spyder880: Remember this house we are roofing in Enugu now, from the thread "reality building of a 4 bedroom bungalow" thread? we are now ready to coat this beautiful wood work with roofing sheets, Oga landlord, please call and tell me the colour you will prefer so we can start making arrangements to reserve the colour for you.

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@aasog, At first I was going to wait for spyder to respond before I add my quota.

First, how did u become an engineer? I have gone thru your profile and can deduce that
- you graduated from Yabatech in 2005 that disqualifies your claim of being an Engineer. At best you are a technologist. So stop impersonating
- you failed in all the businesses you attempted after graduation (sold phones n computers at computer village, dabble into poultry etc) before joining your dad construction company. This implies, you joined the construction industry because you couldn't succeed in other areas not because you have the requisite qualification or passion
- show us your own post where u posted the structural plan. And when as it becomes a necessity to submit the full details of a building before blogging about it
- if only u had the requisite knowledge, you would have realized that where the subsoil is very competent, your block work could be used as load bearing walls
- your claim that the foundation height is too short tells me that the only place where u have seen or work in a construction site must have been in lekki or Ajax

wealth123: @spider or what do you call yourself, i asked for an estimate of building the house i attached. A forum is not a place you insult others but a place to get educated and possibly get help. I have helped many people on this forum and am still willing to help. If you have been following my threads you will know that i am a Dangote Cement Distributor and i have impacted many lives on this forum positively.

The answer i expected of you is to simply say i can not give an estimate of your house since the materials are not found locally. However, let me assure you that i am determined to build this house with materials available locally and similar to those ones in the drawing. An achitect is already working on the drawing.

Please stop discouraging people on this forum and do not think everyone is interested in those stuff you are building in the bush.

Finally just to let you know that i hate SPIDERS and anything associated with it but i LOVE YOU because i know you do not know the evil tendencies of spiders. Please consider changing your name on this forum to a better one and save yourself from the evil influence of SPIDERS which i believe might be responsible for your response to my simple request.

spyder880:

My main man, looong time!
Actually I was disappointed when he asked that we reduce the extension as we all know that only God himself can make a determined person to fail in their attempt to harm us, but we have to respect the wishes of our Oga, and obey the last order as usual
I am looking forward to the Oshogbo deal as this will expose me to what I can expect in the south west, we love challenges, and will never be afraid to try something tough. The house plan for Oshogbo is simply marvelous, this is the type of house where one can retire in peace and enjoy every minute spent in the house/compound.

spyder880: And there are some changes, the landlord wants us to shorten the length of the porch, making the upper floor sit out to be smaller, so we quickly reshaped the iron works today, ready to frame only the affected area for casting. This will mean that this porch will not touch my frontal pillars, some people think that it will be easier for a thief to climb the pillars and gain access to your upper floors from the sit out, by-passing the front door downstairs. Do you think this is a big threat?

Reflector:

I agree with you folks that we all need to own a home in order to secure a roof over our heads and provide security if we fall on hard times and cash is no longer rolling in. for instance when you retire your persion may drop to less than half of what you used to earn and you may find it difficult to continue paying rent.

Nevertheless owning a home and thinking it is saving you money is a false belief. Yes it has potential to make you some good money if you sell and can find a buyer but then how many people sell their homes? Remember the stock market boom when lots of people were paper rich but never cashed their money same thing happens when you look at your home as an asset but never sell or use it as collateral for a loan.
REflector,

I can't agree with you more. So many rich real estate authors have made the same point as you. I am sure you have read some of those books about your personal house not being an asset as we tend to erroneously believe. An asset is something that generate money for you. Personal house is not an asset because when you sell it you still have to buy another house to live in. I only see capital gain when you make profit on the house you sell.
I think the same way you do and it doesn't mean I don't have a house. I do. And I have for rent too. But the one I live in BY MY OWN DEFINITION is not an asset.

prince_onx:

Very good piece/info there bro. even though to read your post dey kill eye but well said.

spyder880:

On the face of it, a swimming pool should not be too expensive to build, the problem is with the mainenance. I dont think there is anything costly among all the things I have seen in a swimming pool.
Digging a pit measuring 12ft w, 20ft lenght, 8ft deep at one side and 4ft deep an the other distant side. Flooring the bottom and doing good concrete works all around the sides, with 12mm iron rods as mesh both at the bottom and around the side of the pool, good plumbing and electrical works. Nice source for water supply and a motor pump for draining the water when dirty. A stainless handrail and steps to go down the water. Quality tiles laid by a very skilled tiler to decorate the sides.
I dont think all these will gulp N700k, I may be wrong sha, any other input from another person?

brabus:

Am Alone, I don't know what's on yr mind but I'd love to share this with you. Since it seems you have big tastes.

Sit back and feed your eyes!