Gambia

brunofarad:
What's the location sir?

Dear NL,

I want a very good builder to build a 5 bedroom duplex for me. The floor part will have 2 bedrooms all en suit, visitor toilet, kitchen, store, office, ante room and sitting room and upper part will have 3 bedrooms all en suit, sitting room and visitor toilet If you can handle such a project, kindly contact me at bigjallow@gmail.com with your previous works and beautiful 3d floor plans that will match my need and drop your contacts please...

You can tell me all the materials that would be needed to accomplice the house... I want the job done in 90 days if possible...

Waiting to read from you soon...

I must first say thanks to all of you guys who in one way or the other guided into finishing what i call my first home in my country The Gambia. Now i have bought a second land in one of the most beautiful residential areas in my country but the type of houses i see in the property section of NL and those in the Nollywood movies are the exact standards i want.

First i want to know if anyone of the best builders out there in NL can relocate to Gambia to handle my project till completion?

Secondly, how much would it cost me to build a 5 or 6 bedroom duplex? Give me the amount in Dollars because i don't know the Naira.

Thirdly, in terms of accommodation, how long would you stay in Gambia to complete such a project?

If anyone, is qualified and interested, then, kindly send me the works you handled before let me see and 5 and 6 bedroom duplex plans too.

Send me quotes of the materials that would be needed to handle such a project...

https://www.nairaland.com/1397773/construction-6-bedroom-duplex-owerri This house really caught my eyes but kindly send me yours.

I want to know how many sticks of wood can roof a 3 bedroom, sittingroom, two toilet, kitchen, dining and store?

I want to know the type of wood too please. I asked a question about this the other time and i even attached the plan but i did not recieve any respond. The qoute i have is

2*2 wood=100 pcs
2*3 wood=100 pcs

the house is 11.5m by 16.5m
I need your contribution please
Thank you in advance

I was here few days ago or a week to be precise to ask for help on the number of quantity of materials i will need from my 3 bedroom house but i must say your help was really helpful and i appreciate it so much. The building of my house has started since then i from the look of things the house will be at roof level in a week or two weeks time because i bought every material the builder needs. Now i am trying to ready money to send for woods so that the roofing will not waste time but i want to know the following,

How long do i have to wait when the house is built to roof level before they start roofing it?

What is the number of woods needed to finish roofing the house?

What type of woods?

Any other material needed for roofing, i will need your help?

I realize all the materials my builder asked for are over estimated and we will have so much remaining when the house is done...

Your urgent respond is expected

Good morning bro,

You quote is quite very much favorable. You saying 8 bags would be enough to concrete all the foundation work for such a house? My builder asking for 40 bags for this alone for the house on the plan. He say 70 for the German floor and another 70 for building the house to roof level...

Do you think my builder is over estimating quantities

eghosajohnny:



Good am sorry all builders are a bit busy at the period but I can rush out wwhat you need as quote below

Foundation cement 8bags for blinding
Block work to the 4courses 22bags tops
German floor 50bags
Block work to lintels cement 35bags
Lintels casting 10bags
Block work level 10bags

General block from foundation to roof level 3600

12mm. Rod 35lenght
10mm 20lenght
Plank. 1x12x12 30
Another 10 to slice to 5inches
4inches nail 1/2 bag
3inches same

Another 1 ten tire truck will be added for the setting


You can call me for any other advice

My building is asking for 40 bags for foundation concrete, 70 for German floor and a further 70 for building the blocks to roof level in total he requesting for 180 bags of 50kg cement.

What do you guys think of this?

Thanks

omooba969:
I would suggest that you move master bedroom to the fore front as livingroom & move the kitchen to where you have master bedroom.

This way, you can have the other two bedrooms at the rear with bathroom&toilet in between the two rooms. This will allow for the three rooms to be cross-ventilated. IMO

This will also allow for privacy especially when you are busy with important issues in your bedroom , no one is likely to hear the ringtones coming your room. Even the intending occupants of the other two rooms will equally have safe flights to cloud9 knowing that their respective ringtones & beds knocking against the wall will be kept within the four walls of their rooms.

I notice you made no provision for guest toilet.

I like privacy.

My building is asking for 40 bags for foundation concrete, 70 for German floor and a further 70 for building the blocks to roof level in total he requesting for 180 bags of 50kg cement.

What do you guys think of this?

Tghanks

KolaShangOne:
Sorry for the seeming lack of help.. Most Engineers on here are busy because of the season (Christmas season).

I can only give you a rough estimate based on just experience. Do cements in Gambia come in 50kg bags? What kind of blocks do you use there? Hollow or solid blocks? Whats the depth of your foundation? German floor?

Similar to what Abouzaid said, budget 3800 blocks. Now, tell your builder to set 60blocks per bag. That's about 64 bags for block setting. Add 40 bags for concrete blinding and lintels. Etc etc

What to you mean by concrete blinding? Is that German floor?

Can 40 bags be enough for German floor and lintel?

KolaShangOne:
Sorry for the seeming lack of help.. Most Engineers on here are busy because of the season (Christmas season).

I can only give you a rough estimate based on just experience. Do cements in Gambia come in 50kg bags? What kind of blocks do you use there? Hollow or solid blocks? Whats the depth of your foundation? German floor?

Similar to what Abouzaid said, budget 3800 blocks. Now, tell your builder to set 60blocks per bag. That's about 64 bags for block setting. Add 40 bags for concrete blinding and lintels. Etc etc

Yes cement in gambia come in 50kg bags. We using 5 inch Solid blocks. I spoke to the builder and he told me the foundation will be 4 coaches.We planning to make the german floor 4 inches. I hope this answers your question. Waiting to read from you soon

KolaShangOne:
Sorry for the seeming lack of help.. Most Engineers on here are busy because of the season (Christmas season).

I can only give you a rough estimate based on just experience. Do cements in Gambia come in 50kg bags? What kind of blocks do you use there? Hollow or solid blocks? Whats the depth of your foundation? German floor?

Similar to what Abouzaid said, budget 3800 blocks. Now, tell your builder to set 60blocks per bag. That's about 64 bags for block setting. Add 40 bags for concrete blinding and lintels. Etc etc

Ok send me the floor plan and let me see. The kitchen have a window and entry and exit door and the third door is the oe to the store.

abouzaid:
i can't see any interior measurements and the exterior ones are not very legible to me since I'm using a small screen device. the kitchen has three doors making only one line of the kitchen usable. you won't have much counter top space,i know that the masters bedroom is en suite but that's not my point. I'm saying that the bedrooms should have windows on atleast two opposite or adjacent walls to properly cross ventilate the rooms thereby reducing heat inside. the house wasted a lot of space on internal passages making it too big for a three bedroom bungalow. i can provide you another floor plan from this website for you to understand what makes a modern efficient but affordable home.

No in USA. Ok look good and get back to me please.
Thanks

erico2k2:

Ok I was saying that in pidgin. I will have a look when I get home.as I'm on mobile. Are you in the UK?

Thanks

Yes i know 65 bags will not be enough but i want to know how many bags do i need in total to do the foundation, floor concrete and building to the roof? Yes you are right she should not be shy to show her suspicion and i told her this myself.

abouzaid:
I'm sorry to tell you this but 65 bags might not be enough to take that house to roofing level, the house is atleast over 2000 sqf but the good news is that it has few walls, i will advice you to search for a thread on the construction of a three bedroom bungalow in nassarawa by daviejay. his house is somehow bigger than your own and has more walls. use his material use to guide your own use of materials. i would not like to feed your suspicions. please ask your sister to get a marker and sign her signature on all the cement bags, then the labourers must keep all the used cement bags for her, that should eliminate or atleast reduce theft. she should not be shy to show her suspicion.

Sorry the kitchen have only two doors which are the entry one from the corridor and the exit one to the back veranda. The master bedroom is en suite look closely. Both the kitchen and dinning measurement 3 by 3.5 meters each, is that not big enough? May be you are not seeing the measurements clearly from the plan... I still need your advice because that is why i sent this post...

Come back if you can soon.

Thanks

abouzaid:
the house would consume almost four thousand blocks to complete. i can get you a more precise estimate later but i would still advice you to budget for four thousand blocks. the only way to control costs is to monitor the work to avoid been ripped off. estimates are never 100% correct. i don't like your floor plan, it has cross ventilation issues and the kitchen and dining seems too small for the size of the house. the kitchen have too many doors and you need to compensate for it with more wall space. the house seems too big for a mere three bedroom non en suite bungalow.

Please give me advice is what i come here for. I am Gambian and i don't know nigerian slangs. What i come here for is advice and i will be happy if you give it to me. I don't know what you mean by Tear pant please come clear.
I am living abroad and my mom running my project back home and she does not have knowledge likewise me that is why nigerians with me here ask me to join NL website i will get help but you do not seem to be helping me at all.
Come clear and advice me on what to do and that will make me happy.

Thank you so much

erico2k2:

U nor see where person tear pint

Thanks so much for your advice...

Am living abroad so my mom and lil sister running the project but the builder is always over estimating materials and i fear my cement will all be stolen since my mom and sister don't know much about building work.

In you own estimate how many bags do you thing can do the foundation concrete work, floor and raising blocks to the roof level. As i speak excavation is done and tomorrow foundation will start and 65 bags of cement in stock.

Give me your thoughts. Am so happy you sent the long post...

May god bless you...

abouzaid:
the house would consume almost four thousand blocks to complete. i can get you a more precise estimate later but i would still advice you to budget for four thousand blocks. the only way to control costs is to monitor the work to avoid been ripped off. estimates are never 100% correct. i don't like your floor plan, it has cross ventilation issues and the kitchen and dining seems too small for the size of the house. the kitchen have too many doors and you need to compensate for it with more wall space. the house seems too big for a mere three bedroom non en suite bungalow.

Hello bro,

I hope you remember me again. I am the Gambian guy living abroad. Late time you asked for my plan but then it was not ready. Its done now and i want to send it to you for your review and advice.

From your look now, how many blocks do you think i need?

adebaxton:
Let's do little Maths.
12m= 39.37 ft
39.37 x 4 sides= 157.48 ft
2 blocks = 3 ft
157.48 / 3ft= 52.49 x 2 blocks= 104.98 appr. 105 blocks per course + 15 breakage allowance= 120 blocks per course.
Substructure=3 course
Super structure A( window level)= 4 course
B= 5 course to lintel
After lintel = 2 course
3+4+5+2= 14 course x 120 blocks= 1, 680 blocks

Make provision for 2,000 blocks.


Apology: did it on mobile

erico2k2:

Ahh realy abeg make una come ohhh

Come where?

I need your advice if its good or not

erico2k2:

I think you should print it out black and white then snap and upload.it's a bit hard to understand. Look at mine and see what I did.

Is it good since you can see the rooms

How

kilode100:
Tears pant**

This is the house am trying to build... I need you guys to go over it and give me your thoughts about it please because i already have sand, stones and cement on site already. I have few questions to ask the experience guys on here below

1) how many blocks can build such a house?

2) tell me how many bags of cement can do the foundation concrete work, 4 inches floor and building to roof level... Kindly separate the cement for each level please because i want to compare all with what my builder said....

3) how many 10 wheel tippa sand can erect such a house to roof level because i already have 1 and a half trip sand on site...

The house is 11.5 meters by 16.5 meters. The entry to the house is on the 11.5 meter side... Thanks
I need your urgent responds

Thanks my man you have really been of help to me but just few more questions for you,

In your own view how many bags of cement would you use for the foundation work of this house? Bags for Floor concrete? Bag for building to roof level?

This will help me so much...

Thanks

adebaxton:
Well, provide 3200-3500 blocks.

No sketch but all in all 3bedrooms, measuring average 4 by 4.5 and two toilets measuring 1.5 by 2.4 and a kitchen measuring 2.8 by 3 and dinning 2.5 by 3 and sitting room 5 by 5.5m

adebaxton:

Can you provide a sketch of ur description in order to calculate for the inner walls?

Your calculations say like 1, 680 blocks for the outer walls, so do you think we could use more than that for the inner walls to roof level?

Can you give me a quote for the house please for all stages?

adebaxton:
That's for the outer walls

Yes there is 5 ' blocks

twinskenny:
is there 5 inches block?

Are you saying 2000 blocks for the whole house?

The house is 3 bedrooms(1 master house 4.5 by 5 meters with toilet and 2 other rooms measuring 4.25 by 4 meters each sharing a toilet, 1 sitting room, kitchen and dinning

adebaxton:
Let's do little Maths.
12m= 39.37 ft
39.37 x 4 sides= 157.48 ft
2 blocks = 3 ft
157.48 / 3ft= 52.49 x 2 blocks= 104.98 appr. 105 blocks per course + 15 breakage allowance= 120 blocks per course.
Substructure=3 course
Super structure A( window level)= 4 course
B= 5 course to lintel
After lintel = 2 course
3+4+5+2= 14 course x 120 blocks= 1, 680 blocks

Make provision for 2,000 blocks.


Apology: did it on mobile

We are not using 6' blocks but 5 ' ones. Can you give me that ratio for a bag of cement?
Secondly can you give me a clear info on how many bags to go about it from foundation to roof level?

adebaxton:
@bigjallow, kinda remember I posted some comments concerning your proposed project some months ago.

The 3bedroom bungalow is okay having a 4inches(100mm) German floor(slab) due to the blocks being 5 inches which is different from what's obtainable here in Nigeria.

The ratio of moulding 6 inch block is 1 bag of 50 kg cement= 36-40 blocks.

Good NL,

I'm living abroad but my mom and lil sister are the ones running my building project. The builder just informed them that building a 3 bedroom bungalow with 1 master bedroom with toilet 4.5 by 5 meters and one shared toilet for the other 2 bedrooms, and well sitting room 5 by 5.5 meters with a kitchen and dinning. The size of the building is suppose to be 12 by 12 meters.

The builder said we would need 130 bags to mould 4500 blocks, 40 bags for the foundation concrete, 70 bags for setting up those blocks and a further 70 for German floor. Is it possible to use 310 bags for such a house without the plastering even coming yet. I call the builder my self and asked how comes that large number of cement and he said 8 inches German floor and i told him i see in NL many doing 4 inches German floor so 8 inches is too much.

Advice me if i should change him and get another one. I have the feeling that most of the cement will not go into the house and will be stolen since is only my mom and sister around.

Give me your advice on how many bags should be used on each of the above mention stages. We using 5' blocks for the house and i was thinking 40 per bag will suffice but the man insist on 32 or 33 per bag and this is what i read many doing for the 6' and 9' blocks.

I need you good advice please with your email and phone numbers.

Waiting

I need number of blocks and cement all in all needed to build a house like this but a 3 bedroom one

I need help in knowing how many blocks and bags of cement will be enough to complete a 2 bedroom and a sitting room... The room will be a line house where when you enter the sitting room you will be facing both bedrooms one in the left and one in the right.

I want to make the bedrooms each 4 meters length * 4.5 meters width therefore the length of the sitting room will be equal to the length of the two bedrooms which is 8 meters but the sitting room will be cut by 3 meters to accommodate the dinning room which will leave the sitting at 4.5 meters width and length of 5 meters. The house will have a 2 meter veranda. No toilets and kitchen in the house but all will be at the back of the house so don't include that in your advice

I want to know if this measurements are good for a line house. I want your advice too.

I will do german floor and culumn of between 6 to 8. I want the number of blocks needed for such house and bags of cement to do the building from start to finish with german floor, lintel and platering in and out.

Thanks

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do you have any house plan for any such type of a house?...

Sorry the building will measure 12 meters by 16 meters

Thank you very much sir, your info really help me. In my country the Gambia we usually build houses with 5' and 6' blocks. Mostly the 5 inch is used for fencing but most also use it on building houses. The 6' block is mostly use when building storey buildings but all this blocks are solid and we have a good quality sand so we use both blocks in building any type of houses. Now people have started using 6' blocks even when building 3 or 4 bedroom houses as foundation then complete the top with 5' blocks. My land is 15 meters by 30 meters. from your measurements i can even build 4 bedrooms but i choose 3 bedrooms, 1 sitting room, 2 bathrooms both toilet and bathroom in one room, kitchen, dinning and store. I choose 3 bedrooms so that i can have enough space. I only need one more thing from you. From your measurements how many blocks do you think will be enough to complete a 3 bedroom house with a sitting room, store, dinning and 2 bathrooms? We are currently molding 100 bags of cement. Ok i remember one thing too, how many blocks do you think i can have from a bag of cement for the 5' mould? Some saying 35 and some 40 and i even read 50. I want to build my house in no hurry so that i can have it solid. I have no knowledge at all in building so your advice is helping me so much


Thank you ones more

adebaxton:
You can maintain a 5.5m by 6.0m for the sitting room, Master bedroom sizes varies depending on your preference 4.6m by 4.6m should be spaciously okay, maintain corridor at width 1.5m.
W/C and Bath space is okay at 1.8m by 2.4m.

Calculation of blocks can be very easy with this logic : 6 inch hollow block is 18 inches at length and 2 (18inch X 2= 32inch i.e 3ft) hollow blocks makes 3feet when bonded.

If the length of the proposed building is 80 ft , 80ft divided by 3ft = 26.667 X 2 blocks = 53.3334 approx 54 Blocks ( for a side)
Mathematically you can accurately calculate the number of blocks needed for load bearing and non loading bearing walls.

Calculation/Estimation of materials are accurately done with the availability of a building plan for the proposed project.

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