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spyder880: From the outside.

Majestic. Nothing less.

spyder880: All pipes to be hidden inside the ducts provided for them. To be covered later with an aluminium panel.

Lookin neat. I think this makes better sense in a tenanted building. How would the pipes be hidden inside the house to avoid a chaotic look?

Jamesqu: There seems to be great love for decorative columns in the east....

Yesssss.....I noticed!

spyder880: The bigger ones sells for N60k while the smaller ones sells for N50k. I will collect the measurements later, gotta eat before man pikin fall for market

I hear you bros. Make you try chop!

spyder880: Just sampling opinions, which skirting among them would you like in your bathroom wall?

Tiles and skirting combination 2

Combination 3

[quote author=spyder880]Just sampling opinions, which skirting among them would you like in your bathroom
Tiles and skirting combination 3

Ogas Spyder and Hajji, thanks for the education.You guys are the best. I love this forum.

spyder880: This and the two frames above are the 2x10" wooden frames. Using "Uku" wood to do these frames will cost about N9000 for each frame.

spyder880: The 2x7" version, for 6" blocks area, kitchen, toilets and bathrooms sells for N7000.

Pray spyder what does the figures above (2x7 and 2x10) mean. Size i presume. I thought all the doors in a house are supposed to be the same size? please confirm.

The local frames look more solid but it appears they will be buried in the cement anf concrete anyway. I can reason with the cost saving goal and correct me if i am wrong, this is the main goal right?

Lovely so far. All that tile for the house? This must be costing a fortune....but better soup na money killam

Empiree: @ Oga Spyder, am i missing something?. You mean all doors for this building will cost one point (1.m)?. I dont know how you arrived at this conclusion though. Does the building requires many doors?

He said about 76 internal doors and gave a detailed breakdown of per door cost.

spyder880: The cost of this pictured door is about N1.14m

We are looking at over N1.5m for only the internal doors (foreign)

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mufutau55: I think for the 400k difference I will go for the imported door if they are as strong as the local door and it will be more fancy too.

Hajji M.

My fear is that the local manufacturers cannot achieve consistent quality across 76 wooden plus 22 metal doors especially when you pressure them to deliver on time. Like Oga Hajj said, if the differential is pegged at N400k and the foreign doors are strong, it might be worth considéring. Also design bathrooms to prevent water splashing on doors. That's the only area I see the risk with water. An alternative is to use different (local) doors for the bathrooms only.

spyder880: These are the real imported wooden doors selling for N11,000 without the keys, handle or frames. beautiful to look at and you can see the wood with which it was made, but supposing the height or width does not match your door space nko? amendments to this door could be problematic as our able Nigerian carpenters can damage it while trying to repair it.

How about expanding the space made for the door rather than trying to tamper with the door. Reading through the door posts, it would seem the above average Nigerian made doors (ex- keys, handles, frames etc), are more expensive than the imported ones? Do you have any ideas why?

My challenge with domestic manufacturers is ability to achieve consistent quality across many doors.

spyder880: If you think these are doors, then I don trick you

These are just door coverings, designed and imported into the country, selling for about N5,000 for a pair to cover the door front and back. We have many colours of it, white, wood grain design, black, etc. We could use this to cover wooden boards and then it will look as clean as imported. How do you like these?

I am so loving and appreciating this module of the course. Thanks Oga Spyder for the lessons and may you be richly rewarded for enlightening some of us.

spyder880: Mini football field

Truly big and spacious. There is enough space here to bring the best of creativity to bear in finishing.

Fhemmmy: I am impressed with innoson group and I am so disappointed that our government can't patronize them.

Anambra state government is patronizing them. Hopefully, other state governments and FG will follow suit shortly.

Looks like some major shopping is going on...that means action time. I hope we get to see live streaming as these things are installed. I trust Spyderman?

On the Tokumbo kitchen sink, what explains the difference and is it a popular choice for builders? Are the new ones durable?

ekoibile: Ok, see dis one. Wetin be all this case study threads sef, even for one room? You mean say you no sabi how much e go cost to build dis one too? Make i call one local mason for abule here make him tell you, shiooo!
The mansions you began to build yesterday should have been the case study, and not the miniature houses you've been doing before now.
Ibi like say plenty mugu clients dey for east sha.

Making a comment is not compulsory. Don't drink panadol for another person's headache.

Initially it looked like a house being demolished but now it is looking better. Oga Spyder, do you normally restore old houses? Do you have a thread on any of that type of work, with before and after pictures?

Onuokwu: I like the burglary proof too. Is this from same guy?

Great output from the guys. Always good to see workmen skilled in their craft. I like the design on the burglary proof and I go copy am.

vivienbabe: Methinks this is what the owner wanted. That being so has put our bros Spyder in a difficult position, arguing from a weak position. It is not so good in that people of all backgrounds,and from different parts of the world are reading and following. Safety is an on going issue in building construction in Nigeria and people are concerned in situations like this one. I hope the owner will review the situation.

I also have my concerns about this idea and feel the architect and builder should always draw the owners attention to inherent risks in a plan. I don't know how much carbon monoxide is needed to kill a man but I know for sure carbon monoxide will waft into the Gateman's room, like it or not. Fire is also a possibility in addition to overheated concrete slab and overheated room almost all the time. Won't this degrade the structure? Just asking as i dont know. Besides this gen is likely to be on most of the time going by power supply situation.

I have made enquiries and have been told that with the modern generators, you don't even need to keep it in an enclosed space. There has to be a safer way to manage the space in this compound.

spyder880: The water flooded the entire foundation, filling it up. This was after we had completed the concrete blinding and bought blocks, cement, sand etc to start foundation block setting this morning.

has this problem been sorted now? Wishing you speedy resolution and resumption of activity. Please let us know how you did it so that we can learn.

well...they called it a luxury block of flats so everything here has to be luxury. They dont want a poorly thought out gatehouse to spoil the thing. Beside i feel sorry for some "mai guard" when i see the dimension of their room/office.

emmadejust: this project is almost coming to completion soon

Hope you are going to fixe tiles and do pop?

oga spyder my leg is ready to take a walk with you ooo

I thought this was a letable commercial property. Installing POP may change the economic dynamics for the landlord. In some areas that command high rent, this may be a good selling point but in other areas it may affect the economics of the property negatively. Just my opinion though. King Spyder who is resident in Enugu should know better.

spyder880: We have started fitting PVC ceiling in one of the flats,

This PVCs looks very nice when installed. Is this from Innoson or you settled for another domestic manufacturer? Our people are trying sha.

spyder880: My client has requested that we increase the size of the house further. We are trying to shift the foundation of the house outwards to implement the changes. Some of the already dug foundation will be filled while new ones will be formed.

This is always an issue. Changing plans midway? How can this be avoided?

So this part of enugu wont have the usual water supply problem the rest of the town is known for. i didnt know such is possible outside the 9th mile area.

The ministry is growing with diverse projects. Kudos man!

I take it then that this one room apartment is like a BQ pending when the landlord is ready for the main house. meanwhile, how long will this take you to complete?

kostadinis: I am not an expert like you. However, I thought this one has more to gain in a corner piece as the affluent tenants will have a better view of their surrounding. I thought they will very much cherish that. It's alright. Just my thinking

@Kostadinis
Just me being curious. Since this is not a cornerpiece, what would be your design options for same size of plot as this one...As in how do you propose to achieve same number of flats in a similat plot. It will be interesting to know your thoughts on it.

emmadejust: Bros take amm easy, as the time and work is going on all your qtn wil be cleared..

follow the class curriculum to pass your exam .

OUR FAITH, OUR REALITY IN LIFE

Yes sa! E be like say na you be monitor?

spyder880: Ladies and Gentlemen, now, for a clearer 3D image of this proposed housing arrangement.

Nice outlook spyder! Looks big. I have a few questions

a. How many flats do you have there in all and how many rooms per flat?
b. i believe this is a commercial house to let? Is there adequate parking for how many cars

Hope i am not studying and asking questions ahead of the class

You are kidding me right?