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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Emusan(m): 9:16am On Dec 09, 2017

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You called yourself "A Contractor" what type of footing is that?

That Footing Base is nowhere fits into any structural specification.

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by hoc2(m): 12:47pm On Dec 09, 2017

havillaplus:
Top on the life goals list of every adult is the goal of building their own dream house. You cannot beat the joy and fulfillment that comes with living in your own house. So without any doubt, the desire to build your own dream house is a goal worth pursuing.

In helping you achieve this very important life goal, I want to open your eyes to some residential building construction mistakes in Nigeria you need to avoid.

6 Residential Building Construction Mistakes in Nigeria You Need to Avoid

In all our 8 years experience as a construction company, we’ve repeatedly encountered these residential building construction mistakes and advice clients against them.

1. Poor Budget Planning
This is the most recurring residential building construction mistake in Nigeria. People begin their dream house construction from a design perspective, rather than from a financial [budget] perspective.

The erroneous assumption is to design the best dream house for yourself and then look for the money to build it. While this may sound nice in theory, experience has shown us over and over again that this approach to building your own dream house doesn’t work.

Rather, statistics shows that this is the number one reason for most abandoned or uncompleted residential building construction projects in Nigeria. Instead of looking for money to implement your dream house design, we advise clients to design their dream house based on their budget.

In other words, we take a budget-to-design approach to construction rather than the popular design-to-budgetapproach that increasingly leads to project abandonment. For us, our goal is to see that your dream house project is completed with the available budget within the agreed timeline.

2. Choosing the Wrong Building Contractor
So many factors determine the kind of dream house you end up building, we’ve just identified poor budget planning. Following poor budget planning is the choice of a building contractor.

A contractor is like a medical doctor, making a wrong decision is costly both in cash and in kind. What is lost is nothing compared to what you think you might be saving. Apart from the very obvious headache that comes with hiring an unprofessional building contractor for your dream house project, the future potential loss of lives and properties that follow in the event of a building collapse is unimaginable.

So what are the things to look out for when considering a building contractor?

A proven track record: their business must be an open book. You should be able to talk with their past customers when necessary, look at their previous works/portfolio, look at the caliber of clients they’ve worked for and check out their reputation.

Expert teamwork: constructing your dream house is no child’s play and will require the expertise of more than one person. So you do need to look out if there is a solid network of staff, subcontractors and suppliers behind the contractor you are considering. They all must be available and ready to go to work on your dream house.

Expert Opinion: a good contractor knows their stuff in and out largely because of their training and years of industry experience. You need to ascertain this through your initial interaction with the contractor. And a good way to know if they have got this is the quality of advice you are given pre-project and not during or after the project has begun.

3. Deciding to Do It Yourself
For some people, hiring a building contractor is considered a waste of money and so they decide to handle the whole construction of their dream house by themselves. After all, they will simply hire the specialized labour they need for every phase of the project and acquire all the materials needed.

It doesn’t take long for many who have made this residential building construction mistake to realize that they are unqualified for the role they are trying to play. Besides the obvious fact that you have to be an idle person who doesn’t have a job or business to attend to, you also must be very knowledgeable about project management and civil engineering.

So before you head out on your own to handle the entire construction of your dream house, here are some practical questions you seriously have to answer;

Experience: How much personal experience do you have to be competent in the construction process?
* Do you have the ability to recognize and stop potential problem areas as they occur?
* Can you devote 3 to 4 months of “daytime” supervision that is required on the job? Will your own job suffer?
* What is your personal knowledge of the Residential Building Code?

Job Costing

* Do you have the final completed price guaranteed in writing before starting?
* How do you handle cost over-runs?

Liability

* How prepared are you for the unexpected?
* Are you insured against injuries on your job site?
* Do you have a Health, Safety, and Environment [HSE] policy in place to minimize accidents?
* Do you have fire and damage coverage?

4. Ignoring Necessary Residential Building Construction Laws
Building your dream house in the Nigeria of today, especially in the urban areas is no longer a joke in terms of laws.

Gone are the days when you can just buy a land and start erecting any kind of structure you like without acquiring necessary permits and conforming to building regulation laws. Many residential buildings have been marked for demolition as a result of ignoring these laws.

And here’s the interesting part, this laws are not uniform across the country. There are different laws guiding the construction of residential buildings in different states of the country as well as national laws that equally apply.

This is where a good building contractor comes in handy. They are aware of these laws and its part of their contract to comply with them from start to finish.

5. Poor Space Planning
Have you ever been to some personally owned houses and wondered if they were rented apartments?

This is often because of the tightness or smallness of the house. From the sitting room, to the placement of the bedroom and the kitchen, everything seems choked. Little or no space is structurally provided for.

This is what you get with poor space planning when designing your dream house. Except your idea of a dream house is a boys-quarters, I really don’t see why you shouldn’t provide for space in your house. The structural layout of your dream house must be spacious to allow the rooms to be fully utilized.

6. Not Using Quality Building Materials
Buildings are essentially supposed to be built to last. And a major part of achieving this fundamental objective is the quality of material used in the construction of the building. Cutting corners with building materials will affect the lifespan of your dream house.

Again, working with a good contractor is a guaranteed way of ensuring the materials used are of high quality. They know the right combination of materials to use and have a network of trusted suppliers to work with.

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by chimexdnice(m): 2:21pm On Dec 09, 2017

most of these so called "contractors" you mentioning are greedy. .. it's difficult getting a genuine one (except you a money bag or a politician) ... if not... appoint a "professional experience contractor" but don't make the mistake of handing over the entire finance of the project to them ... manage your finances yourself (buy your materials yourself) and pay the "professional contractor"an agreed wage
that way you in control of your project and everyone is happy ... talking from experience.

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by toboy: 3:42pm On Dec 09, 2017

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by jeftalene(m): 9:10pm On Dec 09, 2017

Emusan:
You called yourself "A Contractor" what type of footing is that?

That Footing Base is nowhere fits into any structural specification.

That's was an ongoing underpinning operation. You want to learn about this rare construction technique, private chat me.

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by shedy03(m): 2:45pm On Dec 10, 2017

danemenike:
Nice write up. I couldn't agree less with the OP

I remember when I started my construction firm, I'd come to Nairaland to spam most post with my adverts and I would get one or two clients at the end of the day. ThankGod the story is different today and I stand bold to say that I get multiple jobs through clients whose jobs I have diligently and honestly executed.

Building projects are not complex @ all, trust me! The kind of joy you'll experience when working with a skillful and honest BUILDING CONTRACTOR/ENGINEER has no bounds. Time, money and resources will be saved.

For many who are planning on embarking on a building project soon, whether you're in Nigeria or abroad, here's my advice for you; always engage a competent engineer to handle your project and plan/design your building according to your budget.

Finally, learn to trust some Engineers on Nairaland. I sincerely for personal gratification, but some Nairaland engineers are the best you'll find in the country who'll give you maximum value for each penny. Have a great weekend.
For further enquiries on building projects please send me a WhatsApp message

Engr. E.U. Daniel(07037629947)
TerraStone Shelters

thumbs up to you sir.
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thanks.

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by buyhouseplans: 7:05am On Apr 03, 2018

chimexdnice:
most of these so called "contractors" you mentioning are greedy. .. it's difficult getting a genuine one (except you a money bag or a politician) ... if not... appoint a "professional experience contractor" but don't make the mistake of handing over the entire finance of the project to them ... manage your finances yourself (buy your materials yourself) and pay the "professional contractor"an agreed wage
that way you in control of your project and everyone is happy ... talking from experience.

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Daboomb: 5:47pm On Apr 07, 2018

wildwest22:
Choosing the wrong contractor, is the worse thing that will happen to you. The house that I'm staying in now is a case study. The contractor used the most inferior materials, using 9m to build one of the most substandard bungalow I've ever seen. But thank God his mistake gave me a free 3 bedroom apartment, all in suit.

Criminals "thank God' and one will wonder which God they are thanking?

Because a criminal contractor did something criminal, you a tenant is now 'thanking God' for taking advantage of the Landlord/Owner?

SMH.
You are in no way different from the Contractor, both of you are criminals.

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by BuilderDave: 11:55am On Aug 31, 2018

5 MAJOR CAUSES OF BUILDINGS FAILURE/COLLAPSE
1. The foundations are too weak
Adequate foundations can be costly.
They can cost up to half the price of a building, observes professor of civil engineering Anthony Ede at Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria.
He says two things should be considered when you are building the foundations - the solidity of the soil and the heaviness of the building and its contents.
In the commercial capital of his country, Lagos, the swampy ground requires strong foundations. Far stronger than solid ground.
But he says developers save money that should be spent on foundations when building on the city's swampy ground and many buildings have collapsed in Lagos as a result.
Even on solid ground, foundations need to be strong enough for the load.
Inadequate foundations for a four-storey building was one of three reasons given by investigators for a building collapsing in northern Rwanda in 2013 and killing six people.
2. The building materials aren't strong enough
Materials that just aren't strong enough to withhold the load are used, says Hermogene Nsengimana from the African Organization for Standardisation, whose organisation met last month in Nairobi to discuss why so many African buildings collapse.
He suggests there is a market for counterfeit materials - going as far as to say that sometimes scrap metal is used instead of steel.
When a six-storey building in Uganda's capital Kampala collapsed in April, the director of the city authority suggested it had been constructed with counterfeit materials, reports Ugo news site .
Mr Nsengimana says there are even cases of counterfeiters faking authentification certificates.
But he suggests contractors also knowingly use the incorrect materials to cut costs.
So they may use concrete intended to bear the load of a one-storey building in a four-storey building.
Mr Ede adds that this is something regulators are not policing.
3. Workers make mistakes
Even when workers are given the right materials to make the concrete, they mix them incorrectly, says Mr Ede.
This results in concrete which is not of the sufficient strength to hold the load.
He accuses developers of cutting costs by employing unskilled workers who are cheaper than trained builders.
This is one of the reasons put forward by civil engineers Henry Mwanaki Alinaitwe and Stephen Ekolu why a building in Uganda collapsed in 2004.
Their research shows that the workers misunderstood the mixing ratios of the concrete.
It suggested that people used wheelbarrows instead of measuring gauges to measure cement.
The five-storey BBJ new hotel collapsed in construction and 11 people died.
"You find bricklayers and even technicians calling themselves engineers," cautions the president of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers Oreoluwa Fadayomi in Nigeria's The Punch news site.
To those who want to save money on professionals, he advises: "One should not be penny wise and pound foolish".
4. The load is heavier than expected
Mr Ede says a building collapses when the load is beyond the strength of the building.
He gives the example of asking a baby to carry a heavy box: "The baby will not be able to withhold the strain."
Even if the foundations and the materials are strong enough for what they were originally built for, that purpose may change.
So, Mr Ede says, if a building was designed to be a home and is then turned into a library where boxes and boxes of books are piled up, the building may strain under the weight.
He says another reason why the load is often heavier than the original design is because extra storeys are added.
In March an upmarket apartment block which had more storeys than planned collapsed in Lagos, killing 34 people the Guardian reported.
This came two years after a church accommodation for the famous preacher TB Joshua collapsed, also, authorities said, because it had more floors than it could hold. In that case more than 100 people lost their lives.
5. The strength isn't tested
At all points of construction the strength of the building should be tested, says Mr Ede.
"You have to be strict," he says, about policing building.
"The law says you must test. It's the enforcement of the law which is the problem," he says.
That's a big problem, he says, when at every stage of construction there is someone with a strong motivation to save money or take money.
There are many physical reasons a building can collapse but only one driving motivation for that to happen, says Mr Ede. That's money.
And for him this is the real reason buildings collapse - corruption.

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Shoora(m): 10:31pm On Oct 26, 2018

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by oaktown101(m): 4:33pm On Jan 25, 2019

Does anyone know how much it cost to construct a raft on a 450sqm dry land in lekki, lagos? I need answer from a professional in the business please.

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by oaktown101(m): 4:36pm On Jan 25, 2019

danemenike:
Nice write up. I couldn't agree less with the OP

I remember when I started my construction firm, I'd come to Nairaland to spam most post with my adverts and I would get one or two clients at the end of the day. ThankGod the story is different today and I stand bold to say that I get multiple jobs through clients whose jobs I have diligently and honestly executed.

Building projects are not complex @ all, trust me! The kind of joy you'll experience when working with a skillful and honest BUILDING CONTRACTOR/ENGINEER has no bounds. Time, money and resources will be saved.

For many who are planning on embarking on a building project soon, whether you're in Nigeria or abroad, here's my advice for you; always engage a competent engineer to handle your project and plan/design your building according to your budget.

How much does it cost to construct a raft(foundation) for a 5 bedroom on a 450sqm dry land in lekki, lagos?

Finally, learn to trust some Engineers on Nairaland. I sincerely for personal gratification, but some Nairaland engineers are the best you'll find in the country who'll give you maximum value for each penny. Have a great weekend.
For further enquiries on building projects please send me a WhatsApp message

Engr. E.U. Daniel(07037629947)
TerraStone Shelters

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Princebizzie: 5:45pm On Feb 04, 2019

oaktown101:
Does anyone know how much it cost to construct a raft on a 450sqm dry land in lekki, lagos? I need answer from a professional in the business please.

This will depend on your specific drawing sir. Each site is an individual. I am a Quantity Surveyor. You can send further enquiries into princebizzie@gmail.com

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Walted0n: 5:41pm On Jun 10, 2020

chimexdnice:
most of these so called "contractors" you mentioning are greedy. .. it's difficult getting a genuine one (except you a money bag or a politician) ... if not... appoint a "professional experience contractor" but don't make the mistake of handing over the entire finance of the project to them ... manage your finances yourself (buy your materials yourself) and pay the "professional contractor"an agreed wage
that way you in control of your project and everyone is happy ... talking from experience.

I'm currently working on a 4 bedroom bungalow at the dpc stage, already filled. Now I'm thinking of incorporating columns at the corners. Can it be done? Thank you.

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by flekky07(f): 8:55am On Jul 05, 2020

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Valuepaints20(m): 9:48am On Aug 03, 2021

Top on the life goals list of every adult is the goal of building their own dream house. You cannot beat the joy and fulfillment that comes with living in your own house. So without any doubt, the desire to build your own dream house is a goal worth pursuing.

In helping you achieve this very important life goal, I want to open your eyes to some residential building construction mistakes in Nigeria you need to avoid.

6 Residential Building Construction Mistakes in Nigeria You Need to Avoid

In all our 8 years experience as a construction company, we’ve repeatedly encountered these residential building construction mistakes and advice clients against them.

1. Poor Budget Planning
This is the most recurring residential building construction mistake in Nigeria. People begin their dream house construction from a design perspective, rather than from a financial [budget] perspective.

The erroneous assumption is to design the best dream house for yourself and then look for the money to build it. While this may sound nice in theory, experience has shown us over and over again that this approach to building your own dream house doesn’t work.

Rather, statistics shows that this is the number one reason for most abandoned or uncompleted residential building construction projects in Nigeria. Instead of looking for money to implement your dream house design, we advise clients to design their dream house based on their budget.

In other words, we take a budget-to-design approach to construction rather than the popular design-to-budgetapproach that increasingly leads to project abandonment. For us, our goal is to see that your dream house project is completed with the available budget within the agreed timeline.

2. Choosing the Wrong Building Contractor
So many factors determine the kind of dream house you end up building, we’ve just identified poor budget planning. Following poor budget planning is the choice of a building contractor.

A contractor is like a medical doctor, making a wrong decision is costly both in cash and in kind. What is lost is nothing compared to what you think you might be saving. Apart from the very obvious headache that comes with hiring an unprofessional building contractor for your dream house project, the future potential loss of lives and properties that follow in the event of a building collapse is unimaginable.

So what are the things to look out for when considering a building contractor?

A proven track record: their business must be an open book. You should be able to talk with their past customers when necessary, look at their previous works/portfolio, look at the caliber of clients they’ve worked for and check out their reputation.

Expert teamwork: constructing your dream house is no child’s play and will require the expertise of more than one person. So you do need to look out if there is a solid network of staff, subcontractors and suppliers behind the contractor you are considering. They all must be available and ready to go to work on your dream house.

Expert Opinion: a good contractor knows their stuff in and out largely because of their training and years of industry experience. You need to ascertain this through your initial interaction with the contractor. And a good way to know if they have got this is the quality of advice you are given pre-project and not during or after the project has begun.

3. Deciding to Do It Yourself
For some people, hiring a building contractor is considered a waste of money and so they decide to handle the whole construction of their dream house by themselves. After all, they will simply hire the specialized labour they need for every phase of the project and acquire all the materials needed.

It doesn’t take long for many who have made this residential building construction mistake to realize that they are unqualified for the role they are trying to play. Besides the obvious fact that you have to be an idle person who doesn’t have a job or business to attend to, you also must be very knowledgeable about project management and civil engineering.

So before you head out on your own to handle the entire construction of your dream house, here are some practical questions you seriously have to answer;

Experience: How much personal experience do you have to be competent in the construction process?
* Do you have the ability to recognize and stop potential problem areas as they occur?
* Can you devote 3 to 4 months of “daytime” supervision that is required on the job? Will your own job suffer?
* What is your personal knowledge of the Residential Building Code?

Job Costing

* Do you have the final completed price guaranteed in writing before starting?
* How do you handle cost over-runs?

Liability

* How prepared are you for the unexpected?
* Are you insured against injuries on your job site?
* Do you have a Health, Safety, and Environment [HSE] policy in place to minimize accidents?
* Do you have fire and damage coverage?

4. Ignoring Necessary Residential Building Construction Laws
Building your dream house in the Nigeria of today, especially in the urban areas is no longer a joke in terms of laws.

Gone are the days when you can just buy a land and start erecting any kind of structure you like without acquiring necessary permits and conforming to building regulation laws. Many residential buildings have been marked for demolition as a result of ignoring these laws.

And here’s the interesting part, this laws are not uniform across the country. There are different laws guiding the construction of residential buildings in different states of the country as well as national laws that equally apply.

This is where a good building contractor comes in handy. They are aware of these laws and its part of their contract to comply with them from start to finish.

5. Poor Space Planning
Have you ever been to some personally owned houses and wondered if they were rented apartments?

This is often because of the tightness or smallness of the house. From the sitting room, to the placement of the bedroom and the kitchen, everything seems choked. Little or no space is structurally provided for.

This is what you get with poor space planning when designing your dream house. Except your idea of a dream house is a boys-quarters, I really don’t see why you shouldn’t provide for space in your house. The structural layout of your dream house must be spacious to allow the rooms to be fully utilized.

6. Not Using Quality Building Materials
Buildings are essentially supposed to be built to last. And a major part of achieving this fundamental objective is the quality of material used in the construction of the building. Cutting corners with building materials will affect the lifespan of your dream house.

Again, working with a good contractor is a guaranteed way of ensuring the materials used are of high quality. They know the right combination of materials to use and have a network of trusted suppliers to work with.

http://nigerianpropertymarket.com/ng/residential-building-construction-mistakes-in-nigeria-you-need-to-avoid/

Good write up sir

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Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Enterprise090(m): 9:52am On Aug 19, 2021

Re: Residential Building Construction Mistakes In Nigeria You Need To Avoid by Valuepaints20(m): 9:12pm On Aug 23, 2021

Top on the life goals list of every adult is the goal of building their own dream house. You cannot beat the joy and fulfillment that comes with living in your own house. So without any doubt, the desire to build your own dream house is a goal worth pursuing.

In helping you achieve this very important life goal, I want to open your eyes to some residential building construction mistakes in Nigeria you need to avoid.

6 Residential Building Construction Mistakes in Nigeria You Need to Avoid

In all our 8 years experience as a construction company, we’ve repeatedly encountered these residential building construction mistakes and advice clients against them.

1. Poor Budget Planning
This is the most recurring residential building construction mistake in Nigeria. People begin their dream house construction from a design perspective, rather than from a financial [budget] perspective.

The erroneous assumption is to design the best dream house for yourself and then look for the money to build it. While this may sound nice in theory, experience has shown us over and over again that this approach to building your own dream house doesn’t work.

Rather, statistics shows that this is the number one reason for most abandoned or uncompleted residential building construction projects in Nigeria. Instead of looking for money to implement your dream house design, we advise clients to design their dream house based on their budget.

In other words, we take a budget-to-design approach to construction rather than the popular design-to-budgetapproach that increasingly leads to project abandonment. For us, our goal is to see that your dream house project is completed with the available budget within the agreed timeline.

2. Choosing the Wrong Building Contractor
So many factors determine the kind of dream house you end up building, we’ve just identified poor budget planning. Following poor budget planning is the choice of a building contractor.

A contractor is like a medical doctor, making a wrong decision is costly both in cash and in kind. What is lost is nothing compared to what you think you might be saving. Apart from the very obvious headache that comes with hiring an unprofessional building contractor for your dream house project, the future potential loss of lives and properties that follow in the event of a building collapse is unimaginable.

So what are the things to look out for when considering a building contractor?

A proven track record: their business must be an open book. You should be able to talk with their past customers when necessary, look at their previous works/portfolio, look at the caliber of clients they’ve worked for and check out their reputation.

Expert teamwork: constructing your dream house is no child’s play and will require the expertise of more than one person. So you do need to look out if there is a solid network of staff, subcontractors and suppliers behind the contractor you are considering. They all must be available and ready to go to work on your dream house.

Expert Opinion: a good contractor knows their stuff in and out largely because of their training and years of industry experience. You need to ascertain this through your initial interaction with the contractor. And a good way to know if they have got this is the quality of advice you are given pre-project and not during or after the project has begun.

3. Deciding to Do It Yourself
For some people, hiring a building contractor is considered a waste of money and so they decide to handle the whole construction of their dream house by themselves. After all, they will simply hire the specialized labour they need for every phase of the project and acquire all the materials needed.

It doesn’t take long for many who have made this residential building construction mistake to realize that they are unqualified for the role they are trying to play. Besides the obvious fact that you have to be an idle person who doesn’t have a job or business to attend to, you also must be very knowledgeable about project management and civil engineering.

So before you head out on your own to handle the entire construction of your dream house, here are some practical questions you seriously have to answer;

Experience: How much personal experience do you have to be competent in the construction process?
* Do you have the ability to recognize and stop potential problem areas as they occur?
* Can you devote 3 to 4 months of “daytime” supervision that is required on the job? Will your own job suffer?
* What is your personal knowledge of the Residential Building Code?

Job Costing

* Do you have the final completed price guaranteed in writing before starting?
* How do you handle cost over-runs?

Liability

* How prepared are you for the unexpected?
* Are you insured against injuries on your job site?
* Do you have a Health, Safety, and Environment [HSE] policy in place to minimize accidents?
* Do you have fire and damage coverage?

4. Ignoring Necessary Residential Building Construction Laws
Building your dream house in the Nigeria of today, especially in the urban areas is no longer a joke in terms of laws.

Gone are the days when you can just buy a land and start erecting any kind of structure you like without acquiring necessary permits and conforming to building regulation laws. Many residential buildings have been marked for demolition as a result of ignoring these laws.

And here’s the interesting part, this laws are not uniform across the country. There are different laws guiding the construction of residential buildings in different states of the country as well as national laws that equally apply.

This is where a good building contractor comes in handy. They are aware of these laws and its part of their contract to comply with them from start to finish.

5. Poor Space Planning
Have you ever been to some personally owned houses and wondered if they were rented apartments?

This is often because of the tightness or smallness of the house. From the sitting room, to the placement of the bedroom and the kitchen, everything seems choked. Little or no space is structurally provided for.

This is what you get with poor space planning when designing your dream house. Except your idea of a dream house is a boys-quarters, I really don’t see why you shouldn’t provide for space in your house. The structural layout of your dream house must be spacious to allow the rooms to be fully utilized.

6. Not Using Quality Building Materials
Buildings are essentially supposed to be built to last. And a major part of achieving this fundamental objective is the quality of material used in the construction of the building. Cutting corners with building materials will affect the lifespan of your dream house.

Again, working with a good contractor is a guaranteed way of ensuring the materials used are of high quality. They know the right combination of materials to use and have a network of trusted suppliers to work with.

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this is really a No Bs guide to building a residential home in nigeria, and make sure you have a simple house plan

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