You've heard the stories — a contractor who stopped answering calls, money that disappeared into materials nobody can account for, a project that sat half-finished for two years. We built our entire process around not being that contractor.
Every diaspora client we've worked with has had some version of the same worry before they found us. It's usually one of these three things.
A contractor tells you things are "going well" without proof. You find out three months later that the foundation was poured wrong, or nothing's happened at all since your last payment.
You send funds, and there's no clear record of what it was spent on versus what's actually been built. Requests for "a bit more" become a pattern with no way to verify if they're justified.
Asking a relative to visit site and report back puts them in an awkward position, and secondhand information — filtered through someone without construction knowledge — rarely tells you what you actually need to know.
We don't hold your money in escrow — to be straightforward about it, payments come to us directly at each milestone. What replaces that is a structure where you never pay for work you haven't seen proof of.
Every project starts with a signed, fixed-price contract before any deposit changes hands. That contract lists the full scope, the exact contract sum, and a payment schedule tied to completed construction stages, not calendar dates. Foundation done, walls up, roof on, handover — each stage is documented with photos before we ask for the next payment.
Between milestones, you get daily WhatsApp photos from site. Not a polished monthly report — actual, unedited progress shots, the same day the work happens. If something looks off to you, you can ask about it that afternoon rather than finding out on your next trip home.
Some companies advertise escrow or third-party payment holding for diaspora clients. We don't offer that, and we'd rather tell you plainly than imply otherwise. What we do instead is make sure you never release a payment without having already seen the work it's paying for — which solves the same underlying problem: not paying for progress that hasn't actually happened.
Land you already own, drawings you've had done, or just an idea and a budget — send it over WhatsApp or through a quote request. We'll tell you honestly what's realistic for your budget before you commit to anything.
Someone from our team inspects the land, checks soil conditions, and confirms what your budget will actually buy on that specific plot before we finalise a quote — not a generic estimate based on square footage alone.
Scope, price, payment schedule, and timeline are all in writing before anything starts. You can review it, ask questions, and negotiate — we send this before any money moves, not after.
WhatsApp photos from site every working day. You'll know what stage the build is at without having to ask, and if you do have questions, you're talking directly to the people managing the project.
You get a completed home and a written 6-month workmanship warranty. If something we built has a defect within that period, we come back and fix it — you're not left chasing us after the fact.
Yes, and most of our diaspora clients do exactly this from start to handover. You won't be physically present for site decisions, but you'll see daily photo updates, sign off on every milestone before payment, and get a written fixed-price contract before ground is broken. The parts that need your input — design choices, budget, payment approval — all happen remotely over WhatsApp or video call.
We don't use escrow — payments go directly to us — but the structure is built to protect you anyway. You get a fixed-price contract before any deposit, an itemised quote showing materials and labour separately, and a milestone-based payment schedule. You only release the next payment after we've shown you the previous phase is genuinely complete, with photos. You're not sending a lump sum and hoping.
They can be kept informed if you'd like, but we'd encourage you to let us manage the technical side directly. A common problem we see is a family member without construction background trying to interpret site issues secondhand, which creates confusion. Direct communication between us and you avoids that.
We'd encourage it. Many diaspora clients time a trip around a specific milestone — foundation completion or roofing, for example — to see progress in person and meet the team. We'll work with your travel dates where we reasonably can.
Your contract is priced and fixed in Ghana cedis, so the contract sum itself doesn't move. What can vary is how much your home currency buys when you convert to send payment, so we'd suggest budgeting some flexibility around each milestone payment rather than converting the exact contract figure once and hoping rates hold.
Wherever you're based, send us what you're working with and we'll give you a straight answer on cost, timeline, and how the process would work for you specifically.
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