let me start by appreciating those Nlanders who have taking this part before now and did not hesitate to share their experiences, I must say that those were a great deal of encouragement to Us in general and Mua in particular

I remember someone asking in a particular thread "which was more preferable between buying and building a house?" of which I posited that building gives alot of challenges and stories to tell but at the end, life itself is all about you telling your own stories (like building a house) as against buying story books (more like buying a house)

lastly, I thought of building in Lagos but then I remembered "aku ruo ulo" and decided to build in my villa.

Happy view!

is the nairalander a bricklayer?

Good for you.

@vitality22 and @agarawu23- this was the the promise I made to share my experience, now you can ask me some questions ;I will try to give answers to such

Nice one....

kingofchess:
is the nairalander a bricklayer?

no sir. they are the workmen

Wish you all the best. The Lord is your strength.

this is a four bedroom bungalow

MrJohnAgbo:
Wish you all the best. The Lord is your strength.

thank you sir
more blessing to all

Chukazu:
@vita lity22 and @agaraw u23- this was the the promise I made to share my experience, now you can ask me some questions ;I will try to give answers to such

OK sir!

I am only interested in the type of house you are building,
Cost to roofing level (let us know how many blocks, cement, sand, iron, gravel and how much you paid your workers )
Cost of roofing


You will finish and live there soon by the grace of God

Stop work!!

darkenkach:
Stop work!!

yea. that is local government
one has to pay some charges after which we continue

agarawu23:
OK sir!

I am only interested in the type of house you are building,
Cost to roofing level (let us know how many blocks, cement, sand, iron, gravel and how much you paid your workers )
Cost of roofing


You will finish and live there soon by the grace of God

upto the lintel, we used about 300bags of cement

thanks for the compliments

the initial plan- we did some adjustments, like you would see later

at the timber market to buy wood and roofing material

Alright. God bless your hustle.

Chukazu:


upto the lintel, we used about 300bags of cement

thanks for the compliments

You mould blocks by yourself?

agarawu23:
You mould blocks by yourself?

yes sir.
that is "best"

the initial plan

as there was some minor adjustment later on

Chukazu:


yes sir.

that is "best"

okay sir

How many blocks per bag?

Weldone. God go do my own too soon.

Nice one

Congrats & wishing you all d best

Nice one bro

Original plan

Congrats sir! you will all celebrate such with me soon

Building control seemed to have said stop work - but you are continuing.

Seems to be an illegal structure being built - I pity the tenants that rent the place!

It is not easy!

congrats

why were you asked to stop work as per the marking on the building?

Plan b