₦airaland Forum

MacLovington: .

Very good points made.

It is not rocket science. Standard is not the problem. It is nothing elusive. It is just dishonesty. If you know that 10 men can set x number blocks a day and you then tell your relative abroad upfront that you need 30 men to do it, it's just daylight robbery.

If you know that labour to plaster a bungalow is 150k and you claim it's 310k, it's not due to standard.

If you measure the surface area of a bungalow to tile to be 336sqm and you demand money claiming the size is 778 sqm, you're a rogue.

These are the kind of rip off I am talking about.

In the past, I have seen people asking for 120k instead of 105k that was actually quoted (through checks), I usually just did as if I didn't know and paid 120k.

There was even a time eons ago when I used to add 10% to every quotation I got from a lose relative as commission (not agreed uopn, but out of appreciation).

He began well. Later, he wasn't even spending 50% of money sent on the project. He was pocketing ,ost of the money plus commission. In those days no internet, no mobile phone. Analogue Nitel phone line was unreliable. So verifying things was hard unless you travel by yourself.

Tundetiler2011: I "Give the haters another reason to hate" ...your running mouth is uplifting ME!

jaydacorsair: Good day everyone. Im discussing with my Oga @ brabus to see if i can bring him down to the east here for this project....

brabus: My name is Brabus and I'm your host on this thread. How may I help you?

spyder880: If you cover all the wall surfaces on the ground floor front, all the spaces from window till door sides till the edges, it will still look good.

One advice, make sure to buy all the frontal tiles at once before you start. This one you see in my frontage is finished in the market and I am buying another closely related type to complete the top, but we all know that June and July are not the same thing dont let this happen to you.

spyder880: Thank you sir, the rest of the front.

NL1960: Ok. Where in Lagos can i get them to buy.

NL1960: Have sent you a mail.

POLICE CAP: I've observed that most persons prefer to build well furnished mansions in their villages which latter begins to look like an abandoned project because you only find people in them during festive periods. And the funny thing here is that most of these persons live in rented apartment in the city (where they spend most of their time)

In my own opinion, I would suggest they build just a simple house with simple furnishing in the village.... Then own even if its a hut to call their own in the city.

I stil wish for reasons why they do this.....

Muyesky: i thought i should add small beauty to the front of the house so i went ahead to get this stone tiles at the rate of #2300 per sq. meter and to my own taste, i think the tiler tried sha! what does the honorable house thinks?

spyder880: My brother Warri far o
The condition of Enugu-Onitsha express way will make it difficult for me to shuttle between Enugu-Anambra-Delta-Ebonyi and produce good results. I would really want to do more in the near future.

We have so much new projects planned to start this year around Enugu state. We are very committed to step up our game towards satisfying you my friends. We plan to grow bigger and get better, we plan to explore all the options and give you guys the varieties that will make your house a colorful experience.

Although I caught your attention with serious cost cutting techniques during my first online outing to build my own house, I have come to realize that not all clients like my 'cheap' way of doing things. I am always communicating with many potential clients and from the feedback I get, people will love to see me depart from building 'cheap' to moving my priority to building 'comfort' . I had a visitor in my house today, in the duplex you all know here online. The prospective client loved the house but hated the finish. He instructed me to finish his own with better roofing, doors, windows and tiles. Well, I just wanted to complete some good space for my kids, nothing too luxurious.

We are still ready to serve, we are still anxious to take on more jobs if its in our reach and the price is right. We cannot agree to start a job this 2013 if the job will make us 'manage' resources to the extent of looking 'cheap'.

PERFECTION IS OUR GOAL, EXCELLENCE WILL BE TOLORATED.

spyder880: The frontal tiles, for exterior use mainly....

spyder880: Frontal crack tiles, e dey

OilSubsidy: God! I have learnt a great deal from all of your threads o!! thanks a lot Prof. One day i hope to relocate to Naija and do something along your line of business. Hopefully build and sell. Make Baba GOD answer my prayers. This overseas don tire me no be small.

OilSubsidy: This your compound big o. A lot of money will be chopped on interlocking stones

spyder880: Look this guy o, your house don fine finish

spyder880: I did not know finishing a house is this costly, some samples of the lights fitted in the upper bedrooms

brabus: These tiles are everywhere in Lagos and their prices varied a lot.

I got the ceramic tiles in picture below from a friend who import tiles in Ajah area.

It's called Country Clay and the Dimension is 8" x 25". I got it around N2,700 per sqm. I'll confirm the prices now cos that's a long time.

NL1960: Oga Brabus. Good job. Cannot wait to see the finishing of this house. Those guys are Magictouchstudos are wizards in designs.

Please do you know where i can buy frontal tiles (those designed tiles used in the front of buildings) in Lagos and the price it goes for.