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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by adanny01(m): 8:21am On Oct 18, 2018
bixton:


You keep interchanging words.
The bold simply implies that the professional will adhere to approved acceptable procedures in carrying out his work.
This is not an ego contest.
Accepting the truth does in no way belittle one's profession.
I am one of you and not the other as you've implied.

A lot of words are synonymous to each other, besides, i have trying to explain the implications of saying an architect supervises the engineers.

If you agree that the undertaking "implies that the professional will adhere to approved acceptable procedures in carrying out his work", that means you agree that an architect cannot supervise what he is not responsible for?

When you supervise, you are responsible. It is not an ego contest, its a fact. I have worked under architects before and still work with architects.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 9:47am On Oct 18, 2018
adanny01:


A lot of words are synonymous to each other, besides, i have trying to explain the implications of saying an architect supervises the engineers.

If you agree that the undertaking "implies that the professional will adhere to approved acceptable procedures in carrying out his work", that means you agree that an architect cannot supervise what he is not responsible for?

When you supervise, you are responsible. It is not an ego contest, its a fact. I have worked under architects before and still work with architects.

Good with the bold.
I have worked with 2 firms one headed by an engineer and the other by an architect.
I still keep tabs on them as time permits.
I'm a free lance.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by adanny01(m): 10:57am On Oct 18, 2018
diordaves:
Adanny01 and bixton I think both of you have lost the plot. Supervision is not the word but "collaborative work" between the achitech and the engineers.

The achitech work in collaboration with the engineers to ensure the aesthetic design of the building is brought to fruition. That is working with the engineers to correctly interprete the design in civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering terms. This is not supervision, this doesn't mean the achitech is oga.

The achitech is on standby to explain any difficulty with the drawings. If they don't work together, it is possible the engineers will mess up the design of the the building especially if the drawings are complicated and esotic.

Agreed
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by adanny01(m): 11:15am On Oct 18, 2018
diordaves:
Adanny01 and bixton I think both of you have lost the plot. Supervision is not the word but "collaborative work" between the achitech and the engineers.

The achitech work in collaboration with the engineers to ensure the aesthetic design of the building is brought to fruition. That is working with the engineers to correctly interprete the design in civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering terms. This is not supervision, this doesn't mean the achitech is oga.

The achitech is on standby to explain any difficulty with the drawings. If they don't work together, it is possible the engineers will mess up the design of the the building especially if the drawings are complicated and esotic.

With regards to the bolded.

In most cases, architectural designs are pretty straight forward. Most of the challenge engineers face is the lack of site experience of some inexperienced architects, especially with regards to grid lines and dimensions.

An engineers job is easier if he can export the architects grid lines and work from there but in most cases, an engineer cannot. This leads to building the engineers grid lines from the scratch.

True, during design an engineer may need to clarify from the architect if there is a missing or ambiguous object.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 11:50am On Oct 18, 2018
adanny01:


With regards to the bolded.

In most cases, architectural designs are pretty straight forward. Most of the challenge engineers face is the lack of site experience of some inexperienced architects, especially with regards to grid lines and dimensions.

An engineers job is easier if he can export the architects grid lines and work from there but in most cases, an engineer cannot. This leads to building the engineers grid lines from the scratch.

True, during design an engineer may need to clarify from the architect if there is a missing or ambiguous object.

The essence of engineering is to conquer a challenge, for without it there's no work left for him.
Every engineer was once inexperienced.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by adanny01(m): 1:04pm On Oct 18, 2018
bixton:


The essence of engineering is to conquer a challenge, for without it there's no work left for him.
Every engineer was once inexperienced.

Oh yes

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mountmoriah(m): 2:00pm On Oct 18, 2018
adanny01:


With regards to the bolded.

In most cases, architectural designs are pretty straight forward. Most of the challenge engineers face is the lack of site experience of some inexperienced architects, especially with regards to grid lines and dimensions.

An engineers job is easier if he can export the architects grid lines and work from there but in most cases, an engineer cannot. This leads to building the engineers grid lines from the scratch.

True, during design an engineer may need to clarify from the architect if there is a missing or ambiguous object.
very correct

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by sashx(m): 10:25pm On Oct 18, 2018
Hello Nobles in the house,

Please need assistance with some clarifications. I have already painted my wall with normal emulsion paint but want to change to a stucco. Do I need to do screeding of the wall? Thank you
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Miller1: 1:09pm On Oct 19, 2018
The 180k is it just workmanship or does it include the cost of cement n sand

twinskenny:


I plastered my three bed for 180k in n out including fixing of bulgary plus septic tank
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Tunaps4all: 1:56pm On Oct 19, 2018
mufutau55:
Off-Topic Thread - To Discuss Anything and Everything that doesn't fit into an individual thread.
Let's discuss everything pertaining to Building Constructions, Real estate and some more.

Note: Please no products or services advertisements... there are plenty of other threads for that already.

Hajji M.
pls I need a Quantity surveyors to prepare quantity bill for 5bedroom duplex in Lagos (08154420061 WhatsApp )
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by educhigo: 3:02pm On Oct 19, 2018
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Rubbiish(m): 4:04pm On Oct 19, 2018
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this
Why are u worried sir?
Did u use trusted & well know dealers?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by educhigo: 4:24pm On Oct 19, 2018
yes,i do i'm worried because i am not in nigeria
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by ChiefSupplier55(m): 6:21pm On Oct 19, 2018
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this

Are the documents for the land nt with you or what, because I think who ever want to sell the land will the the document
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EngrOYemi: 7:33pm On Oct 19, 2018
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this

When last have you visited or sent someone to do that for you?
People even sell lands and houses with good documents here in lagos.
All you need to do is get an agent (it could be a trusted family member) to give you periodic feedbacks.
When he or she is on your site, do whatsapp video call so your mind can be at rest.
No one would buy a fenced or gated land(on padlock) without thinking twice.
If that is not a good option, start building.
Don't give yourself too much stress.
I hope that was helpful.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by diordaves(m): 7:59pm On Oct 19, 2018
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this

What normally works for me is to do something on the land EVERY YEAR, no matter how small until you're ready to build proper. With me, I will not complete the fence at one go. I will be doing the fence "small small" every year. So for example, I will budget say N50K a year to maintain presence on the land. If it is fence, I will spend N50k and if the N50k finishes, na till next year be that.

The problem with selling one land to multiple people is not showing presence and lack of maintenance. Year one, community no see you; year two community no see you; year three community no see you; year four them don sell the land dey wait for you. Kpatakpata them go give you another one for bush.

Another thing is to award any maintenance contract to a member of the community. So if it is fence, look for a bricklayer from the community. The advantage of this, is that the brikky will see the land as an assured source of income and will act as your eye and ear. If any trespass, you will be the first to know from the bricklayer. This works for me.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mountmoriah(m): 1:45am On Oct 20, 2018
Tunaps4all:
pls I need a Quantity surveyors to prepare quantity bill for 5bedroom duplex in Lagos (08154420061 WhatsApp )
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mountmoriah(m): 1:56am On Oct 20, 2018
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this
first of all, trusted eyes on properties, is very important, even if is your wife back home (that is an holy joke) having said that, is not possible again, nobody can possess your land again, your land is your land now, quote me anywhere, any time, we still have laws in this country, you have done the rightful needful, to possess your lands, I have people in diaspora, that bought land from me, over 5 years now, no fence, no gate, what they got from the families that sold the lands is just family receipt, and nobody can touch their lands, their lands still intact.

You have your land to yourself, physical possession, and documentation intact, expect they are fake, if they are fake anything can happen, but if the documents are genuine omo Onile self go dey fear the land
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Empiree: 5:56am On Oct 20, 2018
Help a brother

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Daboomb: 7:11am On Oct 20, 2018
educhigo:
yes,i do i'm worried because i am not in nigeria



BUILD a room and parlour on it and rent it out. Something not expensive that you can demolish when ready to really build your house.

Or rent it out to Artisans or Poultry/ Crop Farmer
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Daboomb: 7:15am On Oct 20, 2018
Empiree:
Help a brother



One really needs PRAYER in this world!
God's time is always the best, wait for it. undecided undecided

I hope he can be reached ASAP.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Daboomb: 7:29am On Oct 20, 2018
mountmoriah:
first of all, trusted eyes on properties, is very important, even if is your wife back home (that is an holy joke) having said that, it is not possible again, nobody can possess your land again, your land is your land now, quote me anywhere, any time, we still have laws in this country, you have done the rightful needful, to possess your lands, I have people in diaspora, that bought land from me, over 5 years now, no fence, no gate, what they got from the families that sold the lands is just family receipt, and nobody can touch their lands, their lands still intact.

You have your land to yourself, physical possession, and documentation intact, expect they are fake, if they are fake anything can happen, but if the documents are genuine omo Onile self go dey fear the land

Please, dont give him a 'false sense of security'!

The danger of encroachment that a land may face, depends on the value (as a result of location) of the land in question.

There are some lands that even if you fence it and there is no building on it, with someone living on it.... it will be encroached by "Power-Pass-Power". undecided

Last-last, what would happen is that the original owners of the land, after collecting triple of what you paid to them from the new buyer (and that buyer will be someone so connected in society that it will be futile for you to start a battle with),
Once the newowner has built it, everything after that falls in the real of "negotiation".

The sellers would offer you two options:

1.) They will relocate you to another place by giving you another land of same size (some will even give you a corner piece) in a less valuable location.
2.) offer to return your money back to you, in full.

I have seen it happen a few times in my 'young' life.

Even when yo have genuine reciept from them, all they need to do/say (by conniving among themselves since they are all beenfitting from the new bonanzza) is that the seller has not right to sell the land to you.
Even if you go to court, the Judge will tell you that your "land contract" is null and void since the seller has "No Capacity to Contract" and you are entitled only to a refund.


Lawyers in the house can attest to that fact.

Best thing is fence it and put it to a temporary use. while processing the C-of-O
Once they see people on it, it becomes difficult to appropriate it. Even the buyer will think twice.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Debteecreations(f): 7:41am On Oct 20, 2018
Happy weekend guys wink
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mountmoriah(m): 9:21am On Oct 20, 2018
Daboomb:


Please, dont give him a 'false sense of security'!

The danger of encroachment that a land may face, depends on the value (as a result of location) of the land in question.

There are some lands that even if you fence it and there is no building on it, with someone living on it.... it will be encroached by "Power-Pass-Power". undecided

Last-last, what would happen is that the original owners of the land, after collecting triple of what you paid to them from the new buyer (and that buyer will be someone so connected in society that it will be futile for you to start a battle with),
Once the newowner has built it, everything after that falls in the real of "negotiation".

The sellers would offer you two options:

1.) They will relocate you to another place by giving you another land of same size (some will even give you a corner piece) in a less valuable location.
2.) offer to return your money back to you, in full.

I have seen it happen a few times in my 'young' life.

Even when yo have genuine reciept from them, all they need to do/say (by conniving among themselves since they are all beenfitting from the new bonanzza) is that the seller has not right to sell the land to you.
Even if you go to court, the Judge will tell you that your "land contract" is null and void since the seller has "No Capacity to Contract" and you are entitled only to a refund.


Lawyers in the house can attest to that fact.

Best thing is fence it and put it to a[b] temporary use. while processing the C-of-O[/b]
Once they see people on it, it becomes difficult to appropriate it. Even the buyer will think twice.
a land that is already fence with gate, and documentation intact, how will they access the land, they will pull down the fence and remove the gate? That is what he said expect you don't read that part, there is gate and fence already on the land

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Miller1: 11:07am On Oct 20, 2018
Try and obtain your C of O from government for the land as its a further form of protection then have a trusted someone to occasionally check the land for u
educhigo:
please brothers and sister urgent advise needed actually i'm not in nigeria for long time i base abroad, the topic is that i buy one plot of land in delta state asaba condition tile.deed of agreement and survey plan,i have settle the community fence and fix gate on it,but i am still afraid of someone go ahead sale the land again,i'm very worried about this
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by diordaves(m): 11:28am On Oct 20, 2018
mountmoriah:
a land that is already fence with gate, and documentation intact, how will they access the land, they will pull down the fence and remove the gate? That is what he said expect you don't read that part, there is gate and fence already on the land

They will burst the fence and build overnight. As you didn't show continued presence, sometimes it may even take a couple of years before you will discover the fraud.

It happened to my neighbour. We all bought from the community for one million each. She fenced and just "disappeared". I mean, disappeared. No one knew her address or her number or her people. No one. She probably did this for fear of kidnapping as it was the height of kidnapping in Niger Delta then.

Fast forward six years later, same land in the area appreciated to 15 million. Yes, you read that right, 15mill in six years. This was as a result of the quality of those who bought in the estate and the quality of homes being built, from politicians in Delta State House of Assembly to the diaspora.

The community just burst the fence and sold the land to a diaspora, who practically built overnight. The argument of the community is that they want development, so holding that land fallow is speculative and a hidding place for hoodlums. That they don't want speculators as this will hinder development. She went to court with the community not the diaspora that bought the land. The case is still ongoing.

Now in such a scenario, even if she won, it's going to be compensation possibly at the price she bought.

The truth is if you bought a land, show presence and maintain the land yearly with minimal amount until you are ready to build. Don't just disappear. Anything can happen.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Nobody: 4:05pm On Oct 20, 2018
Please considering
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Nobody: 4:11pm On Oct 20, 2018
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Takoro13(m): 12:05am On Oct 21, 2018
I want you people to help check and make comments on these two adjusted plans as am preparing to start small thing here.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by educhigo: 6:11am On Oct 21, 2018
the document is with me but i hard that some people form document to sale someone propertys
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Rubbiish(m): 6:27am On Oct 21, 2018
Takoro13:
I want you people to help check and make comments on these two adjusted plans as am preparing to start small thing here.
The second one is better. But d walls doesn't look straight. are u sure d dimensions are accurate?

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