The Disadvantages of having Trees in Your House.

Why that Tree in your house is Dangerous!

Although trees are generally a desirable feature of home landscaping, however they can pose a threat to buildings and homeowners in a number of ways.
Although trees are generally a desirable feature of home landscaping, however they can pose a threat to buildings and homeowners in a number of ways. In this special piece we explain to you possible dangers a tree can cause to your building and household members…

Calculating Reinforcements or Iron Rods in Raft foundation.

Image 1, shows beams of section 1-1,2-2,,4-4 and 5-5 but for this purpose we are going to assume that section 2-2 is used for the entire raft.

Image 2, is the reinforcements details for the raft slab also showing its sections.

How To Make Money Renovating and Flipping Houses.

Many are making huge profits from real estate investment while some will never make or keep on loosing because they fail to take little things that seems unimportant but very valuable.
These are the various things you must watch out for

1.Have an eye for fixing and renovating seemingly poor but good houses.
There are so many houses that looks unattractive but only needs a little fixing here and there to raise their values. Their paints may be washed out and you easily conclude they aren’t worth any trouble

14 Ways To Minimise The Cost of Building Your House And Still Get Good Quality.

This topic was inspired based on the experience I had recently with a building I was involved

in. The money we expected to spend really overshot my expectations. There are many factors that makes your building project to shoot very high than expectation,

here we will discuss on minimising the costs.

8 Best Practices of Planning and Organizing for success in Mega-Projects.

Construction “mega-projects” live up to their reputations in many ways, including mega-size, mega-cost, mega-complexity, and mega-risk. Africa is home to a wealth of resource, and this paired with fast-growing economies, translates to a continent with unlimited industrialization potential. A lack of sufficient infrastructure such as railways and roads has hindered any extensive development on the continent in the past, however, with increased investment and interest from foreign parties such as China, things are looking up.
We turn our attention to the first phase of mega-project management by unpacking the eight best practices of early planning and organising. We believe that the planning and organisation of a project sets the stage or blueprint for everything that is to follow proceeding the project receiving go-ahead. During planning and organization, you set a course for the project—and make course corrections. Once equipment, materials, and manpower enter the picture, much of the planning flexibility disappears.

#1 – Assign the project team early

If You Own A Land In Calabar, E-Register It Now!

The Cross River State Government has begun E-registration of all old C of O's and new land acquisitions through its agency CRGIA. So if you own land or property re- register it immediately. www.crgia.crossriverstate.gov.ng. Continue...

Best Cities To Invest In Real Estate In Nigeria and Why?

This is a serie of some questions posted to me by one of my  subscribers which I will be writing on and sharing with you. There are different factors that will determine the profitability of your investment in Real estate.

1) Number one is demand-The rate of demand will have to come first  before any other considerations , a lot of reasons will make people to migrate to a place, mainly for economic reasons . In Nigeria three cities will come into mind Lagos, Abuja and Portharcourt.

5 Easy Steps To Own A Home Through Lagos State H.O.M.S and Procedures.

Igando Gardens, Alimosho.

 The Lagos State government has made it easy for its residents to acquire homes for themselves through the Lagos Homes Ownership Mortgage Scheme which is effective and can be afforded by Lagosians. Below is the 5 steps to owning your home.

FG Put Stoppage To Fashola's Housing Project With Soldiers

The Federal Government has stopped the Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Project being embarked upon by Governor Babatunde Fashola.

Governor Fashola disclosed this Wednesday at an event marking his 2,500 days in office at the Lagos Television Ground, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

The governor said his administration had sandfilled the area to build about 1,800 housing units under the Lagos Homes Ownership Mortgage Scheme, HOMS.

The Construction of The World's Tallest Building Begins This Month - Saudi Arabia

After a few false starts and a lengthy delay, the world’s tallest tower has finally been given a start date to begin construction. When it is completed, the Kingdom Tower will eventually stretch 3,280 feet into the Saudi Arabian sky, but up until now it hasn’t even gotten off the desert floor. In 2012, crews sunk a 330-foot-deep foundation into the sand but not much else has happened since then. Now the project has been given an April 27, 2014 start date and things are finally moving ahead.