🙌🏾..... I myself left the USA 🇺🇸 in 2020 to live on the continent for a BIT, thought it would be for a few months BUT I couldn't fathom going back to the chaos and NOW here permanently, built a shelter and rural life allows you to BREATHE in a world full of masked 😷 chaos. Karibu Nyumbani!
You made her do all the work, man 😁. She is awesome. "Some worker just painted the house white without being told." LOL LOL LOL welcome to Kenya. man. Happens to everyone every single time (fundis doing their own things.) You really have to supervise them very closely or they will do their own things. Beautiful house, congrats to you both!
We were redoing most of the finishing because the workers just didn’t understand our goal I guess it was something new to them from a typical small town build. There’s a joke in my country: the second house is easier😅
hi, I just want to tell you my opinion: I'm also planning to build a house in Kenya, but 15,000 dollars, compared to the square footage of the house, seems a bit expensive, but first things first, the stone blocks cost €0.34 per block ( 0.37) usDollars , that is about 3.4 euros per square meter (3.72 Dollars ) with what you spent, you could have built a 3-storey house at least 20 times bigger, you talk to someone who has been working for 2 years to your project
Hi, thanks for watching, it was some random brand from jumia. I think it was 100w but for the battery I’m not sure but it came as one package. I think it’s great as a back up of the grid
"Some worker painted the house white without being told." LOL LOL LOL! Welcome to Kenya and Kenyan fundis! LOL. My fundis had a habit of making design changes as soon as I was off the property and by the time I got back it was too late to undo the changes. Terrible!
Hi 👋 Joyce, Sheila here, I got the paint from jumia then more from the Duracoat store in Nairobi Mutithi road, I was at A paint store in Sarit, but they didn’t have the color I wanted they only had red and blue I think.
@@candiceatwell1897 Hello Candice, Meru is 4 and a half hours away from the capital city nairobi, our house is in a small town called Chuka, a suburb of Meru County, he can help with all legal matters regarding buying and making sure you get the right landand it's legally yours.
@@candiceatwell1897 Check out Mekenze in Kenya. She lives in Meru with her family. They relocated from America. That may give you better insight on living in that particular county. I live in Machakos. 1 hour away from the capital. I like the convenience of being away but still close to Nairobi. I also have land in Malindi. The Kenyan coast. I will make that my holiday home and put it on airbnb
Yes… three rooms with kitchen are possible on such budget but of course it’s the very basic configuration without any fancy windows, tiles, roof patterns etc
Thank you… simplicity and minimalism was the main theme… the workers did amazing job building the structure of the house but when it came to the finishing and details they seemed to struggle so we didn’t mind taking it from there
@@Braheems_world wow great! I am Kenyan and very interested in DIY, as a landscape architect I am really into construction and would like to do my own house. Will definitely follow your channel henceforth!!
🙌🏾..... I myself left the USA 🇺🇸 in 2020 to live on the continent for a BIT, thought it would be for a few months BUT I couldn't fathom going back to the chaos and NOW here permanently, built a shelter and rural life allows you to BREATHE in a world full of masked 😷 chaos. Karibu Nyumbani!
I think it’s great to experience different environments… it can be challenging but also satisfying in many ways… have a great time👍 thanks for sharing
left in 2017 after 22 years in USA! Best decision ever
Yesss!!! I really am curious I would love to build a home in Africa!
This is fantastic.. lovely property, looking forward to part 2 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
☺️ thank you
Brilliant I am waiting for n2 video
Hope your home is finish 👌😍🙏
Yes, where is the part two?
Extremely informative, this gives us kind of a starting ground or how much we would be spending for a home. Great idea.
Thank you 😊
Very beautiful! Part 2 please
Thank you for watching😊
I want to see the finish house
You made her do all the work, man 😁. She is awesome. "Some worker just painted the house white without being told." LOL LOL LOL welcome to Kenya. man. Happens to everyone every single time (fundis doing their own things.) You really have to supervise them very closely or they will do their own things. Beautiful house, congrats to you both!
We were redoing most of the finishing because the workers just didn’t understand our goal I guess it was something new to them from a typical small town build. There’s a joke in my country: the second house is easier😅
Wow love it, great job!
Thanks 😊
wow, Sheila did all the work! nice
With zero experience she handled it like pro 👌 but it was tiring
hi, I just want to tell you my opinion: I'm also planning to build a house in Kenya, but 15,000 dollars, compared to the square footage of the house, seems a bit expensive, but first things first, the stone blocks cost €0.34 per block ( 0.37) usDollars , that is about 3.4 euros per square meter (3.72 Dollars ) with what you spent, you could have built a 3-storey house at least 20 times bigger, you talk to someone who has been working for 2 years to your project
Outstanding !!!
How many watts was the solar panel and what brand. And how many amp hours was the battery?
Hi, thanks for watching, it was some random brand from jumia. I think it was 100w but for the battery I’m not sure but it came as one package. I think it’s great as a back up of the grid
How much cost to build that how please in kenyan shillings
Around 1,8 million
Great job!
Thank you 😊
Hi very nice video 👌 miss you
Karibu nyumbani🤗🤗
I would be interested in seeing a second video
Thank you for your feed back 😊
I love this 🥰🙌🏽
thank you ☺️
"Some worker painted the house white without being told." LOL LOL LOL! Welcome to Kenya and Kenyan fundis! LOL. My fundis had a habit of making design changes as soon as I was off the property and by the time I got back it was too late to undo the changes. Terrible!
Yeah one has to be very specific to not run into any unexpected improvisations 😂
I want to know the name and brand of that paint that you used on the floors. Please and thanks
Hi 👋 Joyce, Sheila here, I got the paint from jumia then more from the Duracoat store in Nairobi Mutithi road, I was at A paint store in Sarit, but they didn’t have the color I wanted they only had red and blue I think.
Thanks for the response
AA are always welcomed in East Africa 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Thank you ☺️
Please make part 2
Beautiful environment
I love it ❤️ thank you
Inspiring
Nice, the price is great too, what part of Kenya did you guys build, and who helped with the land purchasing?
Thank you. It's in Meru county. We got huge help from Sheila's cousin, he is lawyer.
That's very nice, planning to visit Kenya from the U.S, is Meru a suburb or village part, does her cousin help others to buy land?
@@candiceatwell1897 Hello Candice, Meru is 4 and a half hours away from the capital city nairobi, our house is in a small town called Chuka, a suburb of Meru County, he can help with all legal matters regarding buying and making sure you get the right landand it's legally yours.
Thanks for that information, greatly appreciated. Do you recommend Meru for a family? And when is a good time to visit Kenya?
@@candiceatwell1897 Check out Mekenze in Kenya. She lives in Meru with her family. They relocated from America. That may give you better insight on living in that particular county. I live in Machakos. 1 hour away from the capital. I like the convenience of being away but still close to Nairobi. I also have land in Malindi. The Kenyan coast. I will make that my holiday home and put it on airbnb
Is the 15000$ inclusive of worker wages?
Yes… three rooms with kitchen are possible on such budget but of course it’s the very basic configuration without any fancy windows, tiles, roof patterns etc
@@Braheems_world awesome. Thanks loads for taking your time to respond.
Are your costs quoted in Euros?
Usd
13.707,02 euro but expensive compared to the square footage
Part 2 please
We are making plans to visit so I will definitely do that as I’m there
How much was foundation please
Hi, I don’t remember exactly but it took one week to eight men
Karibu Nyumbani.
Which part of Kenya is this?
Hi, it is tharaka nithi ☺️
Dude that's where all the votes come from 🤣🤣
Sheila just laughed 😄
@@Braheems_world say hi am highly motivated how you guys did all the work especially with the tiles with no experience just amazing
@@Braheems_world soon we should hear you speak kimeru
Beautiful simple design. Labour is cheap why do it yourselves?
Thank you… simplicity and minimalism was the main theme… the workers did amazing job building the structure of the house but when it came to the finishing and details they seemed to struggle so we didn’t mind taking it from there
@@Braheems_world wow great! I am Kenyan and very interested in DIY, as a landscape architect I am really into construction and would like to do my own house. Will definitely follow your channel henceforth!!