NewStats: 3,261,879 , 8,175,441 topics. Date: Friday, 30 May 2025 at 09:24 PM 5y6z2u

Happy Sunday to you all my wonderful people of Nairaland

fohiss:
Hello greetings house please I need your advice on behalf of my aunty.... She's just finished filling her foundation of 2bedroom and 1bedroom and another 1bedroom foundation.... Now the person that lays the foundation said he will finished it to the roofing level that his pay is 1.3M but my aunty will be the one that will buy cement, Rods, granites, in fact anything they need my aunty will be the one to buy it that the money he charged is just for workmanship......

Along the line someone now introduced my aunty to another builder and the guy said he charge 12k per day and service assistant (2 of dem) he will come along with will take 6k each and the daily work is working with 100 blocks per day but if my aunty want double work which will be 200 blocks per day that she will double the money as well and she will also be the one to buy cement, rods, granites as well

By calculating the money both guys charged.... The Work per day is more cheaper ...

Is there anything I'm not understanding here or is there something special in the first guy that charged 1.3M


Please experts in the house please advise thanks

The person charging you #1.3M needs to explain for you, what services he is rendering for that amount and if it's just the block work to completion then you should take a break and think....... Something is wrong.


The person charging you #12K for himself and intends to use 2 assistants for daily work.
Please he also needs to explain to you what exactly is the 2 assistants doing on the site since he is the only Mason?

In the entirety this conditions you're on the loss.

6" blocks work is charged at most #140 per block. This amount covers what the mason will collect and the assistant or helper/labour. There is no extra or additional elsewhere.

Its paramount you mention your location...

If you don't have a source of water nearby for them to use for work and they have to get from a far distance then you can give an extra or the use of a second assistant is reasonable, otherwise it's a no, no.

I hope you understand what you're going into.

@twinskenny of course he is not. Someone that quoted me 550,000 naira for workmanship including artwork. I transferred 285,000 to him and was supposed to get his balance after work starts and working to some extent. If truly he asked for extra 100,000 why did he run away. Why not start working and wait for me to agree to add 100k to his balance after working to some extent. why collect more than half payment of 285k and run away immediately without doing any work at all. The excuse he gave was he was going to bring workers so that they can start work. He also collected 18,500 saying he was going to rent shovel and bucket and that was it. He switched off phone and blocked me till date. The guy is a professional scammer. Apparently, he uses YouTube too and posts other peoples work as his own to lure victims in. He claims his name is lucky Ramsey while his real name is ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE. He has blocked me on WhatsApp. This guy na professional alaiyebaje thief and I will have no mercy for him I swear on my life. I don’t have time answering anyone’s questions or input. Unless you have more information about him for me I don’t give a Bleep. All I care about is he is going down and will pay dearly for fraud.

I spoke to this guy, definitely he is not saying the truth, claimed you added to the work and asked you to pay extra 100k… he said you added artwork which wasn’t part of the discussion initially! I told him to refund you if both of you can’t agree on a figure.. he promised to call you and sort it out [/quote]

diordaves:


Do you have a picture of the building?

The fact that the boys quarter is sinking is never comforting. This is a cause for concern regarding the main building.

A sinking building is as a result of subsidence. The building will need underpinning which is a highly specialist process. You will need a highly experienced qualified structural engineer.

Note, that most tradespeople parading themselves as engineers are artisans, half backed bricklayers and pretenders and journey men. The Nigerian civil engineering industry is the most infested by charlatans more than any other industry.

For a structure the way you described it, you will need a QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED structural engineer.

Let your engineer tell you how he is going to fix the building. It is not enough to say the building is going to be fortified but HOW?

To me, you've already bought the building. There's a civil engineering solution to all civil engineering issues. All you need now is to seek the requisite professional to deliver the right solution. So tell your "old man" not to worry. It can be done.

Diordaves & Billions123.... Thanks for your s. I don't have pictures, I'll ask my brother to go take pictures tomorrow. But here are some screenshots from the test report

@professionalmas is a SCAMMER with telephone number 09164483306. I went on jiji because I trusted that jiji would be safe enough to get someone for the job. I came across this thief's profile claiming to be a bricklayer on jiji, I ed him and he said he can come for the job. He asked for transport of 10,000 which I sent to him and he said he would come with his boys to start the job. He quoted me 550,000 naira for the job. On getting to the site he came with just one other guy. He asked for half payment of 275,000. I provided materials for them and asked that they started work. Immediately I transferred 256,500 to him, he told the guy I asked to keep an eye on them that he wanted to go and bring workers and that was how he ran off and never came back. His real name is ADEDAMOLA Micheal AROJOJOYE google his name his real picture is on google tagged a scammer. He Calls himself Lucky RAMSEY But his real name is ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE. I was lucky enough to ask my guy to record them without them knowing which was immediately I sensed he was a scammer. That was how I got his picture thank gracious

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fohiss:
Hello greetings house please I need your advice on behalf of my aunty.... She's just finished filling her foundation of 2bedroom and 1bedroom and another 1bedroom foundation.... Now the person that lays the foundation said he will finished it to the roofing level that his pay is 1.3M but my aunty will be the one that will buy cement, Rods, granites, in fact anything they need my aunty will be the one to buy it that the money he charged is just for workmanship......

Along the line someone now introduced my aunty to another builder and the guy said he charge 12k per day and service assistant (2 of dem) he will come along with will take 6k each and the daily work is working with 100 blocks per day but if my aunty want double work which will be 200 blocks per day that she will double the money as well and she will also be the one to buy cement, rods, granites as well

By calculating the money both guys charged.... The Work per day is more cheaper ...

Is there anything I'm not understanding here or is there something special in the first guy that charged 1.3M


Please experts in the house please advise thanks

If i talk now people will say another thing like am ing high bill you received

But let me ask you these questions
.
1, do you have concrete work to do in this work like … columns, beams, lintel. ..I know the answer is yes, will this come free to do ?
2. Who is responsible for all formwork for this above
3. Who is responsible for reinforcement work

4. Who is responsible for mini scalfolding setup to increase the height where workers will stand while setting block in upper section of the building etc

Most people don’t think of these before given reply to your request

Do provide answers to these and re- negotiate if need be
Don’t mind my bad English it’s bcs i couldn’t finished my Cambridge uni but I later finished my 1st degree in Sudan .. ROFL lolzzzz
Bye for now

@cash1115 if he didn’t have plans to Scam he won’t switch off phone for two days. He planned it all from the beginning. He knew he was coming to scam and am certain this is not his first time. He is a professional scammer. He will collect payment and run away. I will post his arrest here soon just watch. [[[good for him I tired calling him too but his number was switched off for 2 days[/quote]

God bless you brother, thanks for trusting me with ur job,best regards!

sonnie10:


Ladies and gentlemen, this is one person you can trust with your job.

floshady02:
@cash1115 if he didn’t have plans to Scam he won’t switch off phone for two days. He planned it all from the beginning. He knew he was coming to scam and am certain this is not his first time. He is a professional scammer. He will collect payment and run away. I will post his arrest here soon just watch. [[[good for him I tired calling him too but his number was switched off for 2 days

you are right ma, at least he will serve as an example to others that their work is to scam people online. God will continue to expose them all,

rotecch77:


If i talk now people will say another thing like am ing high bill you received

But let me ask you these questions
.
1, do you have concrete work to do in this work like … columns, beams, lintel. ..I know the answer is yes, will this come free to do ?
2. Who is responsible for all formwork for this above
3. Who is responsible for reinforcement work

4. Who is responsible for mini scalfolding setup to increase the height where workers will stand while setting block in upper section of the building etc

Most people don’t think of these before given reply to your request

Do provide answers to these and re- negotiate if need be
Don’t mind my bad English it’s bcs i couldn’t finished my Cambridge uni but I later finished my 1st degree in Sudan .. ROFL lolzzzz
Bye for now

All what you listed are not relevant to the situation with regards to bricklayer price.

All what you listed only come into play if the job is contracted out.

Foundation is done. They only now need bricklayer for block setting in form of direct labour. Column, beam, formwork have nothing to do with bricklayer and the price of block setting. These are another segment of the job. Bricklayer doesn't need scaffolding. Just arrange two sets of blocks and place a plank across. Use this to set your block at no great extra cost.

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diordaves:


All what you listed are not relevant to the situation with regards to bricklayer price.

All what you listed only come into play if the job is contracted out.

Foundation is done. They only now need bricklayer for block setting in form of direct labour. Column, beam, formwork have nothing to do with bricklayer and the price of block setting. These are another segment of the job. Bricklayer doesn't need scaffolding. Just arrange two sets of blocks and place a plank across. Use this to set your block at no great extra cost.

This your reply is assumption, I will advise you to re-read the OP info again. You will understand clearly.
The quotation. Is 2 diff types ( contract to roofing stage and the other one is per block settings counting)
Even as am seen it the German floor as not been done.

diordaves:


All what you listed are not relevant to the situation with regards to bricklayer price.

All what you listed only come into play if the job is contracted out.

Foundation is done. They only now need bricklayer for block setting in form of direct labour. Column, beam, formwork have nothing to do with bricklayer and the price of block setting. These are another segment of the job. Bricklayer doesn't need scaffolding. Just arrange two sets of blocks and place a plank across. Use this to set your block at no great extra cost.

Na so dem dey take bamboozle unaware clients with construction jargon and outrageous bill na.

Client is talking of block setting for 1 bedroom, 'Engineer' is asking about scaffolding and what not.

rotecch77:

This your reply is assumption, I will advise you to re-read the OP info again. You will understand clearly.
The quotation. Is 2 diff types ( to roof stage and the other one is per block settings counting)
Even as am seen it the German floor as not been done.

You are right on this one. They cannot just leave a bricklayer on a concrete DPC to start work. How will he know the partition of the house . Where the columns , windows ( the sizes) , doors , wardrobes, curves etc would be? How can the bricklayer tell where the rooms and toilets will be?
How many bricklayer know how to interpret drawings?
If he eventually uses a bricklayer, he must have the master builder ( someone who knows the intended structure) on ground daily. Their charges per day is even higher, even when they do not do the manual labor along with the bricklayer
Secondly, we understand it’s a bungalow but it sure would have beams and columns at certain points. This would involve carpenter and iron bender, which is another money.
By the time all these are put together, the #1.3M is almost spent.
The best thing is to negotiate with the contractor and have an agreement that include all forms of Labour till the lintel or roofing level. For the set of 4bedroom, #1- #1.3 M is a fair deal.

Here is what must be considered
For the 4bedroom; you will need at least 4000 blocks @ #150 (bricklayer and helper) . #600k

If they do 200 blocks a day, it will take them 20 days to finish.
This means you must pay for supervision for 20days @ 10-15k daily. . Total about #200k

Iron bender 100k carpenter 100k and laborers to pour columns and beams concrete 50k = 250k

Everything so far is #1.05M .
Miscellaneous #100k
Total #1.15M
Now you see that it makes more sense to contract every thing out .

All that is needed is to negotiate to make payment in stages, say 3 times. Don’t give the him all the money at once.

Billions123:

Na so dem dey take bamboozle unaware clients with construction jargon and outrageous bill na.

Client is talking of block setting for 1 bedroom, 'Engineer' is asking about scaffolding and what not.

It’s a 4 bedroom. (2bedroom, and 1 bedroom X2) .

Those 1 bedroom would have parlor as well .
There is nowhere 4000 blocks will not go into that project.
@ 150 it’s #600k already.
Why are you guys like this?. At least we still have the clients unedited statement here.

The client even made mention of buying granite and rods as requested by the contractor. What do you think those are for? You and I know bricklayer work does not include those materials. Meaning, the contractor is going to do additional work beyond laying blocks.

Ayohbk:


Diordaves & Billions123.... Thanks for your s. I don't have pictures, I'll ask my brother to go take pictures tomorrow. But here are some screenshots from the test report

I'm quite interested in why your dad wasn't aware of the initial purchase. This is because I'm tilted towards his stance of selling off that place, so I want to be sure it's truly from a rational POV.

Also, you mentioned the house beside and the one opposite being marked for demolition by the government, why is yours not marked? Are you sure it's not part of the reason the place was sold?

Just like your father rightly said, a lot of engineers are just after getting paid, infact, all engineers are. If the house sinks you cannot sue the engineer or hold him responsible because all he did was give you his opinion and you sanctioned it, you approved it. Unless you hand the contract off to a construction company to deliver at completion. I'm sure no construction company would authorise a renovation on sinking property, because they know they will bear the loss if anything happens, they will advice you to demolish and restart.

Also, your mum might just be excited her son is finally bouyant enough to get things done, nobody will spoil her shine. You will probably hear things like "God will not allow our own house sink", "since i didnt spoil anybody's own, God will not allow the government demolish our own". All these are from the place of love, but when the gbege happens, all she can do is cry.

For your Dad to go as far as suggesting you even sell at a loss and buy somewhere else, I want you to really consider it.

All the best.

rotecch77:

This your reply is assumption, I will advise you to re-read the OP info again. You will understand clearly.
The quotation. Is 2 diff types ( contract to roofing stage and the other one is per block settings counting)
Even as am seen it the German floor as not been done.

I read it again. I'm still not certain the 1.3m is contracting the build. The OP should be able to throw more light on this for a better advice.

Regarding the German floor, I agree with you. It's like they don't want to do German floor. The OP should clarify.

Skydivine:

You are right on this one. They cannot just leave a bricklayer on a concrete DPC to start work. How will he know the partition of the house . Where the columns , windows ( the sizes) , doors , wardrobes, curves etc would be? How can the bricklayer tell where the rooms and toilets will be?
How many bricklayer know how to interpret drawings?
If he eventually uses a bricklayer, he must have the master builder ( someone who knows the intended structure) on ground daily. Their charges per day is even higher, even when they do not do the manual labor along with the bricklayer
Secondly, we understand it’s a bungalow but it sure would have beams and columns at certain points. This would involve carpenter and iron bender, which is another money.
By the time all these are put together, the #1.3M is almost spent.
The best thing is to negotiate with the contractor and have an agreement that include all forms of Labour till the lintel or roofing level. For a 3 bedroom, #1- #1.3 M is a fair deal.

Here is what must be considered
For a 3 bedroom; you will need at least 3000 blocks @ #150 (bricklayer and helper) . #450k

If they do 200 blocks a day, it will take them 15 days to finish.
This means you must pay for supervision for 15 days @ 10-15k daily. . Total about #200k

Iron bender 100k carpenter 100k and laborers to pour columns and beams concrete 50k = 250k

Everything so far is # 900k .
Miscellaneous #100k
Total #1M.
Now you see that it makes more sense to contract every thing out .

All that is needed is to negotiate to make payment in stages, say 3 times. Don’t give the him all the money at once.

You people are taking it too far. Poster asked for block settings price, bricklayers already said they owner will provide every other material, it is not factored into the price being discussed.

What is being deliberated on is price for block work.

Also, whether the bricklayer knows the plan of the house doesn't matter. The owner won't be considering giving someone who can't interprete a plan work.

Block laying pricing is the discussion here. I've had to go and reread the original message many times.

Skydivine:

It’s a 4 bedroom. (2bedroom, and 1 bedroom X2) .

Those 1 bedroom would have parlor as well .
There is nowhere 4000 blocks will not go into that project.
@ 150 it’s #600k already.
Why are you guys like this?. At least we still have the clients unedited statement here.

The client even made mention of buying granite and rods as requested by the contractor. What do you think those are for? You and I know bricklayer work does not include those materials. Meaning, the contractor is going to do additional work beyond laying blocks.

If he is doing German floor and others then he shouldn't be pricing per block.

Yes, OP needs to clarify.

Billions123:

You people are taking it too far. Poster asked for block settings price, bricklayers already said they owner will provide every other material, it is not factored into the price being discussed.

What is being deliberated on is price for block work.

Also, whether the bricklayer knows the plan of the house doesn't matter. The owner won't be considering giving someone who can't interprete a plan work.

Block laying pricing is the discussion here. I've had to go and reread the original message many times.

This is not true from the client statement. He is considering saving money from direct labor by using a bricklayer. But his goal is to get the house to the roofing level as mentioned in his statement. And that is what contractor is charging him for.

Which ever way he wants to go about it, from his statement, the contractor’s amount is to take the house to roofing level and not just to do half work.

This is the only wall the second guy SCAMMER ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE brought to my site plastered. A PROFESSIONAL SCAMMER WHO HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT TO MAKE IT SEEM HE DID THE JOB BUT WAS OWED MONEY. SCAMMER ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE HIMSELF IMMEDIATELY AFTER I TRANSFERRED 285,000 TO HIM HE TOOK OFF AND NEVER CAME BACK. AN HOUR LATER, THE SECOND GUY THEY CAME TOGETHER SAID HE WANTED TO GO AND EAT AND ALSO NEVER CAME BACK. BEWARE OF PATRONIZING @professionalmas HE IS A PROFESSIONAL THEIF A YORUBA THEIF

floshady02:
This is the only wall the second guy SCAMMER ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE brought to my site plastered. A PROFESSIONAL SCAMMER WHO HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT TO MAKE IT SEEM HE DID THE JOB BUT WAS OWED MONEY. SCAMMER ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE HIMSELF IMMEDIATELY AFTER I TRANSFERRED 285,000 TO HIM HE TOOK OFF AND NEVER CAME BACK. AN HOUR LATER, THE SECOND GUY THEY CAME TOGETHER SAID HE WANTED TO GO AND EAT AND ALSO NEVER CAME BACK. BEWARE OF PATRONIZING @professionalmas HE IS A PROFESSIONAL THEIF A YORUBA THEIF

he is a professional scammer, why will he leave the job after collecting the money, also abandoned the job, switchingoff his phone, blocked his client, block his online , has he called as he promise twinskenny?

cost of building excavation upto DPC Level.

Actual land for building 750sqmetre(doesnt include the entire plot)
It's a 4 bedroom
Excavation-
Granite- (10tons)
Sharp sand- I trip
Renting of mixer-
Labour-
please anyone.

How about cost of fencing of the entire plot of land.
About 100ft*100ft.

The full free painting promo on purchase of regal paint products would end this month while the free ceiling and fence spraying would continue.

NaijaDNinja:
cost of building excavation upto DPC Level.

Actual land for building 750sqmetre(doesnt include the entire plot)
It's a 4 bedroom
Excavation-
Granite- (10tons)
Sharp sand- I trip
Renting of mixer-
Labour-
please anyone.

How about cost of fencing of the entire plot of land.
About 100ft*100ft.

For your building construction project, Bill of Quantity( *BOQ *or Quotation chat a professional on 08099212590 note BOQ attract a token charges for you to get the accurate Labour and Materials Cost of your Building project thanks in anticipation :Note Serious Customers only

For your building construction project, Bill of Quantity( *BOQ *or Quotation chat a professional on 08099212590 note BOQ attract a token charges for you to get the accurate Labour and Materials Cost of your Building project thanks in anticipation :Note Serious Customers only , know your cost

@cash1115 Thieves don’t have any truth in their mouth. Nothing good is of them. Do you really believe he will call. He is a thief. he is a professional scammer, why will he leave the job after collecting the money, also abandoned the job, switchingoff his phone, blocked his client, block his online , has he called as he promise twinskenny?[/quote]

ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE @professionalmas I want you to know that as I woke up today, before talking to anyone or eating or drinking, I went naked and put my hand inside my vagina and I cursed you. Here are the curses I laid on you. It is with sadness you shall know no peace for the rest of your life. You will see paper on the ground and call it money. Favour will never locate you again for the rest of your life, in hunger you shall beg for food and never find or see helper. In sorrow you shall find your daily bread you will not see. If it is a woman that gave birth to you and poured blood on your head on the day you were born, you will know no peace again in your life. You will be going from one problem to another. I want you to know that this will be my every early morning ritual to you ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL AROJOJOYE @professionalmas Each day I wake up before speaking to anyone, I will deep my finger in my vagina to curse you every single day for the rest of my life until you are caught by the special fraud unit and face Justice. I will beat my womb curse you everyday for the pain you caused me and stole from me. I will make sure I do every thing in my power to make sure you are a walking corpse on this earth that we live. Only if you didn’t steal from me that you will escape the wrath of a woman. My heart and hands are clean in the presence of our almighty YAHUAH. when you came to my site, you asked for money for food from me, I gave you 18,500 to eat but you turn around and SCAMMED ME. May Our creator YAHUAH USE the help I did for you by giving you money to feed while you turn around to Scam me. All curses I laid on you and will continue to lay on you shall come to in your life Insha Allah.

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