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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~