This is impressive! After years of working, sustain your family, you both were still able to come up with such a beautiful home in Liberia!! Very impressive. I am really proud of you. I know for sure I got a room in a home whenever I decide to visit Liberia. Thank you and God bless. Love you both...❤️🙏
Wow! I just went on your RU-vid page and watched your video. What a beautiful house you’re building ❤️. Had I seen your house before I started mine..? I would have stolen all your styles 😅
My wifey and I absolutely love your home. I my self was born on the south side of Chicago. So it great a fellow chicagoian building in Liberia.. We built our home in Barnesville Kabbah.oue channel is Experience Liberia
Congratulations to you and your family and best wishes. Is there any reason why the pitch of the roof is so high? Previously in Liberia most homes had a 1:3 roof pitch. I now see a steeper pitch. I also see the steep roof pitch in designs from other African countries.
My purpose is aerodynamic and ample ventilations. The further the pitch of the roof is away from the lintel , the better the air flow. Thus making your A/C to work as little as possible.
@@mkeita100 Exactly. Put ventilation to exterior up there and you'll be much more comfortable. The solar heating on the roof will just fill the entire under roof space with extremely hot air pushing down and infiltrating living spaces.
1:3 is usually done to save material. The steep the pitch the better. Only thing is this will increase the velocity of water coming off and will require very heavy grade gutters. However with the massive rains in LIB it could be best to give up on roof mounted gutters and place angle concrete slab on ground all the way around the house that slide into gutter on ground and carry to river. Don't underestimate the volume, it will be huge and sustained.
First thing I said wow! What a big house……then I saw how close to the water you are can that be an issue with flooding? Are there alligators in the water? New to your channel will subscribe.
My problem is that we Liberians are not planning our buildings... There is not Urban planning yet in our country... As someone hailed from Bong & Margibi counties we Need to Urban plan our Lands .
"That is it", you said. Mr. & Mrs. Keith, Congratulations 👏 👏 and more grease to your elbows. Adding the "Finishing features" is what l am thinking about right now. No joke. Now, why will l subscribe to your blog? I didn't learn anything particular from the video. Your house plan is unique to your taste. I may not like to have a big house like yours. Please; Tell us about cost of material: ciment, load of sand, crush rocks, labor costs, construction permits, and more .... Personally, l don't know you and showing me your "dream house" is good but what use is it to me, especially, when l won't stay in your beautiful house? I pray 🙏 for you to finish it. It's a nice project. However; how much, (US DOLLARS approximately), will it cost to build a house like that in Liberia now? Be blessed. Thanks.
Hi Mr. Quist! thanks for watching 😅 I can't tell where you're from ,for this video to have any benefit to you. Our purpose is to encourage other great liberians around the world that we need to build or rebuild our country, after the devastations caused by the civil war. The ghanians have done it, and their country was in a lot worst shape than ours.
My house plan is unique to myself and so is the size. that's why I'm not putting any costs breakdown on TV. No two houses are the same. Furthermore, the vacillating prices in the market place may not be taken into consideration. The estimate on the roof , aluminum zinc was a prime example. we bought half last week and the following was different price!
@@mkeita100 Hi. Mr. Keita, Nice to read your remarks. I am not a stranger to Liberia. Once you posted a "topic" on the social media; be ready for any questions: Sensible or stupid. Don't be emotional. I thought my comments will contribute an "informative paragraph" to the video. I am sorry if we see things differently on this issue. No need to tell you who l am ref to Liberia. However, my interest is /was on Jamaica Road, opposite the Stockton Gin Factory of Leroy Francis; Monrovia. In fact, do you know of Boatswain Junior High School in Monrovia? Thanks again for your time.
@@mkeita100 Dear, I heard you loud and clear. If something is unique and personal; we don't post it on the social media...; We are asked for comments; and, l made mine. I am very sorry for all the misunderstanding and inconvenience my remarks and questions have caused. I wish you all the best 👍 ❤.
Does not have a general bathroom?guess have to go in the master bedroom to use the restroom or what?no outside bathroom in the house? I didn’t see that part but very gorgeous house.
@@mkeita100 im glad to hear that! My great great grandfather last name was Keita, my great grandfather was brought to the US from the Sierra Leone & Liberia border into New Orleans. My grandfather always told me that we descend from kings, I don't know how true that story is because it's been passed down through the family but I thought it would be interesting to share it with you
Beautiful design love it. Downsides : the house is too short. You do not turn your back on Liberian contractors. They don’t know any better. What they learned 200 years ago have not been upgraded. They don’t research. All the houses in Liberia are short and in the ground with the exception of Lebanese and Indian merchants structures. I wish you had added at least 4 more courses. Secondly I wish you had erected a two story building that would have enabled you to appreciate and utilize the amazing views. However I think you did your best.
You’d be forgiven if you look at it from the aerial view overlooking the roof top, which tends to give you a bird’s eye view, thus making the house shorter. 16 coarses is plenty high @ 10 and half feet of interior space. Not counting the lintel to the tip of the roof @ 7 1/2 My purpose is to give the Liberian workers a JOB. I don’t wanna to climb stairs anymore to go to bed.
@@mkeita100 You taya climbing stairs 😜🤣🤣 You can have the primary suite downstairs. It doesn’t have to be upstairs. Upstairs just to appreciate the views and landscape
@@mkeita100 it’s a good thing providing jobs for the fellows back home. They say you can’t tell the height of a man if he’s sitting. You could be right about the height I haven’t seen it you have
Hello Alfreda! This house is sitting on 4 acres of land @1400 USD per lot Total cost is $22,400 We did that so we can space between our neighbors. And also do some vegetable gardening.
Dude, you said that you are from the USA and you are building in Liberia. My question to you is, why didn’t you built the road to the building first before beginning your construction? Why you Liberian travel and forget what you see within the diaspora?
Dude, you show and mentioned footpath that is why I asked oooo. But TG that there is car 🚘 road to that building. You know nah we are from the USA 🇺🇸 and that is how we do it here! I started my construction also off the Bomi motorway and before I started building, I lay out the road from the Bomi motorway straight to my building site for easy access. Cos that’s represents me as a Liberian-American. Please let’s help to develop mama Liberia 🇱🇷
@@mkeita100 In LIB they don't ventilate the roof, it is completely sealed with no outlets. This creates a massive heat dome that pushes down into the living spaces. Typically no insulation material between the ceiling and living space.
