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ReluctantAdult:
Thank you my man. I'm bored already in my profession after being in it for 15 years now. I genuinely need a new challenge and US healthcare money!

I'm getting into Medicine asap. Make I go dust Jamb first

You wanno go do jamb after 15 years of working? Doesn’t sound right at all.

bea1234567:
Beta go back if you can. There's a lot of money in it, but they'll not tell you.

They'll only tell you to use that money for travel and open business in Nigeria and be making 20 million naira in profits every months.. that abroad is not what it used to be (but they're still there)

Thank God I'm writing jamb this year.. if i no do Computer science wey i put as first choice then i go do public health.

I must do health related course if computer science no work for me..

[b]Guy no dull o.. there's money in nursing outside Nigeria [/b]

The money is UNREAL! Na im make people dey cuss us too much. I have worked as a nurse since 1991. You will NEVER beg for ANYTHING.🌹

Marriage go dey irritate you kpa kpa!

ReluctantAdult:
I remember this OP from way back!

Strong woman. Very well done!

You be RN abi? Money dey US healthcare o. Be like I wan go back medical school o

Yesssssoh! This ID was banned for TEN YEARS. Because I chose never to kiss any filthy azzse on this NL. They thought it was a lifetime. As I have proven, life goes on with or without NL.🍷
Na who dey work for APC now to survive?

Muchechecheche CHE!

You can’t go wrong with being a medical worker in the USA. 🌹🌹🌹

After lots of arguments and delays, we finished all exterior projects.

These contractors were in the habit of engaging themselves in multiple projects and would disappear from time to time leaving your project hanging. I could not stand it. So, I started delaying payments too. They streeeeeeessed me out ehn? Shegey! I could not meet ANY DEADLINES!

Payment made for labor before work started.

Can’t attach pictures no more. Abi somebody nor like them?

Freshandfitpod:
do your renovation in peace and leave Christians out of it.

I am trying to prove to you that THERE IS NO THIEF LIKE A CHRISTIAN THIEF!🌹 Christ never stole so tell them to stop calling themselves “Christians”.✅

Maybe I should call them KLEPTO-CHRISTIANS?
Would that suit you my “lord”?🙇🏾

Then I met the most DODGY character of all. Another “Christian Brother”.

The greatest mistake I made was paying him for the workmanship up front. But I told him to leave his scaffolding equipment in the compound. He agreed.

This man’s estimate was interesting. He was responsible for the following:

1. Screeding of the buildings and fence.
2. Repairs for roofing.
3. POP ceiling.
4..Fence Copping
5. Construction of fence base to protect the fence from erosion.


SEE CRIMINAL ESTIMATE?

Half of the shyyyyyyte he included I had no clue of. So I told him to purchase the items and PROVIDE THE RECEIPTS.

Na for his wahala BUSSSSSS!!! :
Genipol ko, Genikpai ni!

When I almost reached my breaking point?

I HAD FIVE PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME TIME.

I could not sleep keeping up with all of them. I wanted to to finish all outside work before concentrating in the interior. Painting was going to be the last thing.

1. Roof maintenance
2. Windows replacement
3. German flooring of the garage floor
4. Building the gutter
5..Screeding of the entire exterior of the buildings and fence.

I thought I was going to die. My blood pressure went up from screaming at either the workers or my brother or cousin.

At this time I gifted all workers on ground N100K each to thank them. The villagers passing were reported to be praying for me to encourage me. People passing by and looking at the transformations were amazed. The prayers kept coming.

People were talking without knowing my family members were among them.

I was up every morning keeping track of my bags of cement.


We counted bags of cement EVERY MORNING AND EVERY NIGHT.

I paid my brother and cousin for data and airtime. I wanted them to be able to give me video reports when ever I asked. I called randomly. Written reports were mandatory EVERY NIGHT BY 8PM Nigerian time. Nobody could go NOWHERE!

yewit37486:
Nice thread. Well done.

Thanks.

Na man work I dey so o.

Fast forward:

Thank God for solar street lights. The workers were able to work at night.👍🏽
I bought ALL MATERIALS myself. Even diesel,fuel and “Condem Oil” to grease the mold pans. I ASKED FOR EVERY RECEIPT AS PROOF OF PAYMENT.✅

Even if they are buying fuel, they must make a video and show me.✅

Landscaping completed ✅
DPM lining completed
Stone dust filling completed ✅
Interlocking stones installation completed ✅
Kerbs installation completed ✅
Final layering of stone dust on interlocking stones completed ✅

pocohantas:
😂😂😂😂😂
I am not weird after all.

I say I have learned some major lessons from the mistakes made by my parents.
See what happened to Emperor Nwigwe?
No, you ain’t weird at all. You just have more common sense than most.

I will fly FIRST CLASS EVERYWHERE I GO before I own a home in Nigeria or own more than 2 properties.🍷

My retirement goal? Live in HOTELS, or on a CRUISE SHIP AND TRAVEL THE WORLD ALL YEAR ROUND.👍🏽

Cremation only. No funky burial rights to feed hungry strangers pretending to mourn who they do not know.

I don write my last will and testament sha sha!

After compacting the laterite-we ran into HEAVY RAINY season. Erosion almost washed the sand away.

We had to move fast start placing the interlocking stones. We decided to build on site.

PROBLEM? No sharp sand, only river sand. The people supplying the sharp sand could not drive to the river banks to get sand. Their vehicles got stuck in the muddy paths and the roads were too slippery to work with. We encountered some delays.

Some workers had to leave because of the delay and complained they needed money. So we went from 6 men to 3 men.

We finally settled for stone dust instead of sharp sand. We got some new workers and was able to continue with the project.

Kaczynski:
Yes but depends on the family. Some family are not worth doing anything for as they have imbibed in their heart seeds of bitterness and envy. There are cases of blood siblings struggling over either land or house which ends either harm or death to one of them. You better off acquiring a house in some african country which has more benefits.


Regarding the house, having a zinc is no for me, nigeria is way too hot to have a zinc. Add proper ventillation and lots of trees which help deter snoopy outsiders.

I don’t have these kinds of issues with my siblings.
You forget this house was built over 30 years ago. I was not going to replace the roof o. We go manage am like that.👍🏽

This house is so well-ventilated with MANY WINDOWSand roof was replaced about 10 years ago? I patched some leaking areas. The ceiling was reinforced with POP instead of ceiling boards. My brother can change the roof if he so pleases. I have done enough. My other siblings are not interested in the village house. Remember I settled them with N20m? They don’t even ask me about the house anymore.🌹They have other properties to concentrate on.

This house is a gift to my step brother. I will not dream of owning ANY property except the one I live in. I will enjoy ALL my money while I am alive. Not interested in ANY PROPERTY IN NIGERIA especially. I don’t want any complications after my departure from this world. I have learned from my parents’ mistakes.👍🏽

DO NOT LEAVE PROPERTY FOR ANY CHILD OR RELATIVES. Give them money instead.✅

Wotowotoman:
This your brother tried o.

Does he have a job and family? Cos omo no be everybody go leave everything wey he dey do to embark on this journey when he has nothing to gain. Hope say you compensate the guy well sha

He tried gaaaan!
He is not married and unemployed. He said he can only get married if DNA tests confirmed we have the same father. My father refused to accept paternity before he died . So we did a DNA and confirmed he was 99.9999999% BONAFIDE! ✅✅✅ This was the main reason I wanted to renovate the village property. The only legacy left to give to him as compensation for being neglected and to atone for my father’s recklessness.🍷🍷🍷

He is the SOLE BENEFICIARY of that house(I did not tell my other siblings sha).


Thank God. My cousin on the other hand is married, though and had to go home from time to time. But I was paying them N400K - N500K per month. Na beans? Doctors in Nigeria did not earn that much.

PROBLEM? He was innocent initially, but then became the BIGGEST THIEF in the end after learning from THE BEST!🙄🙄🙄

But he saved me from that rogue-ish interlocking contractor.

Meet my baby brother,😍OLEEEEEE!!!!
We look alke abi?😎

Fast forward- Landscaping completed.
Instead of 11 trips the contractor estimated, I HAD TO BUY 29 trips. Na so contractor begin order sand o. Only because he was not going to be the “supplier”! Just to make me spend money.

Whatever he asked for more sand, I supplied it.
He stated he “underestimated” the unevenness of the landscape.

We only needed filling sand at this point. We opted for laterite sand.


Na so we begin buy sand oooooo.
I thought we will never finish.🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

Yes o! I saved EVERY RECEIPT and I made videos of EVERYTHING. The contractor’s was soooooo mad. He complained I was videotaping and asking too many questions.

First mistake?
The contractor’s measurements were wrong.
I had 3 other estimates with measurements to compare.

See the price this criminal charged me for DPM?
850KG!!!! When I made inquiries, the sellers were asking me if I WAS PLAYING TO BUILD A CHURCH? They stated the quantity was waaaaaay too excessive for what I described to them.

I ONLY NEEDED 250KG OF DPM NOT 850KG!
Make una com see “CHILD OF GOD” oooooo.
Dude was gonna make a cool N500K on this DPM supplies.

He inflated the price for EVERYTHING. Bottom line I sent my brother to buy all the supplies and we transported them to Edo State.

Meaning? The thieving contractor wanted to use me to acquire products he can use to finance other projects! I now understood another method how contractors rip people off!

OMO? If you are too LAZZZZZZY to personally supervise ANY project in Nigeria or anywhere in this world, YOU ARE SCREWED.

Estimate for initial landscaping?
Notice the contractor made the cost of labor = the cost of materials BECAUSE HE WAS NOT GOING TO BUY THE MATERIALS HIMSELF.

This particular contractor was the least expensive. Come to find out he brought down his price so he could out-bid all other contractors. He knew after he arrived and started work, WE WOULD BE STUCK WITH EACH OTHER. . . So he could hold me to ransom. Good news? I could play the game too.

Payments:
1. N300K - Mobilization fee
2. N500K - For transportation of molding pans.

Instead of loading the transportation van with all thr materials, THE WHOLE CREW AND MY BROTHER DECIDED TO TRAVEL WITH THE MATERIALS TO AVOID PAYING TRANSPORTATION FARES FROM DELTA TO EDO STATE.😱

That meant all the materials did not arrive and I had to pay TWICE to transport the materials left behind.

While we waited for the second batch of molding materials, we started landscaping.

Agreed! Men cause 99% of broken relationships and marriages. Women learn to be dysfunctional from men- the so-called heads of households and leaders of the world. Men are extremely volatile and disorganized in EVERYTHING they do. Highly irrational creatures. Never trust them with your finances or emotions.👍🏽

Look at the state of world affairs? Women only learn from them.✅

MEN ARE VERRRRRRRY BAAAAAAD ROLE MODELS!

Gerrard59:
Everything you stated is true. I know what my mom experienced when she was building hers. A lot of Nigerians are just too dishonest, and the same people pontificate how religious or "Godly" they are, whereas they are criminals.

Anything construction and logistics, I no dey participate inside.

If you want to build anything property in the future, you will have to deal with them. If you live abroad, they think you are stupid.

Gerrard59:
I forgot to mention that aspect. Whenever you hear or read a Nigerian mention "God", "Jesus" and "I am a child of God" during ANY financial transaction, automatically label the person as a criminal. No ifs or buts. The moment they infuse religion, forget it, they are thieves.

Exactly! BIG TIME CRIMINALS!
One even showed me a video while worshipping in his “Winners’ Church” abi na Shrine. I just laughed within myself. All it told me is TO BE VIGILANT. You should let the quality of your work speak for you , instead of bringing your religious beliefs into the negotiations. Extremely disgusting.

When I received the estimates I decided to buy my own materials and pay for labor costs only. Mr.E was not happy. This meant he would have to WORK BEFORE GETTING PAID. No side-hustle of stealing money from materials. The stealing from the materials was more lucrative than the money from the workmanship.


Another contractor from Delta state was so angry he came all the way to Edo state to get measurements and ended up not getting the job. He said I must pay him N200,000 for wasting his time. I prevented him from getting other jobs.

Finally, I got a contractor from Delta state recommended by my dear brother,
When the contractor started mentioning “God” and “Jesus”, I knew I was dealing with a “born-again CRIMINAL”! I was gonna have fun with this one for sure.

Mr.E was to provide all the mold pans while provided free accommodation for his 6-man crew.
RERUSLS
The good thing about getting out-of-town workers is they cannot leave till they finish their work.

I pretended I was going to give Mr. E the full contract to provide the sand, gravel, cement and other items needed. Guess what? His workmanship or labor fee was reduced because he planned to STEAL FROM OVER-INFLATED COST OF MATERIALS.

Final choice was based on cost of maintenance. It was a village property, so it had to be easily maintained.

I opted for the DOUBLE-T INTERLOCKING STONE CONCEPT. I also needed kerbs.

I finally found an outside contractor to provide both the double-t and kerb mold pans.

Then I looked at cement tiles.
Problem? Getting the kind of molds for the tiles and the number of molding pans. I had to go to Ibadan or Onitsha to BUY OVER 500 molding pans. What would I do with them when I finished the work?

No contractor kept the kind or number of cement mold tiles I wanted. They stated they would lose money if they stored such large quantities of molds and because those have to be ordered specially. This was not possible. Buying ready-made tiles was too expensive. About N6,000-N10,000 per box of 6-12?

Cost of transportation would be expensive for these bulky items.

My proposed coverage area was about 1,600 Sq Meters.

Looked at stamp flooring! Jeeeeeeeez!!! Some colors were FRIGHTENING.

Na wetin be all these?

From “concrete jungle” to “ “plastic jungle”!

God forbid devil vomit. Chai!!!!

Back to the “flooring matter”!
I GOT 7 ESTIMATES!!! All I kept hearing was “MILLIONS AND MILLIONS”!!!🙆🏾‍♀️🙆🏾‍♀️🙆🏾‍♀️😱😱😱

I compared the full-contract(contractors handle every thing”) vs half-contracts(you provide your own materials).

The full-contracts were very convenient but more expensive.

I ALWAYS go for half-contracts, so I can guarantee the quality of materials and products. Contractors will cut corners and give you inferior materials to compromise the quality if your work, while maximizing their profit margins at your expense.

Project #1. Fence reconstruction and plastering-Done.👍🏽This project exposed MY COUSIN as the first crook encountered. He tried to use me to “cash out” of his poverty-stricken lives.

Project #2. The flooring of the entire compound and gutter installation. Due to erosion problems. I had to do some land-scaping to channel water away from the middle of the compound.

I had 4 options for flooring.
1. Stamp flooring
2. Interlocking
3, German flooring
4. Cement tiling.

My neighbor had the German-floor concept and ii looked good. But too much of a concrete jungle! No greenery.❌

When I saw these kinds of houses in my village, I knew I had to do something about my father’s house. ✅

This DUDE did not plant ONE SINGLE GREEN PLANT IN HIS COMPOUND!😱

NothingDoMe:
Well done. Truly this is more than "extra"

Yes o. At least to make them happy. They are welcome to stay anytime. I just did not want the place looking rough. God willing, we can still enjoy the place for many more years to come. It is so peaceful.👍🏽 I never liked “city life”.

Solar street lights already installed. Road and drainage already installed too. I am always at peace when I visit. I would rather spend time here than in any city in Nigeria. On NETFLIX or READING all day. I don’t need noise or pollution. Had enough. The best part? NO SMELL!!!🙏🏾

I love the sounds of cocks crowing, or goats bleating. I love to grow tomatoes and vegetables. Very country at heart.😎😎😎

louqas:
Many city people simply relocate the grave back to their village so the property can be sold
But since this :Dis in the village, e go hard to sell, except you cut out the part with the grave and sell the remaining empty land

This is a village property. The grave is already in the village. I can only level it or move it to a cemetery. Not ready to disturb Papa’s remains o.


Besides the grave remains a masterpiece from over 30 years ago. I love chilling on it day or night talking to Papa.💛

descarado:
Kanwulia, you do well o. Look at how the house turned out.
Keep some area for gardening. I love me some small farm work.
Well done.

If the land is so big, you can build something and put tenant in so the house can be lively.

Thanks.
Your sre so right. I can’t stand “concrete jungle “. I must have some greenery. Planting season is around the corner. Will use the raining season that advantage, Just like we have in our other properties. Maintenance is a problem though. I have seen where some people plant trees and flowers, then fail to maintain them.

Yes o. Will start construction of the new phase next year. Lemme recover from this one first. I did not sleep properly for 1 year doing video calls and checking on THIEVES!

I saved some areas for greenery. Like our other home has mango, banana, paw-paw, orange, bitter-leaf, plantain, coconut trees and many more. Thr compound has over 40 people living inside with many children. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. The compound is always well-maintained.

I wanted to do the same concept in our other village home. All green to the sides and back only. So we can save the frontal view for “parties” .

stuffs2002:
As a COREN and international registered engineer, I will tell you that you are your own biggest problem.

Why didn't you get qualified people to work with your brother and cousin but you opted to work with village people who will give you village standards

At the beginning I trusted my relatives to find the qualified contractors. I was naive of course, After that, I got wiser. I did not pay for any unsatisfactory work. I did a video call EVERY MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

I paid my relatives salary every month to stay and supervise the project. I did not work with “village people”. The contractors were skilled artisans because people were building houses all over thr area. You must use the locals to cut your costs. I started asking for video proofs of previous works.

Most importantly, every contractor was required to do A DEMO before being awarded the contract. If I was not satisfied with the job, i did not pay. Simple.👍🏽