Empiree:
bro, you may be right but time changes. Things are unpredictable. You don't want to turn 70 and realise Nigeria is your home to retire. And that time, you may not have $$ to build. That's just too bad.

I intentionally made that post because of this[b] 'I don't intend to be living at the house I'm building because U.S is now where I intend to live with my family for the rest of my life.'[/b] that you said especially the 'rest of my life' aspect. Iam glad that you have now said that things are unpredictable. The 'good' US and 'bad' Nigeria today can become the 'bad' US and 'good' Nigeria tomorrow. US was once very bad.

Sir, don't blame the guy. People as different experience about that country, if one had bad experience of others will blame them for there actions. Back to my point again, if you look at the cost and stress of building home in Naija and the return raitio, one will conclude it retirement or vacations or building it for family. I can are sure you, most of our children will never go back and ask for there fathers property, I have friend going through issue like that now. His son won't go to Naija to take control of his property in VI.

Empiree:
bro, you may be right but time changes. Things are unpredictable. You don't want to turn 70 and realise Nigeria is your home to retire. And that time, you may not have $$ to build. That's just too bad.

Exactly.

I'm taken steps now that I should have taken 20 to 25 years ago.

kopell:
Sir, don't blame the guy. People as different experience about that country, if one had bad experience of others will blame them for there actions. Back to my point again, if you look at the cost and stress of building home in Naija and the return raitio, one will conclude it retirement or vacations or building it for family. I can are sure you, most of our children will never go back and ask for there fathers property, I have friend going through issue like that now. His son won't go to Naija to take control of his property in VI.

He doesn't have to go back to take over properties. This is what Estate Management is all about. He needs to find one that has offices in US or UK, I know Century21 is now in Nigeria.

Bro, the boy is doing so well he didn't have any interest in anything his dad has in Naija. He as 3 houses on his here NYC.

I have an uncle who had spent at least 40 years as a pharmacist in Canada. He returned permanently last year and has been living in one of his houses in Enugu. He told us he will never return to Canada, he wants to be buried here. Different strokes really.....

spyder880:
I have an uncle who had spent at least 40 years as a pharmacist in Canada. He returned permanently last year and has been living in one of his houses in Enugu. He told us he will never return to Canada, he wants to be buried here. Different strokes really.....

The Uncle sound exactly like me... or may be it's me.

Hajji M.

kopell:
Bro, the boy is doing so well he didn't have any interest in anything his dad has in Naija. He as 3 houses on his here NYC.

There is no such thing as having too much money.

Hopefully he'll realize this before it's too late and he looses his Fathers properties.

mufutau55:


The Uncle sound exactly like me... or may be it's me.

Hajji M.

No Sir, at least you didn't marry a Canadian lady like him. The lady didn't return with him.

spyder880:

No Sir, at least you didn't marry a Canadian lady like him. The lady didn't return with him.

Boy oh Boy! All pikins don loss be that...

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


Boy oh Boy! All pikins don loss be that...

Hajji M.

Nooo, the Canadian didn't have issues with him. His family hurriedly arranged one Nigerian babe for him in one of his visits to this country about 20 yrs ago and that is how he got an issue here. Backyard runs things

spyder880:

Nooo, the Canadian didn't have issues with him. His family hurriedly arranged one Nigerian babe for him in one of his visits to this country about 20 yrs ago and that is how he got an issue here. Backyard runs things

God bless his family... Some of us "Old-timers" are also guilty of the same behavior... At the end, there is no place like home though...
I have my own story, of a different version though...

Hajji M.

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Shyte gets complicated sometimes.

I went through a nasty divorce here a few years ago that gave me the "opportunity" to reset

My new Wife is from Ibadan like me (I came home to remarry), she's an integral part of my exodus back home.

So lesson of the day to the youths whoa re stating there migration journey, develop property back home as soon as you can afford to and for the love of God marry someone from your place (I say this knowing full well that we can't help who we fall in love with).

Alihamdulilah, I have always refrained myself from tangling with American women. I dont even play around with them as in GF thing. I discipline myself a lot. NOT CLAIMING SAINTHOOD but i hear stories, so pathetic that it keeps me off from Oyinbo/Akata despite their seduction.

I even heard stories by our men who deliberately went home to marry their kind and it turns ugly after the ladies "soji" to western society. All these make life boring. But it does works well pretty much for others.

A young man in America or other western countries should better embark on housing project back home as soon as he can. That's a lifetime investment. Otherwise, things can be very nasty if children involved with oyinbo/Akata. That's a nasty journey of a lifetime. Tell young men to hold banana underneath their pant. Tell them to take their eyes off those chicks and their skirts.

May God bless those who are able to think and invest on their retirement back home. Houses you have in western world are not yours. They can be repossessed in a twinkle.

mufutau55:


God bless his family... Some of us "Old-timers" are also guilty of the same behavior... At the end, there is no place like home though...
I have my own story, of a different version though...

Hajji M.

spyder880:


No Sir, at least you didn't marry a Canadian lady like him. The lady didn't return with him.

Empiree:
Alihamdulilah, I have always refrained myself from tangling with American women. I dont even play around with them as in GF thing. I discipline myself a lot. NOT CLAIMING SAINTHOOD but i hear stories, so pathetic that it keeps me off from Oyinbo/Akata despite their seduction.

I even heard stories by our men who deliberately went home to marry their kind and it turns ugly after the ladies "soji" to western society. All these make life boring. But it does works well pretty much for others.

A young man in America or other western countries should better embark on housing project back home as soon as he can. That's a lifetime investment. Otherwise, things can be very nasty if children involved with oyinbo/Akata. That's a nasty journey of of a lifetime. Tell young men to hold banana underneath their pant. Tell them to take their eyes off those chicks and their skirts.

May God bless those who are able to think and invest on their retirement back home. Houses you have in western world are not yours. They can be repossessed in a twinkle.

Too many diversion...Pls lets stick to what brings us here.Oga spyder oya abeg we need updates with pic

Thank you

bluecard:

Too many diversion...Pls lets stick to what brings us here.Oga spyder oya abeg we need updates with pic
Thank you

Thank you Bluecard and welcome to Properties Forum.
With work, there is also play/enjoyment.. so little off-topic won't hurt anyone. So the Moderator let things slide a little bit...
Thanks you Mr. Moderator.

Hajji Mufutau

bluecard:



Too many diversion...Pls lets stick to what brings us here.Oga spyder oya abeg we need updates with pic

Thank you

Thank you bluecard, work is very much in progress, I spent too much time in the markets buying stuff for the house, but there will be pictures today. Work is ongoing. We are approaching this finish from many angles, here we are;

Doing electrical wiring works
Thunder protector system
Plastering and dressing of the whole house
Plastering and dressing of the fence
Electrical wiring of the fence
Building the gate house
Compound filling with sand

Our target today is to cast the gate house lintels, continue with the under deck plastering and electrical wiring works. Pictures later today.

mufutau55:


Thank you Bluecard and welcome to Properties Forum.
With work, there is also play/enjoyment.. so little off-topic won't hurt anyone. So the Moderator let things slide a little bit...
Thanks you Mr. Moderator.

Hajji Mufutau

Thank you Hajji, the off topic is good to relieve stress abeg Help me thank Mr. Moderator also

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@spyder880.........happy new year, following bumper to bumper in this new semester, hope we are going to witness gigantic and superlative structures from you soon....

@spider880 u dey really entertain me; am patiently waiting for the breakdown of the cost of the building.

@ hajji I don't mean to derail Oga Spyder topic, the side talk is therapy for young once to learn for people experience so they won't make the same mistakes that they pays big price for. It's a journey of life one as to be very careful, especially the youngstar.

shinejackie:
@spyder880.........happy new year, following bumper to bumper in this new semester, hope we are going to witness gigantic and superlative structures from you soon....

My brother, It seems the whole action this year will be in Anambra State. I have a couple of buildings planned around Ogidi. Anambra is just too much and I will like to relocate there for some months. But another beautiful thing may happen in Abuja of all places. I am keeping all options open for now. Meanwhile I am still working in PH and more plans are being discussed. Expect wonderful buildings from us this year.

We are working with Ibeto cement 42.5 version. 1900 without delivery, sure sound bags.

We are well stocked in cement and still filling the compound with sand dug out from the soak away pit.

Filling the compound. ......

The compound from above. ......

All electrical wiring works going on smoothly. ......

We are casting the lintels for the gate house. ......

The plastering guys......... dressing a beam.......

Some of the completed under decks. .......