true2home:
Hi NL,

I'm trying to purchase this land property from Opic. The place is called New Makun City. I like the location cos its a strategic point for someone like myself that love country living. I'm original from Ilishan right opposite ikenne; and not working or living in Naija full time, i think that location, which is just before the Sagamu/Ore interchange, can be a nice location for a weekend/retirement gate-away house for our family.

As always, the problems with this process is the NIGERIAN WAY OF DOING THINGS; i just find it difficult to give my hard earned money to someone in anticipation of get a land in the near future. I was thinking that by dealing with GOVERNMENT, i will be shielded from fraudulent practices. Nope, i was wrong again!!!

Can you believe someone is telling me to drop #3M+ and go sit down till they decide to allocate land for subscriber( More like Gullible People)?

1ST PROBLEM: I DON'T GET TO PICK THE LAND AM PAYING FOR
2ND PROBLEM: AM PAYING IN FULL WITHOUT ANY CLUE WHERE WHAT IM PAYING FOR IS
3RD PROBLEM: I WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT FRAUDULENT PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN MADE NORMAL IN NIGERIA; I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER THAT SHOULD KNOW BETTER HOW CIVIL PROJECT SHOULD WORK

[b][/b]NOBODY SHOULD PAY FOR ANY LAND WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT IS ( aKA awaiting ON ALLOCATION) ; THATS OUTRIGHT FRAUD!!! GOVERNMENT FOR THAT MATTER!!!

Well, u ve reasoning for urself....it is actually called 'parcharging'

There is many land available for u -'see and buy'
From experience they may not actually fraud u but d 'bush' may not be developed in the next 2 decade.

For the chicken coop, I'm toying with the idea of wrapping her in aluminum roof material.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so not asking about that.

My question is which is more economical, that or the traditional plastering and painting?

Thanks.

10k received on the 8th of June
Balance 160k

mavverick:
10k received on the first of June, Balance 170K.
Bosun, 10k due today. Can you do the needful.

segcymoor:

Well, u ve reasoning for urself....it is actually called 'parcharging'

There is many land available for u -'see and buy'
From experience they may not actually fraud u but d 'bush' may not be developed in the next 2 decade.

Did you read what the guy wrote,
So he as to wait for 2 decade to build vacation home plus his age now abi? Let assume is 20years old now, plus another 20 haba.

msogunro:


The smoke detectors that I'm familiar with only beep when the battery is dying. Are you sure it's beeping to tell you it's working?

No mind me nah my china fone we Agarawu use bribe me cos am.its meant to say *bleeps wen battery is dying

kopell:
Did you read with the guy wrote,
So he as to wait for 2 decade to build vacation home plus his age now abi? Let assume is 20years old now, plus another 20 haba.

So U wan tell us say 40 is OLD abi
The OBA must hear this
EgunMogaji come and see Ooo

erico2k2:

So U wan tell us say 40 is OLD abi
The OBA must hear this
EgunMogaji come and see Ooo

sorry abeg, I just the imagine waiting that brother wrote about the guy that want to buy opic land.

erico2k2:

No mind me nah my china fone we Agarawu use bribe me cos am.its meant to say *bleeps wen battery is dying

kai kai bribery is corruption

kopell:
sorry abeg, I just the imagine waiting that brother wrote about the guy that want to buy opic land.

kopell:
sorry abeg, I just the imagine waiting that brother wrote about the guy that want to buy opic land.

Well, I am just speaking in parable
Note that sagamu /ore road still bushy.....who knows how far d land situated... How far from the express since he is not aware of the area

erico2k2:

No mind me nah my china fone we Agarawu use bribe me cos am.its meant to say *bleeps wen battery is dying

Oi guvnor, what's going on then?

What bleeping fire alarms do you chaps use over there?

greetings to the house...
i want to erect a stand for my tank, which is better between using blocks and iron rods?
will be glad if anyone can provide a link on stand for GP tanks.
thanks.

true2home:
Hi NL,

I'm trying to purchase this land property from Opic. The place is called New Makun City. I like the location cos its a strategic point for someone like myself that love country living. I'm original from Ilishan right opposite ikenne; and not working or living in Naija full time, i think that location, which is just before the Sagamu/Ore interchange, can be a nice location for a weekend/retirement gate-away house for our family.

As always, the problems with this process is the NIGERIAN WAY OF DOING THINGS; i just find it difficult to give my hard earned money to someone in anticipation of get a land in the near future. I was thinking that by dealing with GOVERNMENT, i will be shielded from fraudulent practices. Nope, i was wrong again!!!

Can you believe someone is telling me to drop #3M+ and go sit down till they decide to allocate land for subscriber( More like Gullible People)?

1ST PROBLEM: I DON'T GET TO PICK THE LAND AM PAYING FOR
2ND PROBLEM: AM PAYING IN FULL WITHOUT ANY CLUE WHERE WHAT IM PAYING FOR IS
3RD PROBLEM: I WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT FRAUDULENT PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN MADE NORMAL IN NIGERIA; I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER THAT SHOULD KNOW BETTER HOW CIVIL PROJECT SHOULD WORK

[b][/b]NOBODY SHOULD PAY FOR ANY LAND WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT IS ( aKA awaiting ON ALLOCATION) ; THATS OUTRIGHT FRAUD!!! GOVERNMENT FOR THAT MATTER!!!

If I'm to advice you, get into installmental payment with OPIC. Or get something from PropertyMart "The Cranbel" also inside the proposed Makun City.

The design looks so good on paper but like you rightly assume it's not going to be ready anytime soon.

They (OPIC) should have adopted a model where people gets allocation on paper and are asked to pay certain amount of money to get physical allocation and pay the balance over certain period of time. They'll get more subscribers using that approach.

The guys are trying to do something but I don't think they've got the capacity to manage such a big project yet unless there is reincarnation of the OPIC of the 80s.
Even go through OPIC website, you'll see that you're very unfair to take them too serious.

If it's "buy and tie down money" investment you're planning to do, then it's a good place to invest.

Note: The Makun City will make more meaning if it has alternative access roads apart from the expressway. I'll ask about that before I pay kobo o!


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For me I'll be looking at having something around Iperu, Ilishan-Babcock and Sagamu-Benin Expressway as those areas are going to witness exponential growth pretty soon.

_{There's a big shopping mall planned in the key cities in Ogun state (Mowe, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Abeokuta)}

EgunMogaji:


Oi guvnor, what's going on then?

What bleeping fire alarms do you chaps use over there?

her majesty Fire Alarms

true2home:
Hi NL,

I'm trying to purchase this land property from Opic. The place is called New Makun City. I like the location cos its a strategic point for someone like myself that love country living. I'm original from Ilishan right opposite ikenne; and not working or living in Naija full time, i think that location, which is just before the Sagamu/Ore interchange, can be a nice location for a weekend/retirement gate-away house for our family.

As always, the problems with this process is the NIGERIAN WAY OF DOING THINGS; i just find it difficult to give my hard earned money to someone in anticipation of get a land in the near future. I was thinking that by dealing with GOVERNMENT, i will be shielded from fraudulent practices. Nope, i was wrong again!!!

Can you believe someone is telling me to drop #3M+ and go sit down till they decide to allocate land for subscriber( More like Gullible People)?

1ST PROBLEM: I DON'T GET TO PICK THE LAND AM PAYING FOR
2ND PROBLEM: AM PAYING IN FULL WITHOUT ANY CLUE WHERE WHAT IM PAYING FOR IS
3RD PROBLEM: I WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT FRAUDULENT PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN MADE NORMAL IN NIGERIA; I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER THAT SHOULD KNOW BETTER HOW CIVIL PROJECT SHOULD WORK

[b][/b]NOBODY SHOULD PAY FOR ANY LAND WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT IS ( aKA awaiting ON ALLOCATION) ; THATS OUTRIGHT FRAUD!!! GOVERNMENT FOR THAT MATTER!!!

Go officially to OPIC office @ Abeokuta. The property is very ok, I dnt knw the price now becos is review downward.

Barryton:
greetings to the house...
i want to erect a stand for my tank, which is better between using blocks and iron rods?
will be glad if anyone can provide a link on stand for GP tanks.
thanks.

bro use reinforced concrete, the iron rod will corrode with time ,but reinforced concrete will last longer

Chekitaut:
Go officially to OPIC office @ Abeokuta. The property is very ok, I dnt knw the price now becos is review downward.

Baba Chekitaut, if I may ask what do you think makes the Makun City very ok?

Is there any good reason for the downward review?

Are you aware the proposed city was the former Games Village called Gateway Paradise City which was conceived 10 years ago and later scrapped by demolishing already built structures?

Just asking because I may be interested if there's something that can convince me it won't be a failed project like the Gateway Trailer Park at the interchange and the Paradise City.

I still believe it's a good plan though with Lafarge and Tye-Walls' proposal for a lightweight steel construction. I'm not following up with the development of that project. If there's goodnews, bro lets have some. What I'll be more interested in is the infrastructure development plan and security.

n3xt:


Baba Chekitaut, if I may ask what do you think makes the Makun City very ok?

Is there any good reason for the downward review?

Are you aware the proposed city was the former Games Village called Gateway Paradise City which was conceived 10 years ago and later scrapped by demolishing already built structures?

Just asking because I may be interested if there's something that can convince me it won't be a failed project like the Gateway Trailer Park at the interchange and the Paradise City.

I still believe it's a good plan though with Lafarge and Tye-Walls' proposal for a lightweight steel construction. I'm not following up with the development of that project. If there's goodnews, bro lets have some. What I'll be more interested in is the infrastructure development plan and security.

That land is a services land by Opic, there is another at Kuluku PMB estate before police college going to abeokuta,

Ogun state plan sell land to investor for manufacturing purpose there by creating enabling housing environment for expertrate. Interchange, kajiola and some other areas will be exppse soon.

Chekitaut:
That land is a services land by Opic, there is another at Kuluku PMB estate before police college going to abeokuta,

Ogun state plan sell land to investor for manufacturing purpose there by creating enabling housing environment for expertrate. Interchange, kajiola and some other areas will be exppse soon.

Ok. I'll be meeting the OPIC guys again this October at the Real Estate conference to hear the latest. It has been a disappointing feedback for 3 consecutive years now.
I'm a friend of OPIC for almost a decade now.

true2home:
Hi NL,

I'm trying to purchase this land property from Opic. The place is called New Makun City. I like the location cos its a strategic point for someone like myself that love country living. I'm original from Ilishan right opposite ikenne; and not working or living in Naija full time, i think that location, which is just before the Sagamu/Ore interchange, can be a nice location for a weekend/retirement gate-away house for our family.

As always, the problems with this process is the NIGERIAN WAY OF DOING THINGS; i just find it difficult to give my hard earned money to someone in anticipation of get a land in the near future. I was thinking that by dealing with GOVERNMENT, i will be shielded from fraudulent practices. Nope, i was wrong again!!!

Can you believe someone is telling me to drop #3M+ and go sit down till they decide to allocate land for subscriber( More like Gullible People)?

1ST PROBLEM: I DON'T GET TO PICK THE LAND AM PAYING FOR
2ND PROBLEM: AM PAYING IN FULL WITHOUT ANY CLUE WHERE WHAT IM PAYING FOR IS
3RD PROBLEM: I WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT FRAUDULENT PRACTICE THAT HAS BEEN MADE NORMAL IN NIGERIA; I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER THAT SHOULD KNOW BETTER HOW CIVIL PROJECT SHOULD WORK

[b][/b]NOBODY SHOULD PAY FOR ANY LAND WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT IS ( aKA awaiting ON ALLOCATION) ; THATS OUTRIGHT FRAUD!!! GOVERNMENT FOR THAT MATTER!!!

Speaking of fraud, please who/what is OPIC and how do I contact them?

Thanks.

n3xt:



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For me I'll be looking at having something around Iperu, Ilishan-Babcock and Sagamu-Benin Expressway as those areas are going to witness exponential growth pretty soon.

how much is land in these areas presently?

agarawu23:
how much is land in these areas presently?

+/-500 - 1m Max. They are not estates but smart investors can pull resources together to buy land in mass and build a mini-estate. It's also not a bad area for those looking to build country-homes.

Iperu - CountryHome and pad of the likes of Dapo Abiodun, Adebutu-Kessington, Gbenga Ogunnoiki, Salako etc. Just to mention a few.

Ilishan-Babcock - Not a bad area to invest if youre delving into commercial properties (hostels, resorts, hospitality, apartments for city dwellers working in Babcock etc). Yeah, I mention resort cos of the success of LivingSpring resort, Iperu. You'll discover people in these areas are yearning for something missing.



Pic: Dapo Abiodun CountryHome in Iperu.

tevanso:
bro use reinforced concrete, the iron rod will corrode with time ,but reinforced concrete will last longer

thanks alot sir...

but it is a storey building, wouldn't height be a barrier?

n3xt:


+/-500 - 1m Max. They are not estates but smart investors can pull resources together to buy land in mass and build a mini-estate. It's also not a bad area for those looking to build country-homes.

Iperu - CountryHome and pad of the likes of Dapo Abiodun, Adebutu-Kessington, Gbenga Ogunnoiki, Salako etc. Just to mention a few.

Ilishan-Babcock - Not a bad area to invest if youre delving into commercial properties (hostels, resorts, hospitality, apartments for city dwellers working in Babcock etc). Yeah, I mention resort cos of the success of LivingSpring resort, Iperu. You'll discover people in these areas are yearning for something missing.



Pic: Dapo Abiodun CountryHome in Iperu.

good to hear.
I don't know this guy Dapo who him be?

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agarawu23:
good to hear.
I don't know this guy Dapo who him be?

The guy is a rich, silent, oil and gas Baron. He celebrated is 50th birthday of recent.

Very rich guy I must say. I know he's from Ogun state but never knew he has this good structure in a remote place like Iperu remo.


Abeokutas and the Ijebus are the cream de la cream of the Yorubas, no doubt about that(education, money, influence, well travelled, fame etc). They even make the largest percentage of those who call themselves real Lagosians now.

Hi House,

Sorry to bump in .I have been following this thread and find it quite informative . I have interest in the fascia boards for roofing. I am working on a particular rental property project and the picture below is what the roofed part looks like so far. I have never done the fascia thing before now so I need advice on what to do at this stage and what type of fascia can be used for this kind of already done roofing. Useful inputs will be appreciated. Please note that the building itself is not completed and this is just one third of the building size but it was roofed because of the need to store building materials and avoid theft. Thx

I personally like this design tho I know there would be many others I probably haven't seen.

ajibsca:
I personally like this design tho I know there would be many others I probably haven't seen.

hello talk to abduwastecx

Don't mean to sound rude but if you read my post well. I asked for advice and contributions bro , not contacts. Thx anyway.

twinskenny:


hello talk to abduwastecx

ajibsca:
Don't mean to sound rude but if you read my post well. I asked for advice and contributions bro , not contacts. Thx anyway.

Hence the reason why they gave you the contact of the best that can advise you properly.

ajibsca:
Don't mean to sound rude but if you read my post well. I asked for advice and contributions bro , not contacts. Thx anyway.

the way you cropped your house to 0% seems to me you are kinda private. If you need public opinion, you will come out in FULL.

BTW using parapet on a complete roofed house will cost u more and some little damages.