Rent a flat or a house in Gambia

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ChristineViP05 August 2011 12:14:38

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Finding a place to live is a priority when settling in Gambia. Your experience will be of a great help for the members who want to settle in Gambia.

Therefore, we have prepared some questions for you:

Which kinds of accommodation are available in Gambia?

Is it hard to find a flat or a house for rent in Gambia?

How to find a home in Gambia: classifieds, real estate portals, real estate agencies?

How much is the rental for a house, an apartment?

What are the formalities or the required documents for renting an accommodation?

Which advice would you give?

Thanks in advance for participating!

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p-sagnia-caine Member

Member since 21 July 2011

p-sagnia-caineMember09 October 2011 20:54:07

Renting a house or flat in Gambia is quite easy if you know a few local people. They will help you by talking to friends and relatives in the area you would like to live. We found a lovely 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house [with seperate 2 roomed house with bath] for under 85000Dalasi.Just make sure you get a proper rental agreement. We went to the local police station to have our contract witnessed.A couple of hundred Dalasi is all that was needed for this service. You could play it safe and use a solicitor, but they tend to be quite a bit more expensive than English solicitors [as we found out when we bought a plot of land].