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Practical guidance for property owners making decisions about land, budget, contractors and construction in Nigeria.

Cost & budget

How much does it cost to build a house in Nigeria?

There is no single figure. What there is, is a method for arriving at a number you can actually plan around.

6 min read

Choosing a builder

How to choose a reliable construction company

The lowest quote is rarely the cheapest project. Here is what to examine before you sign anything.

5 min read

Land & planning

Things to check before buying land

Title, survey, physical condition, planning status. Skip any one of them and the building on top inherits the problem.

6 min read

Cost & budget

How to control construction costs

Cost overruns are rarely one large surprise. They are dozens of small unrecorded decisions.

5 min read

Cost & budget

What is a bill of quantities?

The document that turns a drawing into a number, and turns a number into something you can hold a contractor to.

4 min read

Diaspora

How to monitor your construction project from abroad

Distance is not the real problem. The absence of a reporting structure is.

6 min read

Process

Common construction mistakes that cost property owners millions

Almost all of them happen before the roof goes on, and almost all of them are avoidable.

7 min read

Process

What every homeowner should know before starting construction

Six things worth settling before anyone breaks ground on your site.

5 min read

Process

How project management reduces construction problems

A contractor builds. A project manager makes sure the right thing is built, at the right cost, in the right order.

5 min read

Diaspora

Building in Nigeria from the diaspora

What a professionally managed remote build looks like, from first consultation to handover.

6 min read

Maintenance

How to maintain your building after construction

A new building starts depreciating the day it is handed over. Maintenance decides how quickly.

4 min read

Choosing a builder

Understanding construction contracts

The clauses that decide what happens when a project runs late, changes scope or goes wrong.

6 min read

Land & planning

Foundations: what every property owner should know

The part of the building nobody sees, and the only part that cannot be corrected afterwards.

5 min read

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