dongc:
Happy Christmas to everyone celebrating....a friend is looking to build this...he is curious is this a good plan?....please scrutinize where necessary ..I am listening....
Thank you in advance

the balcony on the first floor is not detailed enough but from what I can deduce here, the balcony extends to the master bedroom window. that's not acceptable. with that window accessible from the balcony, the master bedroom has lost its privacy. secondly, there is something confusing about the number of your staircase risers and landing. maybe a section cutting through the staircase would clarify things. thirdly the bedrooms aren't showing wardrobes, the architect so include the wardrobes in the design right now so you know whether to adjust the windows. I've seen wardrobes and kitchen top cabinet installed and it's covering almost half of the window, some plans don't even make provision for entertainment unit only to end up looking for where to install the TV after construction has already advanced, some end up installing it behind the window. in fact attached all furnitures from beds to cabinets and sofas so you see whether it's obstructs anything so you can make the adjustments now.

davodyguy:
When buying tiles, ensure you do the measurements accurately with your tiler and also ensure proper conversion from sqm to cartons and lastly if possible, after agreeing price with supplier, go with your tiler when going for pickup.

I just got swindled of 90+ cartons costing over ₦130,000.

Lesson learned.

I know all tribes in Nigeria have bad people, but we need to be wary of some particular ones.

When I bought cables from them, it's the same thing until I stood my ground.

When I bought conduit pipes from them, it's same thing. They sold fake 20mm at the price of original 20mm Dignity pipes. I stood my ground and returned all pipes

Now it's tiles from Orile.
This criminally minded Patrick Ebere knew what he did, smuggled all the tiles in the truck before my arrival to make U turn to the other side.
Swearing that ' ọgá the thing complete' 'maka why I go cheat you'

I said I'm coming to his shop, he said no that he has traveled to the East, whereas this bastard is right here in Lagos

That is why you need to get professional to go or do it for you. Original dignity pipe in the market now is not less 7000 for 20mm pipe.

But some ibos will bring something similar that is difficult to bend when you get to site and waste alot of materials.

topsy23:


That is why you need to get professional to go or do it for you. Original dignity pipe in the market now is not less 7000 for 20mm pipe.

But some ibos will bring something similar that is difficult to bend when you get to site and waste alot of materials.

Ọgá, I just called you now.

I swear, I will never buy anything whatsoever from them again.

My office is on the island, and 20 mins from Idumagbo.

Remember I got all prices from you, but for distance, I went to Idumagbo to buy.

I spent over ₦1,800,000 on cables. Hear the truth, all your prices here are cheaper than I bought.

I regret not buying all those cables from you.
Even if you had made ₦100,000 profit from me, it's still ok, based on your truthfulness.

One Chinedu sold 20mm 7 packs. All were fake an they're breaking any how at the site

We blame government for everything, forgetting we have evil citizens that care about profit than safety of others.

They sell expired goods at Enu-Owa. They do all sorts of evil

topsy23:


That is why you need to get professional to go or do it for you. Original dignity pipe in the market now is not less 7000 for 20mm pipe.

But some ibos will bring something similar that is difficult to bend when you get to site and waste alot of materials.

hehehe Baba I tell you o

Someone here after getting prices from me still went ahead and bought fake legrand switches and sockets..

twinskenny:
hehehe Baba I tell you o

Someone here after getting prices from me still went ahead and bought fake legrand switches and sockets..

People believe that you want to cheat them.

Merry Christmas and happy new year in advance

davodyguy:


I regret not buying all those cables from you.
Even if you had made ₦100,000 profit from me, it's still ok, based on your truthfulness.

I respect you bro for this.

davodyguy:


We blame government for everything, forgetting we have evil citizens that care about profit than safety of others

Everything rises and fall on leadership.
It’s the government’s role to introduce statutory price and quality control to maintain smooth economy in nation.

The people in power knew what to do. They just don’t care.

For a very long time, we were getting cement at factory price in my ongoing project. The ministry supervising the project ordered the cement directly from Lafarge.

Let’s ask ourselves, what’s the work of SON, MAN etc?

I stopped patronizing retailers/agents a very long time ago. I buy direct from companies (Coleman, Lafarge, Dangote, Simonkk and the likes).

I count my stuffs on site.

n3xt:


I respect you bro for this.



Everything rises and fall on leadership.
It’s the government’s role to introduce statutory price and quality control to maintain smooth economy in nation.

The people in power knew what to do. They just don’t care.

For a very long time, we were getting cement at factory price in my ongoing project. The ministry supervising the project ordered the cement directly from Lafarge.

Let’s ask ourselves, what’s the work of SON, MAN etc?

I stopped patronizing retailers/agents a very long time ago. I buy direct from companies (Coleman, Lafarge, Dangote, Simonkk and the likes).

I count my stuffs on site.

This is painful, knowing my wife warned me not to deal with this guy.

A lesson for Kobo Kobo project owners.

Always count all you buy, from cement to tiles to cables to pipes to taps.

Count at the store, count again in the vehicle and when you get to site, recount.

Don't pay anyone until goods are supplied.

We must encourage retailers, that's what I thought. But some retailers are evil.

We're in Agric Market Orile, all through. While tried to make U turn to the other side, this guy did what he did and said no need to check.

On getting to site, we counted and found discrepancies. We called him and he lied that he loaded it before we came, which is why he said we should not bother recounting from the truck.

He said he's not going to the village for Christmas, but staying in Lagos.

We called him this morning not to take our words, that he should come to the site to count. The guy said he's in the village and not back till end of January, 2021

See life.

When God strike some people, we would not know they're paying for their evil deeds.

Too many wicked people in Nigeria.

₦130,000 plus gone on Christmas day

GoodFaith:
I had a mad person suspend my account here
Please post my comment for other to review to justify your dumb ass reason
I wrote about Physical and logical security ( computer, other devices)
That all security are vulnerable
What we do is make it harder to discourage attacked
You was completely out of line
Greatly disappointed on your narrow view
We are here to educate each other

Nairaland Spambot was on rampage on Christmas Eve.

topsy23:


People believe that you want to cheat them.

Merry Christmas and happy new year in advance

same to you boss more wins for us this coming year

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diordaves:


Speaking for myself, that is a good narrative. Think what you like of me but never think that I bought back the Bank of England. To think I have the Bank of England in my hip pocket is a security risk in my opinion.

So I'm, a deportee? That fine. This fits into my low profile narrative which is part of my personal overall security set up.

I will never do anything to prove that narrative wrong.

If you guys are deported
What will they say about me wearing this pant in Nigeria
getting in Bus and off bus in Nigeria
I have few of this pant to wear and shoe with paint on my next visit
I damage this clothes when people doing stuff for me
I end up becoming part of the worker
some friends have told me to to buy over raw working clothes and keep it in my car

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davodyguy:


I'll not repeat such again.

Lesson learned.

When these guys sweet talk you and swear by God's name, you think they're saying the truth

Hahahah, when you frequently here God name from anybody you're negotiating with, it doesn't matter what tribe my brother run oooo. Not all igbos are bad people, bad people are in all tribes it's individuals that matters.

davodyguy:

This is painful, knowing my wife warned me not to deal with this guy.

A lesson for Kobo Kobo project owners.

Always count all you buy, from cement to tiles to cables to pipes to taps.

Count at the store, count again in the vehicle and when you get to site, recount.

Don't pay anyone until goods are supplied.

We must encourage retailers, that's what I thought. But some retailers are evil.

We're in Agric Market Orile, all through. While tried to make U turn to the other side, this guy did what he did and said no need to check.

On getting to site, we counted and found discrepancies. We called him and he lied that he loaded it before we came, which is why he said we should not bother recounting from the truck.

He said he's not going to the village for Christmas, but staying in Lagos.

We called him this morning not to take our words, that he should come to the site to count. The guy said he's in the village and not back till end of January, 2021

See life.

When God strike some people, we would not know they're paying for their evil deeds.

Too many wicked people in Nigeria.

₦130,000 plus gone on Christmas day

You can keep sounding self righteous because you already had the plan to blame someone else for your laxity. You failed to count your goods and you are here still blaming the seller when you should have turned back the truck at the road to recount.

I hate it when people come online to spread hate because of their own failure to do the right things. A nairalander even offered you lower prices, but noooo, you must go buy from those whom you don't like, whom you claimed had cheated you many times just to come and cry here?

kopell:
Hahahah, when you frequently here God name from anybody you're negotiating with, it doesn't matter what tribe my brother run oooo. Not all igbos are bad people, bad people are in all tribes it's individuals that matters.

Let me tell you what happened, a proven dealer here gave him the real cost of the tiles and factored in his profits, the guy refused to buy from someone here because someone in the market is offering to sell cheaper.

He went to the market after a carrot was dangled in his front and he swooped on the carrot thinking we was being smart, then he was outsmarted!

Coming here to complain about the 130k makes no meaning since na you do yourself.

twinskenny:
same to you boss more wins for us this coming year

Don't mind the guy, he look you guys here finish and decided to do what he liked after all the help he gets here. He should be left to enjoy his loss.

GoodFaith:


If you guys are deported
What will they say about me wearing this pant in Nigeria
getting in Bus and off bus in Nigeria
I have few of this pant to wear and shoe with paint on my next visit
I damage this clothes when people doing stuff for me
I end up becoming part of the worker
some friends have told me to to buy over raw working clothes and keep it in my car

Baba, you will be deceiving only yourself if you think that by wearing dirty pants you can prevent them from eating your money.

See, the government itself are crooks, people on the ground are also crooks, so the best you can do to yourself is to reduce the impact and not to try to sound smart in a field you will be made to be the prey.

opolo eye, no bi open eye

davodyguy:

This is painful, knowing my wife warned me not to deal with this guy.

A lesson for Kobo Kobo project owners.

Always count all you buy, from cement to tiles to cables to pipes to taps.

Count at the store, count again in the vehicle and when you get to site, recount.

Don't pay anyone until goods are supplied.

We must encourage retailers, that's what I thought. But some retailers are evil.

We're in Agric Market Orile, all through. While tried to make U turn to the other side, this guy did what he did and said no need to check.

On getting to site, we counted and found discrepancies. We called him and he lied that he loaded it before we came, which is why he said we should not bother recounting from the truck.

He said he's not going to the village for Christmas, but staying in Lagos.

We called him this morning not to take our words, that he should come to the site to count. The guy said he's in the village and not back till end of January, 2021

See life.

When God strike some people, we would not know they're paying for their evil deeds.

Too many wicked people in Nigeria.

₦130,000 plus gone on Christmas day

Smiles.

Imagine you’re a contractor/builder/project supervisor/engineer and this happened. What will you tell your project owner?

This is the reason I did the following:

- Bought a delivery van to move materials from the market to site.

- Bought dump truck to end the “count tire” sharp sand-cheat regime.

- Do POD (Payment on Delivery) on building materials like iron rods, plumbing materials, granite etc

- Favored marine boards over planks. It’s easier to count and identify a defective marine board than counting 300 planks.

- Get provisional estimates from electrician and ask him/her to supply, fix and install based on agreed sum while keeping a good amount as retention fee for 1 month after completion of work.

- Only visit the market to pick tiles and ask the supplier to deliver to my site. I don’t hesitate to examine, count and return the broken ones back to the supplier using the same delivery truck.

- Do plasterboards instead of POP cement because I hate maths. I can easily work out how many boards will be used in a room. I can’t do same with pop cement. The boys will just be telling you “Oga bring more cement!” or “Sebi na you say make we manage cement?”

- Buy my window materials and get fabricators to install on site and pay them per window. Many window contractors hate me for this but I don’t care. I’ve had to defend late deliveries and incomplete orders in the time past.
I just send my boys to the aluminum village, buy materials and get boys who will do instant fabrication. No long stories!

- Bought concrete mixers to save big on concrete works.

- Buy my light fixtures directly from manufacturers that gives 3 years part and labour warranty. Who Alaba Market epp? Most of this stockiest don’t even spend up to what we spend on materials.

Even Jesus picked one Judas among just 12 disciples. In Nigeria, there’s a Judas in every trade you’ll work with in your project. You have to be extremely smart.

Going to the market to do the shopping is completely out of it - for me!

If I have 1.8m naira to spend on wire, I’ll walk directly into the manufacturers office and do my purchase. You can even order cables online from most of these manufacturers.

kopell:
Hahahah, when you frequently here God name from anybody you're negotiating with, it doesn't matter what tribe my brother run oooo. Not all igbos are bad people, bad people are in all tribes it's individuals that matters.

If Chinese and Lebanese gbab you ehn... you’ll see Igbos as savior.

n3xt:


I respect you bro for this.



Everything rises and fall on leadership.
It’s the government’s role to introduce statutory price and quality control to maintain smooth economy in nation.

The people in power knew what to do. They just don’t care.

For a very long time, we were getting cement at factory price in my ongoing project. The ministry supervising the project ordered the cement directly from Lafarge.

Let’s ask ourselves, what’s the work of SON, MAN etc?

I stopped patronizing retailers/agents a very long time ago. I buy direct from companies (Coleman, Lafarge, Dangote, Simonkk and the likes).

I count my stuffs on site.

Wrong wrong wrong!

There is no government in Nigeria. Everyone does what they like and for those who will get lower prices, it's a case of a government body arm twisting another government body or forcing themselves on another private body to sell cheaper, not because there is any laws anywhere being followed.

The sooner you all start to learn that you are on your own and stop all these cries about being swindled by doing your own checks, the better for you.

Oh, you stopped patronising retailers? You are a big liar! What happens if you need small quantities of an item, you will go to Coleman factory and request for 2 coils of wire or to Pfizer and request for a card of paracetamol?

topsy23:


People believe that you want to cheat them.

Merry Christmas and happy new year in advance

But end up losing good money in the process

BankeSmalls:


Oh, you stopped patronising retailers? You are a big liar! What happens if you need small quantities of an item, you will go to command and request for 2 coils of wire or to Pfizer and request for a card of paracetamol?

I think I over-exaggerate that part but I hardly deal with small retailers these days. I walk in directly to companies and direct importers to make my purchases.

Cement - Lafarge
Sand - Berger, Ilaje or anywhere dump trucks can get it.
Light fixtures - Simonkk, Ago
Iron Rods - I do POD
Blocks - I produce them myself.
Granite - I get account for Quarry.
Plumbing tinz - I do Rifeng or POD with verified suppliers.
POP/Plasterboards - I do direct importers (Omega in Mushin)
Interlock Mould - a Chinese company in Eleyele Ibadan.

I do bulk buying and as a matter of fact, I still have some material I bought 6 years ago in my store.

n3xt:


I think I over-exaggerate that part but I hardly deal with small retailers these days. I walk in directly to companies and direct importers to make my purchases.

Cement - Lafarge
Sand - Berger, Ilaje or anywhere dump trucks can get it.
Light fixtures - Simonkk, Ago
Iron Rods - I do POD
Blocks - I produce them myself.
Granite - I get account for Quarry.
Plumbing tinz - I do Rifeng or POD with verified suppliers.
POP/Plasterboards - I do direct importers (Omega in Mushin)
Interlock Mould - a Chinese company in Eleyele Ibadan.

I do bulk buying and as a matter of fact, I still have some material I bought 6 years ago in my store.

I don't understand what you are trying to do here, are you mocking those who cannot afford to do bulk buying or what? I think what you should be advising them is how to do your due checks and how to ensure they are not cheated.

You cannot be telling everyone to buy bulk because you did same. Some people are small players and so they must buy in bits.

BankeSmalls:


Baba, you will be deceiving only yourself if you think that by wearing dirty pants you can prevent them from eating your money.

See, the government itself are crooks, people on the ground are also crooks, so the best you can do to yourself is to reduce the impact and not to try to sound smart in a field you will be made to be the prey.

opolo eye, no bi open eye

Nairaland is a school
I have learn from Nairaland
and Using my street sense
If I walk into a Boss house to go get rent
10 to 15 people with gun
and Boss paying respect
About 15 days ago somebody told me in court that she is going to sue me with her lawyer
Second hearing she was not longer talking about suing me but Shot her big mouth
Her lawyer call me asking to please resolve the case
Street sense
Do thing right follow the law

GoodFaith:

Nairaland is a school
I have learn from Nairaland
and Using my street sense
If I walk into a Boss house to go get rent
10 to 15 people with gun
and Boss paying respect

davodyguy:
When buying tiles, ensure you do the measurements accurately with your tiler and also ensure proper conversion from sqm to cartons and lastly if possible, after agreeing price with supplier, go with your tiler when going for pickup.

I just got swindled of 90+ cartons costing over ₦130,000.

Lesson learned.

I know all tribes in Nigeria have bad people, but we need to be wary of some particular ones.

When I bought cables from them, it's the same thing until I stood my ground.

When I bought conduit pipes from them, it's same thing. They sold fake 20mm at the price of original 20mm Dignity pipes. I stood my ground and returned all pipes

Now it's tiles from Orile.
This criminally minded Patrick Ebere knew what he did, smuggled all the tiles in the truck before my arrival to make U turn to the other side.
Swearing that ' ọgá the thing complete' 'maka why I go cheat you'

I said I'm coming to his shop, he said no that he has traveled to the East, whereas this bastard is right here in Lagos

Errrm, I'm confused. . . .
What tribe are the honest people who sell quality from??

Judge a man based on your interaction with him not this Tribe nonsense. Some of you will probably see honest sellers and swerve because thier price is "high" . then turn to the dishonest ones with more attractive prices and come here to wail when you get swindled.
some guy embarrased himself sometime ago, gloating about buying cheap cables from some seller, after cussing out reputable suppliers ( i think topsy or twinsken) with higher prices ..... .but alas he had bought trash for the price of trash.

Do your due diligence,

95 % of the people who trade in those items you mentioned above are From the same tribe , so both the honest and dishonest sellers will statistically come from the same pool. It's common sense

BankeSmalls:


But end up losing good money in the process

Na so

GoodFaith:


If you guys are deported
What will they say about me wearing this pant in Nigeria
getting in Bus and off bus in Nigeria
I have few of this pant to wear and shoe with paint on my next visit
I damage this clothes when people doing stuff for me
I end up becoming part of the worker
some friends have told me to to buy over raw working clothes and keep it in my car

Wait you're the person who got sold fake cables the other time now , abi?
Posting the prices from your "correct seller" who turned out to have slapped you .
Your trouser no help you ?

BankeSmalls:


I don't understand what you are trying to do here, are you mocking those who cannot afford to do bulk buying or what? I think what you should be advising them is how to do your due checks and how to ensure they are not cheated.

You cannot be telling everyone to buy bulk because you did same. Some people are small players and so they must buy in bits.

Not at all!

When Simonkk wanted to supply me just 400k light fixtures, they came in their official bus.

Here we’ve seen someone who took 1.8m to buy cable from retailers and still end up paying transport.

The person who had 1.8m to spend is not a small player. It’s just that we are not fully exposed to the endless opportunities out there.


_______

When I first wanted to buy from these guys, they were like “We have minimum orders.”

I just told them “I have access to a very large market and I can recommend people to buy from you on a daily basis.”

I’ve had to walk in to many iron foundries to enquire about steel. If I can’t buy direct, I can get people to buy for me.

Commonsense101:

Errrm, I'm confused. . . .
What tribe are the honest people who sell quality from??

Judge a man based on your interaction with him not this Tribe nonsense. Some of you will probably see honest sellers and swerve because thier price is "high" . then turn to the dishonest ones with more attractive prices and come here to wail when you get swindled.
some guy embarrased himself sometime ago, gloating about buying cheap cables from some seller, after cussing out reputable suppliers ( i think topsy or twinsken) with higher prices ..... .but alas he had bought trash for the price of trash.

Do your due diligence,

95 % of the people who trade in those items you mentioned above are From the same tribe , so both the honest and dishonest sellers will statistically come from the same pool. It's common sense

That's what I was saying all along, If a story sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Stop thinking you're too smart because you will lose at the end.

My worry is that instead of people to admit they were greedy, they try to pass the blame off to another people he hates so he can claim victim. A wise person would have taken his beating and swallowed his hurt and walk away instead of trying to tarnish a while tribe of people.