You don’t have to buy through us to use us.
Found something yourself through an agent, a developer, or family? We’ll check it properly before you send a single dalasi. And if you want us to handle the whole thing, we do that too.
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Property verification
Before you commit to anything, we find out whether what you’ve been shown is actually what’s being sold and whether the person selling it has the right to.
- Title search at the Lands Registry, tracing ownership back through the chain
- Encumbrance check outstanding claims, disputes or charges against the land
- Developer review what they’ve completed before, and what they didn’t
- Site visit in person, photographed and dated, with boundaries checked against the plan
- Written report with a clear recommendation: proceed, proceed with conditions, or walk away
What you get A written report you can act on, usually within 7–10 working days. If we tell you to walk away, we’ll tell you exactly why in writing, so you can show anyone who disagrees.
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Filmed viewing
Renders and brochure photos are marketing. We go to the property and show you what’s actually there including the things an agent wouldn’t point a camera at.
- Live walkthrough on a video call, so you tell us where to point the camera
- The surroundings the street, the neighbours, what’s being built next door
- Utilities checked water pressure, power supply, road access in rainy season
- Build quality filmed close up: finishes, plumbing, drainage, cracks if there are any
- Full recording sent afterwards so you can rewatch it or show family
What you get A live call at a time that works in your timezone, plus the full recording. Most people watch it twice once with us, once on their own with the sound up.
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Purchase management
The full process handled from the UK side, so there is always one person accountable for where things stand and you never have to chase a WhatsApp group for an answer.
- Contract reviewed and explained in plain terms before you sign anything
- Payments staged against milestones, never paid in full up front, all receipted
- Monthly photo updates on construction, dated, whether or not you ask
- Title transfer tracked through the registry until it’s actually in your name
- One point of contact in the UK, on a UK number, in your timezone
What you get A single person responsible from the first payment to the day the title lands. If something stalls, you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.
How pricing works
We quote per property, not off a price list.
A title check on a plot in Brusubi is not the same job as verifying an off-plan development in Bijilo. We look at what’s actually involved, then tell you the number before we start anything.
Most verifications take 7 to 10 working days and are quoted before any work starts.
Send us the property and we’ll give you the number within 24 hours.
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Property verification
Priced on how complex the ownership chain is and how far the site sits from the coastal belt.
What moves the price
Charged asOne-off fee, quoted upfront, paid before we start
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Filmed viewing
Priced per property visited. Several in the same area on one trip brings the cost per property down.
What moves the price
Charged asPer visit, reduced rate for multiple properties
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Purchase management
Priced against how long and complex the purchase is. Completed properties transfer in weeks off-plan can run eighteen months.
What moves the price
Charged asPercentage of purchase price, agreed before we begin
Two things we won’t do: quote you a number before we understand the property, or take a fee to tell you what you want to hear.
If verification turns up something that means you shouldn’t buy, that’s the outcome and it’s the one that saved you the most money.
Fit
We’re not right for everyone. Here’s the honest split.
Worth knowing before you get in touch, so neither of us wastes a call.
This is for you if
- You’re outside The Gambia and can’t easily be there to check things yourself
- You’ve found a property and something about it doesn’t sit right
- You’re buying off-plan and want someone watching the build
- You’ve been asked to send money before seeing paperwork
- You want to buy, but the stories you’ve heard have put you off acting
- You’d rather pay to be sure than find out afterwards
This isn’t for you if
- You want us to confirm a decision you’ve already made
- You’re looking for the cheapest possible route rather than the safest
- You need someone to move faster than the registry does
- You want a report that says yes regardless of what we find
- You’re already on the ground with people you genuinely trust
- You’d rather take the risk and deal with problems if they come
Start here
Send us the property. We’ll tell you what we think.
A listing link, a WhatsApp forward, a photo of a signboard whatever you’ve got. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth checking properly, before you spend anything with us.
No cost for the first look. No pressure to go further.
Why The Gambia
A market where foreigners can actually own the land.
Across much of West Africa, foreign buyers get long leases and complicated structures. The Gambia is one of the places where you can hold the freehold outright, in your own name, under a legal system that reads in English.
The legal position
Four things that make this workable for a foreign buyer.
Not marketing claims — the structural reasons The Gambia is easier to buy into than most of the region.
You own it outright
Foreign nationals can hold freehold title in The Gambia not a 99-year lease, not through a local nominee, not via a company structure you don’t control. The property is registered in your name.
Contracts you can actually read
English is the official language and the legal system is built on English common law. Deeds, contracts and registry documents are in English which matters enormously when you’re reviewing them from another country.
Prices that still make sense
Coastal property in The Gambia remains a fraction of comparable markets in Europe or the Gulf. The gap is closing as the coastal belt develops which is the entire argument for looking now rather than later.
Close enough to visit
A direct flight from London gets you there in around six hours, in the same timezone as the UK for much of the year. Close enough that seeing the property yourself is realistic, not an expedition.
In context
How it compares for a buyer sitting in the UK.
Not a claim that Gambia beats everywhere a straight look at what’s different when you’re buying from abroad.
The other side
What’s still genuinely hard about buying here.
Anyone telling you it’s simple is selling you something. Here’s what you’re actually taking on.
Land records aren’t fully digitised
Verifying a title often means someone physically attending the registry and working through paper records. It takes longer than a UK search and it can’t be rushed from abroad.
Informal sales are common
A great deal of land changes hands on handshakes and family arrangements that were never formally registered. That’s exactly how the same plot ends up sold twice.
Building timelines slip
Rainy season, material supply and financing all affect off-plan construction. Eighteen months quoted can become considerably longer without anyone acting in bad faith.
None of this makes The Gambia a bad place to invest. It makes it a place where the verification step matters more than it would somewhere with a fully digitised registry which is precisely the job we do.
Start here
Wondering whether it’s right for you?
Tell us what you’re trying to achieve income, retirement, land for later, or somewhere for family. We’ll tell you honestly whether The Gambia fits, and whether now is the moment.
15 minutes. No listings pushed at you.