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spyder880: Plastering starts

spyder880: I called this my carpenter and asked for the completion status and he assured me that the job has been completed, only for me to move to site some moments ago and. ..........

Sometimes these workers makes things difficult for us, but he cannot spoil my weekend, I will sit on his neck for the rest of today Pikin wey say im papa no go sleep. ............

spyder880: Bathroom enclosures suggested for this house.

spyder880: Getting ready for the roofing sheets

spyder880: Let us continue with the construction of doors.

IGBOSON1: ^^^You sure this wasn't when Ethiopian started last year? Any date attached to the article?

mufutau55: Not only you... we need people like him everywhere, not those other contractors that collect peoples money without deliverance.
Oga Spyder does not abandoned little people when he gets a bigger contract...

Hajji M.

vivienbabe: Our Oga has the capability to mould beautiful structures with all levels of budget.
carry go my brother. God is with you.

spyder880: Thank you my people, the first time I had a good look at the plans for this house, I built a mental picture of how the finish will look like. Still battling with the costs while dreaming a superlative completion for this house. Only that everything is costly in PH, the fight goes on sha, but we shall win!

Aventures: You are not wrong, there are several methodology of pile fdn construction, one of it is the hammering of precast pile, but that is done in a rare case because of the severe environmental impact and more so, it is very much more expensive and not really necessary for a project like this. The in situ casting is the best for this kind of project.you are welcome. Ride on to higher success as you pioneer the showcasing of hitech construction on this forum

spyder880: The roofing wood is here, and we are treating it against termites attacks.

spyder880: Roofing guys tried to play me a fast one here, but I survived with experience. Already doing the electrical piping works and expecting plastering sand now. We are going for the chocolate brown colour step tiles aluminium sheets here.

spyder880: Still processing the roofing sheets of this house. The roofing starts next week. Meanwhile we are doing electrical piping works here and also preparing for the plastering works immediately after the roofing.

mufutau55: I told you so... that it would have been better to make them all universal... I like your quick adaptation though.

Hajji M.

gentlepine: Can you confirm if you are still working within the initial budget you wrote??

spyder880: N9.5m for all these superb finish? I will be a miracle worker to achieve that
The N9.5m expired the very day we completed the roofing of this house. All other expenses like the plastering, Screeding, windows and doors, electrical work, plumbing and tiles, kitchen and wardrobe fitting, POP and compound works are agreed on a pay-as-you-go arrangement.

Energito: we dont need to be in S.E before becoming igbos,what we need is an Anioma Gov.

passion007: I'm often surprised when Igbos kick against state creation in today's Nigeria. For one thing, state creation will bring development nearer the grassroots. Anioma will pay better attention to Asaba, Adada will pay better attention to Nsukka and so on. Unfortunately, regionalism is dead... the confab also made no effort to resurrect it. In Nigeria of today, how much you get and how much weight you throw around ultimately depends on how many states you have. That's why the NW can bully the rest of the zones. And the homogenous SW with 6 states has a decided political advantage.
If in the future we choose to return to regionalism, then I'll have no qualms about Igbo states forming a merger. But this present system will shortchange us if we opt for a merger.

cjrane: The port in Obiaku, Abia state holds the ace. If you have ever closely looked at the Nigerian map, that river in question is about 500 to 600 meters wide and flows directly into the ocean via the Onne port, without the usual bends and dissipation as small tributaries other rivers have as they approach the ocean. A little dredging will do the wonders.
The other one that holds promise is the Ibeno Beach in Afikpo on the Cross river. That may require a lot of dredging though to have it functional.
The Onitsha port has the advantage of being situated in a commercial city. Thus whatever it costs to bring goods there may be absorbed by business men. But the disadvantage is that the numerous tributaries to the ocean are narrow and full of bends.
Either way, do not believe the manipulators that lie to you that the SE has no access to the sea. They exactly know these routes and have been working silently to use state creations to close them completely.

Imagine that they want to create an 'oil rivers state' yet they want Igboland oil areas as Andoni to be included ! It's not just about a desire to seize all the Igbo oil producing communities along the southern River Niger, it is also about their desire to completely remove Igbo control from parts of our land leading to the sea. So that their lie that Igboland has no access to the sea can finally be achieved.

spyder880: In this area, the ground water level is much lower, below 1.5m. We still intend to use solid blocks (not hollow), stand 6 columns around it and plaster thick. A chain beam will also be introduced in the middle.

spyder880: The first is a bigger problem, ground water always coming up with speed to fill the pit each time we finish pumping out the water, enough fuel consumed..

spyder880: The walls are growing, and yes, the rains fall everyday here.

cjrane: Conjectures and primitive fears are the problem we face in Igboland which were unfortunately inherited from our mentality of dealing with the cheating going on in Nigeria. I remember when some transporters rallied together to frustrate an airport in Oba or anywhere in Anambra claiming it will ruin their business and take ALL their passengers!
Since Asaba airport, we know how false that conjecture was! Same way Yorubas screamed that an International route in Enugu will kill Lagos airport! I am waiting for the day that there would be no passengers in Lagos because of Enugu! The funny thing is that a second intl. airport is bring built in Lekki, yet nobody is complaining that it would take Lagos airport passengers!

Ask yourself why does the International airport in Cotonou and Lome survive since there is a bigger intl. airport in Lagos less than 100 miles away? The truth is that international airlines don't conduct business like motor parks. They look at the routes versus the passenger traffic.

So eventually, Asaba will be a busier intl. airport than Enugu, but will not stop Enugu from operating. Just as Asaba will evetually be busier than Kano, PH and Abuja, but won't stop people from using those airports.
It may have Emirates and Many Eastern sirlines which may be preferable for traders going to Dubai or China, while other Igbos in the Western Hemisphere may prefer Enugu via KLM, Air France etc. remember that 90% of Igbos in the Western Hemisphere prefer connecting from Lagos, because Addis Ababa is way too far.

So there is room for every city to grow. The unfortunate mentality that we have inherited from Nigeria that I can only make it by killing you is indeed an unfortunate conjecture.

Afam4eva: I attest to the delusion of grandeur that some people have alluded to. That was how some people were saying sometime ago that Enugu does not need skyscrapers because it blocks fresh air from flowing and thereby makes the city unliveable and i'm like WTF? Because we don't have something doesn't mean, it's bad. Let's learn to appreciate what we have while hoping for things to get better. Enugu is a good city relative to other cities in the SE especially and it is one of the most serene cities in Nigeria. That being said, Enugu still has a long way to go to catch up with major cities in other parts of the country talk more of cities in other parts of the word.

Enugu is growing in a certain pattern that i'm not happy with. if you notice the pictures being posted here daily, you would notice that they're mostly pictures of residential buildings and i ask myself, if Enugu is actually a city, shouldn't we be seeing pictures of skyscrapers or atleast tall buildings? The reason why Enugu is growing the way it should is that there's no concerted effor which should come from the government to make Enugu a pride city. it is a pride in some parameters which i alluded to earlier but it still has a long way to go. We need a business district (not a shop or kiosk district). We need an industrial hub. We need to invest in Media, Information Technology, Education and make Enugu a place that people will want to visit. Have you asked yourself why Enugu is not a top tourist destination as much as Calabar and Uyo or even Owerri. Unlike Enugu, these towns/cities draw people who come from all over the country to have a nice time. We know how the government of Cross River have invested heavily in the Calabar Christmas festival. We know how they have setup Tinapa in Calabar and how they have made the city the link to Obu Cattle Ranch. We know how Uyo has become the conference headquarter of the east. Everyday we hear how that city is hosting one conference or the other. Enugu despite not being a commercial or industrial city is not doing any of these. These are the things that Calm cities like Enugu are known for. Hosting important meetings and conferences and boasting of world class hotels. We need to take our expectations higher instead of deluding ourselves that Enugu is better than Kano. if it was better, how come you don't hear people from other parts of the country saying "I used to live in Enugu" or "My Famuily stays in Enugu" or "I'm based in Enugu" etc. That's because there's nothing that will keep you there. You're better off going to base in benin than staying in Enugu and that's the truth. We have a city that have promise and we have to nuture it and the government have to do their own part of the bargain.

Thank God the international airport is coming along. Thank God more roads are being built. We need a monorail or something similar. We need industries and businesses and not shops and kiosks. Big Igbo buisiness men should start investing in the east for God's sake. We need to put Enugu at a pedestal where it will compete with the best in the world. Enough of all this boasting. We boast a lot. Let's get cracking.

spyder880: The tenant that lives in one of the units is begging to be transferred to this modified units.