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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 14,338 Location: nairobi
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Points to note: 1. Do not start your project without all approvals in hand 2. Bulk purchase of building materials will save you big time, though you will need a 'trusted' foreman to control stock 3. The head fundi shall become closer than a friend during construction. You have to trust that person and change them very early incase of any doubt in their ability 4. Accounting for all supplies will have to be religious, otherwise you may start to believe that someone is stealing, unfounded 5. Labor costs will scare you stiff, but good labor has never been cheap 6. Try to always challenge the thought pattern of your project team. Obviously you will not over-ride the professionals, but learn to question their suggestions based on logic 7. Finishing could actually finish you due to the costs, hence you have to be very hands-on at the stated stage COOP, IMH, KEGN, KQ, MTNU
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/11/2014 Posts: 228 Location: Nairobi
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obiero wrote:Points to note:
1. Do not start your project without all approvals in hand
2. Bulk purchase of building materials will save you big time, though you will need a 'trusted' foreman to control stock
3. The head fundi shall become closer than a friend during construction. You have to trust that person and change them very early incase of any doubt in their ability
4. Accounting for all supplies will have to be religious, otherwise you may start to believe that someone is stealing, unfounded
5. Labor costs will scare you stiff, but good labor has never been cheap
6. Try to always challenge the thought pattern of your project team. Obviously you will not over-ride the professionals, but learn to question their suggestions based on logic
7. Finishing could actually finish you due to the costs, hence you have to be very hands-on at the stated stage Very useful tips Obiero. I much prefer this Obiero to the one that attacks my gender whenever he is displeased
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 14,338 Location: nairobi
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iris wrote:obiero wrote:Points to note:
1. Do not start your project without all approvals in hand
2. Bulk purchase of building materials will save you big time, though you will need a 'trusted' foreman to control stock
3. The head fundi shall become closer than a friend during construction. You have to trust that person and change them very early incase of any doubt in their ability
4. Accounting for all supplies will have to be religious, otherwise you may start to believe that someone is stealing, unfounded
5. Labor costs will scare you stiff, but good labor has never been cheap
6. Try to always challenge the thought pattern of your project team. Obviously you will not over-ride the professionals, but learn to question their suggestions based on logic
7. Finishing could actually finish you due to the costs, hence you have to be very hands-on at the stated stage Very useful tips Obiero. I much prefer this Obiero to the one that attacks my gender whenever he is displeased @iris I don't remember ever attacking you.. Sorry, all the same COOP, IMH, KEGN, KQ, MTNU
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/24/2011 Posts: 407 Location: Nairobi,Kenya
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obiero wrote:Finishing up on the ground units.. Wakati wa plaster imefika   @obiero,naomba contacts za huyo welder Hope is not a strategy
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 14,338 Location: nairobi
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sanity wrote:obiero wrote:Finishing up on the ground units.. Wakati wa plaster imefika @obiero,naomba contacts za huyo welder Huyo welder ako South Nyanza karibu Kilgoris.. Will his contact be of help? Please confirm before I engage him COOP, IMH, KEGN, KQ, MTNU
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/26/2008 Posts: 380
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Finishes can do you in..
You spend 200K and come out with a gunia of cables and fittings. Or doors that eventually cost 8K, if you add door frame, door, hinges, locks, etc.. yet you were told a panel door costs 3K!
All the best in finishes.
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/27/2014 Posts: 454 Location: Republic of Enchantment.
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sanity wrote:obiero wrote:Finishing up on the ground units.. Wakati wa plaster imefika @obiero,naomba contacts za huyo welder If you still looking for a welder ,I can refer you to my elder brother based hapa Baba Dogo ,Ruaraka if need fabrication within Nairobi and it's environs. Divers - can you laugh in scuba gear, or will you drown? I was wondering. - James May.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Mkimwa wrote:Finishes can do you in..
You spend 200K and come out with a gunia of cables and fittings. Or doors that eventually cost 8K, if you add door frame, door, hinges, locks, etc.. yet you were told a panel door costs 3K!
All the best in finishes. Been there and done/seen it. You budget 3k for a door as per the cost at the hardware but to have a functional door it ends up costing 8k.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/23/2009 Posts: 14,338 Location: nairobi
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Mkimwa wrote:Finishes can do you in..
You spend 200K and come out with a gunia of cables and fittings. Or doors that eventually cost 8K, if you add door frame, door, hinges, locks, etc.. yet you were told a panel door costs 3K!
All the best in finishes. Thanks @Mkimwa COOP, IMH, KEGN, KQ, MTNU
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/6/2011 Posts: 391 Location: Nairobi
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geofreygachie wrote:sanity wrote:obiero wrote:Finishing up on the ground units.. Wakati wa plaster imefika @obiero,naomba contacts za huyo welder If you still looking for a welder ,I can refer you to my elder brother based hapa Baba Dogo ,Ruaraka if need fabrication within Nairobi and it's environs. @Geofreygachie, how is your project coming along? Do you have a contact email I can reach you on As I have a few questions? Thanks. "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Stephen Wright
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