Abolarin91:
Pls sir, is there anything like "land information"? And what is the requirement for c of o and how much is it?
Thanks in anticipation

HEADYWORLD:
Roofing is one of the the places where you get cheated by suppliers and carpenters, especially if you are using aluminium, coated sheets and any other roofing sheet measured in square metres, unless you are using asbestos . I was ripped off over 50sqm during my roofing project, the craziest thing is, I followed the guy to where they are selling it, and they supplied the same number of sheet on the cutting list but the length he measured was longer, so instead of 6.9m he measured 9.9m for 15sheets, that's 45m at the rate of 1100. I bought the sheet at IDE global iyanapaja. Those sales boys and girls know how they do the runs.

I saw money121 that day at the aluminium factory.

Always snap their cutting list and compare what they write with the physical sheet supplied. Those aluminium roofing sheet sellers are all thieves. Even those on nairaland are the same. Be careful when dealing

SurveyorGeo:


Yes sir, it is called Land Information Certificate. it gives information on what the land has been earmarked for, either residential, commercial, mixed use or industrial purpose, and it also gives information on status of the land, that is the land is Free from government acquisition or revocation. it is one of the requirements for C of O and it is valid for six months. attached picture is a sample.
I hope this will help.

Abolarin91:
This really help, thanks so much.
Where will someone get it?

valencia2012:


Even when you end up with a 99 percent accurate measurement, you could still be screwed on site. Having saved over 133 square meters from seven different quotations, my cousin still got screwed during installation.
133 square meters of stone coated meant for his roofing was discovered in a nearby bushy plot.
The same 133 that was allegedly saved,
The same 133 that would later be required to complete the installation!!
This is why my roofing is on hold until am home!
Same faces, different voices!

SurveyorGeo:


You apply for it at the office of surveyor general, Alausa, You will attach a survey plan to your application, official price is from10k depending on the size of the land and title on the survey plan, if the title on the survey plan is commercial or company name, then the price is double

Abolarin91:
This really help, God bless you sir. What about the price of C of O?

n3xt:


He felt my charges are too high and I was like “Let us use your church members sir. Just rent my machine, provide free transport to and fro for the machine and let your church members do the concrete work.”

That’s the only way he can get my service cheaper.

SurveyorGeo:


The price is not fixed and straightforward, the size and location of the land matter a lot, send me a message on WhatsApp, I will send you a guide. 08069018449

money121:


Hahahaha

n3xt:


I’m not Federal Government bro.

GoodFaith:

I told you
I was told month too
Dude if you have done your wood work
talk to Sunny it will likely take two week
You can get Agen to come give you measurement
If Agen give you 320 meter
Just buy 300 meter if you need more go buy
You help me
Go check the price of POP cement and sponge per Kg for me

QSFemi:
Good morning to noble members of this platform.

I've read with concern the pains of some building owners lamenting on the short practices of some subcontractors such as roof installations vendors on deliberately increasing the area of the roof covering in order to make illicit gain. I know it's a cause of worry for building owners as nobody wanted to be cheated out of his or her hard earned money.

I've come to proffer some solutions as a quantity surveyor. My primary aim of being a quantity surveyor is making sure that building owners get the equivalent of the services or products they're paying for.

As regards roof covering measurements; since lots of building owners do not know how to calculate the quantity of roofing sheets to be needed, the following tips could be of help.

1) Get a quantity surveyor to independently calculate the quantity of the roofing sheets needed both from the working drawings and carcass (completed wood work). Quantity of roofing sheets needed can be gotten from the drawings and confirmed when the wood work (carcass) has been constructed.

2) If you cannot get a quantity surveyor, the apparent option is to get quotes from different roofers independently and compare. Though this is fraught with risk, given the fact that the reliability of their measurements is deeply rooted in their integrity.

3) Count the quantities of roofing sheets brought to site viz-a-viz the quoted quantity.

4) Roof covering is a superficial item, as such, it is measured in area. From mensuration, we know that area is either Length x Breadth (in case of a rectangle) or L^2 (Length square, in case of a square). The major challenge here is getting the dimensions of the roof covering on slope.

5) Buy your roofing sheets yourself from the seller and monitor the usage.

6) Separate the roles of the roofer and the material suppliers. That is, get a roofing sheets seller to give you the quantities of roofing sheets needed for the building and get another unrelated roofing sheets installer from a different sources to quote for installation only.

7) Regardless of these tips, please monitor the job.

Thank you for your audience.

Quantity Surveyor is your friend.

HEADYWORLD:
Roofing is one of the the places where you get cheated by suppliers and carpenters, especially if you are using aluminium, coated sheets and any other roofing sheet measured in square metres, unless you are using asbestos . I was ripped off over 50sqm during my roofing project, the craziest thing is, I followed the guy to where they are selling it, and they supplied the same number of sheet on the cutting list but the length he measured was longer, so instead of 6.9m he measured 9.9m for 15sheets, that's 45m at the rate of 1100. I bought the sheet at IDE global iyanapaja. Those sales boys and girls know how they do the runs.

I saw money121 that day at the aluminium factory.

Always snap their cutting list and compare what they write with the physical sheet supplied. Those aluminium roofing sheet sellers are all thieves. Even those on nairaland are the same. Be careful when dealing

Lollipop20:


I read threads on Nairaland but never planned on joining the forum till today. I started building a small bungalow in Ikorodu some years back, we had just reached the roofing stage and got three contractors to take measurements for a roof installation.

The first installer measure 575sqm@3100 for a Bond stone coated roof, he gave a quote of 2.2m

Second contactractor informed me that currently the market price of a sqm of the same Bond roofing was 7k as opposed to the actual price of 3,100.

Was on nairaland searching for something else and found a title that looked like a thread on Roofing. I found imran roofing and went through about 100pages of his works and saw all the positive reviews, decided to give him a try. Spoke to the CEO Mr Ayyub he sounded so professional with good marketing strategy and a great sense of humour. His installation team went to take their measurement at about 6am the next day it was 416sqm@3100 and gave a quote of 1.6., a difference of 600k. I had to ring the installer to see if he was in the right location, he sent a photo back confirming he was at my site. The first contractor had clearly made an addition to the measurements. Haba! Kilode!

ENSURE YOU DO YOUR ON RESEARCH. There are a lot of scammers in the name of contractors out there. If you are still doubting where to get your roofing done, you have reach your BUS-STOP. GBAM! Look no further! Trust me, Mr Ayyub is the man for you. The best, hands down! 100% customer satisfation guaranteed! Giving Updates all the way when loading materials, videos and photos. Took a day and a half to complete,neat and clean job, no stories! Shout!!! Imran roofing to the world!!!!

money121:

Thanks so much for your patronage and appreciate the money for refreshment am so greatful

QSFemi:
Good morning to noble members of this platform.

I've read with concern the pains of some building owners lamenting on the short practices of some subcontractors such as roof installations vendors on deliberately increasing the area of the roof covering in order to make illicit gain. I know it's a cause of worry for building owners as nobody wanted to be cheated out of his or her hard earned money.

I've come to proffer some solutions as a quantity surveyor. My primary aim of being a quantity surveyor is making sure that building owners get the equivalent of the services or products they're paying for.

As regards roof covering measurements; since lots of building owners do not know how to calculate the quantity of roofing sheets to be needed, the following tips could be of help.

1) Get a quantity surveyor to independently calculate the quantity of the roofing sheets needed both from the working drawings and carcass (completed wood work). Quantity of roofing sheets needed can be gotten from the drawings and confirmed when the wood work (carcass) has been constructed.

2) If you cannot get a quantity surveyor, the apparent option is to get quotes from different roofers independently and compare. Though this is fraught with risk, given the fact that the reliability of their measurements is deeply rooted in their integrity.

3) Count the quantities of roofing sheets brought to site viz-a-viz the quoted quantity.

4) Roof covering is a superficial item, as such, it is measured in area. From mensuration, we know that area is either Length x Breadth (in case of a rectangle) or L^2 (Length square, in case of a square). The major challenge here is getting the dimensions of the roof covering on slope.

5) Buy your roofing sheets yourself from the seller and monitor the usage.

6) Separate the roles of the roofer and the material suppliers. That is, get a roofing sheets seller to give you the quantities of roofing sheets needed for the building and get another unrelated roofing sheets installer from a different sources to quote for installation only.

7) Regardless of these tips, please monitor the job.

Thank you for your audience.

Quantity Surveyor is your friend.

EgunMogaji2:


It seems that ALL architectural plans should come with a QS report. A win win for both learned professionals.

michlins:
Good evening everyone. Just coming back from site of a Nairalander where I'm doing a tank stand.

Meanwhile in another news,as my tradition with oga Valencia20 in keeping all my dealings with him public. He's paid me to start making a gate for him when he's ready for it. Attached is pictures of the gate in question and the materials we took to the site of the member

henrixx:
hmm. I'm about to do my roofing o. this scares me alot. I've been researching about it thoroughly before I enter gbese

valencia2012:


Even when you end up with a 99 percent accurate measurement, you could still be screwed on site. Having saved over 133 square meters from seven different quotations, my cousin still got screwed during installation.
133 square meters of stone coated meant for his roofing was discovered in a nearby bushy plot.
The same 133 that was allegedly saved,
The same 133 that would later be required to complete the installation!!
This is why my roofing is on hold until am home!
Same faces, different voices!

EgunMogaji2:


It seems that ALL architectural plans should come with a QS report. A win win for both learned professionals.

DancingSkeleton:
How many shingles sheet makes a square meter?

henrixx:
hmm. I'm about to do my roofing o. this scares me alot. I've been researching about it thoroughly before I enter gbese

GoodFaith:


This Nairaland open ur eye more to roofing business games
People here have being telling you how to go about it
I am very sure with all the above information you are now better prepared
You home work has be done for you
Don't be scared
Thanks' to Nairaland and all the people that contribute

MrOkenwa:

I did a roofing 3 months ago and another roof installation is ongoing today. Last week, I collected 4 different quotations and they all gave different measurements(673, 723, 759, and 820). I chose the 673sq mtr. The price of the aluminum longspan and workmanship were somehow close. one of the installers told me that it is "oja okunkun". that is, the more you look, the less you see .
Meanwhile, we have wonderful members here who can handle the roofing and various other works. They are very good at what they do. I engaged 3 guys here during my last build( Abolarin91, Adedward and the archi guy that hardly visit this thread). they did wonderful job for me. Mr Ade is handling the 30 windows of my present build.

henrixx:
I got a quantity surveyor to determine the sqm it's already different from that of the first quote I got from the installer

davodyguy:

Thanks.

He's got some great designs

The beauty is that I visited his factory myself and selected what I want

The one with the see through glass was selected for the kitchen and his boys are on ground to work to specifications