If you can dream it, we will build it.
We design, secure approvals and build homes and workspaces with clear timelines and pricing. We hand you the keys, and our partner companies keep your building maintained for as long as you own it.
We handle the whole project, so you deal with one accountable company.
Most owners in Nigeria juggle an architect, a structural engineer, an approvals agent, a contractor and several artisans. When something goes wrong, each one points at the next. CIDO runs the full sequence.
- STAGE 1
Brief and site visit
We listen, inspect the land and confirm your budget is realistic.
- STAGE 2
Survey and soil test
Land documents checked, soil investigated before any design is fixed.
- STAGE 3
Drawings
Architectural, structural and services drawings, with 3D views.
- STAGE 4
Permits
We file and follow up planning and building approvals for you.
- STAGE 5
Construction
Foundation to roof to finishes, with tested materials and weekly reports.
- STAGE 6
Handover and beyond
Interiors and maintenance through our partner companies.
What most builders leave out, we write into the contract.
We studied the complaints Nigerian property owners raise most: delays, prices that keep rising, poor materials and contractors who are hard to reach. Each row below is a promise you can hold us to.
| Area | The usual experience | With CIDO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | A verbal quote that changes once work starts. | An itemised bill of quantities, with material prices locked for an agreed window. |
| Payments | Large sums up front, little to show for it. | Each payment is released after a milestone is inspected and photographed. |
| Progress | You visit the site or chase the foreman by phone. | Weekly photo and video reports plus a client portal with the live schedule. |
| Quality | Concrete mixed by eye, steel size never checked. | Concrete cube tests, rebar checks and inspection sign-offs logged for you to see. |
| Approvals | Left to you, or skipped until a stop-work notice arrives. | We prepare, file and track planning and building approvals. |
| Building from abroad | You depend on a relative or friend to watch the money. | Video walkthroughs, documents online and calls scheduled in your time zone. |
| After handover | The contractor stops picking up the phone. | A defects period, a structural warranty and a maintenance partner on call. |
In the diaspora? Build at home with confidence.
Wherever in the world you live, you can build with us. Many in the diaspora have lost money to builders they could not watch. We designed our reporting so you never need someone on the ground to tell you the truth.
- Land and title documents verified before design starts, so you do not build on disputed land.
- A weekly report with dated photos, short videos and the next week's plan.
- Live video walkthroughs with your site engineer, booked in your time zone.
- Every invoice tied to a milestone you can see in photos before you pay.
- Costs shown in naira, with the equivalent in your own currency for planning.
- All drawings, approvals and test results stored in one place you control.
Homes, workplaces and the infrastructure around them.
- Residential
Homes and estates
Bungalows, duplexes, terraces, apartment blocks and gated estates.
- Commercial
Offices, retail and hospitality
Office buildings, shopping plazas, schools, clinics and hotels.
- Industrial
Warehouses and factories
Steel-frame warehouses, factory floors, depots and yards.
- Renovation
Remodelling and completion
Upgrades, extensions and finishing abandoned or stalled buildings.
- Design
Drawings and approvals
Architectural, structural and services design, with permits handled.
- Advisory
Project management
Accounting, material control and supervision from planning to handover, whoever builds it.
Every building is priced on its own.
Two buildings of the same size can cost very different amounts. Tell us what you want to build, where, and the budget you have in mind, and a project lead will talk it through with you and prepare a quote for your project.
- Where the site is, and how easy it is to get materials there
- The ground: soil, sand-filling, or trees to clear first
- Labour rates in the area
- The size of the rooms and how strong the structure needs to be
- The finishes you choose
Partners who keep the building beautiful and working.
Your project file passes directly to our partner companies, so the people furnishing and maintaining your building already have the drawings, the services layout and the warranty records.
TwinOlives Ltd
Interior design, joinery, furniture, lighting and soft furnishing, planned while the building is still going up.
Interior decorationKlinhouse
Planned maintenance, repairs, facility management and a response line after handover.
Property maintenanceOwn part of a building, without funding all of it.
We are bringing investors together around projects we design, build and manage, with every investor seeing the same reports, accounts and milestones.
- Join a CIDO project group, or bring your cooperative, association or family.
- Each project has its own legal structure and bank account.
- Money released only for inspected milestones, with weekly photo reports.
Headquartered in Lagos. Ready to mobilise across Africa.
We run Lagos projects from our head office and set up a site team wherever the project is. Our reporting and payment controls work the same in every country.
Outside Nigeria we work with local licensed partners for approvals and labour law, under CIDO's project management and reporting.
Let's build what comes next.
Book a free consultation. Bring your idea, your land documents or just a budget, and leave with a clear plan.