₦airaland Forum

Ojolfc:
Thank you so much despite the raining season we can't pump for 2minutes.

Ojolfc:
Good morning to you Sirs,
What could have been a cause for a well *conga* to get dry and solution to it.

drkay:
Thank you sir, I'm actually a novice when it comes to building and this platform has been very helpful.
1&2- I'll tell the builder to look into it. I could not figure that out on my own and we didn't discuss that when he was explaining to me.
3- The dining is not going to be walled off. He said there are going to be pillars and archs there.
The omission of the living room upstairs is deliberate. Its for a very small conservative family.
Any idea on what to expect in terms of cost? Thank you for your contribution sir.

drkay:
Thank you sir, I'm actually a novice when it comes to building and this platform has been very helpful.
1&2- I'll tell the builder to look into it. I could not figure that out on my own and we didn't discuss that when he was explaining to me.
3- The dining is not going to be walled off. He said there are going to be pillars and archs there.
The omission of the living room upstairs is deliberate. Its for a very small conservative family.
Any idea on what to expect in terms of cost? Thank you for your contribution sir.

ceelog:
While I might agree with the ante room, I don't with the extra living room. My upper living room is where I spend most time with family away from the general living room always being visited by relatives, meeting guests and strangers. Ironically, there is no TV provided for the main living room (so as not to keep unwelcome people much longer in my house).

But as it is said "one man's meat is..."

drkay:
Hello Sirs, I want to embark on this project, precisely next week. We're planning to move here from our 4 year old bungalow. Same city( Abeokuta) but different environment. The land is quite small, we have another structure beside the proposed building so we are left with this piece of land to build this. The project is going to be supervised by a builder. 3 designs were sent and I chose this. I just want to have an idea of what to expect in terms of cost. I told him that I want us to do it in phases.
The first phase will be from foundation to completion of the decking, second will take it to level and parapet, 3rd
will be roofing and all that and we continue like that, non stop (In Sha Allah).
Please what's the reasonable amount to expect in the first 2 phases? Any suggestion as regards the design?
Nb: the land was sloppy but it's been sand filled to level 1 year ago

OkaNaUbe:
As a rule, the cheaper the hotel, worse the features to expect.

BedLam:
Dude, Nigeria just like any other country varies economically. So you have to state what city we are talking here and what region because I believe hotels up north will be more cheaper. And what price range you consider "budget"?

ThatHistoryGuy:
Hellloooo

twinskenny:
i lodged in one hotel in ibadan.. low budget hotel owner deploy solar.. it is a lot of money but it worth it.. no sound of generator at all except when they want to pump water... room is 5500 per nite. they also installed central solar water heater.. pretty much effective too

Acidosis:
That's a 300 level exam. Undergraduates don't write "term paper".

AngelicBeing:
Have you considered to go the Solar Energy route , since it is a hotel business you / partner are embarking upon & I consider it a long-term investment.

I think you should look at the options of installing solar power to reduce costs of diesel, your guests will prefer to sleep with fan / Air-conditioner plus good security than having WiFi & TV but on a lighter note, I see a vision from the celestial realm that Nigerians will have 24/7 power supply in the year 2050 after all the looters in government have been flogged out of office and dumped into the sea to be eaten by sharks

AngelicBeing:
Have you considered to go the Solar Energy route , since it is a hotel business you / partner are embarking upon & I consider it a long-term investment , I think you should look at the options of installing solar power to reduce costs of diesel, your guests will prefer to sleep with fan / Air-conditioner plus good security than having WiFi & TV.

twinskenny:
The only people you should be afraid off is sars they are the one raiding hotels now not even armed robbers... I went to phc last two weeks the taxi that took me advice me not lodge in some particular hotels because of sarz can you imagine...

Dremca:
Their target could be yahoo boys, the same way they raid night clubs.

Daboomb:
Gringo, If you want, l can sell Ojo Millitary Cantonemnet to you. It is our family land.
It is a very big expanse of land and you will like it.
You need to pay the 'advance agreement' price of $200,000 first and $5,000 for processing and stamp duty.


Nairalanders, l hope l am doing fine up to this moment?

Weyrey ni bobo yi now.

Daboomb:
While l wont, l can assure you that there are millions of nigerians who would.

Infact, that l wont is not because it is not good or desirable, it is because l have specific hotels l stay and l dont usually deviate from them or their affiliates even when l am outside the country.
Even if you offer it free and add Premiership TV to it, some people will still not patronise you. (Except you stock the fridge with free Hennessy and Cold Orijin, for free! )

Generally speaking, most people watch TV on their Phones/Tablets and those devices have data subscription.
I will never open my phone to a free Wifi (and allow some bad boyz in through the back door!), anyone that does that is actually courting trouble.
Data is cheap enough these days so why be on the same lane with someone who is interested in your BVN and financial details stored onyoru phone?
okay, you will say l have anti-virus and firewall, e.t.c but do oyu think yours is better and strongerthan that of the American NSA or the Democratic party or the NewYork Times or other well established organisations with dedicated IT-security staff manning it?

So, l will encourage you to go ahead. The 'market' is plenty waiting for you.
What you wil be doing is carving a niche for yourself, targetting a specific spectrum of the market - People who want it good and cheap and fast.
Examples are travelling Professionals who just want to check-in and sleep, after playing on their Tablet for a few hours.

onlytiles:
All I always say is whatever policy we want to implement should be given a human face. are politicians not campaigning in that area. Didn't Lagos State governor campaigned in that area in 2015? how come they are no longer important. if they are hoodlums, Does chasing them away solve the problem? chasing them away to where? why not identify the hoodlums among them and prosecute them.
I don't know how these politicians reason sef

fiverrbrand08:
na lantern dey on instead of generator

SageTravels:
There are things you should consider.

1. Internet: If you cannot provide Wi-Fi, make sure networks around the area is not fluctuating. I will check out immediately if I don't have access to internet.

2. Customers service. if your reps are rude, I will run for my life.

3. power Power POWER...

etc

Trunaijian:
Rats!!!

pointblank247:
mgbadike kedu ebe icholo ilu ya

pointblank247:
dirty bed cloths, tepid water for birt

Nweze1986:
ON THE PROPOSED AIRPORT PROJECT IN EBONYI STATE


Philip Nweze

Surprises are never in short supply in this government. Every new day brings in new tidings.

The Governor of Ebonyi, Engr David Umahi, was in the news again earlier in the week after he announced that the State Government would embark on the construction of an airport in the state, the third in the South East geo-political zone. The Governor was said to have given the commitment while receiving a delegation of Ethiopian Airlines officials, who paid a courtesy visit on him at the Government House, Abakiliki.

Expectedly, the project would be getting off the ground by next year. A lot of the details are not yet known but it seems that the technical team would work with the state government’s consultants on technical evaluation of the project and topographical details of the site starting from first quarter of next year.

As unbelievable as it sounds, the salt of the nation is currently preparing to open its doors to the world as soon as the half decade long project wraps up in the state. Many investors are overlooking opportunities in Ebonyi and, fundamentally, air connectivity is essential to the prospects for this particular development.

Airports are necessary economic drivers which could spell new growth economically for any state. Airports are windows of any community in a country. They are inevitable for a community that wants to be connected to other communities within and outside a country. It will generate employment where they are located, and there will be emergence of other social services anywhere they are located.

However, ever since the pronouncement was made, it has set the social media corridors on fire, drawing varied reactions from Nigerians. Although, the move by the state government is in line with the Nigerian Aviation Act 2016 which allowed individuals, state governments and the federal government to own airports, there seemed to be reservations.

For a project of this magnitude, Finance is a major potential road block and some pessimists are already suspicious if a project requiring so much capital would materialise in a financially challenged state like ours. Cost analysis for airport planning, design and construction sits in the region of millions of dollars. No comprehensive cost control strategy can change this

To these pessimists, the idea of an airport project by a state at the lowest rung of the nation's federal allocation seems Impossible! Even laughable!

When it comes to the airport terminal itself, many aspects of its design are rigid – the requirement for baggage, security and IT systems, for example – and generally are not subject to cost compromises. 

In addition, the global economy and ever-changing business models of the airlines also compound already intense cost pressures associated with such large-scale capital projects.

But Governor Umahi had carefully dropped this line to the doubting Thomases: “There is nothing we say we would do in this government that we cannot do.

They must have forgotten we are talking about a Governor who raised up three giant flyovers from the rubbles of an empty treasury. The magician who makes omellet without eggs! And brings water out of dry rocks to quench the thirst of civil servants.

It is instructive to note that Governor Umahi had never made a promise he didn't fulfil.

Chine12:
321 housing units with 7billion why INEC want to use 100+ billion for just election that we already know the winner......i can bet that this project will not be competed in the next 7years

AngelicBeing:
Air-conditioned rooms is a must for me because the heat in Nigeria can sometimes be terrible, but to be honest with you, if you have to provide A/C in all the rooms, 5000 naira is too small because you have to factor in diesel for the standby generator, I also think most guests will prefer an air-conditioned room to ceiling fans .