₦airaland Forum

spyder880: This is Emene area of Enugu in a decent environment. The elevation is clear as there are many faces to this house. Every design will be better on a corner piece, that's why it has advantages over other plots.

I am not an expert like you. However, I thought this one has more to gain in a corner piece as the affluent tenants will have a better view of their surrounding. I thought they will very much cherish that. It's alright. Just my thinking

Spyder, what part of Enugu is this?
Front elevation facing different directions.
Still thinking whether this design would have been more expressed on a corner-piece?

It's coming out very good for what it is.
A good initiative

A good first project for the year. I wish you well

spyder880: The roofing sheets is not going to affect the rental value, these types of renters don't mind. They just want basic shelter, this theory is well supported by Abraham Maslow.

Of course, at this level of renters, physiological needs are the most important of all; everyday survival of the individual. Chairman, I very much agree with your invocation of the popular humanist, Abaraham Maslow's 'Hierachy of Human Needs' here.

Chief Spyder, a modest roofing on a solid structure.
I guess your calculation here is that the type of roofing sheets would not affect the rental value of the rooms? If so, it's a smart thing to do considering your stated budget. A real case study...

gabbytabby: Wow some of these places are worse than Ajah cos we went 8 ft without any underground water problems.

I never knew it's possible to dig that far at Ajah without underground water.
It is surprising that an area which shares similar features with Liverpool Estate, Satellite town, could be that 'dry'. We can't dig 3 feet there without water. You guys are lucky.

I thought as much...That will be a good idea

Wish you the best

Chairman, I'm just appreciating your creativity here.

I guess you'll also want to put a gate at the entrance of the thoroughfare to enclose the two blocks?

spyder880: I was in this site to see the level of works in the soak away tank section, and it was no surprise to me that we hit some ground water at around 9 feet.

Ground water around 9 feet! Enugu urban residents will be filled with envy seeing those pix.

I guess the farmers are taking advantage of the easy access to under ground water there.

Btw, Chairman, what's the distance from Ohaozara to Abakaliki city?

And to our great Chairman as well. It's gonna be a year of major breakthrough for you, IJN

ARROBA: On 30th December, ethiopian airline used bigger aircraft boeing 757-200 for the enugu route. From the 1st of january 2014, et will start using 767-300 for enugu route.
I guess this shows that passenger traffic is on the increase on the enugu route.

You guessed right.The seasonal boom is the game-changer as many first timers would come to appreciate Et's great service. Blessed with some of the best pilots in the world.

mufutau55: Thank you kindly sir.. and all praise goes to our leader, proffessor and a mentor Oga Spyder.
If we can have at least 30-40 percent of people like Oga Spyder in Nigeria, we would have been a great country.
God bless us all.

Hajji Mufutau

You're so correct. Our Spyder is a rare gem.

Amen o

Chairman, merry Christmas to you and all the guys who have kept faith with you.

My special thanks to Fhemmmy and Hajj Mufutau whose tenacious presence has kept the forum lively, made it a great place of synthesis. I pray that God, in his infinite mercies and blessings, will see us through 2014.

Chairman, We dey see the cobweb. Well done o!

henrychubayo: Lets all join hands to make the airport viable. This is just the beginning. With time, Ethiopia wont be able to handle the in-flock of passengers to the airport and that is where the need for other airline comes in. For me, Ethiopia should be given a monopoly to fly Enugu. To take the risk is not a small thing. Imagine the waste of Fuel during the mid September when the airport and the were lacking passengers to Enugu but still the keep pushing and pushing. I commend them very much and sometimes write to them for the opportunity to my brothers and sisters. As i said earlier, i have little biz in Enugu but i wish to support the ideas and action of the minister and eastern region as a whole and that is why i bought tickets to Enugu. But one thing that surprise me is that the price is almost the same with Lagos and Abuja. if i still choose to fly with other airline, i will go to Lagos and sleep in a hotel there and find my way the next day. This all calls for many expenses on my head. I was told in the airport when i bought the ticket to Enugu to request a hotel voucher when checking in for free provided by the airline. i was happy for that arrangement. i guess many are still not aware of these arrangements and that is why they give excuses. People who have fly have confirmed their world class service.

Therefore, let us one and all keep these dream alive. Rome was not build in a day. East and east will one day get to the level we want but the issue here is what contribution do u as a person contribute to make this dream comes true. it can only start will patronizing Ethiopia who has suffered to bring east direct to the world. You and i can make it possible. I envision a region that will soon be great and great and will be great. One thing is that some people wants to hear that Enugu airport has closed because of low passengers. they have been waiting for the news but our people have not failed us nevertheless. You and i know that there is no way we can make more airlines fly to enugu if we reject Ethiopia airline. You and i know also that if we miss this great opportunity, it may not come again. For me, lets forget the talk of more airline for now. if the passengers increase, let the ET benefit for the vision for us. No other region will use Enugu but our people. Remember ETHIOPIA AIRLINE IS PROUD TO SERVE ENUGU AND NDI-IGBO. For me, i wish to thank my brothers and sisters who have defy all odds to fly to Enugu. Most pay more just to make Enugu Viable. We are Proud of you guys. You have not disappointed us. This is the heart of a true Igbo man cause he values his home more than anywhere.

ETHIOPIA IS PROUD TO SERVE ENUGU AND WE VOW TO FLY ETHIOPIA AND PROMOTE OUR REGION.

Common sense and patriotism. Thanks Henry.

ARROBA: Dont forget to take pictures of passengers inside the aircraft. We will like to see how not empty it is.

''For a new International route, we are doing well". This was the response to my question from one of the Ethiopian airline's Air Hostesses. I flew through Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu enroute to Paris on the 27th November. On that very day, the flight had landed in the Coal City with about 149 passengers on board. There after, we were about 100 in number that departed for Addis Ababa. My own assesment is that the route is doing very well. That said, this airline is not doing much in terms of creating awareness of their presence in the city. Some Importers that i met at Kenyatta do not even know about them in the very city they're living. They still go to Lagos to board Turkish airlines, Emirates etc. for their business trips. You can then guess the awareness in Aba, Onitsha and the industrial power house that is Nnewi.

I must point out that one of the two ladies at the airline's desk in the Shoprite Complex was/is so unfriendly. Entering into the office, her desk is on the left. The airline would have to do something about this lady before she scares away all their customers. She does not know that her job deserves politeness to a customer who is paying hundreds of thousands of Naira.

On the other hand, Nigeria's FAAN must hurry up and provide passengers with temporary eateries within the airport complex. No single one yet. Passengers had to go to the "bukas" under the trees outside the building to refresh themselves. And once you've been screened for departure it becomes all the more difficult to buy a bottle of Fanta for yourself while waiting to board. That said, this temporary International terminal looks good. The airport management should start allocating the new shop spaces within the complex as quick as possible. Pictures of the on-going construction of the Interminal terminal may be difficult to get as the site is a bit removed from the current facility. The information I got from the airport staffers was that work is in progress. The immigation, customs, NDLEA staff are all looking forward to more active days. For those who may want to depart Enugu with food stuffs, the rules are now stricter. After a protracted argument and a tough back-room deal, i was allowed to part with my Dry fish. Their new Agric department now insists every food item must be "properly" packaged and with special transparent bags from Rouban Stores. Enugu is a great city and one for the future. I'll definitely retire there for good.

spyder880: I already see a good year coming God is great!

For everyone in Jesus name

It couldn't be better....Ending the year in a grand style
More blessings in 2014, Mr. Chairman

mufutau55: Can you raise this up if you later decided on it? I mean with another story on top.

Hajji M.

Spyder, I've wanted to ask the same question as well. Having not forgotten about your concept of "monster pillars".

Spyder, this your project looks really big o

Good one....Dem go shit tire

spyder880: Before we discuss damp proofing, what is dampness?

Dampness occurs in a building when the ground water under a building starts to find its way up from the ground to the under of the house, affecting the foundation and lower portion of the house negatively.
Dampness occurs because of capiliary action in areas prone to underground water, like those living in some parts of Rivers, Lagos, Bayelsa, Delta, Abia and other low lying parts of this country.
The negative effects of dampness includes the weakening of floors, wetness which might affect properties and furniture, peeling of paints and spoiling of wall decorations, especially lower walls.

We try to mitigate against the capiliary action which brings about dampness by placing a thin layer of cellophane (nylon) covering over the filled foundation, then we cast the DPC. This will tend to block the seepage of water from the ground to the main building.




Hope I answered the question you were asking?

Spyder, I was discussing with a friend about the foundation of his new house. He got it impressed on me that he's looking forward to a "solid" foundation with a wire mesh. But, I found this unnecessary as a poorly compacted foundation would still settle even with a wire mesh on it. Cellophane covering as you've been doing in PH makes more technical sense to me. Do you think they're right with their idea of a "solid" foundation? Where is really the place of wire mesh in building foundations?

mufutau55: You are right. That is what they call main building around here..
That name BQ has stuck with Nigerian building that it's hard to change it..
It was Spyder who actually gave the name MQ to mine because it was way bigger than BQ,
so may be Spyder need to copyright the term MQ (Mens Quarter).

Hajji Mufutau

Spyder really need to do that o.
House wey go fetch like 600 Euros+ for oyibo land a month na im dem dey call Boys Quarter in a third world?

That mentality has to change. While it makes a people set bigger goals and achieve them, it has it's own accompanying set of social ills that are very evident at home. Thank you, you're a realist jaree

Quality control is glaring here; appending the signature to every class of project.
Keep it up, my man.

Well plumbed block laying, cool appearance

mufutau55: I don't know why, I have always like the look of this BQ. May be it is in relation to my MQ.

Hajji Mufutau

My brother, our people dey surprise me o!
What is it that made this building not suitable for the average "Men" but "Boys"?
Come to think of it, who would call this Bungalow a BQ in Europe or North America?

Work in progress. Looking solid...

spyder880: .....and the soak-away/septic tank side?

Work in progress.

Chairman, what is the measurement of this soak-away for the depth is breath-taking o?

I was surprised you guys went this far without hitting underground water. Far cry from the situation in Lagos where we contend with water beginning from a depth of mere three feet or even less. It sets a Land lord 450K back to have a 6x10 feet all round reinforced pit in Satelite town. But those who can't afford it do usually buy reinforced concrete rings of 3 to 4 feet diameter and embed them right in the wet soil for this purpose. The advantages of building on a dry land are just glaring here.

spyder880: We continued to work here, everything must be solid and fine, we cannot do a shoddy job because we are building a poor man apartment house, even the poor deserve some decent housing.

Lintels going up, bamboos and all like a decking work

Spyder, I can pretend all I want in this forum but the situation has not changed for the better in Nigeria. 90 percent of my country men still lives on less than two dollar a day. This is not my own finding.

Thus, the question is how do we offer this population the decent accommodation they can afford? Or do we ignore them in those shacks that often do not have a single toilet? Or ignore them in those century old buildings that usually have four-feet wide corridors in one block with one toilet for twenty tenants?

I live in Europe and have been privileged in the past 23 years to be visiting, doing business and traveling round the country. I am well abreast of the living conditions of the majority of my people. From the rural to the urban dwellers; from the remote slums of Enugu, Lagos, Ibadan, to PH and Abuja environs. One don't have to be an eagle-eye to observe the squalid living conditions of this important demography. So, Spyder, what you are doing here is noble.

Although it's for profit, it has brought back vivid memories of well placed men and women who devote a bit of their time to reflect on the realities of the times we are living in. Compassionate elites show this concern by even volunteering to donate to Habitat for Humanity or travel with their field workers to many parts of the third world to erect structures for the less privileged. Here you are doing your best; trying very hard to improve on the current standard. If I can understand you well, four tenants will now have to be allocated one toilet (water system for that matter) and bath. Exclusive of the private cooking corners. It is an improvement. Good progress. Solid structure.

...dis one no reach for Chinedu o...Ogbanecheagu na final bustop o!!!!