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XL6 Trillion | Atrium House by NextHome

>>> A leakproof flat roof is possible.

#designthatwork

hamtabfawaz:
Smart Wise Woman

Yes. Living in a rented apartment while she’s getting over N10m per annum on her 3 unit Terrace Duplexes.

somehow:
Terraces are like big man's face me I face you.

Apartment blocks are like average man's face me I face you.

Wicked people everywhere

pussiboner:
Building a house is an investment which ever way you see it.
Most people are of the opinion that once you are not making money from it, it's not an investment.

Would you rather continue paying rent than owning your own house?
Would you rather continue using Uber than owning your own car?

On the short run it seems like it's cool, but in a long run you would find out which is better.

Investments also covers whatever saves you time and money.

They say our children are investments, I then wonder what you would say since they don't give us money.

Apologies for derailing

If it’s about time and money, adopting a 12 year old is cheaper than raising a baby.

You just find yourself with a grown-child without paying the price.


A shelter over a man’s head is a thing of pride and not actually an investment.

You spend more to maintain that shelter than when you live in a shared apartment.

somehow:
Straight! Same goes to a house. What you use it for is what differentiates it between being an asset alone or both and asset and investment.

Finally!

A house is good o. Please don’t use what I’m saying against me o.

To say the fact, a house is not an investment. The smartest investors who live in condos, MDUs, suites understand the gains of shared facilities.

hamtabfawaz:
. ... at first, I was wondering why.

My thoughts were (n3xt don pass that level)

True Talk sha, i understand


But Regardless, I believe there's nothing you can't handle when it comes to building. (If you are interested) .

I’ll rather consult for free.

Jasobry:
Apt

Yes!

Just show the water where you want it to go.

I had a flat roof on my generator/gatehouse house and for a decade I’ve never had to do any repairs.

No additives. No felt. No special tiles. Just a slab with a gentle slope.


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Another good thing is the designof the gatehouse, I didn’t do an enclosed wall design so as not to trap moisture/heat under the slab. It was intentionally made an open design using slat.

So when I’m putting large windows/openings in my designs, please don’t fret it’s there for a purpose. The forces we fight against no get mouth

#designthatwork

A village house is not an investment. It’s just a status symbol.

The same amount spent could actually give you something with higher returns when the location is right.


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The last time I check the price of clement in Banana Island and Erunmu village is the same.

somehow:
Real estate and owing a home for the purpose of living therein aren't the same.

I can relate.

A man sold his house for N150m in 2014. Gave about N24m to his wife. Bought exotic cars. Bought 800sqm land to build 2 detached duplex with a plan to live in one and to sell the other.

The wife secretly engaged me to build a 3 unit terrace building at the same time.

Within 5 months, the man ran out of funds and we completed the wife’s terrace flats. Within 7 years, the wife has made over 60 million naira from her investment while the husband’s project is still in abandoned state.

He cannot finish it neither can he sell because that means he won’t have a house to his name again.

While living in a rented house in Chevron, Lagos the wife was making money from her investment a few kilometer away while the husband is hoping to compete a superfluous house he can move into maybe one day.

While inflation hit hard, the wife is making more profit while the husband is being weighed down by the increasing cost-to-own a house.

If both of them decide to sell tomorrow, the wife will be making more money than the husband.



A house is not an investment if you’re not planning to sell or rent out.


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Lest I forget, please note building terraces is cheaper than detached houses but its ROI is higher and the occupancy rate is

Typical knockoff tiles

Another Steel Roof Loading >>> FLAT


XL6 Trillion | Atrium House

DUNKA:
Nice work Bosun. Based on the BOQ how many blocks is projected for this build?

Almost 6,000 blocks.

The headroom is 3.3m (floor to ceiling) on the ground floor and 3m on the first floor.

DUNKA:
Bosun You do not seem to be a fan of external wall tiles or burnt bricks in your builds. I don't think I can recall any of your builds or designs that incorporated tiles. Just curious if there is Any particular reason for that?

There’s plan for burnt brick tiles on XL6 Trillion | Atrium House. Used sparingly to create accent. I’m considering Farad Contractors for this.

Then there’s stonewall tiles on Chateau de Brabus. I have over 70sqm installed.

The only issue I have with external tiles is there are too many fake (lookalikes) in the market and I’m really not for cheap stuffs.

Most of these importers knew we love cheap so they always give us a knockoff version of the original stuffs (door, tiles, toilet fittings/fixtures, lights fixtures, even door locks etc) which is not really my thing.

Tiles seller on the forum can compare what most dealers offer as stonewall tiles with what I used on my build below.

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I still have some offcuts for those who want to know the difference between original and knockoffs.

Dennis3D:
Need A Design.
We are excellent at space management.
Would you believe this semi Detached is on one plot with BQ Detached? Well that's why we exceed expectations.

Great space management.

I’ve only been able to tuck a 4 bed semi-detached duplex with an attached BQ and a courtyard into a 588sqm parcel of land. All statutory setback/limits met.

somehow:
That you stopped paying rent does not make it an investment sir.

Is owing a private car for no better example an investment afterall it will stop you from paying to take public bus?

If you understand deeply the meaning of investment, you'd know that what you buy/build/own for personal consumption can't be said to be an investment except you plan to sell it from the get go.

That it looks like an 'investment' does not make it an investment.

For me o...

A house is not an investment if you do not plan to sell it. The running costs of a house are too high for it to be classified as an investment.

n3xt:
Reno-viction right?

I’d take a pass.

@hamtabfawaz

You want to know why? No builder has x-ray vision.

The scope of work must be well defined and agreed by both party (client and contractor) involved. You don’t want to inherit another man’s wahala.

Jasobry:
Its called grooving but i call it tribal Mark

Baba Egunmogaji2, comman carry your pipu o.

Which one is tribal again tonight? I’m worn out already o

Ibk2020:
I was asking my engineer today, he said same thing, but I'm guessing he doesn't know how to do it.
pls does it require special equipment or technique?
we are in the exterior plastering stage.

Just show him this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NuqDvcFrrQ

It’s very easy to achieve. Too much of it is not good though.

Ibk2020:
pls what's the advantages of these stripe wall plastering?;

It’s nothing really but its classy when you have it on your build.

Jasobry:
Its a standard in the estate

That should be 1.5m high. Good planning.


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I’m thinking of starting an estate in not too distant future - a prime sub-urban residential development comprising of detached homes and terrace apartments.

I learnt today that we should not keep our money in the bank.

hamtabfawaz:
Cc
n3xt

Reno-viction right?

I’d take a pass.

Jasobry:
This one na kitchen na

I like kitchen

Your fence is a great complement. I noticed it from the very first day you shared the pics of the building.

#dwarf #functional

#wornout bawo??

XL6 Trillion | Atrium House

>>> The final lap

sonnie10:
Dem say na you and your twins get all those monikers. lol.
So, some moniker to be nice some to shay naija way abi?

A beer parlour gist right?

I’m worn tonight. Need to hit the sheet

Ttyl.

Jasobry:
Wooden door installed...

Super nice. Pls dash me this your house

jabolo:
I was driven along the Highway in Abuja sometime back, around Mabushi. I was struck how aligned the white lines in brown shingle roofed houses in an estate were. House after house.

I don't get the point of these patterned roofs anyway but if it were my build, the lines gotta align. Imagine what anything else does to someone with even the mildest OCD? And over 20, 30 years? Yikes!

Just providing feedback.

Better soup...

Well received.

Random image of shingle with white patches from the Internet.

Would anyone here be happy to have a straight white line and use extra 50sqm of materials while trying to achieve symmetry or alignment?

I’m sure the bigger ogas in the house can afford to do that but definitely not my firiend who said he does not have mb to post pics yesternight.

Unless the roofs are made to exact measurement of the shingles, I doubt there can be a perfect alignment of the patterns.

Please don’t take me too serious on this. I joke too much sometimes.

Except the owner of the project is happy to sacrifice extra 50sqm to achieve a perfect alignment of the sheets, I think the installer is not really at fault here. It’s more of a design error.

A perfect solution would have been to have special designs for the valley points, the hip and joints of the roof especially areas where the materials will be trimmed off.

Without this, a 100sqm roof will require about 120sqm of shingles to get perfect alignment.

Immediately I saw your message, I had to rush back and check the pictures vis-a-vis the issue raised and also conduct a nairaland search using the keywords “nairaland shingle patches”

Guess what? Most of the installs I saw aren’t different from the pic shared.

To be honest with you, I’ve not used shingles with patches before on any of my installs and I really don’t pay attention to the patterns or then designs. But raising this issue tonight, I decided in the last few minutes to study the design and understand why the misalignment.

Is it as a result of bad installation? Or doing all the installer can do to minimize wastage?

Let me continue on part 3

sonnie10:
I am in a profession where people take criticism with open mind. In fact every job I do most be criticized It is a requirement.

Greetings baba, thanks for sharing with us.

Your point well noted and are very valid. I’m also very sorry for the way my paddy responded to you.

True, true body dey hot for everywhere in naija

Please accept my sincere apologies over this.

So let’s talk about the issue raised, the causes and how to forestall such in the future.