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Chekitaut: i advice u to buy materials yourself, pay for labour and supervision wen due is because brabus undercharge that is the reason you called him into it?

brabus: Walls up

spyder880: I have been on the road my man, 4 states in 3 days is not a joke at all, I will move back to Ebonyi later this morning. How is your house planning, when are you starting?

deking: I have silently followed this thread and will like to say in the defense of the architect that prepared your quote that he deserves the contract. With some effective supervision perhaps you will be able to save at most half of a million. While Oga Brabus is a veteran in building I think one aspect that builders always neglect is the power of territorial control. Except you will be able to provide the required territorial cover for Oga Brabus, I will advise you to stick to the man that knows the terrain well.

brabus: Bros, please send me an email so that I can forward you the document requested. bosun@nexthomebuilders.com or bosun.dav13s@gmail.com

twinskenny: if you have proof of ownership go to mtn office they will help trace the phone... one of my guy is in police detection up till now he bought a stolen phone.... mtn traced the phone and he was arrested

spyder880: Yesooo, I am sure we can see and talk. My project in Ebonyi is in an area nearest to Abia, near also to Rivers. No bi only musicians sabi to collabo

spyder880: I honestly think this thread is a front page material. Lawyer, can you please push this to the front page?

spyder880: Thank you Brabus, your comment is very educative.
@ GabbyTabby, the only reasons I wanted you to upload your own 2 flats floor plans is to highlight the differences between building of the same classification. When people scream because their builder had "ripped them off" and used 3600 blocks to build a house while "my cousin" I called on pnone told me he used 2000 blocks to build same 2 bedroom flats.

Most plans are differnt from each other, I have seen more than 10 variations of the 2 bedroom flats with the biggest being larger than a 4 bedroom flat! The plans our guy that started this thread uploaded is very long, can easily cost more than a normal 3 bedroom flat.

The plan uploaded by Gabbytabby is very small, just like the house I am building now. But its important we note that, some 2 bedrooms are larger than others.

brabus: If I'm building the same structure in Lagos (assuming the same terrain no raft), I'll do

Build Route - Contractor Managed

Foundation to DPC - N300k (labour), N1.2m (Materials)
Block Work to First floor slab - N300k (labour), N1.4m (Materials)
First floor slab - N2m (Material/Labour)
First floor block work to roof level - N350k (labour), N1.4m


Can you wor

brabus: If I'm building the same structure in Lagos (assuming the same terrain no raft), I'll do

Build Route - Contractor Managed

Foundation to DPC - N300k (labour), N1.2m (Materials)
Block Work to First floor slab - N300k (labour), N1.4m (Materials)
First floor slab - N2m (Material/Labour)
First floor block work to roof level - N350k (labour), N1.4m


can you work in ph?

Tolexander: I like the first picture cos it shows you are the real son of the soil.
Hardly could i notice the difference between your face and the bow tie.
Who said black is not beautiful?
Keep the face shining with that black kiwi polish!

diordaves: SLAB (DECKING) Node

Before Spyder880 comes up with his promised critique of gabbytabby's drawing lets go through the Slab or decking quotation.

Your contractor needs easily N3 million to "deck" a four flat in PH. If this figure is true; it means Spyder880 is right: your project is very big and not the plan you posted or PH na die.

But I will still say your building plan is normal and PH may be expensive but not so expensive that you cannot deck with around 2 mill or less.

The thing is your contractor is charging you N580k for labour. This is disingenuous to put it mildly. When I posit you can deck with around 2 mill I mean ALL inclusive and NOT 2 million for materials and then N580k for labour. Some may say location matters. True. While am not a commercial builder ( I only build for the family and madam); I can tell you truthfully I have built in Lagos; Ibandan; Asaba; Warri; PH (4yrs ago though) and am currently struggling with Abuja all four flats: None have I spent 3mill for decking so far. So when am giving you prices and figure am giving you warri experience which is about the same in PH or may be plus or minus 15%. If the East - West road is good; PH is 2hrs from Warri.

Lets simplify the assumption: this is how I deck a four flat:

ALL Rods: Budget about N500K

Iron Bender: Budget about N100K

Granite: Budget about N400K

Cement: About N350k

Electrician with materials: N90k

Formwork/panelling: N400k. You hire formwork/panellin which includes carpentry labour to also bring down the formwork. ALL INCLUSIVE.

Concrete mixers: N120K

Floaters: N60K

Site Engineer: in Warri I paid N70k just for decking o.

Miscellaneous? Rice; Soft drinks; pure water; youths; etc and any other segment I may have missed.When decking the only critical labour you worry about is Iron Bender; Mixers and Floaters. All other quotes labour should be inclusive with material cost.

Water ? you should have a well or borehole by now. Transport; loading; off loading ? All inclusive of materials cost not extra. I have inflated these prices by 15% already. So there you go

brabus: Carcass only - N17m