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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EgunMogaji2: 3:31pm On Oct 10, 2020
[quote author=bixton post=94801723][/quote]

I’ve proven to myself, that I can build a 4 bedroom bungalow in 30 days flat.

Here are the disclaimers grin :

1) Reasonable soil

2) Totals funds in escrow

3) Weather
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Blessedsunny2(m): 3:52pm On Oct 10, 2020
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 3:56pm On Oct 10, 2020
Chekitaut:
4bed room Bungalow, can be done in 3weeks, am talking of duplex & Terrace structure.

Im taking a case from Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki, Ajah. Lots of properties without no occupants in it.

Only build & sell makes crazy profit(not 30% in a month as the op said) but it takes long to get buyer, many developer is killing the industries. You see substandard structure built here & there,

Multi million structure of lekki garden structure put down because it lacks integrity test. Likewise so many others,



I think a simple duplex/terrace structure can be done within 30 days but I'll just keep it at 45 days. Rates for labour may not necessarily be the standard used.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 3:56pm On Oct 10, 2020
Chekitaut:
4bed room Bungalow, can be done in 3weeks, am talking of duplex & Terrace structure.

Im taking a case from Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki, Ajah. Lots of properties without no occupants in it.

Only build & sell makes crazy profit(not 30% in a month as the op said) but it takes long to get buyer, many developer is killing the industries. You see substandard structure built here & there,

Multi million structure of lekki garden structure put down because it lacks integrity test. Likewise so many others,

I visited one during the lockdown and we were asked to do cosmetic repairs on the ground floor flat of a storey building.

#ThisisLagos #LekkiDevelopers

I always smile when I read people talking about buying a house is better than building. Well, the gains of building your own house far outweigh the losses.

Not all that glitters are gold.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 3:59pm On Oct 10, 2020
EgunMogaji2:


I’ve proven to myself, that I can build a 4 bedroom bungalow in 30 days flat.

Here are the disclaimers grin :

1) Reasonable soil

2 Totals funds in escrow

3) Weather


I think bold 2 is the only parameter that can make it a reality .1&2 are not actual disclaimers.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 4:00pm On Oct 10, 2020
n3xt:


I visited one during the lockdown and we were asked to do cosmetic repairs on the ground floor flat of a storey building.

#ThisisLagos #LekkiDevelopers

I always smile when I read people talking about buying a house is better than building. Well, the gains of building your own house far outweigh the losses.

Not all that glitters are gold.


I beg tell dem ooo
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 4:03pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:




I think a simple duplex/terrace structure can be done within 30 days but I'll just keep it at 45 days. Rates for labour may not necessarily be the standard used.

Hmm with finishings ?

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:08pm On Oct 10, 2020
rotecch77:



I beg tell dem ooo

I really can’t talk baba.

There’s a house I always deliver at 12m (carcass only), a developer approached me and offered 7.5m for the same house. He asked me to deliver 15 units at 7.5m. He wanted to build 40 units.

I refused.

Within 5 weeks, the project has been delivered and sold offplan. I no fit share pictures lipsrsealed

Where are the areas of compromise?

Ohhhhh..... my mic battery is low grin

Mic off!!
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EzeAnthony1(m): 4:09pm On Oct 10, 2020
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 4:21pm On Oct 10, 2020
rotecch77:


Hmm with finishings ?

Yes, 45 days it can be done.

To keep your mind at rest.
Finishing and inclusive of landscaping let's keep it at 60 days.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:22pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:




I think a simple duplex/terrace structure can be done within 30 days but I'll just keep it at 45 days. Rates for labour may not necessarily be the standard used.

I think 45 days is more like it. I tried 30 but the speed was tooo much.
We’ve finished plastering before roofing the house grin
Even the POP guys have started screeding before we roof. I had to use aluminum parapet.

It was a crazy approach.

The client was under pressure to vacate his former house and we had to deliver the new build within 30 days.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:42pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:


Yes, 45 days it can be done.

To keep your mind at rest.
Finishing and inclusive of landscaping let's keep it at 60 days.



I actually did 2 building within 30 days but focused on 1 when we got to first floor slab level.

It’s more like a prefab construction as almost every component needed were already on ground.

Most developers don’t spend more than 6 weeks on their builds but it’s not the BEST.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Chekitaut: 4:50pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:




I think a simple duplex/terrace structure can be done within 30 days but I'll just keep it at 45 days. Rates for labour may not necessarily be the standard used.
Better you thinking ooo.
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 5:00pm On Oct 10, 2020
n3xt:


I think 45 days is more like it. I tried 30 but the speed was tooo much.
We’ve finished plastering before roofing the house grin
Even the POP guys have started screeding before we roof. I had to use aluminum parapet.

It was a crazy approach.

The client was under pressure to vacate his former house and we had to deliver the new build within 30 days.


Built environment does not have boundaries or restrictions as long as the engineer-contractor is versatile in thoughts and approach to job.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Chekitaut: 5:03pm On Oct 10, 2020
A terrace building with 4 to 5units of 4bedroom with BQ undergoing combine sale now in Lekki axis.

Occupants after 2yrs of purchase are selling, imagine the huge lost.

The property is put ₦110m when it was sold to them @ ₦40m each. Buyer must demolish before building.

#BUILD your Home

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 5:04pm On Oct 10, 2020
n3xt:


I actually did 2 building within 30 days but focused on 1 when we got to first floor slab level.

It’s more like a prefab construction as almost every component needed were already on ground.

Most developers don’t spend more than 6 weeks on their builds but it’s not the BEST.


What limitations do the industry have against the bolded......
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by omanzo02: 5:07pm On Oct 10, 2020
n3xt:


I visited one during the lockdown and we were asked to do cosmetic repairs on the ground floor flat of a storey building.

#ThisisLagos #LekkiDevelopers

I always smile when I read people talking about buying a house is better than building. Well, the gains of building your own house far outweigh the losses.

Not all that glitters are gold.

Yeah, because you know more about the quality of materials used and standard of work.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Chekitaut: 5:09pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:



What limitations do the industry have against the bolded......
Curing process. Oga no toy with am ooo. When you are not doing a precast structure.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 5:20pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:


Yes, 45 days it can be done.

To keep your mind at rest.
Finishing and inclusive of landscaping let's keep it at 60 days.








Yea better, you are now talking

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 6:22pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:



Built environment does not have boundaries or restrictions as long as the engineer-contractor is versatile in thoughts and approach to job.

Hmmm! This is valid but...

bixton:


What limitations do the industry have against the bolded......

In as much as the industry do not care so much about enforcing best practices and investors/homeowners do not have x-ray vision to know the difference between a versatile and a cowboy engineer-contractor. I think it’s safe to say construction work shouldn’t be rushed

Why?

The following are loads acting on the beams/slabs:

1. Self weight
2. Construction load
3. Weight of upper floor (from props)

For most developers, they play with spans of the slab to achieve fast projects (that’s why you see them build compact houses). When the span get larger, the self weight portion will start governing and this will require higher number of days of propping for the concrete to achieve maximum strength.

Propping might fix slabs and other horizontal structural members but what happens to the most victimized vertical member (the column) if it did not attain maximum strength before imposing loads.
Improper curing is one of the major reasons for concrete failures in columns, beams, slabs and a major cause of visible cracks in most house.

So instead of making people to assume it’s safe to build a house within 30 days, I think professional builders should caution homeowners and investors who want to tow that path to allow more time for their project.

______
LASBCA/LSMTL cares so much about cube tests which is fine but doesn’t guarantee safe construction if the builder failed to consider the significance of concrete curing for the durability of the structure.

______
Unfortunately all the association and bodies that are supposed to enforce best practices only care about generating revenue from stamping and affixing seals on drawings. They don’t care about what happen on project site. ARCON, COREN, NIOB, NIA, etc.

Yet we blame SARS grin

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by davodyguy: 6:44pm On Oct 10, 2020
Hello guys.

Just completed window installation and going to plastering.

Like what cost would be reasonable for plastering this as regard Labour?

Someone said 300 bags of cement, but I've 100 bags in the store already, 2 now of 30 tons plastering sand already purchased. Just Labour cost and Labourers yet to be settled

Length of building is 30m
Breadth is 7m

Height is 7m

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by michlins(m): 6:45pm On Oct 10, 2020
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 7:19pm On Oct 10, 2020
Chekitaut:
Curing process. Oga no toy with am ooo. When you are not doing a precast structure.

There are addictives that will aid the curing process and you'll still achieve a better result.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by kingzsoul: 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2020
Good evening house. I asked about how possible will 1million fly for raft foundation for a 2bedroom apartment with a penthouse. but got a very few response. I've increased my budget to 1.5m. Please can it still fly?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Chekitaut: 7:36pm On Oct 10, 2020
bixton:


There are addictives that will aid the curing process and you'll still achieve a better result.
Pls we have not advance to that... Pls observe due process... I dey talk from experience, if them push u, no push urself. Na advice.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 7:39pm On Oct 10, 2020
kingzsoul:
Good evening house. I asked about how possible will 1million fly for raft foundation for a 2bedroom apartment with a penthouse. but got a very few response. I've increased my budget to 1.5m. Please can it still fly?

Share your location and plan if possible.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by kingzsoul: 7:48pm On Oct 10, 2020
It's asolo ikorodu. Plan not ready yet
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 7:51pm On Oct 10, 2020
Chekitaut:
Pls we have not advance to that... Pls observe due process... I dey talk from experience, if them push u, no push urself. Na advice.

The admixtures are here with us already. I mentioned sika yesterday. We use it for dams

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 7:52pm On Oct 10, 2020
kingzsoul:
It's asolo ikorodu. Plan not ready yet

I’m sorry for asking too many questions. Do you have picture of the land?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by kingzsoul: 7:54pm On Oct 10, 2020
No i dont.

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