Latest update February 13th, 2025 4:37 PM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

What to expect when building a house

Nov 05, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – This letter has been a long time coming. We are finally building our first home!
If you have been reading my letters in the newspapers, you’ve heard me talk about it here and there and then it would go silent, be brought up again, and disappear.
But after so many hiccups along the way (it’s literally been a 3+ year process since we started our plans) everything is finally moving along.
Through this whole process I have learned so, so much! We’ve made a lot of dumb mistakes, got burned by people, realized stuff cost a lot more than we thought, realized the process was a lot longer, had arguments between myself and the contractors over what we want, and so on and so on!
Editor, I wanted to share with you some of the things we’ve learned so if you’re building you hopefully don’t go through the same headache we did!
We’ve been through three contractors and years trying to make this happen, so it’s a lot to share.
Here is what to expect if you’re building a house and how building my dream house became my Guyanese nightmare.
1. Monday. No workers show up for work because they drank too much alcohol over the weekend.
2. Tuesday, no work because of the rain.
3. Wednesday. No work because of they don’t have enough people to work on the roof.
4. Thursday. No work because it’s a holiday.
5. Friday. All the workers show up for work.
6. Saturday. The full crew is at work and it is pay day.
7. Sunday. No work because it’s their day off.
Editor, expect to take one to three years to finish building your house.
On a more positive note, the one good thing I find about building the house is shopping at Gafoor Hardware Store; they have all the materials I needed to get the job done.

Anthony Pantlitz

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| February, 10th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Eagles survive shaky start on Rain-affected opening day

Eagles survive shaky start on Rain-affected opening day

Feb 13, 2025

2025 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 3… -GHE (1st innings 87-4) Blades 3-15 Kaieteur Sports-Guyana Harpy Eagles were put on the back-foot early thanks to rain, coupled with a fiery spell...
Read More
TCL hand over trophies for Mashramani Street Football Championships Final

TCL hand over trophies for Mashramani Street...

Feb 13, 2025

Nagassar was re-elected as President of GCUC

Nagassar was re-elected as President of GCUC

Feb 13, 2025

Herstelling and Eccles SC chalk up wins in latest EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-over fixtures

Herstelling and Eccles SC chalk up wins in latest...

Feb 13, 2025

Golden Jaguars CONCACAF home match against Guatemala relocated to Barbados

Golden Jaguars CONCACAF home match against...

Feb 13, 2025

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses...

Feb 12, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]