If you are planning to build a house in your rural village,
Do the following:
• Open a bank account. Call it "Project Development Account 2026."
• Write a plan. Use the Triple Constraint Theory in Project Management: BUDGET, TIME and SCOPE.
• Save 50% equivalent of your rent in the account, monthly for 15 months, eg, if your rent is 10,000, then, save 5,000 in that account every month.
• If you can't raise 50% equivalent of your rent to save, then you are living beyond your means. Look for a cheaper house.
• Get an architect and a draughtsman to design a house.
• Do research, consult, read about building and construction online. Travel beyond your comfort.
• Get a Quantity Surveyor to do feasibility and the cost of the project.
• At month 15, draw a budget and begin buying material for construction, eg Sand, Ballast, Stones and timber. Stick to the budget.
• At month 18, start building.
• Get a professional mason licensed by the National Construction Authority. Be present. Supervision by phone calls is disastrous.
• Be hands-on. Learn to do the masonry work alongside the mason. Mix the ballast. Lay the bricks. Be part of the team.
• Create a rapport and good relationship with a hardware. Let this hardware be the only place you will buy construction material.
• Don't live in government houses. Don't buy the so called "affordable houses."
Build your house, to your preference and taste.
Therefore, if you are intending to build, and you start planning today, then you should be building your house in 2026 March.
It is not far.
Start today.
Be patient.
Start.
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🚨BREAKING: A business owner in Spartan has reportedly decided not to hire South African workers after parting ways with undocumented foreign employees.
The owner has also declined requests from members of the March and March Movement to reopen the business and recruit local residents.
According to the owner, although the former employees have already left the country, he has chosen to keep the company closed rather than employ a new workforce. This decision reportedly led to a heated confrontation between the business owner and members of the local community.
Fascinating the way Fabregas explains why he doesn’t want to sub on a defender to keep a 1-0 lead.
Do you think England & Tuchel ought to learn from Cesc?
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Every man must meet his humbling phase in life, it's better you meet your own quicker and when you're young so you can get back on your feet than to meet it at the later stages of your life
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Scarface: The legendary lion who ruled his territory for over a decade, defeated rival males, outlived his pride, and even kicked crocodiles off his land, entering the final rest of his life.
Antonio Rattin, one of Argentina's greatest midfielders, had died at the age of 89.
He refused to leave the pitch after being dismissed in the quarter-final of the 1966 World Cup, saying he did not understand the German referee - this led Fifa to introduce the yellow and red card system at the next World Cup in 1970 to avoid communication problems between referees and players from different countries.