Johntemmy:


opepe and mahogany are not in same class bro.
mahogany is quality than opepe. in a thousand ways.thanks.

If I said both wood are in same class I know what I means bcs so many things area involved
- durability
- resistance to fungi, termites etc
-many area of usage in construction work
- available
-cost
- fire resistance to certain time.
And many more.
if you do your research you will agree with me that both of them are in the same class.
Until you do your research with valid point then “Before i will agree with you that mahogany is far better than opepe 1000times as you quoted”

You've spoken well.
Though I hate it when people bring designs here for criticism, before an architect does a design for his/her client, he must have debriefed such client, advised and designed what suites the site.
We shouldn't be bothering ourselves on what has already been done.
For clients who bring designs here for criticism, it is not easy to get a precise design, most lands can not accommodate what some Clients want without tampering with other features.
None the less, let's all consult professionals in our dealings. It's importanta.

playces:
Good day gurus, in the process of doing oversite concrete (German floor), which comes first : DPM or Hardcore. It's a bungalow.
Awaiting ur responses

DPM is a feature embedded in German floor. hardcore comes first.
You may check the sections of your building drawings.

Fistop:
What is the best structure to put up on a 50X100 plot of land?

This is just a plot. u can achieve a lot with it.
Bungalows with enough parking spaces and a sit-out, duplexes of various types. and so on.
If the land is located in a commercial area, you can use it for a mini shopping mall, shopping outlets.
If it is close to an higher institution, then build a fantastic hostel on it,

amosblisz:
Also is it advisable to build this period (raining season) or wait till it's October/November (dry season) to start building. My builder is saying I can start moulding blocks on the site for now and thereafter start with the foundation.

Is your builder a mason or a building technologist?
If he is the latter, go with his advice, he must be experienced enough to deal with it without jeopardizing his career or name.

diordaves:


This is a highly personal design and I can guess so done to suit how YOU want to live or retire.

This is not a STANDARD design so critiquing the design is just academic as I don't know your personal life chances and circumstances.

However going academic, why two kitchens? This is one of the reasons I think this is a personal design. It is uncommon to have two kitchens or kitchenette in a home.

Now the Master bedroom downstairs? Another personal design probably future planning for old age (retirement) when climbing stairs up and down will be difficult. IF this is the case, why not build a superb bungalow instead. What's the point of having a glorious home and you can't access all areas for whatever reasons?

So it is a five bedroom duplex, but with seven toilets? I don't know. But I think we (Nigerians) are obsessed with toilets. Toilets, toilets everywhere at all coners. The danger of this is not to cross that fine line of wanting to create a warm home and end up creating a cold impersonal hotel suits.

Overall, for me the design has too many walls, too many tight conners leading to some dark spaces with little natural light. The flow could be better. But that's me talking with zero information about how you want to live and the things you have experienced in your journey through life. These are the things that influence how we design our homes. Our journey through life.

If you have asked to critique a rental property, the story would be different. But a personal home? All I can say is the design is very achievable structurally.

Thank you so much for your honest review, I appreciate.

Yes this is for personal use and obviously one would retire at some point. You were correct about putting the masters bedroom downstairs (deliberate)because as one ages comes with limitation as to physical energy.

For the dark areas due to design, I will make necessary adjustment.
Pls, let me know if you are an architect. Thanks

Pompoms:
@Dennis3D has confirmed you, sir.

And I'll also come back here with a positive feedback, I pray.

Good day, everyone.
I'm back with my feedback and it's 5 STARS for Adedward.
We had no physical meeting from start to finish but I got updates and pictures as the job progressed. He delivered a perfect job and right on time too.
Adedward (A & S Aluminium Company) is highly recommended.

Pompoms:



Good day, everyone.
I'm back with my feedback and it's 5 STARS for Adedward.
We had no physical meeting from start to finish but I got updates and pictures as the job progressed. He delivered a perfect job and right on time too.
Adedward (A & S Aluminium Company) is highly recommended.

Good one. Am happy he did well for you.

Ogborokiri:
do you have any plan or know who can do that I need it please

Everything is possible....

What's could be the cause of this?

uncleteeh:
You've spoken well.
Though I hate it when people bring designs here for criticism, before an architect does a design for his/her client, he must have debriefed such client, advised and designed what suites the site.
We shouldn't be bothering ourselves on what has already been done.
For clients who bring designs here for criticism, it is not easy to get a precise design, most lands can not accommodate what some Clients want without tampering with other features.
None the less, let's all consult professionals in our dealings. It's importanta.

I'm an Architect, part of our training in Sch was... If you want the best design, let as many people criticize it.... Your training teaches you to filter the best crits

LASTLY, I once did a design for a NLer, she asked to share it on NL.. I agreed.

After many criticism, even I admitted the design got better.

ALL CRITICS SHD JUST BE REASONABLE AND THE OP SHD KNOW WHICH TO PICK AND WHICH TO DISCARD

Thanks

playces:
Good day gurus, in the process of doing oversite concrete (German floor), which comes first : DPM or Hardcore. It's a bungalow.
Awaiting ur responses

Hardcore

Pompoms:



Good day, everyone.
I'm back with my feedback and it's 5 STARS for Adedward.
We had no physical meeting from start to finish but I got updates and pictures as the job progressed. He delivered a perfect job and right on time too.
Adedward (A & S Aluminium Company) is highly recommended.

Impressive! Adeward keep it up sir!

Happy Sunday everyone


Wishing you a fabulous week

please, does anybody know much about the condominium business in Nigeria? Do you think that building a block of three bedroom flats and selling each flat for fifteen million in a location where a plot of land is selling twenty five million would be a viable business model in Nigeria?

saydfact:

Everything is possible....

please I need your assistance

rotecch77:


If I said both wood are in same class I know what I means bcs so many things area involved
- durability
- resistance to fungi, termites etc
-many area of usage in construction work
- available
-cost
- fire resistance to certain time.
And many more.
if you do your research you will agree with me that both of them are in the same class.
Until you do your research with valid point then “Before i will agree with you that mahogany is far better than opepe 1000times as you quoted”

Bro.we are not here to argue hun just that I cant see yellow and you be telling me it's red that I won't voice out not cos of me alone tho but thousands or millions of people are here to learn or to be more enlighting about what they don't know..so something that I spent years to learn so I know what am saying opepe is not in category of itara talkeless of mahogany not even least ayunre haba....
your number one to three is out of point bro.
opepe ma n ku bi elubo ni..omo iya lohun ati seposobe..if you are a yoruba man you will understand that.

Ogborokiri:
please I need your assistance

Tag me tomorrow... I'll send you a plan.. plan only ooh

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saydfact:


Tag me tomorrow... I'll send you a plan.. plan only ooh

thanks man

Johntemmy:


Bro.we are not here to argue hun just that I cant see yellow and you be telling me it's red that I won't voice out not cos of me alone tho but thousands or millions of people are here to learn or to be more enlighting about what they don't know..so something that I spent years to learn so I know what am saying opepe is not in category of itara talkeless of mahogany not even least ayunre haba....
your number one to three is out of point bro.
opepe ma n ku bi elubo ni..omo iya lohun ati seposobe..if you are a yoruba man you will understand that.

You are still out of point, I mean valid point to buttress your claim
Thanks

rotecch77:


You are still out of point, I mean valid point to buttress your claim
Thanks

I said your claim is opposite of mine so what points do you need again..shey with all those invalid points there..I like someone to learn and take to correction but in your case...see I don't have much time to argue bro.no homo one love.

uncleteeh:
You've spoken well.
Though I hate it when people bring designs here for criticism, before an architect does a design for his/her client, he must have debriefed such client, advised and designed what suites the site.
We shouldn't be bothering ourselves on what has already been done.
For clients who bring designs here for criticism, it is not easy to get a precise design, most lands can not accommodate what some Clients want without tampering with other features.
None the less, let's all consult professionals in our dealings. It's importanta.

Its never wrong to have a SECOND Opinion on anything!
There are things one Architect may miss, that another Architect or even an experienced home owner may notice and piint out.

But l can understand why you hate it...

My opinion.

saydfact:


I'm an Architect, part of our training in Sch was... If you want the best design, let as many people criticize it.... Your training teaches you to filter the best ctits

LASTLY, I once did a design for a NLer, she asked to share it on NL.. I agreed.

After many criticism, even I admitted the design got better.

ALL CRITICS SHD JUST BE REASONABLE AND THE OP SHD KNOW WHICH TO PICK AND WHICH TO DISCARD

Thanks

I just saw this, after l made my post!
You have done justice to it, as an Architect!

dejol88:


Thank you so much for your honest review, I appreciate.

Yes this is for personal use and obviously one would retire at some point. You were correct about putting the masters bedroom downstairs (deliberate)because as one ages comes with limitation as to physical energy.

For the dark areas due to design, I will make necessary adjustment.
Pls, let me know if you are an architect. Thanks

I'm not an architect; just a homeowner.

Talking of dark areas and necessary adjustments. With the final product (the home) the LOBBY, STAIRWAY area will be dark. Do you know why? The FOYER. Now if you come in from the ENTRANCE PORCH, you have the Foyer wall facing you and then you turn left into the LIVING ROOM. To access the stairs, you now turn right and through the opening in the living room to the stairs. What is the purpose of the Foyer wall? Knock-off the Foyer wall and you will have light and air flooding into the lobby and stairways area with a nice flow and a sense of space around the Foyer area. Do away with the V CONV (vistors toilet) and make the Visitors bedroom (un)ensuit so visiting "visitors" and overnight "visitors" can use the toilet ensuited to the V. BEDROOM.

Now the LAUNDRY. The position of the laundry is creating one or two problems. To start with, the laundry deprives the MASTER BEDROOM cross ventilation - a second window. This is not good for a master room. Again you can access the laundry from either the lobby or through the kitchen SIT OUT. Why? What this has done together with the Kitchenette,is that you have FOUR external doors. Too many external doors is a high security risk. Two external doors in homes is the norm. Look at your budget for external doors alone. The average budget for external doors for like duplexes is 150k. That is about 120k for main entrance door and 30k for the kitchen external door. But with your design your external doors will set you back about 210K. This is avoidable.

I like the upstairs very much. For me, the bedroom with the BALCONY is the master bedroom but I will move the toilet to the STUDY so to have cross ventilation in the room and then push back the wall of the adjacent bedroom and use the BOOK SHELF area as the STUDY.

saydfact:


OK. Pls TAG me here on Monday incase I forget.

Good morning, you asked that I tag you on Monday for update regarding our earlier discussion. Thank you for your input

dejol88:
My people, please help look at this plan and give your thoughts. Thanks

Just a home owner here not an architect.

The upstairs, looks good..

The ground floor, I see what you did there on the masters wing... like a presidential suit wing for the oga.. hmm.. very thought provoking.

Good luck in your project.

Happy new week house!


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