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Avoid bad tenants by accepting only 2 years rent upfront or even 3 years. Bad tenants made my own father sell of his property 4 flats.. they all refused to renew rent fir 2 years. He got a mouth watery offer and old the building plus the tenants. The new owner a well known mad army with solid rank... collected the rents and kicked them out...come and see different juju items from all tenants including pastor o.. use ur property for school , hospitals , restaurant, motel , guest house or even ashawo biz

Focusmind:


You know their way . She is using all her connection - church, alumni, choir group, town union, instagram and other social media as she is into online sales of wears. Even though the project has not started, she has drawn plan of action. I am just helpless in this situation as I wouldn't want to be an obstacle. But no matter how, if success locates her in that project, she must be paying me rent for that building no matter how small Na baba Ijebu I be.

The thing has just distorted my whole equation. My only consolation is if her project will be the solution to keeping off potential unruly tenant, no wahala. She wants to avoid tenant issues at all cost.

Any way, lets see how it goes. Bro, I appreciate you. Thanks for the heads up.

boyestic:
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Did you get recommendations? I also need a slidng barn door installer.

uncleteeh:

Ok. Will share some.
1. Topography of the site.
2. Climatic conditions of the particular area (this is a major condition) otherwise, the whole building will be boring.
3. Nearness to some specific materials.
4. Living conditions of the end users (why will one be putting a lot of steps in a building that will be harbouring aged people or retirees? Ramping most pathways is the best)
5. The financial capacity of a client is also required, it is even the foundation for every design.
Like I said, a lot of factors.

Baba, you’re going too far!

Most people don’t pay attention to the orientation of their building in order to maximize air flow.

I do not use ACs in my house because I took into cognizance the shape, height, orientation and planning of my building to take advantage of natural ventilation.

Buildings must be positioned in relation to the variation in the sun’s path.

ArcToyin:


Sir, Ogun State is not different from Lagos. Am not condemning the scheme from being truthful, it might yield expectations but human involvement is a problem. I was still at there Revenue office & Town Planning of Ado/Odo Ota this week, come and see the assessment that was worked out. The woman added a "sum" personally for herself without naming it anything. There, you pay cash, they will be the one to lodge it into state account.

The woman that attended to me there did same.

They call it PR..

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KIDfurniture:
Avoid bad tenants by accepting only 2 years rent upfront or even 3 years. Bad tenants made my own father sell of his property 4 flats.. they all refused to renew rent fir 2 years. He got a mouth watery offer and old the building plus the tenants. The new owner a well known mad army with solid rank... collected the rents and kicked them out...come and see different juju items from all tenants including pastor o.. use ur property for school , hospitals , restaurant, motel , guest house or even ashawo biz

I don’t know how to shout. So, landlord/tenant palava no be my own.

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Abudu2000:
me too i was shocked when i saw that price. Printing alone could cost up to 20k what about the expertise put into the design, the concept etc. structural design that comes less than 100k should be questioned because the calculations involved for each and every support of the building members self. As a structural engineer even a copy paste job isn't for amateurs let alone a fresh one.

I wouldn't even take a duplex structural design job for less than 100k. Because you take those calculations ANYWHERE.

Good morning house,how do tilers calculate their workmanship....is it by carton or per tiles or they just look at the work to be done and book one a price?pls I need a quick answer from expert herein....Thanks

Gucciballer:
Good morning house,how do tilers calculate their workmanship....is it by carton or per tiles or they just look at the work to be done and book one a price?pls I need a quick answer from expert herein....Thanks

It’s calculated per sqm. The length of a room multiply by the breadth gives you the total sqm.

Staircase is charged based on complexity of the design.

KolaShangOne:


I wouldn't even take a duplex structural design job for less than 100k. Because you take those calculations ANYWHERE.

I had a particular client I was working for on a new project, he took me to his village to see another on going project and make little inputs here and there. mehn I saw things, column right in the centre of the sitting room because of poor slab job, staircase risers as much as 350mm, some 400mm and I'm not exaggerating, some rooms without windows, step down into the kitchen was 400mm and they didnt even care to divide it into two 200mms, I nearly fell stepping into the kitchen. I didn't even feel safe the few minutes I was inside the structure. he proposed I take over the job, I REJECTED THE OFFER.

ok, for instance how do you calculate it for a 12ft by 12 ft room

n3xt:




It’s calculated per sqm. The length of a room multiply by the breadth gives you the total sqm.

Staircase is charged based on complexity of the design.

princenomics:
ok, for instance how do you calculate it for a 12ft by 12 ft room

Convert feet to metre

12ft = 3.6m

3.6 x 3.6 = 12.96sqm

You’ll need 9 cartons of 60 x 60 tiles to achieve that. Add 1 or 2 carton for skirting, offcuts and wastage.

** Each carton of 60x60 is 1.44sqm

vickzie:
I had a particular client I was working for on a new project, he took me to his village to see another on going project and make little inputs here and there. mehn I saw things, column right in the centre of the sitting room because of poor slab job, staircase risers as much as 350mm, some 400mm and I'm not exaggerating, some rooms without windows, step down into the kitchen was 400mm and they didnt even care to divide it into two 200mms, I nearly fell stepping into the kitchen. I didn't even feel safe the few minutes I was inside the structure. he proposed I take over the job, I REJECTED THE OFFER.

He must have bought a very cheap plan.

n3xt:


He must have bought a very cheap plan.

I requested for the plan, he said the building had no plan. I weak

n3xt:


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lovelani:


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Smiles.

Grin

n3xt:


Baba, you’re going too far!

Most people don’t pay attention to the orientation of their building in order to maximize air flow.

I do not use ACs in my house because I took into cognizance the shape, height, orientation and planning of my building to take advantage of natural ventilation.

Buildings must be positioned in relation to the variation in the sun’s path.

Yes sir.
You just explained point number two. Climatic condition.

lovelani:


Grin

Baba, for obvious reason I’ll take a pass on this.

Good day everyone ,
I got a quotation for a window so wanted to check with pple here if its okay
Its a Casement window with burglary and net (3in 1):
1200 x 1200 @48,500 (this is for all the big windows)
600 x700 @ 22,500 (bathroom window)
It also include installation price . Hope this is a fair price
PS: he wants to use 4mm Glass (or something like that)
Also , Is there a major disadvantage of using 0.45mm aluminum roofing sheet (Long span) over the 0.55mm (I am looking at cutting some cost so i want to weigh the option )
Thanks in anticipation for reply

vickzie:
I had a particular client I was working for on a new project, he took me to his village to see another on going project and make little inputs here and there. mehn I saw things, column right in the centre of the sitting room because of poor slab job, staircase risers as much as 350mm, some 400mm and I'm not exaggerating, some rooms without windows, step down into the kitchen was 400mm and they didnt even care to divide it into two 200mms, I nearly fell stepping into the kitchen. I didn't even feel safe the few minutes I was inside the structure. he proposed I take over the job, I REJECTED THE OFFER.

This is one of the mistakes some people make.

They design their home from the outside.

Say they see a building, they just go YES!! This what I want, exactly this design right there, yep.

This they do without researching the floor plan to make sure the flow of the building will work for them. They are just mesmerized by the supposed beauty of the exterior of the building or the 3D design.

On a personal note, I spend more time worrying about the internal structure of the house, the flow , livability of the inside than I am worried about the external look and 3D exterior look to me comes wayy after I am happy with the internal flow of the building. After all, I will live inside of the building not at the outside of it.

Lots of townhouse or apartments / condos in New York, D.C and San Francisco, they look old and somewhat ugly on the outside but when you enter inside, na there you go no say, man pass man no be boasting.

Badgers14:


This is one of the mistakes some people make.

They design their home from the outside.

Say they see a building, they just go YES!! This what I want, exactly this design right there, yep.

This they do without researching the floor plan to make sure the flow of the building will work for them. They are just mesmerized by the supposed beauty of the exterior of the building or the 3D design.

On a personal note, I spend more time worrying about the internal structure of the house, the flow , livability of the inside than I am worried about the external look and 3D exterior look to me comes wayy after I am happy with the internal flow of the building. After all, I will live inside of the building not at the outside of it.

Lots of townhouse or apartments / condos in New York, D.C and San Francisco, they look old and somewhat ugly on the outside but when you enter inside, na there you go no say, man pass man no be boasting.

In architecture, form follows function. So when we do home design, we need to rethink the why, the how and the what?

"Like all form of designs, architectural design is about solving problems, not about personal preference (I'm arsenal fan and I like red or the funny P-Square or Sir Shina Peters House) or unsupported opinion. It's a job that should be left for the pros." - Bosun Davies, Simplitecture

Has anyone seen the new Jude Okoye (P-Square) house? That's a house!

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Before meets After!

Pic 1 - A well designed house with Pillars, Quoins, Concrete Fascia, Curves, Round Pillars, Gerald, and even red carpet for the red cap chief
Pic 2 - Clean lines, no ugly and fugly burglaries (same naija where people dey spend fortune on burglar proofs)...

To be a successful landlord in Nigeria without involving any janitor , you MUST B VERY VERY WICKED & HEARTLESS JUST LIKE THE TENANTS. when wickedness jam wickedness one must bow. You must v natural mental problem too

n3xt:


I don’t know how to shout. So, landlord/tenant palava no be my own.

n3xt:


Too many.

When you buy plans, there’s every tendency you buy inferior plans that do not include all the information necessary to safely build your home.

Unlike the architectural design, structural drawings are not and cannot be designed for universal conditions.

No design can be perfect without input from the homeowner and knowledge of the site.

I can give 3 good examples of projects that I’ve worked on that other people tried to replicate on their land A lot of challenges were met during the construction phase (expensive cost of foundation, wrong building orientation, building size vs land size etc).

Those people absolutely know nothing of construction. Those are the kind of people I refer to as theorists. Engineering Construction is all about application knowledge. Alot of people claim to know but can't apply.


The bolded is one of the most easy thing I've come to know in the industry. I learnt it under one of my lecturer back in school due to personal relationship. His nickname was modifier amongst his colleagues.

Hello guys,

I got a 450 square metre land with 37.5m length and 12.6m width.
I want to build a storey building comprising of 4 bedroom flat, 4 units of 2 bedroom flat but I want the 4 bedroom flat to have a different compound from the other flats.
I spoke with an architect, he said I can achieve that except for the different compound issue. Alternatively, he said I can only achieve the compound objective, if I can reduce the 2 units of 4 bedroom flat to 2 units of 2 bedroom flats and 2 room and parlour self contain.
Architects in the house, what do you think?

bixton:


Those people absolutely know nothing of construction. Those are the kind of people I refer to as theorists. Engineering Construction is all about application knowledge. A lot of people claim to know but can't apply.


The bolded is one of the most easy thing I've come to know in the industry. I learnt it under one of my lecturer back in school due to personal relationship. His nickname was modifier amongst his colleagues.

Application is key! Knowledge without application is simply knowledge.

gbengress1:
Hello guys,

I got a 450 square metre land with 37.5m length and 12.6m width.
I want to build a storey building comprising of 4 bedroom flat, 4 units of 2 bedroom flat but I want the 4 bedroom flat to have a different compound from the other flats.
I spoke with an architect, he said I can achieve that except for the different compound issue. Alternatively, he said I can only achieve the compound objective, if I can reduce the 2 units of 4 bedroom flat to 2 units of 2 bedroom flats and 2 room and parlour self contain.
Architects in the house, what do you think?

@lovelani HOD Nairaland Properties

n3xt:
Immediately I finished The Reserve by NextHome, two clients approached me to share the design with them in the same area.

One of them said I want exactly what I’m seeking here. Let’s try and replicate it on my site.

The picture below shows the challenge we went through during the modification of the plan.

The time we spent trying to modify the design to fit the clients land could have been spent working on a fresh design.

Pic 1 - The Reserve by NextHome

Pic 2 - The design couldn’t fit the clients land because of the irregular shape of the plot.

Pic 3 - We tried cutting the building into two.

Pic 4 - We keep trying, trying, trying until we got to 8th layout and eventually had to change the design.

What a waste of precious time and resource!!!


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This is just one part of the too many challenges of the project. I’ll try share the structural issue and how a project in the same area ended up costing almost thrice the price of the first build.

I have countless example of projects like these that I can share. It’s worthless picking up drawings online. You’re better off with custom designed homes.

300k would seem a lot but it’ll be worthwhile investment in the long run as it’ll save you headaches and unnecessary challenges.

For an irregular shaped land......you try ooooo
There are lots of things we see on paper while on site and once it doesn't fit in even with the least allowance we just let it go.

Reading your post gets me laughing of a client who went and bought a land of irregular shape and gave me a design that made me to laugh all in the name that it was done by a relative. I slept over night with the plan and told the client that the design is very abnormal. Below is the design.