Jane: You may also wanna contact Amadou Gigo at [log in to unmask], he is a building contractor also and infact built a great house for me. His phone # is 976004. Good luck! Baboucarr Sillah >From: baboucarr Sey <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Greetings and a Question >Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:25:21 -0800 > >Hi Jane try Baboucarr Joof [log in to unmask] he is a building >consultant he helped me a lot a year ago when I was building around the >smme area.Also a guy at the pnanning office. >Please wri´te to me private if you interested in for privat address I would >be talking to them tonight if it´s ok for me to ´give you their tel nr. >Cheers >mbye Sey > Jane Warner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Hello, >I have recently joined The Gambia List. My name is Jane and my >husband, Yusupha, is from Allunhari near Basse. Since joining the list, I >have been interested and instructed (and saddened, too) reading the >exchange on politics and the economy in The Gambia. I am learning a lot >about my adopted second country -- to supplement the utter enchantment I >felt when I visited last year for 3 weeks. > >My question has to do with a building project we have planned. >Being enchanted, we bought a small piece of property in Sukuta, Kombo >District. Our plan/dream is to build something like a Bed-and-Breakfast >Compound. I'd like to use traditional architectural methods as well as >ecologically friendly technologies (straw bale construction?). If anyone >has any experience with planning/building, I'd love to hear from you. I >wonder about issues like zoning, building requirements and permits, >acquiring architectural plans, finding contractors -- and doubtless any >number of other issues that, as a novice both culturally and in building >matters, I haven't even considered. > >You can respond off list, if you wish, at . > >Thank you and best wishes to you. May there be peace in the new year. > >Jane Warner Dukuray > >*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* > >Jane Warner Dukuray >Seattle, Washington > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Let modesty be the rule of observance. > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~