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obiero
#201 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 9:04:33 AM
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Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 14,217
Location: nairobi
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

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iris
#202 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 8:30:17 PM
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Joined: 9/11/2014
Posts: 228
Location: Nairobi
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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obiero
#203 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 9:01:22 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 14,217
Location: nairobi
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

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sanity
#204 Posted : Monday, April 02, 2018 11:43:57 AM
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Joined: 1/24/2011
Posts: 407
Location: Nairobi,Kenya
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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obiero
#205 Posted : Monday, April 02, 2018 12:37:15 PM
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Location: nairobi
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

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Mkimwa
#206 Posted : Tuesday, April 03, 2018 6:54:29 PM
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Joined: 10/26/2008
Posts: 380
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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geofreygachie
#207 Posted : Tuesday, April 03, 2018 9:14:43 PM
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Joined: 2/27/2014
Posts: 454
Location: Republic of Enchantment.
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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hardwood
#208 Posted : Tuesday, April 03, 2018 9:29:11 PM
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Joined: 7/28/2015
Posts: 9,562
Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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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obiero
#209 Posted : Wednesday, April 04, 2018 7:12:26 AM
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Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 14,217
Location: nairobi
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

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Speculz
#210 Posted : Wednesday, April 04, 2018 9:38:08 AM
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Joined: 5/6/2011
Posts: 391
Location: Nairobi
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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