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mavverick:
The case of the wicked minded and fraudulent so called builder or engineer (brabus, nexthome, Bosun Shoyoye Davies or whatever).



Now, to anyone who is planning on delving into any kind of construction, the quality of the builder and his team of workmen are very important. I was following brabus back in 2011/2012 taken aback by his packaging (all false behind the facade), there is some deeper evil within the man.
Whilst I made up my mind not to give him the job of constructing my building at the time, the scope of the work was only to construct a fence and move away sharply, the fence was necessary as some people wanted to start encroaching on the land and something had to be done quickly. He collected part payment for the fence and would refuse to do one of the sides of the 4 corner fence, saying that I promised to give him the building to do and I had sold him out. Those were his exact words. I have the evidence here, and if he denies it I can provide the hard fact.

Now, apart from the building documents which he’s refusing to send, I know he has it because we just checked our email and I can see he sent the floor plans back in May or so, but is refusing to send the rest of the plans, when I say that this man is pure evil and very wicked, you may not believe it but look no further, look at the picture below of the work he did at my site.

https://zenet.co.uk/images/rear_foundation.jpg

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Now you may look at it and say what’s wrong with it, if you look at the arrows well, you will notice that the block setting isn’t quite flush or level with the foundation, if this is not evil or wickedness, I don’t know what else to call it. At some places, the blockwork is about 5-7 inches off the foundation. This will make the plastering job very very difficult, as the wall needs to be straight and the level which starts from the bottom of the foundation often goes up, in this particular case we are going to have to compromise to fix the issue, my sensible bricklayer has already told me what we will do.

Now is this needed for such a basic work ? absolutely not. But for the evil/wicked/fraudulent will of Brabus, things like this happen.

Will this happen to someone else, most probably yes so long as this guy has cast his wicked intentions on your project.

Can he deny not overseeing this piece of work ! I dare brabus…

brabus:
Freshly poured

brabus:
It's a shame that you have to result to name-calling in order to get your point across. I’m quite sure you're aware I've had to print the 5 set of drawings and delivered to your dad three times between April and May 2015. The first set was when he's contemplating 4 units Dwelling. The second set was returned as a result of wrong placement of names. The third set of drawing has been serving as the working drawings for the building.

Should there be any need to reproduce any of these drawings like I said in our chat, please let me know. Otherwise you can speak with design architect of the building for the release of the soft copies of the drawings which remains his intellectual property. I have forwarded you his number based on your request as I do not have the soft copies.

I've had to send copy of the drawing based on your dad's request to Martin Longhurst of Wickes UK in April which he used to produced the kitchen cabinets shipped down to Nigeria in June.

What else can I help you with? I deal with specifics and I'm not the type who retaliates name-calling and insults. I'm sorry I don't feed trolls.

Thank you and have a good night.

Onuokwu:
I want to take up your offer to come and view construction when there is time. Where in Lekki II is this? What Road?

brabus:
End of Day 15 | Browne Mews

Early to bed is early to rise. Good time to catch up over a glass of wine with my client, a decorated Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).

"Iron sharpeneth iron." - the owner of Browne Mews

Aventures:
@ maverick Tx for understanding lafolabi, life goes on easily when you admit your mistakes rectify and apologies.
Back to our topic abt material procurement. I have had so many clients and we have worked wt different styles. My sincere prayer for all clients is that u will not fall into the hands of a wicked and greedy contractor/Engineers. The reason for my prayers is this: you may procure materials your self and end up buying extra unnecessarily as a matter of fact what you ve bought should be more than enough and yet you will buy extra wout anybody stealing from ur site.How can this happens? A greedy contractor can because of the fact that u are the one buying material and deliberately over use material into your project. Yes you may tell me that is not a problem since everything goes into your project! Alas it is a problem 1. it will end up shooting ur construction cost which u won't discover early until you find out that you have overshot your budget. 2. For instance in a decking where 5 tons is adequate he may end up using say like 7 tons by loading irons more than necessary or cutting the iron in such a way that the wastages will be enormous, and as a matter of fact over reinforcement is even more dangerous than under reinforcement because it cost sudden colapse .
May God help us

befto:
Is the so-called White Van still operating in your terrain? You need to put mopo on it

spyder880:
We bought additional materials today to be used on the upper floors of this house, some of the materials might last till the parapet of this house, and we might have some remnants even after that.

1. 50 bags of cement 1400 x 50 = N70,000 (concrete cast, lintels, columns)
2. 50 1x12x12 planks 700 x 50 = N35,000 (column and beams carpentry)
3. 6 trips of sharp sand 9,500 x 6 = N57,000 (making of more blocks, casting concrete and block setting)
4. 1 trip of stone 22,000 x 1 = N22,000 (concrete cast, lintels)
5. 25 lengths of Y16 rods N1,950 x 25 = N48,750 (Columns, parapet)
6. Carriage of blocks upstairs N10 x 1,260 blocks =N12,680
7. Making of 19 bags of cement x 700 = N13,300
8. Transport and loading of materials = N18,000

Total N276,730.00

Add this to the previous total and we have N4,015,211.00 spent so far in this house.

lafolabi:
Thanks the great aventures. I appreciate your advice.
It could have been better if the message was sent to my email, phone contact or WhatsApp.
Some readers don't have the ability to read and understand.
Oga mavverick, I sincerely apologize for the disappointments and my comments. Forgive and forget.
I thank all good Nairalander that always make sure that peace reign in this Nairaland.and to those that believe in us.God will continue to bless you abundantly. I give glory, honor and all adoration to God Almighty.

Chekitaut:
Contact us
Granite 30tons=N140,000
Stonedust= N90,000

Dieumerci:
Welded pipes?
Are these copper or PPR pipes?