Why The Average Gambian Can't Afford Housing
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Why is housing expensive in the Gambia for the average Gambian?
Modou Njie The CEO of Ngelmack construction explains.
Construction in Gambia
Housing problems
Gambian homes
Average Gambian
Real estate in Gambia
Ngelmack construction: +220 382 7609
We came to Gambia last year with our 97 year old mother. Met a nice family bought land for them would love to surprise them and build a 3 bedroom two story home for them .
Wow that's amazing they will really appreciate and love that may God bless you and your family
That was wonderful. 🖤
Check out Peter Brown of the Ledge Group and see what information he can give you about building a home with hemp.
Wages need to go up period. The value of land and building materials will never go down. The wages need to match the reality on the ground. Great content keep it up.
That's the reality. Thank you
Thanks for your interesting video about low cost building which is new in the country, but well developed in East and Southern African countries. The interlocking bricks are the best form which does not require even mortar in laying of the blocks. These machines making can be found in UA-cam, they are eco friendly better tempreture regulating and stronger than cememt blocks. Am planing to build my dream house with compress interlock bricks. Gambians should desist from cement blocks simply because we use sand which composed of salt which cause cracks in most of our buildings, but not with compress blocks....even blullet proof. Use Eco friendly to protect the enviroment.
Thank you for sharing this
I remember Modou from my days attending WAIS. Great to see him contributing towards a better Gambia.
Housing is big problem in Gambia, the rich are getting stronger everyday and whiles the poor are struggling.. Bad infrastructure developments, bad roads, transportation is also a big issue in the Gambia as well..Health care problems,sanitation and basic necessity are also a big factor... My question is how can we solve this factors?
What kinds of health care problems?
he will only give u a like cause don’t know how to answer . but everyone is noticing that Peoples on Gambia are only taking care of the Rich people. like if they need special care just because they are rich . Poor people is your people that need help like you said
Hi! very interesting video! One solution to imporve life quality and low cost housing is go from single houses to group of houses (housing)!
There need to be loans and easy payment plans. The overwhelming majority of people who own their homes in Europe and the United States are paying monthly mortgage payments that are over a period of 10-30 years. Also apartment rentals in the Gambia should have monthly rental payments. Most Gambians can't afford to pay 6 months to 1 year rent deposits.
This kind of debt is a trap. Mortgage debt kills.
@@cyelgreen4655 you have never lived in Africa. It is almost impossible for the people to earn a sustainable living and save anything. The rent must be paid for the entire year. Can you afford to pay your entire yearly rent up front living in the United States? Can you afford to pay $200k-$400k in cash for a home living in the United States. Do you have $200k - $400k in cash?
Greedy sarahulies control rents
@@mountzion3562 that's really sad. The government should set some kind reasonable regulations.
Yeah! Even if it takes 30 years it could be passed on for generations.
This just show it is always a risk to buy land and build somewhere because the people born on the lands still suffers when the prices goes up for everything. Thank you man for not blaming Africans that move from the states to buy land and build houses but I think this plays a roll too in the prices going up.
Brother big respect ✊🏿 our country the way they build even some houses 🏠 is very bad when I saw them in you tube people who build estate those people are following there own interest they build full city they didn’t put any reserves Land very bad idea example hospital supermarket playing ground like park where everybody will be entitled and go an rest which kind of country do we have we don’t think of reserve land is very important in the country if Gambia is all building in future there will be. No company but gods is great
This is what am learning in Germany 🇩🇪 construction technology is very sad how the country is going on
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC! Still relevant today in 2023!
WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT NOT HELP ITS PEOPLE! PEOPLE ARE REALLY IN NEED
Financing is the other only way of having a home. In the richest countries people are paying on their homes using a bank loan. Interest rates are low in America. The problem with Gambia is that they offer and have unregulated very high interest rates for paying on a home.
I've noticed a few land sales where if they ask 150000 for up front but if it's a payment plan they charge another 25000 making the purchase price 175000. That percentage is too high. Anyway good luck. Hopefully the banking system becomes more involved in properly offering better interest rates for mortgages.
Good information about homes in Gambia how can we get in touch with you or one of are family members to see you anyway number or a link just to talk please appreciate if you can give more information thanks. 🙏🏾
In total the payment is 175000? That’s crazy cheap if you compare it a mortgage in uk for example. A mortgage on a 150,000 house, you’d end up paying over £200,000 (£50k+ in interest and fees)
@@hassanamir387 that's correct but that's long term borrowing. I'm talking demand for payment within their time span, less than a year, as a Gambian.
@@hellostorm7661 ah okay that is very short timespan indeed. I did read somewhere they have longer payment plans also like 10-15 years is this not true?
The government needs to build more buildings for the citizens and take control of the renting coast 🙄 like libya and other countries
Great video with good information. Keep them coming. We love your prospective.
Thank you. I'm glad you like the video
That would be organic housing, it's still good, God help us all. I pray someone will take up the initiative and do something extraordinary for the people.
Bro, you’re on a good coarse. Keep up making such wonderful contents, showing our problems.
That google estimate of a Gambian average salary cannot be correct.
The majority of The Gambians are receiving less than 10k, which is not even enough for a personal consumption, let alone a family consumption. The Government definitely needs to increase the pay scale and introduce a minimum wage below which no one can be paid.
Public housing is also another thing they definitely should look into. An average Gambian cannot even afford an empty land, let alone build it. And the house owners are killing the masses. If I pay D5,000 from my salary of D8,000 (or less), how will I travel to work ? How will my kids go to school? What will I eat with my family? In short, we’re forced to be corrupt!!!
Our problems are endless!
It is the same system in jamaica, only those who went overseas and work can able to build a house 🏠 those who are doing normal work Wil never own a little house 🏡 corruption and murder is 1000% in Jamaica. All because of greedy people
Wow nice House's was not expecting such House's to See. Bravo verry nice to See it.
Thank you
Love your videos ... mostly poor wages the Gambians need higher paying jobs and more investments on job creation otherwise doomed ...
Absolutely! Improved wages will definitely help
Hi, The 3d printable housing would be much a affordable housing for Gambian who are land owners to purchase because the concrete houses can be built in 2 to 3 days and can stand in all weather conditions. Gambia construction company just need to invest in a 3d construction printer; it will cut the time in labor and building materials. Also, Gambia would be able to afford to buy their own land as well their own house at less cost to commendation their income.
Brilliant discussion! I learned a great deal. Thank you!!
Oh and furthermore. Gambian people are not exposed to payment plans. They're use to prepaid plans like the electric, nawec. If they don't have it they don't pay it. Same as the cell phones. If you don't have money to get credit on your phone than you don't get it. So it puts you guys at a disadvantage to learn how to pay bills when they are due. A homeowner can not tell a mortgage or loan company, "okay well I don't have it..." and not pay, they will put you out of the home. That would be another reason why you guys are not able to obtain homeownership. It's a financial responsibility that cannot be negotiated.
Great video, great ideas on the low cost housing. Well done. Keep Rising young man 🙌🏽😊
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video. So plzd to see this. I am always thinking of this issue. I will reach out to you both as dialogging and collaborating with others we can come up with viable solutions for sure. I will also speak with others that have experience in affordable housing in the u.s. just to suss out ideas and expertise around solutions. thanks again for this.
Thanks for your great jobs. I have solutions for the Gambian inshallah. You shall tell it ❤
Kudos to Modou! We love to see it.
Simple answer. The sarahulies. They are the making renting so expensive in the Gambia, land is expensive because of them. They have a strong family bond were 2, 3 to 4 peoples will joint conspire to run a business, built a house and excessively overcharge for no reason. And we have a president who was their boy boy errand boy who will never address it. Everywhere tribe get into business stop selling your lands to them, built it, use it as a collateral to acquire loans.
We would build the 60% cheaper one for them please. Thank you . It pays to be kind .
Great video.
Respect my youth good
Thank you
Great video
What happens during rainy season? Supposedly my inlaws house fell down after the last rainy season
Some mud houses are waterproof it all depends on how you build it
I love people with that vision. We need to help our people
Yes, I so agree we need help our people. My ? Is how can we help...in such beautiful country w precious people
Great content..you think it’s sad that civil servants after retiring or before can’t afford a house…come to America and see even worse army veterans who are homeless and people from different walks of life living in the streets in tents with barely anything to sustain them…we think because the way Africa is housing or lands should be affordable but it’s not easy to attain those things especially when most Gambians barely have a consistent income..it is indeed sad..but in general people need to change their attitude and mindset…there should be projects that people can afford…
True! I totally agree with you on this.
Very informative..RESPECT
Thank you I'm glad you found it insightful
Interesting
Very difficult to understand what he’s saying.
Thank you for this wonderful content
You're welcome. I'm glad you found the video interesting
Thank you bro you said it all
The wages are shameful 😔.
Yes it's...they need wage hike
Good video keep it up
If it is legal to grow hemp in the Gambia, it could be very profitable and helpful for building affordable homes and other projects. Its fire and termite resistant. It a natural product so its cool or warm and it last forever.
Reach out to Peter Brown of the Ledge Group EU or Grand Rising on Facebook. This organization is doing phenomenal things across Afrika. He has built homes with hemp in Tanzania.
Then too, just research hemp qualities. I think there are 500 uses of hemp.
Could be a great way to bring change to the Gambia and the economy.
Thank you for sharing this I'll check them out
I agree Hemp is the way to go.
Heck- Donna keep your DRUGS in your country. Don't try sell us out...horrible idea
@@olgaabdi7218 hemp is a plant. Stop being so small minded. You’re worried about the wrong thing.
Nice video footage bruh bruh. Prayerfully all is well. I was wondering if you know if any of those empty plots were for sale. If you do can you drop a couple of sellers numbers in your response. Thanx
Yes. You can check Taf
tbh, not only housing is skyrocketing in the GAMBIA. If a country is not producing products there is no way it will improve economically......imagine if all the basics can be produce in the Gambia it would have been different
using traditional material like mud, clay etc. is much better and cost effective. The price of cement and wood has gone way up and they even ran out of it. also live a small house, you don't need a big mansion this is too expensive with all the utilities involved and you will need security camera live within your means, comfortably. In the States, people sometimes live out of their cars, I did for a year and even may go back to that because these Indians at this hotel is draining me out every month!!!!
Can Modu share those items to mix with clay in order to make clay blocks more durable, solid and withstand the test of time? Thanks
I can't afford housing in the United States. 😒
This video is very interesting and it’s true that housing is expensive because we want it to be very quality, Modou’s idea was great and even in US most of the houses are made with wood. The foundation is the only part they would use cement or Chinese blocks but other that it is mostly wood 🪵
Most definitely! I think at some point we'll also resort to that.
THE solution : produce the construction materials IN The Gambia ( cement, mud, doors, windows, walls, roofing materials) with The Gambian workers !
I think is expensive because you are only thinking of rich people like your video said the millionaires ... but not thinking of the less fortunate, the ones that not have a job or the poor people. not everyone is rich . And God is Sad because of that beautiful country yes but only for rich 🤑. and the poor are dying or emigrating why ? because the rich 🤑 don’t help the poor ! Do something for the ones that lost their houses every rainy seasons!
Bruh is the same thing here in the west ( Europe) here there’s nothing like to own a house in fact here you pay a rent for every month which depends on where you living and the prices are not equal so it’s more hard to live and survived here in the west, because the house owners are the rich ones here
I guess the struggle is everywhere then
@@Ganodidit sure, but in the issue of housing I think Gambia is better because at least some of us is owning a house or a land
What Modou said the true
Lovely
keep more videos coming
I am coming to the gambia woukd love to meet up
very intressting content
Thank you
Hi I no a few people looking into eco houses in Gambia have you got this brothers details please?
Sure! Send me a message on Instagram
Very interesting
Thank you
So this video is only one year old. Price of cement was D285 in 2021 , D325 in 2022 while the current price is anywhere from D435-450. That's about a 63% increase within a 2 year period. That's one reason housing and rent is out of reach for the average gambian. It now takes millions to build a simple 3 bedroom house.
Sad reality my brother
i like the mud brick house. it strong and cheap to build. buliders contact details please?
Y not make blocks for building
Affordable to who? That's that Bulls";) they always saying that (affordable )even here in the USA. Affordable to the local majority that live there? Absolutely not.
Hello! Thanks for the video! I couldn’t really understand a few parts how much first it cost for a 3 bedroom house ? My buddy lives there and really poor . I want to help him how much will it cost in American money
Depends... Anywhere from $20,000
how do u get the contractors contact Ngelmack construction
good day,my brother Very much interested i land and house so if I purchase land would you build house
This must just started going up?
I’m currently in Gambia from UK. Hoping to build a house. Can you connect him with me
I want ask a question how about mix cement with mud and sand to make blocks could it work
Yes that works but there's a way to do it
@@Ganodidit please could you show me insha Allah
Remember that when you create a poor environment life is unbalanced. That's what you created.
Damn that guy in the hat is fine 😍😍😍😍
are you still showing home
Yes
How can I get his nummer. I'M INTRESTED IN BUILDING AN REMMEND EARTH HOUSE IN GAMBIA
Check the description box for contacts
The answer is going back to our ancient building practices before the white man came and upgrading it to modern standards
Assalamualaikum Gano How do I get in touch with Modou Njie?
3827609
Appreciate it
Yes contact info??
This is the third time do you have a number for the young man or not
Check the description box
@@Ganodidit thank you
I would like to build one new contact information
Send me a message on Instagram
Are you one who use Upload videos in Gambian inside
Yessir
Why do you stop upload video 😅you help me expand my business 👨💼
@@KHALEDgm1295 really?
@@Ganodidit for sure
Please can you help us with his contact
Send me a message on Instagram or Twitter
Great video
Thanks!