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I just spoke to my welder now and he says that there is no need to do a AC stand that most split units come with a wall hanger and it just needs to be bolted onto the wall.

Any truth in this ?
I was thinking of doing a AC stand suspended however i dont want to walls to get broken at a later stage etc.

Hi All

I have a 2Gig plan on my line which i also use to make calls. My question is that can i put thesame sim card inside a modem and will it work ?

Thanks.

chemaze:
NO MIND THEM. why wont the material rust and fades. THE ONLY COY THAT SELL REAL NEWZEALAND IN NIG ARE: WICTECH AND TILCOR.... ALL OTHER NEWZEAND I DONT KNW.
FOR REAL KOREA THEY ARE LIKE 5 COYs. The texture, prices and detail of the manufacturer u shall knw them. But are not cheap shall

Thanks for the clarification my brother.
The real korea one, I do know about Batlan and Batlan/DS systems have a website that one can check from.
Do you know any other original korea one ?

Anyone

I am looking for original stone coated roofing tiles from New Zealand, just need black bond. Any interested supplier, state your product and price per sqm.

Website of the manufacturer would also be good as well.

abdulwastecx:
Room check out this my finished roofing with stone coated tiles

Well done Bro.

Do you mind telling us the type of stone coated roofing sheet that was used, and also the price as well.
I'm being bombarded with various suppliers at my site, and its always better to go with a good recommendation instead of just anyone on the street.

All of them claiming new zealand tiles, bla bla bla.

For the experienced heads in the house, at what stage do you start to think about electric pre-paid meters. I know the process can take some time, we will start with wiring at my site probably in December/January and I want to know when meter purchase can start ?

Also, is it advisable to buy fairly used prepaid meters ?

In a rental property, is a 3 phase meter really essential ?

Thanks.

It will be good for you to have a kind of catalogue or even pictures followed by prices.

I find that raising plants does take time and patience, nursery beds, constant watering/manure etc. Also being a lagos boy, in a crowded /polluted city like this, there is simply no time/space for it. Apart from the odd flower pots and vegetation by the side of the parking drive, that is it.

Also, for my block of flats, I am not even considering any vegetation, just one other thing to worry about. Anyone that needs greenery should either go to national stadium or back to their village.

just my 2 cents.

EgunMogaji:
Let's talk horticulture.

So the layout of the compound is clear now that I have the substructure of the main house, soakaways, etc completed and it's time to plant trees so that they can mature as the build continues.

I would like recommendations for exotic, shady trees (I will have one or two palm trees but not really a fan).

Can I get motivational pictures of trees that grown well in Southern Nigeria?

Thanks.

1) Will Japanese Maple grown in Nigeria?

2) I want one giant tree that will ground my compound, what's a good and safe one?

Lol

See wetin obodo oyinbo dey do ... lol

Hi,

I am plumbing a block of 6 2 bedroom flats.

Just going through the rough in pipe work and also some corrections, I have the following prices from a supplier in Orile, can anyone let me know if the prices are as Ok and not too expensive.

100mmx3mm pipe=#1600.
75mmx3mm=#1200.
50mmx3mm=#900.
100mm tee #500.
100mmx90 bend #390.
100mm x45 bend #360.
75mmx90 bend #220.
50mmx90 bend #240.
50mmx45 bend #230.
100mm vent cow #250.
75mmx45 bend#250.
50mm plug#20.
100mm plug#850.
25mm clip#50.
50mm tee#285.
75mmx50mm socket#230.
32mm ppr pipe #4750.
25mm ppr pipe #1850.
20mm ppr pipe #1600.
15mm ppr pipe #1100.
50mm floor dine #350.
32mm elbow ppr #370.
25mm elbow ppr#150.
20mm ppr elbow#120.
15mm ppr elbow #70.
20mmx15mm ppr tee #120.
20mmx15mm ppr elbow #110.
15mm m&f socket ppr #400.
15mm socket #70.
15mm f.I.c ppr socket# 400.
15mm condite stop cock sweet home #1850.
20mm condite stop cock sweet home#2500.
25mm stop cock#4500.
32mm stop cock #5500.
32mm ppr socket #350.
25mm ppr socket #130.
20mm ,pprsocket #100.
15mm ppr socket #70.
big tangit gam #2500.
big putty #350.
yam rope #300.
15mm copper pipe #7500
15mm copper elbow kiwa #285.
15mm copper tee kiwa #385.
15mm copper m&f kiwa #300.
15mm copper nipple #270.
gasket gam #200.

is this actually inside thomas estate or just close to it ?
Also, what title does it have ?

[quote author=fash78 post=39552398][/quote]waiting on your doors also, want to know the type and also prices and whether you feel locally made metal doors are better for kitchen exit doors.

EgunMogaji:
Not a fight at all, just calling things the way I see am

I'll drink beers with any of yah all any time.

Okay going back to bed now.

Oga Elegun

E be like say sleep never comot your eye lol. Will buy you beer anytime mate, maybe even take you to olive garden self. I like that restaurant and the fact that they give you a big bowl of salad when you step in.

EgunMogaji:
I didn't ask for your opinion. You can try to disrespect me but it doesn't matter to me. I'm immune to all that

I'm fine with how I do my things.

And stop with the bullcrap American/Nigeria stuff, it's getting old already.

I'm just as Nigerian as you, there's nothing you've done in Nigeria as a Nigerian these year that I haven't done.

I will never subscribe to your apologist way of thinking.

Lool... Na fight...
I will keep quiet, everyone has his/her opinion or thought process and that needs to be respected ..

To the authentic builders in the house and anyone who has a lot of knowledge on the roofing subject matter.
I see stone coated roofing sheet by DS korea. What I dont udnerstand is that why is there a variation in prices ?
The importers located around Sangotedo (Batlan) are quoting around 2,900 per sqm and some others are quoting 2,300 - 2,400 for stone coated DS or DOS. Why is there a variation.

EgunMogaji:
The issue is not how it's used, Nigerian is not unique in that sense, but the quality of the construction. The windows of where I leave nwo were installed in the 70's and still works. We open them daily and close them when we go out so they get used all the time.

I've never ever repaired a window in all my time in the US.

Nigeria is not on Mars mi oga

EgunMogaji

Without any disrespect or anything along those lines.
Sometimes I get the idea that you may not be orientated with the Nigerian system, and you tend to compare a lot of things between USA / Nigeria. Again, without any prejudice or disrespect, they are 2 difference things, so whilst its good you exhibit ideas from USA, unfortunately I feel that you have to be pragmatic on whether such a system will work in Nigeria. You tend to compare a system where things work most of the time to one where things don't usually work, and when it works, it works differently to the way you know it in USA.

You also need to understand the system, not everyone/everything is like that but all I am saying is that you need to exercise caution and put the Nigerian perspective into some of your ideas.

Just me 2 cents.

He has not denied anything.
Did he answer all the questions asked ?
Did he claim not to do then bad work ?
As per the forged documents, like I said I'm going to deal with the situation and also tender all the facts here also.

Brotherly keeper, I think you misunderstood my point. All I am saying here is how can this medium be cleaned up of fraudsters and how can we prevent a repeat.

podosci:
We can seriously plan towards a nairaland property section conference to foister a good relationship between us all and facilitate aggressive action towards scammers on property section.

Thats a very good idea and hence one of the reasons for posting messages on here. I see a post about a chap called EgosaJohny, very soon there will be one for brabus and all allegations can be collated in one place and hopefully make front page.

The idea is to maintain some form of integrity on this section and try to fence off the scammers. Its a faceless forum, but at least in this day and age, word spreads out quickly, before you know it now it might be culled for a newspaper article.

Well.

I see your points, but if you read my posts you will see where I state clearly that we should be each others brothers keeper. So the idea is that Brabus would not get covered up/forgotten and the facts are up here backed up with pictures/covnersations etc. I dont want to get into the business of discussing about the law system etc, doesn't add any value and as such a waste of my time.

I have moved on from Brabus, 4 months now and still going even stronger. My concern is that he's trying to catch a few more people unaware with silly packaging, so I don't even think there is any slander going on at my path, I am just stating the obvious and I have backed it up with evidence to which Brabus cannot deny it.

EgunMogaji:
Why haven't you sued NextHome for breach of contract and/or fraud?

Just curious.

At the rate of all these allegations there would probably be a class action lawsuit already here both criminal and civil.

Bros

I am guessing you are not based in Nija, if you were you will understand why you dont take such matters to court, well not in this particular case sha.
I don't believe in the courts, besides one would be wasting his/her time as per suing.

I think we should have something like this for Brabus as well.

Beulah09:
Nigerians are funny people. You employ a computer scientist as your 'builder' and you are complaining of 'poor' work! Why did you not employ professionals?

Brabus, 'packaging' can only get you thus far! Get appropriate training in a field that you have passion for! Or stay as a 'project manager'. In which case you employ 'competent' people to work for you. The depth of your knowledge is evident but people get swayed by your presentation skills. You are already acquiring a reputation which is totally avoidable.

Maverick, changing the mode of Contract mid way is not advisable. You cannot go for a seemingly lumpsum contract to one that becomes reimbursible to one that now becomes supervision.

My suggestion is that for the carcass, go for a lumpsum Contract. You agree on design and the cost. You have milestones payment. As the client you are not bothered on how the builder organises his workforce. Your focus is on the product delivery in terms of standards and quality. Of course you are bothered about Safety. Develop your own estimate when arriving on the lumpsum to ensure that you get a good deal

Beulah09

Thanks for your contribution.

Just for the avoidance of doubt, I started having issues with Brabus when it came to the filling of the foundation, telling me lies and also defrauding me in terms of the number of sand trips he claimed to have dropped, so someone who drops 5 and says 10. Would you carry on with such a person under any kind of contract ?

To minimize my losses, I had to take some form of control since he cannot be trusted with money and was only out to cheat me ?
Workers not turning up because he didn't pay them ? would you still carry on operating the old way ?
Materials missing on site and being loaded onto a parked van ? Would you still carry on ?
Security guard being offered bribes to allow the stealing of materials or inform me of the wrong quantity in the store, would you still carry on with such an arrangement ?

The guy knows what he did now, so I guess that's the reason for the silence, and of course I would not let him get away with it.

This guy is here again, has an office full of scam artist, see thier job specification below.

1. Admin Manager - Bosun himself, judge/jury/executioner. Writing fradulent contracts, lower material prices but excessively inflated quantity.

2. Operations Manager - Lol, I find this funny.

3. Site Supervisor I - All of them of decamped now... we know what happens. Partners in crime.

4. Site Supervisor II - Lol. same as above.

5. Architect - I asked to speak to architect, but apparently he's faceless. He grabs building plans meant for other houses, rubs off the name/put the name of another client and then prints it off. Classic brabus.

6. Field Officer (Contract) - Mans the van which is used to steal materials from site to site, then offers it to clients at cheap prices. So beware, you might be buying stolen goods.

7. Other Contract Officers - Store Keeper, Van Driver, Truck Driver - Yes, I personally know these people. They parked a van near my site, and were loading it with my iron rods and cements. When challanged, he asked me to call a scientist to verify the amount of cement he has used.

Can put together all the posts on the above to backup my claim.

Trust me it's 100% true. I am giving brabus the opportunity to make amends fist which he has refused to take.

The lagos state official who is also involved is going to be dealt with as well. Like I said, I like to play my cards close to my chest. All I will say is that brabus and Seun who is the lagos state official, just watch and you will see.

Welldone Sege.

See how decking came out nicely needing minimal plastering, just such a shame that Brabus defrauded me as this is what I was sold, and look at the nonsense he did.

brabus:
Oga mavverick, you treated this case like someone who's doesn't know how to woo a lady. I know the wound will heal with time. Everyone gets hurt in the process.

I'm just resilient otherwise I'd have given up. But again, I'm sorry!!!

Will I be refunded for the fake/forged building approval to which you collected 420k from me ? Yes or No ?

Brabus.

I am sure I have repeated this time and time again, I DO NOT HATE YOU, AND THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY GOING ON HERE...
I am just telling my story that's all, If I see you on the street today I will still greet you and I would expect thesame, no shaking.
I have already tried to reconcile with you on Whatsapp and on telephone to no avail, you seem to be posting me all the time and I dont have time for that avenue anymore, and judging from your response you clearly believe you are not in the wrong and would not accept any liability, did I come to meet you for payment to cover the fixes for the bad job ?? Na me engage you in the first place now !!

brabus:
^^^
Oga mavverick, I cannot read the whole epistle above. Sir you can just provide the evidences in bullet format for easy comprehension.

Honestly, it takes time for me to comprehend things.

But I've attached the video and picture of the side you said needs rework sir. I guess it became an issue after I left the project. We didn't chisel the beams.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ymlw-nb_Tw

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How many bags of cement do you plan to use to plaster a 7 unit of 2 bedroom house before? 200 bags, I guess!

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The workers you claimed I fired are the one working with me at the Beachfront site and the Helical Staircase site. They knew different!!!

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What an irony! The work after the decking work are so solid even when all the internal beams carrying the pent slab were omitted. Can we have a clearer picture of the side I just posted its video now.

I don't hide facts, whether you have time to read or not is either here nor there.
whatever you choose to do with your workers, same ones, new ones. Not my cup of tea. In fact I dont care about what you are working on, I am only concerned about my own experience and making sure others are well informed.
And of course, you are blind not to see the other allegations to defend yourself right. By the way, I am still waiting for a refund for the fake/forged building plan approval and the 420k which you took for this....

I find brabus to be a vindictive liar and of course this is not the first time, now let me set the records straight.

Brabus was terminated after the decking stage so all the works up to that stage was his responsibility and he was duly paid for it in a supervisory/builder role (who supplied all the workers ??), I have all evidence of payments here and also proof of the confirmation of what role brabus was taking in this project, if he denies this then I will tender all the evidence. What actually happened was that he was arrested and placed in a police cell for a separate fraudulent case at the time, and I didn’t need his services anymore anyway. Would you be dealing with a builder who is in police custody for defrauding someone else? Not my business, but I am just setting the records straight here.


Is he claiming that he didn’t do the German floor ? I have records of conversations and payments towards this stage of work ? So how can he claim not to have done this, same old bullshit?


All the screenshots that Brabus tendered on here were sent to me almost 2 months or so after he was terminated, obviously still hating at the fact that he was terminated, so I wasn’t expecting him to be full of praises for the work that I have managed this far. He would be negative about it, so hence why he was ignored and hence the reason why I posted the message saying don’t worry about the structure (See screenshot and also take note of the date, by this stage I had already finished the penthouse decking).

https://zenet.co.uk/images/chat.png

When he was making that comment, we already reached this stage without him..

https://zenet.co.uk/images/site1.jpg


What I am pointing out is all the atrocities that he committed whilst the construction was under his watch. You will also notice that I am not complaining about the work that was done after the decking, when I commenced block work after decking by myself, I was already told about all these crap work and atrocities, so my objective was to get a structural engineer in and also begin the correction of his bad work, I am happy to say that 80% of it has been corrected, and things like blocks not being straight can either be corrected by breaking the blocks and relaying it (waste of money) or wait till plastering phase and straighten things out, we mixed strong concrete not mortar to fill up all the concrete pores, of course I would have preferred to have got it right first time instead of patching things. The workers that Bosun brought to my site to do bricklayer didn’t use a plumb and this meant basic bricklayer stuff were incorrectly done or wobbly, why the h*ll would you employ someone and they are this vindictive and wicked !!! Worse of it, I introduced 2 other people to him who he handled their building work, they all have bad things to say as well about brabus, what do you expect ?? Na today



The pipework that he’s showing us here is that of the other side of the building which has no faults, the part where the concrete was being chiseled is that right side of the building when facing it from the street, so don’t try to fool us here and pull a wool over our eyes, certainly not me and trust me this is just the beginning.

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

As we can see that lack of remorse and consistent arguing and failing to take responsibility, this is the reason why I am compiling my dossier to follow brabus anywhere he goes on NL. The reason why I sent the message about not worrying about the structure is that you will notice that brabus has cut out the screenshot to hide the date, this was done to make it look like I do not care, the truth of the matter is that we had already made so much progress without brabus (best thing to have happened during construction) and I do not want him on my site anymore. The site is gated and hence brabus cannot get in anymore. I will place a screenshot of the chat that he has cut out the date to hide the fact that he was merely looking for faults, thinking that I would hire him back. Let’s put it this way, I would swim through vomit rather than hire you again.


The whole thing about the waste pit/soakaway is a case of election tribunal after legitimate and fair election, we discussed on a number of occasions on where to place the soakaway and how to do it, we agreed on where and how to do it, and simply because I got someone else to do it properly, he’s abviously not happy about that, that was supposed to be a 450k job for him, but NOWAY on this earth would I have given it to him to do. The waste pit was since constructed about 2 months ago now, sealed and its definitely not leaking. There are plans to make some corrections at the back of the building to ensure that the lateral pressure that the soakaway is exerting doesn’t damage the fence. I have this in control.
My concern/aim is not painting anyone black, It would be a travesty if any other innocent person falls into the brabus trap by seeing pictures lifted from the internet and projects doctored to appear as if all is well. Or take advice from someone who isn’t qualified to be on a building site in the capacity of a builder or civil engineer. I mean some of what he says may sound correct , but this is something that anyone who has time to come to NL to learn and someone who has appreciation for building concepts can easily pick up as well. It is a blessing that we have people like Sergcy, Spyder and Adventures on this site, don’t get me wrong nobody is a saint, but the integrity and honesty that these guys have shown leaves me in no doubt that they are men of wisdom that I can work with and ultimately learn from. Would I ever work with Brabus again ? I think my answer which centers on swimming in vomit says it all. I had rather not build anything….


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

This was all after I took over, did the first floor block work, pent decking and also the paraphet.

https://zenet.co.uk/images/paraphet2.jpg

This is where we are today.

https://zenet.co.uk/images/site1.jpg


Lastly, the comment by the engineer above is strictly true, one of the issues that I had after relieving brabus of his position was that we had the following people coming to me saying they were owed money. I had to dismiss anyone with any links to Brabus, as I didn’t want any negative vibes around my site or brabus sending them messages to do a bad job in order to prove a point to me.


• Bricklayer
• Cement seller
• Block seller (from another site as I was supplying my own block)


The conflict of interest that I found was that, brabus would charge me for builder/supervisor and also take a cut from the workers that he was billing their services to me, does it concern me (Yes/No). Yes in the sense that if these guys were not happy or not paid (as I found on numerous occasions), they would not do a good job and even worse if the builder/supervisor is nowhere to be found, in a police cell or plotting to steal the next batch of materials from his van that he parked near my site for the sole purpose of siphoning materials. I mean its standard practice to use plumb when laying blocks to ensure the edges are straight, the atrocities committed by brabus will now mean that my plastering will use about 500 bags of cement (had 3 different bricklayers say the same thing) trying to cover up and make good the concrete bulges/irregularities/terrible jobs as a result of the bad job brabus left me with.


No in the sense that, these workers took on the work from brabus knowing the kind of person he is and he does show his true colour all the time, I also don’t blame these workers as he kept rotating them, so the Ponzi scheme works in a way that when he’s owing batch A some money, he will fire them and bring in batch B, once he racks up enough debts, he will fire them later. With the way I am managing the project myself, reliable supervisor and most importantly God, I ensure that I pay my workers a good wage on time and also know when to commend them, be harsh, read the riot act or ultimately sack them, if you are too nice they will take advantage big time. I see myself as a fair person, you do the job to agreed specification you get paid how much we agreed and if you exceed expectations, then there is a prize for that. Where brabus has done this (not a lot of the time), he was rewarded financially even more than what we agreed.


Now to anyone wailing that this is not the correct medium, I feel we should be each other’s brother’s keeper (Nija isn’t that bad now), If I see something that is bad, I would not say that because brabus gave me good advice I would try to shield him or hide that fact, I feel we owe it as a responsibility for anyone else who decides to embark on a building project, at least be armed with the facts before making decisions on who you give your project to.

befto:
@mavverick,

Are you saying brabus did this work? you mean this shoddy job was done by the same brabus who comes on here and acts like a building Evangelist?
Never ceases to amaze me with this guy's impunity. Always thinking people are against him without showing any kind of remorse.

This is a disgrace to the building profession and I hope the other builders on this site can speak up on this.

This guy should not be allowed to get away with such atrocities by saying that the other clients are still in contact with him for advice.

So what? is that an excuse to keep producing such dangerous constructions for his clients.

You come on here and comment on other posts and act like you are a real professional but you are just a well packaged cowboy.

It's amazing how other people on this site seem to give you props when they know what you are really like.

You are a disgrace to the other Credible builders on this site.

Are you going to compensate Maverick for this shoddy job?

Oga Befto

YES BRABUS did all this shoddy work. And I challenge him to come here to deny it !!
Defrauded me in the process and hence why he wanted to bribe my security with 10k to steal materials.
The fact that he comes online to offer advice and act like a subject matter expert despite no building qualifications but the qualification of a scam artist.

I am compiling a dossier of all other terrible work that he did and they will henceforth follow him on the digital world, the accomplice who defrauded me with fake building approval, I am putting final touches to dealing with him as well. I am not letting this GO.