This is the Mistake 90% of First Time Builders Make!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Today we look at the one mistake to avoid when building a house in Ghana or anywhere in the world!
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One of my dudes I work with in US Navy, built 10 bedrooms in Kumasi and I was like , what the heck for. And dude has visited Ghana only once for 16 solid years and only spent 1 months in Ghana. If he had built apartments say, 1, 2 ans 3 bedrooms, he would be raking in the money by now. I'm building apartments of 2 and 3 bedrooms, 5 storey in Dowenya with basement parking. Yes it's money and time consuming but that's a smart investment right there. Yes it's taking me too long to do it but that's a life time investment which my future children whether choose to return home or stay abroad, can still rake in the money perpetually. Let's learn to invest SMARTLY. For three or two bedroom apartment, you can still return back home and live in one them comfortably.
You have summarized the whole video perfectly.
Enjoy your "smart investment"and leave 'unwise' people to enjoy their dream homes. Old age will call the result.
hehehehehe
I am mp
Renting an apartment or houses also have it's challenges with tenants if you live abroad ..they ruin the place when leaving and the owner have to spend money to repair 🥺
I agree with all the things you’ve outlined.
However, I didn’t see the need for building a huge house until I visited a client’s house who needed marble polishing recently. Even though the house was big, he used it for mostly Airbnb, music video and movie shooting. I would say his location is also a factor cos he’s at East Legon.
So for those of you who have started the big houses, (5+ bedrooms) you should consider renting it out for music videos and rentals to film makers. Or even content creators(big business in Miami and China for big home owners).
So yh. All hope is not lost. You can still make some money off your property. Just complete it within 2-3 years.
Thanks for the advice. Very helpful
We're building a 9 bedroom house with potential for it to be 11 bedrooms. We have made plumbing provisions for later when the kids move out, the house will be used as Airbnb or a guesthouse.
Wow. Great to see. We wish you all the best with your project.
Thank God I built and roofed my 7 bed modern mansion in 1 year currently working on finishing works. Plus working on other investment in Ghana at the same time.
Oh wow! Well done.
Im starting a project this summer 7 units 4 bedrooms gated community. And I haven’t built a house before. I can’t wait to start this project. I’m looking forward to all the mistakes I’m going to make 🙂🙂
We wish you all the best with your building project.
Awesome my brother. I wish you all the best
I'm watching from Chicago in USA. Many years ago, I lived in Ghana.
Big up
The pride of life and desire to be praised will alway make you do thoughtless stuff like building castles you hardly live in or use.
Hmmm
@kmensa5301,Exactly,you know it .
I really agree with you. Two or three bedrooms are perfect. Candy Watching from the UK 🇬🇧
Thanks for watching
It’s a wonderful point you making I am Franklyn and I am watching you from Ashaiman New quarters my original plan was actually 8 bedrooms but along the way I had to Abandoned the original and now I have 2bedrooms apartment ground floor 2 chambers & hall at the first floor additional 2bedrooms at the the second floor the facts is price of building materials have tripled over short period and I will not encourage anyone repeating same mistakes
Thank you so much for sharing your experience Franklyn!
Again people may take longer to build because there is no rush in building in ghana. I am not going to use all my resourses to build in 2 years so other people who living in when I am not ready to come and live home, I'll rather take my time
Take your time but build small to finish and enjoy 3 bed room and out building 1 room self contained for the house keeper ..this is my advice 🌹
My brother you are right on what you are saying a lot of people in the over seas are facing this problem thanks for doing this video and I am watching from Germany
Thanks for watching and commenting.
The caretakers are the real home owners!! My mother bought a house in Accra. Her tenant has been there 15 years. I went there in 2019 to buy land for myself and discovered this woman had been paying 300cedis a month. 3 bed 2 bath, big self contained compound.
She had taken beautiful care of the place, painting and maintaining every year. But still she was living a gooood life for 300 cedis!! The price of a tshirt!
The ending of your comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂
U r so right, am currently building 4 bedroom house on 70x100 land, been on it since 2021, n am regretting it now, have spent about $60,000 dollars on it n am on 2nd floor level. Hoping to finish it by next year n sell it to acquire 2 bedrooms house .
Thanks for sharing your experience. We wish you all the best with your project!
I’m watching a re play. What saying makes a lot of sense. Watching from London England better still buying the house is better.
I agree
very insightful video. About the borehole, i think if you are doing it on your own property then you don,t need a permit but if not then you need to do your enquiry before.
Thanks for the feedback
Chia, is not easy ooo we all want to build home ooo. Hmmmm. Well i decided to buy a uncompleted 4 bedroom house. I'm excited about this journey. Thank you for this video and to everyone experience is appreciated. watching from Canada
Thanks for watching all the way from China!
Great episode. This is something we should all think about when planning to build in Ghana.. Many of the Diaspora are attempting to plan for themselves and adult children an even grandchildren. It has made me think to build less.
Thanks for watching
I have been advising my friends on this same wisdom. Build a 2 or 3 bedrooms. I also tell them not to build for their kids. They should build functional design house where all or 98% of the space in the house will be used. I live in Chicago USA and my friends live across the US and Canada
Thanks for watching.
Learned from my father's house condition, he built a 10 bedroom house but now currently rats and cockroaches are now messing up the house, the maintenance is huge. I'm currently building a two bedroom terrace and I live abroad.
Thanks for sharing
DPM is not necessary in the manhole installation; you can apply 42.5R PPC Cement for the foundation slab and vibrate it well. Avoid OPC Cement for (constant) wet construction works. If one still wants to apply membrane(s), then use the drainage membranes.
Thanks for being a helpful part of the community
Bro I am building a five bedroom house but it is not that big and not delaying; the problem of delayed construction is because of not only the size of the building but also the unnecessary designs such as huge Pilars and other designs.
Thanks bebree for your feedback.
Most of the time for people abroad there is delay because they squander our money. This guy don't know
Exactly i saw this over and over people building a huge house.
Hmm
Insightful feedbacks on this subject 😅
It’s very interesting to note that most people lives in luxurious homes and remains a slave to some banks or weird bosses.
Don’t build a house if you don’t have a lifetime business or company for yourself.
You must have a constant flow of money in order to be financially independent.
INVEST YOUR MONEY WISELY AND USE YOUR DIVIDEND OR PROFITS FOR LANDED PROPERTIES LIKE HOUSES
Thanks for your feedback. The weird bosses 😂
I live in the UK and all our houses are built with dpc and the older ones have it injected at some stage or even repeated 15 to 20 years later.
Like always very informative and educative, full of professional advice..
Very much appreciated..
Keep up the good works..
STAY AND REMAIN BLESSED ❤
So nice of you
TRUE SPEAKING THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Thank you very much for watching.
Very informative and educational. Thanks
Thank you for your kind words
I am building a 7-Bedroom House, 3 rooms for myself and the rest for rentals/air bnb and use part of the profit for maintenances/renovation.
DPM isn't good for fence walls ...
Why isn’t it good for fence walls?
Because fence wall is a single wall/standing alone, although sometimes supported by pillars, depending on the length of the wall. The standing stability is weakened, if DPM is in-between. To block the capillarity/capillaries, it's better to apply waterproofing concrete for the foundation and waterproofing mortar for the 1-3 courses or layers (of the blocks) or apply lime or hydraulic lime in your mortar for the first two courses of the wall. Or paint two coats on the courses mentioned with 42.5R Cement semi-liquid before proceeding. I like you, you are doing great works.
Thank you for sharing your expertise.
If your kids are young, it’s good to build at least 4 bedroom house. The boys can share a room, the girls can share a room. Mom can have her room for her private woman things and dad’s room can be the marriage room. I believe it’s a solid plan because even if the kids grows up, there should be a room in mom and dad’s house where they can come back to unwind when life gets hard as adults . It can help the kids to feel solid even in down times
Thanks for your input
Such a great vid… lots of great info
Thanks bebree for watching
Charley ma guy nice points.... we need not build 5,6,7 bedrooms i consider 4 bedroom being the maximum whether you are rich or not.
Thanks bebree
Building a dream house is lost money building a business is building a life legacy
Hmm. Not 100% true.
Great insight. Many thanks
Thank you
We need a video on building with polystyrene. Thanks
You are doing a great job always proud of you❤🎉
Thanks bebree
Hi I'm listening from the UK I have been building in Ghana for 2 yrs I only proceed when I'm there. I have a building permit for 6 2/3 bed apartments . Can you recommend a QS in kumasi
Please engage the CEO of Fastlane Prestige Properties, +233 54 419 8434.
Im building a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in Cameroon
Fantastic. Why 3 bedrooms?
@AfricaBuildingHub Most economical! And when it comes to maintaining we won't be worried
Thanks for the feedback.
Even you can't rely on the land commission search as proven in my first experience
we appreciate what you're doing
Thanks bebree.
My friend you present excellent points and wisdom, but please, please try to be concise with your points. Over 1 hr and 18 minutes is too long to present the same wisdom that you could have trimmed and concisely package in under 30 minutes.
That’s very true. It was a live video so there was interaction with the community. Thank you for the feedback though.
By the time the kids grow up, the house will be old model and they will want to upgrade.
Very very true!!!!
Hello sir please can we get videos on maybe finishings and interior decorations ..paints,furniture and others
Because some of us are on that stage
Sure. Most of these however, change according to the taste of the person building.
@@AfricaBuildingHub oh okay thank you for the feedback
My brother everything you said here is true. Also, most decisions people make in building houses have so many factors. Building gradually to me is not a problem but starving my family abroad to build houses in Nigeria is stupid. Money you use in building in Africa is extra.
True
When South Africans were chasing Nigerians out, did any Nigerian get the time to sell their properties before leaving? And did they have to rent in Nigeria? If you know what you mean to Europeans and Americans, you will not hesitate to build in Africa. Backup plans are never silly idea. Personal circumstances may differ, but home is home.
I agree with you
@@Nurse_Mike"Backup plans are never silly idea" You nailed it..
The diaspora is building according the current house they're living in abroad. They don't forecast the maintenance cost and the older age when they won't be able to climb the stairs
Point of correction: building 5 bedroom was not a bad idea at all. Building such houses was the order of the day. If one is not able to finish the building, it is because his or her circumstances has changed. Maybe sick, lack of job, etc because nobody anticipate the future. Those days people prefer buying big houses. However you may say it is a "mistake" to build such big house today because the housing system has changed.
Thanks for your feedback
Home hero
What about the Igbos?
I don’t understand the question
I’m about to start with a 4 bedroom house 🏠 low level house
Nice. Why 4 bedrooms? All the best with your project
I am short of words .If I should have known earlier.
Any experience to share?
i need a contact for electric security fencing.. Can you help?
Is it a good advice to have 3bed rooms upstairs and 1 bedroom downstairs. And 2 bedrooms separate boys Quarters is it advisable?
It’s fine.
You can dream big or small. I will advise dreaming big. Dreams do come true, so keep dreaming of building a 2 bedroom dream house 😀😀😀
Hehehe
Then what next?
Exactly my thought. Life is about choices.
😂 he don't know what he's talking
@@AfricaBuildingHub lol
Thank you so much for the advice.
You are so welcome!
I currently live in a four bedroom home and have family members who live with me from time to time. I also have plans to marry and start a new family with a Ghanaian wife
Great 👍🏼
For renting, the 1 and 2 bedrooms rent faster. Houses take years to rent.
True!
Exactly this.
But as laid out in the video, Africans don't build homes for practicality and enjoying.
They build for show.
They build to demonstrate their decision to leave and work abroad was justified.
Please, I have 10 acres of land for sale at potsin in the Gomoa district, just after kasoa. It is $5000 per plot,and $4000 per plot (for an acre)
Where is the woods? If is closer to Afienya I can consider.
I’m not sure I understand what you are talking about
Let people do What they want to do. What’s your wahala in it.
You are right
@@AfricaBuildingHub
Matured Answer
Does bill of quantity work in Ghana? because it’s definitely not working for me.
Your response shows u know little about the stock market... have u ever heard of VANGUARD ETF..? That's where u put the money if u don't want to loose it..
Get yourself informed
Why is it not working for you?
😂😂😂😂😂 that’s hilarious
Thank you so much for the advice. I want to talk to you private.
Kindly send us an email. Africabuildinghub@gmail.com
3 bedroom is enough for most people. Spend the rest on investment. A dream house is deception. Once you're done, that's if you manage to get there, you'll regret sitting in a huge house that's killing you financially to maintain. Invest wisely. Your kids won't stay with you. I've never slept in my fathers house. I'm focusing on my own.
I built a 3 bedroom hse and it more than enough, don't mind the opinions of people who don't know what's important to focus on. Don't born too many kids too else you'll die early 😂
Ei. Your last point 🥲
@@AfricaBuildingHub 😂
How much is the supacem going for?
Hello Kelvin, please contact Joe Sam on 0594038116 and tell him that you are coming from Africa Building Hub and he will sort you out
Please what is that damp Prof membrane
2 years hmmm ...lol. but well the plan of the house will tell the spand you need to use... i guess even your building permit you obtain before building will state the max. years you need .,,,,or?
You have a point
There is nothing wrong building a house in 5-10 years. It all depend on your age and your circumstances. For example, if you thinking to move to Ghana in 15 years for example, take your time and build it in 10 years. My mother build 3 flats and 2bedroom and she built over 15 years because family members squandered her money. By the time I started going to Ghana, I benefitted from her labour everytime I go back I stay there. After that, she build her second home in 5 years. She could build her home shorter if she was living in Ghana but her priority was taking care of her children and making sure they are comfortable. At same time, my dad home he build in 10 years (may his soul rest in peace) am benefitting from it. He buildt 16 bedrooms, some are separate and am renting out and benefitting from it. Please don't think you know everything cause you buildt that your flat. What you saying is very wrong. Prices rise and pay rise too
Thanks for your input
How can you help me list my house
Kindly send us an email with the details. Africabuildinghub@gmail.com
Thank you for good work
Thank you too
25 years on a 5 bathrooms? How old is this person, it depends on individual planning and reasons, I’ve always said I’d rather have a simple 3 bathrooms bungalow and have more money to invest, also people don’t put in consideration the cost of maintenance, there are a lot of people with mansions that are so broke they can’t afford to maintain their houses and don’t have any backup financial cushion.
There are also people living in mansions and starving.
True!
All that he x saying is true
Thanks for watching
I am building an 8 bedroom in Gh.
Okay, but why?
@@AfricaBuildingHub because, I have siblings whom I want close to me. We lost both parents and it’s my duty to hold the family together! We’re four guys nd we’ve lived together until two of us traveled outside.
Understood. Thanks for sharing
Why don't you build two 4-bedroom houses with a nice courtyard in between them with a beautiful garden and fire pit for cooking outdoors. Each house can have their own feature. For example, one house can have a library/music room and the other house can have a game/movie room. Place a fence around both houses so you don't have to keep the doors locked.
@@AfricaBuildingHubwhy not. I am building,7 bedroom
My advice to people in the diaspora, build a simple bungalow and invest all your money in the stock market or money market for the children the investment gives you piece of mind and financial stability.
Holding stocks isn’t guarantee, you can lose everything if not lucky.
@@SamuelAdadejr It depends on the type of Stock or investment you put your money into, Life Insurance is another option that Africans in the diaspora don’t look into,you can live on your life insurance and other investments besides social security and pension benefits.
@SamuelAdadejr
This shows your ignorance about investing on the stoke market. Have you ever heard of Vanguard ETF... Pls get yourself well informed about the stock market before you comment about areas u know nothing about...beware 😉
Disrespect on social is the worst ignorance, do what works for you your opinion doesn’t matter to me.
@@estherofosu8840... PEOPLE like you will never learn and will forever REMAIN poor.. instead of you to go get an education about the stock Market, you are here telling me u dont care..well continue being Ignorant and poor.. shame on u..🤔
You said no judging yet that is what you doing
You do think people don't know what they want before building and who are you to someone how to live their houses
Yes, some people don't actually know. Someone in the comments section said that they wished they had known.
25 yrs? Uncle Musa?
Who is uncle Musa?
Please stop telling stories, who said because we live in smaller houses we want to build big houses in ghana, I build big house because that is what I want
90%??? Where did you get your statistics from? You probably said that to put emphasis on your point of view, but in such case, you should state that, or else you will be misleading your audience. 90%??? 🤦🏾♂️
You are right!
@@AfricaBuildingHub
Simple matured response
however😂
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Building for 20 years. Lol 😂😂😂
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@@AfricaBuildingHub i know right. Just madness
Why do you think everyone is building to rent, diaspora don't build to rent, if I want build house to rent, I'll do so, stop speaking as if everyone is building to rent
I’m not sure you watched the video to the end. If you did, I’m not sure I understand your comment.
Some of thse people dont live long enough to enjoy their labour for they have spent so many years in the cold that when they go back home their bodies cannot take the heat they go to the bone yard earlier
Hmmm. That’s sad
I agree with all the things you’ve outlined.
However, I didn’t see the need for building a huge house until I visited a client’s house who needed marble polishing recently. Even though the house was big, he used it for mostly Airbnb, music video and movie shooting. I would say his location is also a factor cos he’s at East Legon.
So for those of you who have started the big houses, (5+ bedrooms) you should consider renting it out for music videos and rentals to film makers. Or even content creators(big business in Miami and China for big home owners).
So yh. All hope is not lost. You can still make some money off your property. Just complete it within 2-3 years.