Leonard, thanks for sharing your story. I know it varies with house size and location but it's just refreshing to learn that we're somewhere close to market average. Thanks 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Hi Stella. We didn't refuse. We recall we said we hired 3 different people ( two of whom we love their job) + the architect and asked which of the contacts you want....the architect's or the fundis?
I'm glad I came across you guys at this time of life, I equally pray that God lifts you guys to heights you've never imagined. I am now friends with celebrity couple❤💃💃. I low-key feel so excited for this🎉 🥰🎉
You make us feel so loved Sheryl!We're super flattered and can only say asante sana for your prayers and support. We really are indebted. The truth is we're a work in progress. Many lessons and stories are lined up. Stay tuned. Actually we still need to do lunch sooner. We shall communicate availability in advance.
Hi Evans. We totally appreciate your kind words. You're truly welcome. Truth trumps pretence always...We wanted to share our story as is to encourage someone. Thank you for your support 🙏🏽🙏🏽.
Great feedback Sir...but please allow us to just be ourselves....our way of telling the story might be different from yours or somebody else's. Thanks 🙏🏽
Eric...thanks for that feedback. Absolutely, you can start small and build on that. We are a living testimony. We wish you well ....thanks for your support Sir 🙏🏽
Hi Douglas, consider synthetic roofing tiles from Muwi Plastics Limited. I'll send you more details on the product. There's a 10-year warranty even when it fades
Hi, please share a bit more information about the synthetic roofing tiles and experiences like can water harvesting from the synthetic roofs good for human and animal consumption? Thanks
@DJ-SEBBOO , The synthetic roofing tiles is made from synthetic hard plastic. There are 3 layers. The first layer is synthetic material, the 2nd layer is chalk, and the 3rd layer is synthetic material. The chalk helps with heat reduction and is fire resistant. Chalk keeps the room cool compared to iron sheets. Rain water harvested is safe for both human and cattle consumption, unlike Decra roofing tiles.
We receive all your support and love from Jamaica 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️. It's a real blessing to hear from our brothers in the Caribbean. Just know that we value and love you right back. God bless 🙏🏽
Hi Seth 👋🏽. Great hearing from you. That's coming right up next! We're really trusting God for the same. Actually, the fundi is coming today to give a quote.
The design of your current apartment is very common in Rongai, only that the best iterations have the bedrooms on opposite corners rather than adjaccent to each other. That's the best execution of that floorplan, since the kitchen is long enough to accomodate everything in one line and the circulation is good. Also there's an app called Floorplan Creator for Android that allows you to draw things to scale and customise. I have a house that I've been perfecting for 10 years on that app.
Larry, that's so true 😂 about Rongai Houses. Absolutely 💯 we really wanted our floor plan to make sense for us. It's interesting to learn about that app. You mean you have been perfecting a house drawing for a decade? Is it a mansion? Thanks for your comment.
@@TheWanjalaz Yes😅 Most of my friends and relatives have their own houses, so I take notes and add what I like and remove what I don't like. I have almost 20 iterations of the same project. When the money is right I want to do it right. Yes, it is a two level house. I also have options for three-bedroom bungalows in case sitafika hapo. My Pinterest has most of the floorplans behind those.
Hi Edna! ☺️☺️ We appreciate your feedback and support 🙏🏽🙏🏽. We wanted to tell our story to inspire many people. Glad we can hear this kind of feedback.
We really needed to hear this today,Christine! To be honest,anxiety had actually kicked in and we were getting so flustered. Thank you for your words of encouragement.
Hi Harriet. That's a good question. Too early to call now. We will do a video once we are done with everything, including plastering so that it more accurately reflects the real costs...We will also find persons who build using the various stones then give worthy feedback. Hope you don't mind a little patience.
This is amazing and so exciting to learn. With this we are incredibly blessed to learn how our story resonates and has been insightful. Stay tuned for more and best wishes Sir 🙏🏽
congratulations for the point you've reached,,, I would advise mtafute atleast an expert,, plus do thorough research,, am a civil engineer ,,, good progress
Thanks so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. I totally agree with you on the point of getting an expert contractor. The project has made us learn so many things that research is what we do all the time now... Thanks...
Roho juu, hata mie nilikkuwa na regrets za size when i got to roofing, like you nilikwama kidogo. But this is just a start, there's many more projects to come. Hii itaisha, karibuni msiogope. No regrets in life, if it was easy, it would not be worth doing.
AMEN 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. Our take home is "if it was easy, it wouldn't be worth doing" Feeling so motivated and understood. Asante sana 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Did you finally finish your project? How does it feel looking back on the journey? 😊😊
This is it! Patience and coming back stronger 💪🏽🙏🏽. Thanks so much for sharing your story. It's so encouraging to know that someone somewhere resonates.
Absolutely 💯!! The project has not been without testimony! In fact nearly every milestone, including having a house to talk about, is a miracle....It was never in our wildest dreams to construct a home in 2024..... video loading 😊😊
Kuna ile meme ya msee akienda kwa site ikianza kama amevaa suti na designer shoes but by the time nyumba inafika finishing anaenda site kama amevalia sweat pants na akala shoes
Ndio hao sisi sasa 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Building is no child's play.....tumejionea so far na Bado....safari ndio tu imeanza. We pray for more courage and God's providence.
Im just here to offer you guys all the love and emotional support you need💓💓💓. Keep the faith alive. Im equally glad i can borrow a leaf or 2 b4 i set sail🙏🙏.
We need it all now, Sheryl 🙏💓. It's a blessing to have someone rooting for you. We won't give up now. Challenges remind us what we can become if we persist. Yes yes, we don't want any of you to repeat our mistakes. This is why we set out to tell our story...and we're really trying to keep it as authentic and raw as possible.
The Wanjalaz, that was your plan to start building in June, but think about this; perhaps God’s planing was different from yours. Interesting enough, when I carefully examine your house… it looks very strong and stable structurally. The workmanship meets some objective standards. Then it doesn’t compel serious interrogation of how a stone was lifted and placed on the motor but mostly the end result. Flat roofs are not viable for the temperatures in the western Kenya and eventually they tend to leak. You will be in a more complex scenario. Hidden roofs tend to leak like outside. Unless you overhauled the entire wall plate to the lintel and redesign the hidden gutters and roof. Surprisingly the costs tend to go much higher because you would be required shutters external lintel all round the house and pour a subsidiary slab as a basis for your hidden guttering while providing leaning points for your hidden roof. Just follow the trajectory you set forth. Remember NO BODY regrets for their accomplishments or steps a head… remember as little children we would yeal “forward ever, backwards never”. Now just to correct you, Engineers operate mostly on structurally binding structures/buildings. From the flow of your language you sound like persons who are well round and educated and I take that we are reading on the same text. A functional engineer would demand the review of your foundation, the iron rods used in the foundation, texture of your concrete and perhaps you would be forced to demolish off some parts and redo them…. Not because your house is weak but taking responsibility in engaging protocol issues.
Dj Sebbo....so refreshing to hear your novel views and perspectives always!! Thanks for your keen eye on the nature of our project ...we indeed tried given our none-expert-level supervision...Glad to learn that we've not lost a thing with the roofing option we chose...please finish up that comment....it was so rich.... we're waiting 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🙌😊
The Wanjalaz! Please take heart. Pole pole tu. If l share my story, you will laugh & cry with me at the same time. Ooh, Nyumba yangu ilikua kubwa sana. Corridor pekee yake ilikua kiwanja ya rugby. I cried mpaka nikachoka. Then, l decided to sell it immediately. Now, l know BETTER! What's your next step?
Lyn 😂. You mean you even got to sell it 😅?. We can only imagine the pressure... We're hanging in there still. Quitting is no option of course...the next steps are to just keep gathering resources and continue as they come on this journey.
@@TheWanjalaz My dearest family, Mine was a disaster! From the word go.... I wish l had listened to my husband when he told me, we stop & organize everything. But ilishapita. When we were measuring the ground, measurement ilitoka kwa compound. Yani😅🤣 1. We had no idea if the Articheture had visited the site or not. 2. Nyumba ilitoka kama mkate.. Eeeh, wacha tu. 3. Roofing ilikua na maholes. Yani, go outside at night then both of you look up at the sky, then you will understand what l mean. Nilijiita meeting without my husband knowing. Ile aibu nilikua nayo. Wacha tu. I had to sell it. The giver of breath finally answered my prayers & l sold it. Nilirudisha pesa yetu & some kidogo profit. The Wanjalaz, Continue holding each other's hand. Kama nibaya.. This is the time to renovate before putting grills and roofing. If both of you want, angusha some side & reconstruct but you must have a good designer. I think, flat root inawezekana. This is the time, Both of you shikaneni mkono & do your due diligence. 1. Be open minded. 2. Open kitchen & dining 3. Kama nikuvunja some parts & reconstruct.( Remember the stones can still be used) Yangu ilikua disaster.
@@lynlassiter5033 WOW Lyn! This was such an experience 🤣😄. It emphasizes the importance of due diligence and doing some homework. This is indeed the time to arrest mistakes before they ruin everything and become a costly mess!! We're on the same page on that. Henceforth, we don't want to sleep on this project. We're willing to wait longer if we must to get quality. Let the roofing engineer come to give a quote then tutadiscuss the pros and cons of a flat/hidden roof the see the best way out. Meanwhile we're really in sync as a couple. This is going to be our first matrimonial home and we're both committed to the process. We did this video during one of those moments when you question your sanity 😂😂 when the project seems to not be working out 😔😔. But we have Faith 🙏🏽🙏🏽.
Don't despair, as this is how most people start building. Remember, there's never a perfect time to have all the money. Begin where you can, take a moment to rest and reflect on areas to improve in the next stage. We all learn every day, and many people are first-time builders unless you're a seasoned contractor. One of the regrets is not being around and trusting my fundis to use interlocking blocks who had already told me they knew ,😅😅😅,weeeeh so they used cement like the normal bricks the rest is history i fired the fundis ....
Hi Junior. Been a minute.It can really take a toll on you...but we appreciate your encouraging words 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. It's a learning curve indeed. NO GIVING UP...ONWARDS AND UPWARDS.
Welcome all. To be quite frank, there are times when we think back on our choice to build a house and our hearts skip a beat. We chose to build without taking out a loan, saving up large sums of money, or having a steady source of income (a salary). Was it too risky? Was it a wise thing to do? We travel down that reflection in this episode as this weight weighs more heavily on our minds.
concening pit latrine and bathroom, its cheap labour and poor workmanship. Local fundis will waste your money with their cheap labour. Location of the house, this one am also a victim, most of the things need consultation from experts, To avoid this, lets have good plan from a qualified architec, otherwise congratulations sio rahisi.
Hi Mark. We totally agree on that issue of cheap labour....in the end you pay a really big price. Yes yes 💯 engaging experts on every single decision is the way to go. THANKS 🙏🏽🙏🏽 tunajikaza...
This is what has come out so clearly to us Patrick 💯💯. Researching vendors is mandatory. Don't buy what you hear first...due diligence can reveal otherwise. Kwa roofing what happened to you?
The Wanjalaz, thanks for always coming back to us with interesting content. We are all learning new things about everything depending on the contexts we find ourselves. In the long run we become experts, however, the level at which we engage with those who own appropriate skills emerges from what we already know and how we would have it done, hence, the ability becomes an issue. Without wasting too much time, to start with; the floor: here you just insist in order to earn what you paid for. Part of the deal is even drawing a plan on when the correction needs to be done. It’s a pity that in Kenya right now; the key actors in the construction industry are semi-skilled and they depend on such offer like doing Latrin, construction rural based homes to earn a livelihood but also grow their names as potential construction workers. Under the ideal circumstances, the slab must be flat like a table and often water in pipes may be used to enhance this. Any deviation must be treated as a serious compromise of appropriate procedures. Then don’t let keying your exterior walls stress you. Do not even waste your hard earned dollar on cement to straightening your exterior walls prior to keying. For your information most of the times they even dig more into your exterior blocks and eventually use motor (cement, sand and water) to put everything in place. Gauging you from your personality, avoid your site when keying of your exterior walls begins… because you will fire them almost immediately; on my first project I fired them because I thought that they were messing up my well done interior bush cladding. Life is about learning things everyday. Then there’s always a symbiotic connection between owners of the property and the contractors, always work in harmony towards some common good, engage vibrant ways of correcting your workers, read a lot about structural protocols and the general information with respect to the same, shortcuts must be present, you could have a specialized contractor in building and roofing but remember the house will always be owned by the Wanjalaz. The Wanjalaz are thus, the key persons in determining the structural direction of their house. See for instance, The Wanjalaz designed the rare porch/veranda and for me it’s even more prettier than the entire building, look at the structural stability, and general appearance. When I plan for a project in western Kenya, I think I’ll prefer dealing with you The Wanjalaz to foresee my house RATHER THAN those trained engineers. Wanjalaz, what happened to Caleb and the prices we hoped that he would provide on this channel?
DJ Sebbo. First of all this is so profound. We feel like we have just gotten back to class. We're in agreement, you need to have a very synergistic interaction with the executing fundis. 😂😂😂 I will steer away from the site during keying....Of course I could fire them again. 😂😂 It's true about the flooring. That's what I knew should be done and it's why we fired him immediately. Going forward, we're very involved and researching on best practices for the remainder of the project is not compromised 😔😔. Thanks for your compliments about the kitchen porch🙏🙏. Caleb is yet to give me an update and I need to check in today.
