but one very, very, very important thing I have not seen is survey levels. If this building is anywhere south of the Niger drainage is very important. I would have expected that you establish level before commencing works. I can observe that the road outside the compound is not asphalted and I'm sure there are no established drains anywhere around so you are vulnerable to future development but public and private. Consider this very critically. Its not about materials alone.

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postpone the wedding to after she have been delivered of the baby, then observe her attitude thereafter and make up your mind.

Introduction

This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought.
It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that—

“They themselves are makers of themselves”

by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.

James Allen

Doyin!:
I have a dream for Nigeria.


-A Nigeria where every Xtian would  read the Quran and every muslim,the Bible

-A Nigeria where a xtian will accept that his fellow muslim is his brother and vice versa

-A Nigeria where a muslim and xtian will accept that they  were created by the same GOD and that each person has a right to choose his own way of worshiping that same creator

-A Nigeria where a christian would say salam alaeykum(Peace of GOD be unto you) to his muslim brother and the latter,Jesus bless you to the former

-A Nigeria where religious fighting and killings because of intolerance and ignorance,would be confined to history


I have a dream,

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great job you guys are doing here, am learning too.

brabus:
This is how we do it! See your dream in reality. Its possible. The plywood can be reused 25 times.

@ Brabus, pls where can one get them to hire and whats the costing like?

prince_onx:
OK guys! Spyder, Alone, brabus and co
I did my decking about 6weeks ago and am about to start the top part of the house sometime next week. I used 9" block from foundation through decking except toilet and closet. My question now is: will it be a problem using 6" blocks for the top part of the house? I spoke with my younger brother today who is supervising the project and both him and the contractor plan on using 9" for only the 4 sides of the top and everything else like splitting of the rooms, dinning, kitchen, etc they plan on using 6". Please let me know what you guys think before I give them the go ahead.

am thinking of using 6" block all thru for the top part of my building, i don't think there is anything wrong with that? but if anybody thinks otherwise pls let us know why.

same to you bro

present

sbeezy8:
LOL

what is speakership when you already had presidency?

where yorubas rejected when nigerians voted for abiola, then obj TWICE?

lol

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tom28:
I wonder why the dirty places in Nigeria are located only in the South west .Whats it with Yorubas and dirt.Their girls are dirty and so are their men.I have come across some yoruba girls wearing G-strings they havent washed for over a month.Even Abokis(HAUSAS) for all their stup1d1ty and religious fanatism still have the decency to be neat so why not Yorubas?

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my thoughts,

if we can start a campaign here by posting various pictures of such here, so that the world can see the type of police we have, maybe it will make some difference.

your cell phone with cam is all you need, so let us start taking  pictures and posting it here and let the authorities be informed of this dev., i believe it will change some of these bad attitude.

anataala:
@ murtala kai munafukine, Allah yawadan munafiki, kayi addua ka kai kamarshi shasha kawai, muten banza wanda bai  sancciwon kanshiba , mahasadi, to Allah yabashi kaje ka mutu, kafison bare bisa ga danuwanka, lalai ka tabata munafuki

-4

~Bluetooth:
Honestly the challenge is on the ACN governors who are representatives of the hope of the SW.If the whole of SW is developed,then what is my business if pdp turns the other part of Nigeria into a slum ? It is getting to a point where the region should comes first if the central government continues to act irresponsibly.

+6.7

murtalaa:
i am a northerner from sokoto, so why am i not celebrating tambuwal's victory? simple, these guys are not in politics to make a difference. They are there purely for selfish interest. tambuwal's victory is no victory for the north, certainly not for NW but for tambuwal and his family. so to all bigots who spews poison on the north, north has finally won, no 2,3,4 from the north and all sorts of rubbish should take a minute to digest this: tambuwal has been in the nat'l assembly since 2003 but has not benefitted his people in any way imaginable. while his family live in luxury his contituency people remains one of the hardest hit interms of poverty. is this the kind of man i should be happy for just because we share the same region, tribe or religion?

+7

i voted for gej not pdp?

Welder:
Guy,

i dont know what to tell you but to wish you the very best of luck. Am in a similar situation although i earn slightly higher (about N185k monthly), i stay in a 3b/d flat, engaged with a fiancee who isnt working as at yet.

Now seriously, look for colleagues like you with spare savings say 50k (since u dont spend more than 35k monthly) , form a group of 12 so one person picks 600k monthly during the year. Look for a business or some investment that you can plough yours, i invested in some properties (actually 2plots of land), you can do same or something else. Now that can be resold much later or used as a veritable tool for something else in the future.

the choice is really yours. Goodluck bro!

+6

i rest my case!

Am Alone:
^^^
Thanks man,
Please continue the good work
I am really enjoying you post!!!
Again I want to ask you
What ratio are you mixing your cement to sand and granite
because I am mixing 1:6:8 i.e A bag of cement to 6 heapan of
sand and 8 heapan of granite.
I want to analize. Again, the 2m for cement,
is it the cash spent so far or the cash you hoping/willing to spend for
cement,woods, and the others

the mixing ratio was done by my engr, the last trailer of cement i bought for 2.2k/bag=1.32m, for the germen and block works, still have over 300 left hope to use it for the decking job, before then, we bought 300 @ 1580= 474,00 and another 100@ 2k =200k.
total 1,994,000

use part of the cement to mold some blocks before we decided to start buying, find out the guy moulding for us is not giving the quality of blocks we required and the cost compared to the good once sold is cheaper.

Gobi38:
@hasyak - Are you kidding me, in lekki  area you spent 8m for a twin duplex up to decking level. This amount to 4m per duplex and a 5 bedroom for that matter, my friend was giving a quote of 3m just for raft foundation only. Please can you break down your cost - just for one of the duplex .  How much did you spent for your Raft foundation (this include german floor), then raising it to decking level etc . And you also mentioned you already procure all your decking material. Are you on ground ? and who is handling your project? . Thanks Bro

i try to be on ground as much as i can, if am not there surely my twin will be, but most times we are there together, my engr is also a friend and my former tenant so he tries to give me the best advise i believe. what i will advise you do is buy the materials as requested yourself and monitor the usage. honestly, i cant give you the breakdown as in stages, because i buy the materials in bulk and just ask them to work with. and there other cost that just start coming into my head now that i did not consider earlier on.

@ am alone

amen, and same wishes to you, have been following this thread from the start, its just that i am not able to update as when due, due to my schedule. anyway here are some of the cost. most of the materials are source by me and my engr handle the labour cost. we decided to negotiate the total for the following workers and pay them in stages.

iron bender                           500k         for all the iron work for both houses
carpenter                              500k         same as above
labour bricklayers                  800k          for both houses

where we really spend money is on the following items approximated in decreasing order

irons 2.8m, cements 2m, woods 1m, granite 780k and filling/sharp sand .8m.

Am Alone:
^^^ Hmmm hmmm
Does the cash include those omo onile, and the approval fee?
Also, is the fence included in the money
Thanks!!
Appreciated

nope just the building, if those and other expense are added then we should be looking at over 10m excluding the land cost.

Am Alone:
^^ Bros nice pics
you keep giving us pictures without any details!!!
What is the amount spent so on your project?
Also where are you building?
It is a twin duplex?

yes its a twin duplex for my twin bro and i, the cost so far for the two buildings with materials for the decking job which we have already bought is about 8mil, that's about 4 mil on each so far, and the project is behind royal garden estate in lekki not far from vgc.