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Naijapal:
To n3xt, I don't believe that any contractor is fighting you. The issues you failed to nib in the bud is; It doesn't mean that other contractors don't have issues but probably they've learnt the act of conflict management/resolution. Anyone doing a search of your profile would reach the same conclusion as your accuser if the person doesn't read through correspondences.

Smiles.

Thanks bro for sharing.

There are five conflict management/resolution strategies

1. Avoiding (no winner/no loser)
2. Accommodating (lose/win)
3. Compromising (win some/lose some)
4. Competing (win/lose)
5. Collaborating (win/win)

I found out a lot of homeowners on nairaland are always playing to win all the time. Issues will arise, the best way forward is to collaborate to solve the problem.

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Price of materials went up during my ongoing build, we never went back for variation nor stopped the project. We worked together (collaborate) to find a common ground where everyone wins.

The process of working through differences will lead to creative solutions that will satisfy both parties' concerns.

But to some, na fight to finish

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Meanwhile, my 200k is still up for grab though for any architect who can fit a duplex and 2 units of 3 bedroom flats into a half plot and get it signed and sealed for government approval.

olukaygold:
Too much on a half plot of land sir

So the bill/qty is by plot size? Or what exactly are you driving at?

What’s too much there? How did you conclude the quote is too much when there’s no drawing yet?

olukaygold:
For a foundation alone??.

Is it too much or too little? Or why the expression?

Naijapal:
Instigated? Why you? Why not others?
Why would your clients that you have easy access to by virtue of the contract be instigated by others?

Smiles.

I don’t bid for too many jobs but I hardly lose bids.

My current project was a tough challenge for my client to chose between a well known nairaland professional builder and N3xt but the professional advice chose me over the pro-builder.

Not because I designed the project but because I’m kinda more detailed. I think my build cost is even the most expensive.

My client didn’t tell me any thing about the competition but the questions he was asking me gave me the ideas of what was happening in the background.

It was a tough decision for him to go with me but I think he respect the professional advice and I believe come May 2021 he’d be here to share his experience working with Brabus.

Even my current project, I knew the role of my competitors. I just decided to look aside.

Why Me?


Here’s something I know but I act as if I don’t know. My Oga shared this with me about other builders and competitors on NL.

We know a lot of these stuffs are instigated.

This is from Oga 3st before he


He said I see the quality

Before Oga 3st change levels, you need to see this:

You can never claim fraud if you follow nexthome contract agreement. You are either the fraud.

Naijapal:
First question is not answered.

The second too is not answered. Here's the post from the second you should respond to ".. brabus defrauded me with a fake building plan, he has only paid 50k out of 400k and has been giving me story since, things have taken.. ".

Take time and go through the whole thread. Whatever you’re looking for is right there.

I asked my client who live in Megamound estate, Ikota to let us go to the Ikota Approval office to shout and complain about fake approval. He said “No!” It’s on nairaland!

Who’s avoiding govt between us both? Won’t that be an opportunity to nab brabus who’s issuing fake approval?
I was ready to go to govt office to fight dirty the officer who handled the approval but my client is ready to fight dirty on nairaland.

Also the same guy who did Approval for him the son, did for the father at the same time and the father didn’t complain about fake approval.

Your response in 3 shows inability to accept responsibility. Even if you were not around, work should still go on as planned.

Responsibility that what Did I travel? Was the job not completed on schedule? Check the date of completion sir.

I’m still at loss as to what responsibility I should accept?[/quote]

I’m sure some will be looking for evidence I’m actually going to an international conference.

I’ve already paid $6,000 for the conference which I shared with my Oga

If you want telex copy of my transfer to HSBC, I can share.

Check the date on this Visa Invitation Letter and check the date of sir 3strik expected project completion date

Naijapal:
1) why did Qc1 praised you in this thread in 2014 https://www.nairaland.com/1338637/chateau-ile-oluji-construction-journal/47#24974866

Then in 2015 he accused you https://www.nairaland.com/2690865/nexthome-official-complaint-thread#39369716

Was it on same project or a different one? Qc1 you can join too if you're still here.

One thing I’ve observed is a lot of us like playing the victim and people organizing pity party for us.

2) this accusation by mavverick https://www.nairaland.com/2550211/general-topic-thread-to-discuss-anything/187#44511789

What happened?

Just read all that happened there and you’d know the truth.

We were asked to build. I did the build but along the line (at foundation stage), the owner said “f*ck” the contract agreement. Things will happen his way.

The project is not a do or die affair. I decided to step aside as I’m not really interested in the new arrangement.

Then series of allegation came.

Brabus was stealing with his truck and I’m like can you steal materials from a project you’re handling took materials and labour. If materials wasn’t enough, it’s not the clients business na

Then fake approval done by a LASG official.

Read the thread, you’d see where brabus was praised for the way he handled the LASBCA officials when they visited the site. You’ll also read where brabus sold fake approval to the complainant.

What you won’t read is that the client discovered a major issue with his land hence the reason he said the approval is fake.
You won’t also read that the man who did approval for the complainant also did for his dad at the same time in different location.

There’s nothing I didn’t do to make sure the complainant follow me to LASG office in Ikota which is just 5 minutes to his residence so that we can go and fight dirty with the officer who gave us fake approval.

Brabus has to pay for the approvals because he walked away from a contract that was breached by the client and the whole world must know brabus gave fake approval

You won’t read the stories of private investigators who went to check the structural integrity of the building and other nairalanders who worked on the project after brabus and their terrible experience.
The structural guy is Opalu. Try reach out to him and find out more.

I have those part of the story though to share when the time is set.

3) this accusation by 3strikes https://www.nairaland.com/2550211/general-topic-thread-to-discuss-anything/477#48534907

Follow the thread and read until everything scatter.

Brabus was meant to be at an International Conference in Malaysia for 2 weeks and I took permission to be off the project “lobatan”

Just go over the thread and let me know if there’s anything serious you can hold on to as Brabus offence.

I have the evidence to proof this and it’s in the page if you read with open mind.

My friend kaflex who sold the land to my Oga and sapphireview (one of the finest naija architects) who draw the building can tell the type of person their client is and who’s brabus.

@kaflex I still have recording of our discussion o

@sapphireview you still have my book on hotel designs o.

My Oga whom I helped sort out omo onile issue now started posting the picture of myself and my junior bros who’s a police officer as if I was arrested while trying to solve omo onile issue at his site.

It’s well!

Despite all, the project was still delivered on schedule without extra kobo.

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It’s bed time. I’m preparing for a concrete pour on Saturday. Tomorrow we intend to do the final checks.

Mention me, I’ll attend to your request at your convenience.

adanny01:
The client should have been warned ab initio. You also knew about the fact that there won't be approval but you still went ahead to draft.

The were so many reasons why you shouldn't have done the job but you took the money and still failed when the failure was inevitable

Just as I stated above, if it’s brabus it must be fraud and you never disappoint sir.

But just think about it, why will the client send a second survey showing he has bought another parcel of land to be added to the old land if he hasn’t been warned or cautioned?

Did you also miss the part where I said a refund was made when he’s not getting it?


I can only smile here on Nairaland.

adanny01:
Was it that you didn't have the plot survey at the time you designed the building?

You should have had the survey before doing anything. From what I see, you designed the building before

I shared 2 surveys up there. I have the survey.

I was actually building a house in the same area and I was able to visit the plot to see things myself.

When he gave the first survey, I told him his request is impossible.

He came back to tell me he has gone ahead to buy another small “tiny” plot shown in survey 2 and sent to me.

I decided to show him what the building will look like on the plot if we chose to force it in.


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To set the record straight, the client wanted exactly what I was building in the neighborhood and I had to show him on his survey what that building will look like on the irregular shaped plot.

Naijapal:
You need to address the issues in the thread below:
1) why were there so many complaints and accusations of fraud/sharp practices against you by your clients? Where did you go wrong?

Can we deal with specifics here? I honestly don’t have time reading stories.

However, here’s the thing:

Let’s conduct an experiment. Just come up with any Nairaland ID and say Brabus defrauded you on this thread and see if anyone will care to hear the true position of things.

I’m very confident you believed I defrauded the guy in your 2nd point because there are series of claims like that

Despite:

- Taking time to produce a drawing.
- Taking time to conduct a physical site inspection. I’m sure you’d agree Ajah to Ajao estate is not a 2 hours journey.
- Refunding when the client is not getting my point.
- Printing full set of drawings and delivering them.

Sigh!


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What if the guy has saved the drawing and asked for a refund from me? I kuku don give him all the soft copies

Isn’t that a possibility?

My 200k is still up for grab for whoever can get the drawing done though.

@naijapal can you see the weighty fraud allegation against Brabus?


Can you bring another one pls?

I couldn’t have produced the drawings this night na.

Site Plan shown to the client to let him know the challenge with his request.
Unfortunately I doubt this middleman was communicating the true position of things to the true owner.

Is this the plan that’ll be signed and sealed?

Naijapal:
State if the client was satisfactorily refunded for the unsigned drawing as agreed?

When I’ve not printed, I refunded him. After I’ve printed 5 set of drawings, bind it and deliver to him, I did not refund him.

He paid me to print the drawings.

He has seen what he wanted before we printed. The issue of not signed or sealed couldn’t have been an issue because that was the reason I refunded him in the first place.

Naijapal:
N3xt the issues raised by Mmotimo are weighty and is difficult to waive aside.

You need to address the issues in the thread below:

2) why you proceeded to draft a drawing that you won't signed? Provide evidence that the client asked you to proceed with a drawing that won't meet requirement for approval? State if the client was satisfactorily refunded for the unsigned drawing as agreed?

You have to open up on what has changed. Why were there so many complaints then? What are you doing differently now?

Let me start with 2

Here’s the thing:

Can any architect here or elsewhere put a 4 bedroom duplex and 2 units of 3 bedroom flats on this land and get it approved by the Lagos State government and meet all the setback requirements?

Anyone who can do this and get it signed and sealed for approval will get 200k from me first thing tomorrow morning.
Remember this is a storey building.


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Unfortunately, I wasn’t dealing directly with the direct owner. I was dealing with someone who seem to dread his brother so much that he can’t say no to him.

If I was dealing directly with the owner, maybe he would have understand that though we can draw a plan to fit the land, no one will approve such plan and no one will append his or her signature, stamp or seal on the drawing because it can never meet approval standard.

The survey is up there once again and 200k is up for grab for whoever can make this happen.

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When the wahala too much, I refunded the 50k (out of the 60k drawing fee) money paid to the man and weeks/months (can’t remember) later he paid the money back to me that his brother said we should print.

We printed and here we go again

Few weeks ago, while I was chatting the owner I told him “Did your brother not tell you I refunded him back your money when the back and forth is too much?”

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Fraud is an anko thing when it comes to brabus so I’m not always surprised when I read some funny allegations.


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Pic 1-2 | Survey of the half plot that my client want to build a 4 bedroom duplex and 3 bedroom flat

Focusmind:
I am not an Engineer but I think the OP made it clear that water was not coming from the ground or capillary action. It has to do with powerful wind pushing rain water towards the door areas. Since the there is so much gap between the base of the doors and the ground, rain water is finding its way into the house.
There should have been a little slopping at the door areas to allow reverse flow of water that may want to settle within the door areas or try to find its way. I think this is more of rain splashes than any foundation issue. There should not have been much gap between the base of the doors and the tiles

Where I stay now, during heavy rain with heavy winds, water splashes in the balcony and settles in the balcony, which are later mopped off.

Capillary action is not limited to water coming from the ground up neither is it always a foundation issue.

The capillary force always love small pores which is exactly why the OP is surprised. It can cause significant damage to a building without the occupant’s knowledge.

For instance, I have a leaky plumbing issue and I was shocked to see water everywhere in my bedroom where I used laminated wooden floor.

Just as the OP noticed the water when it rained, I always notice the water issue anytime the bathroom is used for a long time.

mosefin19:
Pls I just wanna start foundation on my half plot of land and this is what is given to me for the foundation I wanna ask if it’s okay.... I already have 1.5million to spend on the land now and I hope it can go far a little bit

Silver or gold, I have none but I believe you’ll learn a lot from this self build project (with detailed cost analysis).
The project is 100% owner builder managed and you’d learn a lot from the cost cutting strategies adopted by the PM.

https://www.kobocity.com/d/80-first-time-owner-builder/152

folmus:
When thses become available let me know for my Sagamu project lintels etc

When you’re ready, kindly let me know. I have boards in Sagamu.

bixton:
2) Is there any signs of water on the floor(s) internally due to rising water beneath your already installed floor tiles?

Before you’d notice this, things would have gone very bad.

This looks more like capillary action. The sandfilling of the compound and the installation of the interlocking stones seems to be a culprit here.
Higher ground level outside the building increased by flower beds and unplanned porches which takes the damp proof course above the ground level internally can also cause this.

Possible solutions includes (but not limited to):

- Sloping backfill around the building
- Installation of drainage mat and waterproof membrane around the foundation wall.
- Perimeter drainage

Mykel51:
Hello Engineers, I m currently working on foundation for a fenced estate at Lakwe. Fence is about 300m in length.

What type of foundation is recommended between an Inverted T beam or a Rectangular beam ?

Inverted T Beam

salisuammy:
Good evening Oga EgunMogaji2 and all my Sabi Ogas in the house.

Lovely.