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I was extremely lucky, I had done a lot of reading up and learnt a lot from NL. This is what happened during my german floor, me and Bosun had rows and rows, and a friend of mine (name whitheld) had to reconcile us. He didnt deliver the number of trips of sand that i paid for, in the end I had to start ordering it myself, and paying labourers myself. Whats the F******* point of an Engineer then or a QUACK !

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/german_floor.jpg

I do not see any 12mm rods on QC foundation, QC please confirm as this is very important.

Before Bosun starts to claim credit for the use and implementation of hardcore, see the discussion that led to it. It was my idea, even from thousands of miles away, I was telling my engineer how to do his job, engineer and engineer mistress as well !

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/xc1.jpg

And I insisted I pay for it, he wanted to defraud me but he didnt know I have eyes at the back of my head, paid 300k for 2 trucks, he dropped only one and wanted to use it like that, but i insisted i needed to see the picture of the second drop.

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/xc2.jpg

danowena:
@ QC1,

If I may ask , were there no reinforcements used for this german floor? I can't see any iron rod in these pictures. Perhaps I am not looking well.

So how many rides does agarawu have then ? and what are the plate numbers !! DInO1 DinO2
And despite being Dino, he still dey sell gun online ?
Na wa oo

3strikes:
Of property section and agarawu is Dino

Glad we agree
The new Governor/his team are trying to impress, I would not say much more than I need to say but I will update the house on developments in due course.

EgunMogaji:
You're right Sir.

I got educated by my real estate lawyer on that.

When my seller came back to ask for more money, I told him to sue.

After he stopped laughing he told me that we should be thankful that we actually have land and that my build will be stuck while the case stays in court for 10 years.

I like your anger too. If the government employee is exposed then he'll lean on Brabus and the house of deck will fall.

Maybe our lawyers are no longer professional.
I see a lot of people calling themselves proffesional these days and they come on NL to even claim it, its vary laughable !

3strikes:
Same Naija law that can't even prosecute Saraki?



So agarawu wey be bosun friend na him won sell gun online to client...na who say make street take over few days again?

Be like street don dey take over on this thread o


Like I said...make everybody calm down na.

Prefer something much stronger and not as time consuming, and I like the idea of challenging a state authority on why some members of their staff are an accessory to fraud. I like that angle.

EgunMogaji:
From day one, what I've been saying is for the aggrieved to haul Brabus to court. Tie up NextHome in litigation for a length time.

I've never suggested nor edged or urged anyone to become violent. My responses on here and that are archived by Google will bear witness to that.

However, I will be relentless in exposing Brabus and his failed builds to the eyes of the world. Nothing I post is new to Nairaland, it's all here in the archives. If my bubbling it up to counter an alleged foundation expert makes certain quarters uncomfortable then I offer no apologies.

When I started my battle with him once upon a time, and I told you all that he does it all on purpose to stick a finger/prove a point/exhibit wickedness. Few people believed me...

How time does tell !!
More to come.

back2sender:
I have said it before Bosun major challenge is his inhumility. You can go thru the back door to make peace and this is not a sign of weakness rather strength but rather he throws jibes which is not good for a service provider.
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Roger that !
Should Bosun get a GOLDEN handshake for a job well done with all his builds especially for clients in Diaspora and perhaps some local suppliers/artisans ?

lastpage:
I am going to say this on a GENERAL LEVEL..... as someone who works within the "Security Apparatchik" and a Lawful Citizen.
I am also my Brother's Keeper so l owe it a duty to "express worry" .....when l see something going wrong.


1.) In this internet Age, what we say/WRITE ONLINE is different and even worse than what we SAY with our MOUTH (which can be denied, if not "On Record"

2.) We SAY things that we dont MEAN..... but even MEAN (do) what we dont SAY! Either way,
"Words are like Broken Eggs"! IRRECOVERABLE

3.) Not even a few people have gone to JAIL, just for saying something ONLINE.... even when they later claimed they said it as a JOKE!
Direct, Indirect and Concealed "ACTIVE" THREAT TO LIFE is a serious matter!
I said "Active" because its one thing say "I will Kill you"! Its another level when you OPENLY SOLICIT for a MEANS to carry it out!
People in Diaspora should know this even better!


4.) JUSTIFIABLE INTENTION at times, may lead to UNJUSTIFIABLE ACTIONS.
The former "is NOT" a VALID excuse for the latter.
(I always say: Never ACT, when you are ANGRY! The results is not always the best.)

5.) There is a Yoruba proverb (which l will just render in English, so we can all appreciate it) that says " The WITCH BRAGGED yesterday... and the CHILD DIED today, who would think twice before concluding that "it was the Witch that killed the Child"?


6.) God forbid if anything happens and the "Child actually gets killed"...... l tell you, running abroad is not even an option, everyone here (with the right tools and personnel) can be traced.... if the need arises!
I pray we dont use our own mouth (fingers) to put ourselves in an "Had l known" situation!

7.) It only takes "MOTIVE" .... and the "WEAPON" to establish GUILT, in a MURDER case!..... right now, l am seeing one, and an "active intention" to "acquire" the second

8.) Those who encourage MURDER (whether seriously or jokingly) should know that "ACCESSORY to MURDER" is a serious Felony that carries a hefty Jail term. [/b]
[b]RIGHTEOUS Anger can lead to UNRIGHTEOUS Consequences.
ALWAYS be in CONTROL of your Emotions, ....no matter how angry you are and how justified your Anger is!

9.) "COINCIDENCE" is when[b] ACTION meets WORDS[/b] .... even when both are supposed to be unrelated.
May we never be the Victim of a "Bad-Coincidence"!
Those who "urged you-on", will not be there to "back-you-Up", when shyte-hits-the-Fan.
Ask FFK and Olisah Metuh, if still in doubt

10.) Dont SAY what you DONT MEAN!.... its even worse when you put it into writing ....especially on the INTERNET!

Time to seat back and C-CAUTION!




As for me, l SEE no Evil, HEAR No Evil and SPEAK No Evil



Lastpage!

Somehow, Brabus just took a "Life Insurance Policy" ..... without paying a dime!

His life and daily hustle depends hugely on it, thats why he cannot stay away because he thinks he is resolute and can still impress some naive people !
Most of his clients that were swindled out of their hard earned cash are people in diaspora ! Why do you think he could get away with it for so long. Saying that, some local indigenous Nigerians were also swindled, but in a different way. stay tuned and I will reveal more later.

Happykay:
You definitely clinging to nairaland as if your whole life depends on it
Does it ?
If I were you I would take a chill pill and let everything die down naturally
You had more than 5 clients from nairaland and you all messed it up
Who do you blame for that ?
Nobody here will allow anybody to fall into your trap again
And work on your ego, you are too arrogant for my liking

Baba Egun, you no go kill me with laughter.
Tomorrow is another day, you will be surprised, but why people dey fear sha ? Is it the prayer stones , I only believe in one God oo and no weapon or juju fashioned against me shall prosper. Amen

EgunMogaji:
They come to me too but they swear me to secrecy.

God knows I'm seriously tempted but I'm not "Lousie Loose Lips".

God help me

Some of the things that people come to me for !!!
I will not name the person, but he knows himself !

I did hit like on your post.
Many in diaspora are now much wiser, thats why you dont hear of that many cases of relatives squandering construction money of other relatives (compared to 10 years ago). I have come to learn that almost 80% of the clients of most of our builders are in diaspora, in the last year alone I think I have got to know of over 10.

The good builders on here (you know yourself), should be doing more to kick out the bad ones, because sooner than later it will be a case of NL is mainly for fraudsters. A lot of people also underestimate the value of transactions that exchange hands here, simply because the figures are not released for obvious reasons.

In my case alone with brabus in the last year

2 builds directly from me
A friend that i introduced
3strike

Now thats 4 builds with many more that I am unaware of, can anyone guess the value ? Employment opportunities ? Business for local suppliers ? Profit for the builder if they were good ? Potential bigger deals ? Reduce unemployment with our little contribution ?

OnetimeOnly:
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"

Professionals on this thread that keep silent do themselves more harm than good. The fraudster's reputation harms the other builders on Nairaland. Just like 3strikes said. A clean shirt in a dirty pile won't stay clean for long .

There are several people who are in the diaspora who want to build. When the most popular building thread allows such fraud and shady practices to go unchallenged, who will invest their money?
There is approximately $20billion of diaspora money that comes in every year....even if 10% is spent on construction thermore than enough to go round.

Seconded !
Please stay away from this, brabus has nothing to offer you and you dont need his endorsement. Build your own brand, he sucks up to people and then thinks they owe him. Do you really think he can survive without NL ?

3strikes:
One good advice Abdul...Stay away from this. Build your own brand and guide your reputation jealously. no paddy for jungle.

See when we were building my Ajah project, I could have given some people jobs to do but I was under the impression that Endiasami and Twinskenny were affiliated with Brabus or nexthome because of some of their comments. So I warned lots of people away from them. why? because that's what first came to mind....only to later find out these guys are innocent. This is called Perception.

Although I have chatted with the two gentlemen and I told them am sorry that I went by their comments here on Nairaland and I thought they were some of Brabus Next home foot soldiers.


NB: Endiasami and Twinskenny, Am very sorry Again. I owe you guys a business deal in the nearest future by the Grace of God. Amen!


BTW: it is always easier to advocate for second chance when you are not the victim. I won't call that hypocrisy tho, i just think its because they really don't know how WE the victim feel everyday about our investments.


3strikes!!!

Sensible writeup.
I think the issue is that, whilst most mind their business they do not want to be seen as troublemakers or have brabus criticise them, since a lot of people like to see pictures from google, as if they cannot search themselves and see such pictures.

On abusing clients, the man or lady who said they would give brabus thier job, I wish them all the best, everyone is entitled to thier opinion, but what is true is that I have not seen or heard any other good builder abusing thier clients full on, disagreements happen especially in building, there is no escaping it. The fact is that can we reconcile, be diplomatic and be considerate at the same time and work towards a settlement and shake hands ? Is it clear that Bosun lacks in these areas.

A professional who rendered his building services to me, and who is also a nairalander once said to me that he felt really ashamed by the actions of Bosun (he said he embarrassed the profession and put the profession into disrepute). I would not name him, but one day he might be reading this.

OnetimeOnly:
Learning is constant, but you must understand the principles! Either by education or apprenticeship.

This is one of the problems building professionals in Nigeria are facing today. Inability to call out the quacks in their midst! I presume you are a building professional, brabus is not! He pretends to be....pasting pictures from the internet. And abusing his clients when his mistakes make projects go south.
Unless you are willing to call out the fakes in our midst, people will lowball our services and clients suffer. The passive attitude of the professionals on this forum is not good.

As for prospective clients, be aware that Brabus can be using your building project as learning experience for fundamentals of building! If you are fine with that, go ahead. Aside from....well you can read his threads#

This man is on to great things in his life, I REALLY PRAY HE DOES !
I PRAY WORK WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND AND YOU SHALL NOT LACK ! AMEN


The amount of stuff we learn from you, I am sure if we were all asked to drop something, nobody would hesitate to put thier hands in thier pocket, as a measure of appreciation.
As for me, I dont know about others. I am really grateful, not only to him, spyder, skimanski, sege, haji, topsy, Madam gabby and the rest of the other pros in the house, remember pros not QUACKS.

We dont see irrelevant google pictures or gloating about his own personal build and not about a building he completed for a client, just hard facts and practicality after due consideration of the situation. More grease to your elbow abdulwastecx

abdulwastecx:
Thank you sir....
We will like to be dangote of construction industry... Building houses for all (upper, middle and lower class).... Lol.

I am grateful for your complement sir.
Polystyrene is really a game changer, if properly utilized it can safe lots of cost and reduce structural failure due to its light weight.

I was first introduced to the company (polyindustry) in abuja during my six months industrial training ( in 2011). I went to their factory and make enquiries for the prospect of using it for concrete fascia, suspended slab, non load bearing partition wall, wall Cornishing, suspended ceilings (like pop but with added advantage of resistance to dampness when faced with licking roof), window hoods etc, I was impressed when I left the factory, ever since I have been clamoring for its use.

Polystyrene materials is some how a composite polystyrene, cement surface coating and light reinforcement to stick the cement together with the poly.

I am not really aware of all their products are common at market places but one can always visit their factory or website or call their customer care to make enquiries about their products.

The last time I bought polystyrene fascia from them, I went directly to the factor, Give them my design, deposit the cash and come back after 5days to pick them up. They are very efficient in that respect.

The problem with polystyrene construction is acceptance... People are scared because of the lightness and it's look. Even among building experts the phobia for polystyrene is high.

When using polystyrene the following, question normally come up:
For polystyrene fascia:
1. Can this thing carry load?
My answer : fascia are not designed to carry roof load (gravity load). They are designed to break wind and provide aesthetics to the building.

2. Is this durable :
Durability is a function of exposure to adverse environmental conditions like water, wind and sunlight.
Water: polystyrene is impermeable materials, hence water don't affect it.
Sun light :surface coating protect the material from adverse sun intensity.
Wind: they are designed to break wind.

3. How well can it withstand fire :
Fire resistance is a big issue even for reinforced concrete due to the fact that steel looses strength considerably when exposed to fire... Reason for concrete cover to protect steel when their is a fire outbreak. Polystyrene also can resist fascia with the help of surface coate. ***more work still need to be done on that****.

4. Aesthetic:how beautiful does it look?
Very beautiful, it is produce with very high degree of accuracy because of the factory production. All design can be done, it gives architect freedom to play around.

5. It is cost effective :
No formwork (except for head beam), no excessive scaffolding (except as a platform)
No excessive concrete

I will check up their address and send it to you

Whenever I read about a builder like brabus/Bosun trying to build a good reputation, I cannot stop laughing. The person saying that he should be given a chance to build a good reputation, I wonder if they would give him thier building to complete. As they say, put your money where your mouth is !

He has had several opportunities to redeem himself, what did he do ? He bottled it and is now relying on prayer stones.

In my experience, it was daylight robbery oo.
He lied to me that the van was broken down, apparently it was being used to shift my materials. When God caught him, it wasn't funny that day oo.
So that is the reason why he always insists he buys materials, so he steals materials from my site and then goes to sell it to Mr Next as the materials needed. Timmy & Teddy, do you now see why your daddy is a regular for police cells ? As the guy take small self, you will be surprised he can fit into a travel box, you would think someone this small in statue can be such a big thief.

#ThiefNoGetSize

EgunMogaji:
He bit the hand that fed him

Called my roof "Orule Abule".

And that's all he did to incur this wrath of shah. Imagine if he had actually built me a house that was sinking or came in the dead of night to steal materials - it would have been WW3

But not to worry, he has the backing of Uncle Crayola for now until he turns on him too. I can wait.

Who is tired of seeing pictures of the chateau in the bush or tired of the gloating about it ? Notice how this is the only building with a happy client, and guess who the client is, a fraud who was not boZuned !!


Like this post if u agree, dont be scared Bosun will not know your ID !!

Some people will never learn


Someone will ask Timmy or Teddy, where is your daddy. I dont know, I think he is in a police station or police cell or being jacked by Armed mobile police men.

Some people gloat about nothing eg A Castle in the middle of a bush with no address built with stolen money/materials.
Some people would tell you that your build is better than the white house when under your payroll, sack them like this, its the worse building
Some people dont have a single happy Client
Some people cannot stop defrauding
Some people like to defraud and forge documents
Some people have no where to run to
Some people have a broken brand
Some people are struggling to pay kobokobo but fancy 3D printed floors and fancy finishing
Some people fail to pay workers, even after collecting money from clients
Some people dont follow or do legitimate building plans
Some people are road side, closed office but yet get address
Some people may be busy building drywall and sliding burglary, others are breaking ground
Some people are cursed, thats why they are eating bones or nothing after eating meat before !
Some are terrified, dont get bambuzzed with what you read just see the screenshot below !

https://www.zenet.co.uk/images2/c2.jpg


#GetALife and get offline
Enough said

n3xt:
Roof gutter to channel water for inside ocean? No! You've been there before you should know the problem is not water seeping from ground but lack of drainage to direct the water to.

This explains the reason why so many big structure on that road are unoccupied and are advertised for sale without buyer for years.

Once the road gets filled up, the water backflow into the plots and continue to rise. The worse part is the new Ologolo road which divide the main Ologolo road into 2. This means unless there's serious intervention, those areas will continue to experience serious water issue until they do drainage to link up the new road or connect to whitesand.

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If you know that building then you'll know the Reserve. The reserve is not that far inside and no water issue for 2 years now (2014 - 2016).

And funny enough, both buildings are the same design. Just that one felt the design is not ok and decided to add more to it. Like making 4 to 6 or 7 and putting cantilevers on building that wasn't designed to have one from foundation.

For the Avoidance of doubt, this is the second build that we gave to Bosun, about the same time as the first one and one of the three jobs he got from my side or based on my recommendation (goodwill when he did my fence just over 3 yrs ago)


Same fence that he is gloating about, lets not foget that thousands of fences gets constructed in Nigeria without engineer, what do you need.

Sensible artisans

Bricklayer
Carpenter
Iron bender
Casters for the concrete pour

Materials

Cement
Y rebars (in my case 16mm, some 12mm and the rings)
sharp sand
granite
plaster sand if you want to plaster
binding wire
various sizes of nails
1 by 12 for formwork / 2 by 3 and other various sizes of wood
A line

If i have missed anything, it would not be much and I am no building engineer.

mavverick:
No way will I let you take credit for what you have not done. I have kept quiet all this while but I will reveal all soon enough. The state of the building now is not down to you, but almighty God. Have you forgotten that you were in a police cell when you were sacked on the supervision of the build, just before decking or so ? After you went AWOL


* The water exclusion strategy you are shouting about failed, water was simply seeping through from underneath, and it made little or no difference.
* You made a lot of mistakes with the building, too much to list here, it all started with the dodgy drawings, send me the structural drawings and lets see.
* No structural drawing, at least not one from a COREN registered civil engineer. Maybe one of your roadside architects or your small boy architect (Same guy who once told me I needed to go through him to speak to his architect ).
* We had to make a lot of corrections to the foundation, too much to list (was this done out of spite or wickedness or being Evil)
* Who puts a toilet under a staircase with no provision for pipes, did you not think about the waste pipe and also the headroom or you expected people to poopoo inside a nylon and toss it into the Chateau bush ?
* Who has a living room that big without the necessary pillars at the right places (I bet this was not under your watch as you were in a cell when they did it).
* How could you do a foundation that is not straight, do you know the amount of corrections we had to make ?

We thank God for the state of the building today and the one next to it, but I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE PUT US THROUGH IN THAT BUILD, SOMEONE ELSE WILL PUT YOU THROUGH IT OR WORSE, IF NOT IT COULD BE YOUR RELATIVES !. Do you really think that you can get away with it ?


I am sure we will get a lot of excuses as usual, i will try not to reply but will create another thread for this build, me replying is simply diverting attention away from other matters.

Lastly, I have called them on site to ensure you do not gain entrance under any circumstances, if you do petrol could be poured on you as i would deem it that you want to steal materials (You have been warned).

Clearly the privacy of clients does not mean anything to you, is that a sign of someone who has completely given up on life or simply LOST IT ALL ?.

Onoukwu

If i may ask, where in Akoka is this. before finbars or after if coming from Unilag?
Is that an area where its close to the lagoon ? I saw a plot of land there, going for a good price but at the far end of the road is the lagoon and I said to myself No Thanks (Area is after community/Moronfolu St area)!

Is it because the building is multi level or the soil test dictated pile ?

Cheers

Onuokwu:
My thoughts too. He may have spent N27 million but its only a fraction that ended up in the structure i see. Maybe because he was building from diaspora. As someone who recently concluded a multilevel structure in Akoka, but with 31 nos of 18 meter pile points, i know what it cost me to get it done.

No way will I let you take credit for what you have not done. I have kept quiet all this while but I will reveal all soon enough. The state of the building now is not down to you, but almighty God. Have you forgotten that you were in a police cell when you were sacked on the supervision of the build, just before decking or so ? After you went AWOL


* The water exclusion strategy you are shouting about failed, water was simply seeping through from underneath, and it made little or no difference.
* You made a lot of mistakes with the building, too much to list here, it all started with the dodgy drawings, send me the structural drawings and lets see.
* No structural drawing, at least not one from a COREN registered civil engineer. Maybe one of your roadside architects or your small boy architect (Same guy who once told me I needed to go through him to speak to his architect ).
* We had to make a lot of corrections to the foundation, too much to list (was this done out of spite or wickedness or being Evil)
* Who puts a toilet under a staircase with no provision for pipes, did you not think about the waste pipe and also the headroom or you expected people to poopoo inside a nylon and toss it into the Chateau bush ?
* Who has a living room that big without the necessary pillars at the right places (I bet this was not under your watch as you were in a cell when they did it).
* How could you do a foundation that is not straight, do you know the amount of corrections we had to make ?

We thank God for the state of the building today and the one next to it, but I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE PUT US THROUGH IN THAT BUILD, SOMEONE ELSE WILL PUT YOU THROUGH IT OR WORSE, IF NOT IT COULD BE YOUR RELATIVES !. Do you really think that you can get away with it ?


I am sure we will get a lot of excuses as usual, i will try not to reply but will create another thread for this build, me replying is simply diverting attention away from other matters.

Lastly, I have called them on site to ensure you do not gain entrance under any circumstances, if you do petrol could be poured on you as i would deem it that you want to steal materials (You have been warned).

Clearly the privacy of clients does not mean anything to you, is that a sign of someone who has completely given up on life or simply LOST IT ALL ?.

n3xt:
That area no get table, it's a real big boy area. A mini-Atlantic city project. You're not only dealing with your foundation, you'll equally need a speed boat to get home from over 700m to your house.

As at last year rain after over N2 - N3m has been poured into the waters, below was the situation according to the owner. This year it is roofed, plastered and accessorized but I've not been to the area cos I don't have a boat.


Architectural & Structural Designs done by NextHome

Foundation done by NextHome under Brabus supervision

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The Big Q is what held the massive structure in midst of still waters which never go dry year round?

Quick response at early stage to water exclusion strategies. Na the owner fit talk how much was spent on soil stabilization and water prevention at foundation stage alone.



#StopTheWaterBeforeItStopsYou

Its a small effort to save others from falling into same trap.
Our legal system is not sound in Nigeria, but i wonder what Governor Ambode/Commissioners/Head of personnel (Whom i happen to know) would think if one of their staff is an accessory to fraud/forgery, all correspondence in writing as evidence.

kopell:
We appreciate you doing that to put those that are involve in this kind of criminal act to shame. Put them to where the belong, duplex cage jail.

Oga spyder

How can one tell if a parapet needs roof gutters or not ?
Is it all paraphets that does not need such ? Reason i ask is because I saw a lot that still have roof gutters.

spyder880:
There is this particular parapet I did which I think should not have needed roof gutters, but the owner insisted.

Morning All

Be careful with your hard earned cash (especially those in diaspora), do your research about any builder. Dont be fooled by the different usernames, or google pictures one particular builder is trying so hard to divert attention and suck up to some of the people who have exposed him the most here.

For more info, read: https://www.nairaland.com/3148782/how-select-good-builder

Also, dont be brabuzed or bozuned, FAKE APPROVAL PLANS ARE IN CIRCULATION !! EVEN SOME LAGOS STATE OFFICIALS ARE IN ON THE FRAUD, I WILL POST THE DETAILS OF THE LAGOS STATE OFFICIALS IN A SEPERATE THREAD. NAME, DEPARTMENT AND CONTACT NUMBER.

I was going to do something like what you did, I have the dossier and some pictures that no one here on NL has seen, this is of another of our builds that he handled. To God be the glory, we have moved on and fixed it ALL, in fact you have seen the before pictures on NL, but you have not seen the state now. God is good, "Ki Olorun ma fi Owo Jewa Niya" Amen. I noticed he wanted to use style to try and claim credit, but hell NO !

Not too pleased sharing personal pics of my site, but if it helps others by ensuring they do not fall into the same trap, i am sure you will agree with me that its a small price to pay.

By the way, I do not think you should see it as an apology will solve it all, this is an experience for anyone most especially those in Diaspora, 90% of the people who use the property section are in diaspora, do you seriously think that an average nija person will come on NL to look builder, Oga Egun you self know na, unless you want to be economical with the truth !

EgunMogaji:
You know, all Bosun did to me was have the nerve to criticize my roof job that's not even on my main house but on an accessory building.

Based on all the attrocities that he has commited on people's builds like yours it was not his place to correct any one on here, ever.

Like I told QC1, you guys are the true victims, even though you've moved past his disaster, the fact still remains that he is inept.

I credit you guys that are bold to share, I've been contacted by many others who in fear of their family safety did not say anything on how he treated them here on Nairaland.

So, I thank you guys for sharing your wounds of construction from Brabus.

Do you think instead of brabused, maybe BOZUNED might be better ?

3strikes:
Mr Mav was brabused with fake building Approval. Folks shine your eye so you won' t be the N3xt to be Brabused.

Be warned!

Thread is looking good. But will you accept an apology though, I thought you were doing the world a favor in your little way. Your thread seems to be causing some sleepless nights for the quack builder by the way, and below is a proof of that.

I concur !
Having a lot of monikers does not hide the builder

3strikes:
How can we work together here on Nairaland to make sure fraudsters dont thrive on this wonderful forum? FYI They have been banned from Mega Chicken in ikota where they usually conduct their fraudulent meetings so they now come on Nairaland, parading themselves as pro but in the real sense they are quacks.

Please be careful and avoid that over zealous builder whose office use to be inside IkOTA shopping complex. Don't get carried away with internet pictures and youtube videos.

Dont let them use Mega chicken to Maga you. Dont let them use Mega chicken to collect your Mega millions.

Be warned!

Wow, The most i have seen myself is about 4 metres before you hit water, and even in some parts of Surulere, I have seen over 6 metres.

Sorry if I may ask, you dont have to answer this. What is the name of the area/locality. You can also PM me if you dont want to reveal this.

They say, you learn something new everyday.

danowena:
That is the level the wells in the area are. you need only a very short rope to fetch water from the well all year round. The longest rope we used in the area was about 1.5 metres during the end of the harmattan.
I used raft foundation. Although some people that built bungalows used blocks that were filled with concrete. Some of them are regretting that move already.

danowena

It would be good to get the views of our engineers on the application of water gutters, where it is useful and where it may not make a difference.

@danowena, Can i also ask, when you say if you dig 30cm you may see water, is this like ground water like a well or just water that has nowhere to flow to ? I am just trying to understand, you know i am not a building engineer.

Lastly, what kind of foundation did you implement ?

danowena:
I see your point and this is same reason that most advocates for the roof gutters give. However, will this reason hold for buildings with foundations continuously in water? Because from basic building knowledge that I have, raft is used in water logged areas because the foundation is expected to be in water for most part of the year and if blocks were to be used, they will be weakened.

As an example, I have a place in a water logged area on the mainland. Even though I have sand-filled, when you dig up to 70cm, you will hit water and when it rains heavily, you need to only dig 30 cm and you will hit water. in this kind of case, of what use is a roof gutter? the main source of the water is not even water from your roof but the natural water level for the area. The street gutter is usually always with water. Mind you, I have roof gutter on this house but I had to sit down to ask myself that aside from aesthetics, what is this roof gutter really doing? Water will hit the building one way or the other. he roof water collector takes the rain water and channels it to the gutter alright. But the gutter is usually at the natural water level of the area so what's the point.
In my opinion, I believe the reasons you gave will fly for dry areas like where OGA Mufutau55 and EgunMogaji are building. By this I mean areas that are usually dry and are likely to only get temporary wet during lengthy rain. But for areas like mine that is continuously in water, I feel it does not fly because channeling the roof water or not doesn't reduce the height of water around your foundation.

I might be wrong and open to correction.

Very useful bit of information, the kind that the thread was created for, instead of the gloating about the castle we keep reading.
Lets assume one does not want to collect the rain water for later use, is it safe to say that the rain water gutter should drain into a drainage chamber ?
Is it the rain water that sometimes contributes to some of the dips we see on interlocked surfaces or is that strictly to do with the ramming of the surface/preparation before sharp sand and interlock goes on it ?

@Jessam, Keep it up with the local produce, and may God continue to ensure that you succeed. Big scam that a country as blessed as Nigeria imports frozen livestock/poultry.

Mav

Jessam:
The main purpose of a rain gutter is to protect a building's foundation by channeling water away from its base. The gutter also helps to reduce erosion, protects painted or stained surfaces by reducing exposure to water and provides a means to collect rainwater for later use. Rainwater is a natural element that can wreak havoc on a house if it’s not controlled by properly installed and maintained rain gutters. There are many misconceptions about gutters and as a result there are many mistakes homeowners are making. In some cases these mistakes are causing damage rather than preventing it.

The Benefits of Gutters
The importance of properly installed and maintained gutters can’t be stressed enough. Every house should have gutters. Here’s why rain gutters are so important:

Soil around the house is stabilized - even raft foundations can fail if there is not even sinking, the slab can fracture if one part of the building is sinking faster than the other, mostly the area that are water saturated sink faster i.e area around building with no guttering
Foundation problems can be avoided
Flooding under houses can be prevented
Erosion can be prevented and this preserves landscaping and turf
Water damage to siding can be prevented
Water staining of painted exterior walls and stone masonry can be prevented - thats why you see some buildings with green mould on exterior, thats excess moisture
Settling and cracking of sidewalks, interlock stone pavements and driveways can be lessened
Exterior doors adoors can be preserved

Silence can be a golden answer for fools !!

AZUH:
@mavverick just unclad and look for bosun .you are having sleepless night ? Just like me few months back ? E ya and you don't like going to native doctors ?