mufutau55:


Sinking house is a mind-boggling situation... I don't have money, I am not rich, but I have never taken joy in seeing anyone losing their money.
I am not trying to point any finger for you, but since the Builder was here and never introduced himself as the Builder of this house, I decided to asking him some simple questions and identified him... which I think is normal.
Did I like his response, NO. Because the solution was never introduced knowing your reputation is on the line.

Hajji M.

Hajj, you said it all. Thank you.

FastShipping:



Solution is still 100% possible. Get ready for some cash because it won't be cheap. You are going to need to get this particular laterite that comes with a lot sand and rocks. Don't get the clay type laterite. You are going to need a lot of concrete and iron. Get a competent engineer. Let an engineer come up with a very good drainage system. Have your drainage system plan in 3D and execute the plan. Try to get this done as soon as dry season starts in Nigeria later this year.

Do everything necessary to avoid water getting close to your foundation. Your property must be kept dry for life to avoid continuous sinking of your foundation.

Thank you brother, God blessed.

mufutau55:
@Brabus
You built this house and its foundation.
If you knew all you wrote above, what steps did yiu take to introduce a different kind of foundation?

Hajji M.

Had brabus added just two coaches of blocks on the raft before DPC, I will never have no problem. I'm not an engineer so I trusted him to do his job which he failed. If I was him, I would have constructed set of concrete piles before the raft. He observed the neighborhood and the houses there before the construction, yet failed to come up with better ideas. Clients worked very hard for their money. It's not just fair when builders makes this kind of silly mistakes.

I'm just trying to find a solution at this point because finger pointing won't solved nothing.

The house have stop sinking but I'm still afraid. This is not lekki and the houses in front of me was built maybe 10 years ago and it has no problem except for the fence the owner had to do 3 times. The bungalow next to me is pretty bad though. The owner just don't care much about it.

I will continue to seek a better way to get the water out. What so funny was that it stays only on the left side of the fence only. And I've spent a lot to do my best which seems not just enough for now.
I'm waiting for the dry season to do a massive drainage which me luck!

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followup

https://www.nairaland.com/2486191/ikorodu-mansion-diy-report

I know there are a lot of professionals in regard to building and property here in this forum. I have some questions for you guys...

(1) This wasn't a good land to start with, it's a swampy and sloppy down the hill, maybe 20 feet to the main road. But the slop is gradually and steady. Within a month the house sank about 3 feet. I'm thinking this was because I rushed to roofing level in less than 7 weeks. I waited for about 10 months to proceed to next level because I was scared speed the building sank into land. Although the house sank another half a feet or so again but since then it has stopped. Thank God I had 14 coaches of blocks above the raft(which has since completely disappeared) on the main floor. There was a time the DPC was below the outside perimeters and I had to re-floor it again to be at the same level with the land.

Knowing this fact, do I go ahead and install marbles and tiles to cover the floors? If yes, how much area should I cover and how light do I need the tiles to be, so that it won't post any danger to the building and start sinking again?

(2) What is the best way to secure the fence from thieves and monkeys coming from the bush next from my house? My site is currently the last house on that street and the bush is next to it. My wife is scare of rats talk less of monkeys. My wife and I can't conclude if to go with electric fence or barbed wired fence. During the blocks work on the main floor, there was an incident where some 4 "thug"monkeys slapped a 9 years old girl who was sent on an errand to buy a loaf of bread, the monkeys just overpowered her and stole the bread from her.


Thank you all, I'm desperately in need of advises and ideas.

suave558:
It's not easy I must say buh as long as you've started, you're definitely gonna finish it. . . congrats sir

Thank you sir.

semitunde:



Lol. Now I remember his thread!

Op well done bro. Win some, lose some is part of life. The fact that you still came out of this smilling is a testament to your character.

Thank you my boss, God bless you.

kopell:
@Qc1 congratulation, exprence is the best teacher
I hope you stop banging the neighborhood girls. Lol, you're doing very good stay bless.

Ha! I beg my wife is reading this thread oooo.... I think you've mistaken me for another person!

adeekiti:
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Thank you sir.

rotecch77:
I'm happy for you...Qc1

Thank you.

dROC1:


You're an inspiration sir.
Even after losing so much u came up with this edifice.
I'm encouraged to take d bull by the horn for my ongoing project.

I once told that fear can either make you afraid or focus. It's your choice to choose which side you want, however, if you decided on the later then fear itself will fear you.

There comes a time when you'll just get tired of it all, that might be the right time to take the bold steps.

May the Lord help you through my brother. Don't worry it is well IJN.

From another elevation ...

brabus:
Congratulations Sir Qc1

Thank you boss.

spyder880:
All I can say is.......Lovely!

It is well, may this house senior another one you will still build soon, maybe on a rental site. Amen.

Thank my Oga at the top, your contributions in the section is bar to none. We love you sir.

mufutau55:


@Jamesqu, Yes, you always say it.... "The Package". I am also more careful nowadays... 'cause my recommendations has got me into much trouble.
But then, we all fall into traps sometimes...by trying to give other people second chance. But we just thank God QC-1 has not sunk too deep.

Hajji M.

@Hajj. Mufutau what made it even worse was my recommendations to others. One of them kept me updated on how bad dude wanna quit and leave the job uncompleted after being paid everything up front. I can only hope he will forgive me for the referral.

heneversleep:
If you don't mind Sir, can I do the remaining site supervision for you till you complete the project. Am a young graduate and stays in Ikorodu.

Jamesqu:


Congrats sir. But to be forewarned is to be foreharmed. It will end in praise.

Give my regards to Brabus when you hear from him.

^^^

Brother, I surely owe you an apology. I know you warned me about him but I just thought he deserved another chance. I'm not here to tarnished anyone's image. But. ..daris God ooo!

mufutau55:
YES!!! I am very happy to see the accomplishments on this project. You have been doing good and well for yourself.
Most of the time one has to take over his own destiny and I am glad you have realized this... It's not how far, but how well.
Only a fool will not learn by his/her mistake... and with every disappointment, comes blessing... You have been blessed.
And if I can help with any Contractor's recommendation, just let me know, we have so many good and some not so good here.
As I know you are a very strong religious man, just keep your faith in God and everything will be well.. Stay blessed.
Thank you.

Hajji M.

^^^

Hajj M

Although we've never met but you're sure one brother I would love to have. I want to thank you for all your support during the hard time I had with the contractor on with project. May God continue to bless you with more wisdom. I really appreciated your support.

EgunMogaji:


Brilliant idea. On a build of this magnitude you should easily save a million which you can then pour into the edifice. It really is not that difficult to be a general contractor on a house build save for Nigerians unique situation.

Congrats and good luck.

Thank you bro, I would be dishonest to say that I ever thought for any second that it will be easy. I mean... Spyder880 made it look that way though! I still suggest one should seek for technical supervision where need be.

heneversleep:
If you don't mind Sir, can I do the remaining site supervision for you till you complete the project. Am a young graduate and stays in Ikorodu.

Really?

sigmundfreud:
Wow!
Good job Bro...and good taste too!
Do u mind sharing the estimate of cost so far?

I lost count after N16M (land NOT included)

(if you look at the pic above you will see that I also had to do the fence twice, I spent N1.1M for the first one because of the raft, even though the fence broke down, the raft were left standing.)

^^^ Thanks guys.

If you are a very good painter and you think you have a unique idea for this project please let me know.

I was watching a Yoruba film the other day and I saw a unique painting pattern that dropped my jaw.

I really don't want to compromise on the painting because its bring out all the hard works in other areas.

the front view look like this...

belt + art work

...and the LORD said, QC-1, you've suffered from that yahoo-yahoo boy enough, let there be a beautiful house...
voila!!!!

window art work...

Please don't be shy to criticize me or leave a comment of encouragement...

For these that have been discourage to invest in a property/ project in naija because of family or friends embezzled your funds, please don't give up. I know it's not easy to save for a project. May God start and finished it for you all. Amen.

the exterior.....

God kept his continuities...

To God be the Glory.

next come these here....