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[quote author=yinkaoke post=39984260]It may be possible, depending on who and what you use.
I am not a builder but I have assisted at building sites. This is my analysis.

I presume you mean building from foundation up to roofing plus fittings.
You won't be needing an engineer for supervision as I expect a simple, functional house.

You can draw your plan yourself or adapt from an existing one.
Most experienced brick layers read plans and can handle projects of your size comfortably.
Get one and make him your supervisor. You may pay him daily or as agreed.

Digging may cost up to N1000 per 12 feet., depending on location and nature of ground, i.e. wet v dry. Allocate N25, 000 to digging.
Stones: get about 8 trips for foundation, pillars and lintel. This may gulp about N300,000.

You need about 3,5000 4 or 6 inches blocks, depending on room size. You buy or make your blocks.
Between 35 and 38 6-inch blocks per bag of cement is good quality. That is 100 bags.
Add 5 bags for blinding, 15 for block work, 35 for pillars and lintel.
Cement now sells for N1500/bag. Budget N250,000 for cement and N60,000 for block making.

Rods: maximum of 20 pillars using 12 mm rods. About 30 pcs x N1200 = 36,000.
About 40 pcs of 10mm rods for lintel @ N1000 each = N40,000.
Quarter rods and binding wire = N15,000.

Nails: About N4000 -N4500 a bag. Buy 1 for a start.
Planks: Cheaper to do the lintel in 2 bits so you can reuse your planks. Get about 35-40 pcs = N40,000.
Sand: If you buy blocks, budget about 8 trips = N 50,000.
Water: rainy season helps b/cos sand is wet and less water is required. A tanker is about N7500 or N30,000 for 4 trips.

Block work is easy. After the concrete floor, you can hit lintel in 3-4 days using enough workers.
Use direct labour. Depending on location, labourers charge N2000-N2500 daily. They prepare the mortar or concrete and serve the bricklayers.
Bricklayers earn about N1000 higher than labourers. Labour may take about N120,000.

I don't have much experience with roofing, doors and windows, but I know that the cost varies with the quality.
I expect plumbing work to be inexpensive ; same as electrical work.

I have arrived at an estimate of about N980,000 for needed materials to get the building to lintel completed.
Roofing and fixtures my take up the balance of about 1 million naira.
I have not included shovels, wheel barrows, head pans, etc.

Experts in the house, what do you think?

[quote author=commitcrime post=3981

Enough of of this Linda house, kitchen, bedroom, toilet.....!

Is this what this site is all about?

And who the hell posts these things...?

I watched both Mali and Nigeria matches online and I wish to share the info.

You need to have a laptop or PC with Flash Player and internet connection. No registration or download required.

Go to vipbox.tv

Click on the soccer icon. A list of scheduled matches will open.

Click on Nigeria v Mali; this will take you to the match screen.

Now the tricky part: some pop-up window adverts will appear, partially covering the match.

You need to close adverts. If you click on the X, you will end up opening the advert.

The trick is to look for the small [x] associated with each pop-up window.

You will have to look well because it will be faint and placed either in the middle or to the left of the pop-up window.

Click on it to kill the pop-up. Be warned that the pop-ups will reappear at intervals; just kill them.

Since it is better to watch on full screen, you may notice some freezing; this means a pop-up has appeared and slowed things down.

Go out of full screen so you can see and x-out the pop-up before continuing.

You can watch other sports including Euro matches on this site, free.

Let me know if it worked for you.

kenonze:
Whenever u see a black dating a white,
Check it well, the lady wont be fine.
This one sef try

Don't know why our Super Eagles don't date super babes.

Maybe they suffer from optical illusion.

drizslim:
Dumb Thread... she's juss there like a normal girl...

I don tire for the craps some dumb heads post here.

One must not post if there is nothing reasonable to post.

I don't see what is breathtaking in this copy-and-paste from some site....

[quote author=Iamthewatcher post=39563201]I presume your story is true.
What manner of wife are you looking for?
The reason for her poor performance in previous exam has been explained.
And she has credited her papers this time .
I think you are undecided between "polished" and "unpolished".
Since she is ready to go to school, she can become polished during or after school.
The age difference is insignificant.

[quote author=Adesiji77 post=39463128]All these na executive speak.

I don't see the difference the change in mantra makes.

What matters most is the efficiency and speed with which service is rendered.

In fact banks should be strong and reliable enough to bank in.

[quote author=Demigods post=39459356]Seriously, how many of those who responded to this post will do as they advised if they are the one involved?

Many are playing saints here and talking down on the boy and his girlfriend.

Society frowns at abortion but it is usually the last resort in challenging situations; that is the reality.

As has been advised by others, confirm whether the pregnancy is still viable or not.

If it is not viable, a simple D&C performed by a qualified hand will solve the problem.

But if the pregnancy is still intact and you really love this girl and want to marry her, convince her of your love and intention.

Then open up to your parents or sponsor about what happened so things can be formaliesd.

Fear here is that the girl's parents will skin her alive, but they will chill with time.

She will lose 1 or 2 years of school but she can resume after delivery; that's the price to pay.

[quote author=iliyande post=39426214]You were scanty on your information.

What has changed after you got married to him?

Is it that his approach and style have changed or you have developed thick skin and become insensitive to his efforts?

It could be that the baby has occupied much of your attention that you hardly notice when he is doing his best.

[quote author=Hiploko post=39405906]It is really a very big shame for results get missing in the university I'm this computer age.

Last year, a family member had her result missing.

The university did nothing about it.

The only advice ground staff gave was to re-register the course while waiting to hear from head office.

Of course, nothing was heard.

Think of the economic cost to the numerous students affected!

[quote author=Janix2 post=39380143]Both the wife's and husband's money belong to the family.

Some families have the arrangement where the wife's income is used for, say, feeding and other minor expenses.

Some men don't really bother about their wives' money because they have enough of their own.

But that doesn't mean she should hold onto her money as if they are strangers.

If she keeps her money, what is she going to do with it?

As we move about in life, there are events that occur and experiences that we acquire.
If given the chance, humans would always like to avoid living and/or working in some towns or cities because it is boring there.

But at times, we find our ourselves in locations where, upon looking back, we thank our stars for sending us there at that time.
It could be because you made money, gained plenty of experience, or even averted what could have been a deadly situation.

Life in Mubi in Adamawa State then was not very exciting.
There was no TV, no radio. You had to go to NITEL to make calls and if you were lucky, they got through. You were like cut off from the outside world until you travelled.

I had been in other places before Mubi and I had thoughts of living/working in the big cities until I found myself in Mubi.

Now that I look back, I thank God for sending me there at that particular period.
I keep asking myself what could have happened if I wasn't there when I did.

And why am I saying so?
This is where I met my wife, when she came for her NYSC programme. We are so so happy together with kids.
Sometimes we ask each other whether we could have been married if she weren't posted to my location.
In truth, I really don't know ....

Maybe you have a similar story where you are happy you were someplace at the time you did.
I know it happened to you, so share them with us.
God bless you.

[quote author=90love post=39285908]It is very unlikely that your husband will change.

And I must join others who wonder why you could not discover these ugly traits during courtship.

Living abroad is very stressful on its own let alone with your added problems.

Nigerian men are known to work hard and provide for their families.

Maybe, your husband is not yet ripe for marriage if he is already crumbling after mere 5 months of marriage.

By depending on you for upkeep and house rent, are you the one marrying him?

How come he does not want to work...

Confront him with his attitudes and ask him what are his worries.

If nothing is done soon, he may lapse into depression and do things we hear men do to their wives overseas.

Divorce is your most likely option.


If that fails, tell his mom....

If all else fail, stay away from him

[quote author=Valto post=39295507]The man is very generous and I have seen the structures and developments mentioned.

In fact, Umuchukwu is a walking distance from Nneato, a town in Abia State.

While doctors run consultations for the sick, Dr Maduka runs consultations in his village for the needy from far and near.

Apart from building houses, he gives money to set up business, pay school fees or hospital bills, etc, etc,

Here is an example of Dr Maduka's magnanimity:

He attended church service in a neighbouring community last December and gave N5,000,000.00 to the church.

While there, he noticed a woman was sleeping during service; when he asked, the lady told him taking care of her elderly mom kept her awake most nights.

Dr Maduka gave her N100,000.00 for her mom's upkeep.

When he came outside, he saw a woman vomiting due to stomach upset; she received N50,000.00.

There is this joy and a sense of fulfillment we get when we use what we have to help others in our own small ways.

It is unfortunate that many who have find it difficult to give to those who do not have.

One can only ride in one car at a time and sleep on one bed in one room at a time.

When people die, they leave all the wealth and mansions in Europe and America behind. All is vanity.

We need more Dr Madukas around.

[quote author=consultancy post=39151749]I agree with you.

He should not allow himself to be carried away by the passion of love making

The trick is to slow down the tempo if the passion/sensation starts to build up

Take your mind off to some problems you have been musing about.....

Do some small mental arithmetic... anything that distracts you momentarily

It's all the mind....

[quote author=teyus post=39069835]The house, it`s fittings and fixtures may be expensive but the decor is poor.
,
Wall colour is bland, monotonous and unattractive. There is no colour play.

However, it beats me what one individual needs N850 million house for, if it cost that much.

[quote author=queenfav post=39045749]I am surprised at the amorous nature of the interview.

I thought lawyers chose what they say or do very carefully

....."because anything you say or do may be used against you in court."

CASTOSVILLA:
That's cool, but is Nairaland a blog or a site?

Idle minds, they say, discuss people.

Wetin be our business for here?

High time to flag some lousy posts in Nairaland!

[quote author=mayorkyzo post=39017990]Sometimes women are not ready for the physical thing;

They just want you to hold and talk with them in bed.

If the wife has not been refusing at other times, maybe she should have been excused.

Allowing her to pick items at the shop and refusing to pay for her just to even the score was a joke that went beyond the elbow.

I think it was an embarrassing thing to do to one's wife, no matter what.....

Please apologise to her.

[quote author=lookingbuoy post=38786759]I have the feeling that you are more at ease with the Psych lady.

Although she is unemployed at he moment, she will get a job in the future.

Many men have wives who are not working but they live fine.

I get the premonition that the oil worker lady will be a tough nut to crack after the vow, especially with her so-called independent mindedness.

You can put them to the test.

Apart from beauty and job, what is their temperament like, which of them can cook and keep the house clean, or are you going for a maid from the beginning?

Books aside, how much "native intelligence/wisdom" does each have? Good luck.

[quote author=gab264 post=38934018]Your experience may be true but one finds it difficult to believe.

There are lots of equally good looking men out there who have loads of friends.

When you go out with your friends where there is a scramble for women, you guys can only have one woman at time.

My advice is for you to be real, be yourself and try and play down on the looks.

Choose others and make them your friends if your friends won't make you their friend.

I spoke una mind, my people?

[quote author=faith551 post=38888949]If a lady is not physically attracted to her man and if she is ashamed to present him to her friends as her husband,

she has no business contemplating marriage to him.

He may be God-fearing and all that, but then most men are.

Ladies, even men, enjoy the confidence engendered by being around someone thy love.

If you doubt your love for someone, do not commit yourself.

[quote author=Rapmoney post=38741866]I know a graduate of Veterinary Medicine who rented a 2-bedroom flat and hired a crop of talented tailors to make well sewn shirts, trousers and ties on his own label.

Boutique owners placed bulk orders and, sometimes, retail hawkers brought the shirts to me and my colleagues to buy, claiming they were imported but we recognised the label.

Even while gainfully employed, I made an arrangement with a tailor friend to learn the trade, because it is a lucrative trade if one does it well. I regret that I could not

follow through with the arrangements.

Graduates could try freelance photography. I did mobile photography before and even while in the university. At a time, most of the people I snapped suggested I opened a studio.

What about learning an entirely new trade? Recently, I gave business to 2 graduate brothers who underwent apprenticeship in Cabinet Making. They didn't want to go

through the hassles of unemployment.

How about learning auto repairs as cars are getting more sophisticated and electronic. Affordable equipment and tools abound that make tasks very easy these days.

For those good at what they do, thy will never lack clienteles. In fact, this is an area I recently advised a cousin Poly graduate to go into instead waiting for government job

or a Visa to Europe.

[quote [i][/i]author=ConfessionsNgr post=35894342]

Sex plays a major role in marriage and always the man is expected to give it to the wife in full measure.

I get the sense that you know little or nothing about sex.

Your husband appears to like to discuss sex freely with you, including the whats and hows, which is very good.

You should be more adventurous in your sex play. It is done with every part of your body.

Perhaps your husband had not been watching porns before, but the need to succeed in his new "assignment" pushed him to do so.

You may wish to checkout this website that teaches adult intimacy matters. It has videos too: www.loversguide.com

[quote author=Dharniel post=35844384]You got it right first time!

Looks like you "giraffed" and then changed your answer.

Correct sequence is 8+6+17 =31.

Don't think anyone can solve it in 10 seconds.

[quote author=astrodome post=35649023]I do not think so. Professors are known to always enunciate opinions, no matter how tenuous.

How much of one's total worth does one give out to extended family members and friends?

It is only a small fraction.

If a man has the means to be wealthy, surely he will be wealthy.

But this won't be possible in a society where unemployment and lack of development thrive.

[quote author=skak post=35792585]Don't see anything striking about the gate.

Where is the landscaping and lighting?

All I see is basic concrete work.

Anyway, beauty is in the eye of the person looking.

[quote author=Daffar post=35613138]What is shown here is a left hand drive traffic system, which Nigeria does not practice.

On its face value, however, A is on a straight course, probably cruising. So B and C must wait for it to pass.

After A is gone, both B and C can turn simultaneously since each is turning onto different lanes.

[quote author=astrodome post=35643137]Hello bros,

I understand what you are passing through because I happen to have relatives who reside in the U.S.

Unless one is that close or told, one wouldn't know that life in the U.S is very stressful and difficult.

Most of these calls are for stuffs like laptops, phones and such fancy stuff.

Others are for more serious problems like imminent ejection by land, school fees or failing business.

The extended family system which we practice is a noble thing and I know that many would like to help both family and friends if they can.

The real drain on the pocket are the numerous bills you mentioned. Plus you might need to build or finish your house at home, etc.

However, with your six-figure, income, you should be able to dole out a little to those most in need as follows:

Filter the requests per those that can wait vs urgent needs,

What is the amount involved; if it is huge, you can send part and let them get the remainder.

If your old school mate makes income and merely wants stuff made in America, you may get him perfume, shoes or other fashion item at your convenience.

Alternatively, you can check in a bag as extra load at $200 via somebody travelling home.

Let your family members and friends know that you have other responsibilities.

It is difficult to please everybody.

I wish you luck.

So what the hell is our problem?
[/color][/quote]Please ask them.....

Is she eating the food or posing with it?

Redundant posts like this should not be allowed here.

Talk about idle minds discussing people!

[quote author=Obinoscopy post=34427597]Here is what I think is the difference:

"Complete" refers to a condition of everything that is required being present.

Whereas "finished" denotes the end of a task or undertaking.

Let's say you want to build a house, your building materials - blocks, wood, nails, etc - will be "complete" if you have them.

When you are done erecting your building and it is ready to live in, then you have "finished" your building.

People use these terms interchangeably but we tend to ignore it since we know what is implied.

Hope this helps.