A quantity surveyor on your side in Senegal

What a quantity surveyor does

A quantity surveyor works out what a building should cost and checks that you pay for what is actually built. On the client's side, that person works for you alone, not for the builder. In French the role is called économiste de la construction; in Senegal people often say métreur, the person who measures the quantities.

• The builder's quote, before you sign: quantities, unit prices, missing items and payment terms
• Every payment request, before you pay: compared on site with what is really built
• Extra works, before they are done: priced and agreed in writing
• The final account, at the end: what was ordered, built, paid and still due

Why a family building from abroad needs one

From London, New York or Montreal, the money for the house goes out in stages, often on the builder's word and a few WhatsApp photos. The relative who drops by the site is rarely in the trade, and the builder's own estimator prepares the quote for the company that pays him. Nobody recounts the blocks, the cement or the steel, so nobody sees the gap.

A quantity surveyor on your side changes that: before each franc leaves, someone has looked at the site and at the figures. The SEETLU technician who visits your site never works for the builder being checked. We do not build and we do not hire the workers. Your builder builds; SEETLU represents you. You pay your builder directly: your money never goes through SEETLU.

Our three quantity surveying services

Start with the quote and move to the next level later if you need more help.

See an example report

Every check rests on a site visit: photos dated, geolocated and sealed, impossible to edit without it showing, and a report within 24 hours in your client area, in English. See an example site monitoring report.

Frequently asked questions