₦airaland Forum

Ikosi is a big area. Where specifically in Ikosi is this property located.

What is the thickness of this aluminum and the colour?.

@Jarus. Sorry for my asking. Why would you want to share your country home with shops?. Will you be able to control the type of people that will rent the shops or those that will patronize what they are selling?. What if somebody rents one of the shops and turn it into a drinking joint?. Hope you know that all sorts of characters come into a drinking joint. To me that is not safe or quiet enough for a house that is a country home.

Great job Spyder. The decking is lovely and the iron rods are solid. When my brother that is handling my building in the village was telling me to send plenty money for the decking and iron rods, i dey take style vex thinking that the money was too much but when i went home and saw the wood work and the laid iron rods prior to the pouring of cement, na so so smile i just dey smile because of the quality of work. The rows of rods iam seeing here just reminds me of what i saw in mine. So do not be surprised that the client is very happy. Anybody seeing such quality of work will smile. Make sure you keep up with the quality in other aspects of this project.

@chaircover. What colour did you choose for the roof?. My wife has been insisting on a particular colour for our roof and we are yet to come to an agreement. I intend to follow what she has chosen. For purpose of comparison, let me know the colour you chose.

@spyder880. When i was about to do my decking, i was told that it has to be completed in one day. Because of this, it was done far into the night. Actually, it was completed by 10pm. I can see that you want to use two days to do this. Any special reason for this and are there are any advantages in spreading it instead of doing it in one day even if it means extending it into the night.

This is strange. Iam presently at the roofing stage of my duplex and it was made two layers of block after lintel and i did not see any abnormality with the building. The building is even on a hill. It even made it to stand out like a mansion.

I have heard it said somewhere that the colour of your roof should also be the colour of your window. How true is this?. For instance, can i use bush green step aluminum roofing sheet for my roof and then use cream colour aluminum for my windows?. I saw somebody use bush green for roof and also use use the same bush green for windows.

@spyder880, I support your point that Brabus should do an indoor settlement with his client. Brabus should come clean with Ahonohai (indoor and not public) and tell him his present challenges (funds, materials etc) and then arrived at a way forward. The Nigerian system has a way of throwing quotes overboard. Most times, workers can disappoint. When i wanted to do my decking, everything was set but the workers went missing and went to somebody else that had a deeper pocket that was ready to pay more to have his done. So i missed the planned target which then made the decking aspect to spill over and it was at this point that the price of cement went over the roof.

Somebody suggested cream colour step tiles roofing sheet to me. He said that it is durable, does not fade and can easily go with other colours especially aluminum windows. Anybody that has a picture of a cream aluminum roof should please paste. Iam yet to see any.

Where in Ikosi is this located?.

If that is what the Landlord wants, any special reason for wanting that?. Why not rent the place out to somebody that is looking for a duplex?. In addition, why the emphasis on ladies?. The man wan marry them?. As @Victorian has observed, sharing one sitting room and kitchen with 2 total strangers in an enclosure is strange. This is not a 'face-me-i-face-you' apartment. Who has control over the sitting room?. If one lady wants to furnish the sitting room to a particular format and the others want to do likewise in another format, what happens?. In addition, if their 'bobos' come around, who has priority over the use of the sitting room or if they decided to get down in the sitting room during a moment of intense passions and the others are coming there, what happens?.

This picture was taken from the balcony in the picture above. The long blue line in the foreground shows the great River Niger.

This is the front of the building. Comments are welcomed as iam still open to adjustments before roofing.

This is the building that i want to roof. I want to use bush green step tiles because of what i saw in the post 'Roofing A 4 Bedroom Bungalow With Gatehouse (pictures)' by Spyder. This is supposedly the back of the building which opens to our family inner compound.

Somehow new to Nairaland and i have been following all the exciting threads by Oga Landlord (Spyder who abandoned us on SMN). I started my 4 bedroom duplex country home before i discovered this site. Iam now at the roofing stage. Just came back from home to see the extent of work before choosing a roofing colour. I have noticed something in some of the buildings i saw at home that were roofed with aluminum. The colour on the aluminum roofing sheet is already fading in some of the buildings. I also noticed this fading and peeling of colour in some buildings in lagos. Does it mean that fake aluminum sheet was used or is it the effect of weather?. In addition, how do you know the real aluminum roofing sheet.

Time frames might not even work in this our Naija and factoring in inflation might not even work in this our Naija. Prices can go up within minutes. When the sellers want to increase prices, they do not consider inflation rate. I normally wonder how contractors and builders are able to break even in an uncontrolled environment like us. My brother is presently handling my duplex in the village. When i started last year December, if i had given money to a contractor based on a quotation, by now, it is either the contractor is asking for a variation or he using inferior materials or he is trying to abandon the job. A bag of cement has increased from about N1,400 to about N2,500. Even labour has increased. Those that give out jobs to genuine contractors should understand with them. The Naija system can throw all calculations into the dustbin within days and once prices start rising, they hardly come down.