WhatDoYouMean:
Good afternoon dear Nairalanders. My uncle in US wants to build a duplex in my village in Ebonyi State. He has a land already. No work has been done on the land so far. He believes so much in me to the extent that he has asked me to handle the entire work from start to finish. I don't intend betraying this trust for whatever reason either through price hike or other underground activities. In fact, my uncle is also a proud Nairalander, so he is aware of this thread.

I recently was going through some buildings online, I stumbled on the one attached below with that staircase inside. It is a building in India. You can see their website pasted to the building. I sent it to him and he loves the building with passion. The only issue with the house is that we don't know what the roof top is made of and if it can stand the test of time! Pls can someone help explain the roof top? Or should we use the normal Nigerian roofing (zinc) while maintaining every other thing about the building?

Here are what my uncle wants with this same plan/ design, materials (most likely) and colours.

I don't know who you are but I think you need to change your strategy.
Firstly you will have to pay a good architect to reproduce the drawing in terms of structural design.
You need a civil engineer and architect , also you must see there work and speak to the owners of those property lest the architect claims
something he didn't do.
Furthermore a lot of the chaps on nairaland are not civil engineers / architects so may not give you that qualityyou desire
In addition piece of advice buy your own materials, research the cost of materials it's not a hard task
Just pay for labour/ supervisor cost.
It would also be a good idea not to give them lump sums , you won't go wrong with pay as you go.
All the best
And if no architect impresses u go for Julius Berger





TOP FLOOR
1. 3 bedrooms (2 plus the masters bedroom, all with modern toilet/bathroom gadgets). Each bedroom will come with big wardrobe that can accommodate other valuables other than clothings alone.
2. A sitting/living room (palour).
3. A reading/study room
4. Gym/fitness room

DOWN FLOOR
1. One bedroom (visitors room with ensuit modern toilet/bathroom)
2. Main Sitting/Living room (palour)
3. Visitors Lounge
4. Store
5. Kitchen
6. Dining
7. Guest toilet
8. Inbuilt swimming pool at the back end of the building as attached below. The person outside must not see the pool

COMPOUND SURROUNDING
1. Overhead water borehole (with 2 big GP tanks)
2. Mini bush bar
3. Side car park (3 to 4 cars) by the side of the building not the compound
4. Interlocked compound
5. Well patterned flower lawns and trees within the entire compound
6. Play ground (kids and basketball)
7. Enough space for about 10 to 15 cars in case of meeting/function
8. Tall fence and good quality gate with a selfcon security house

PS: [/b]The house will still come with the small fence around it but with a well structured sizeable water fountain (like the one attached without causing any flooding or nuisance) in front of the house where that car is parked inside.

[b]NB: Any Nairalander giving a complete breakdown of costs and materials should also include his pay (as the contractor/supervisor). He should also estimate the completion time in months (assuming all the money needed was available). Only authentic materials will be used. No substandard materials will be used and no improvisation.

The Nairalander with the most comprehensive information (exactly this design, may be or not with a slight change of the roof top as earlier stated, most suitable materials and costs estimates) will be contracted to handle this work.

Best of Luck!

KinkyAngela:
why must you always drag the SS into your show of shame? The article is meant for the SE and not the SS.

Few days ago, Tompolo sent an appreciation letter to PMB, thanking him for appointing Brigadier Boroh, an Ijaw man as the new DG of the Amnesty Programme. The new Chief of Naval Staff is also from the SS.

So far, the SS arent complaining. You perpetual wailers are the one crying

aresa:








^^^^^^^^ Wailing and shallow chest beating biafran...