Month: May 2013
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Green Building Materials for Residential House in Kenya.
Green building materials available for residential houses in Kenya are as below. 1. Green roof. The roof can be designed to incorporate live plant material. 2. Green walls. The exterior walling and fencing can be designed to incorporate green plants such as creeping ivy. Wall support for flower pots and planters can be introduced to…
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Masionette size and style for small plot in Nairobi. Kamiti estate.
For small plots such as the usual 50 x 100 ft or 1/8th acre plots, maisonettes are good in terms of reducing the horizontal spread hence freeing up the ground floor space to enable a lawn. Assuming a 200m2 luxurious maisonette, the plinth area on the ground can be 60m2 then the building stretches upwards…
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Shops on a 60 ft by 60ft plot at Embakasi.
A 60 ft by 60ft plot can fit a maximum of 8 large 5m by 5m shops per floor. The cost per floor for this, assuming Embakasi falls within middle class type of buildings, will be kes 25,000 per m2. This translates to kes 25,000 x 230m2 = kes 5.75m per floor. Since Embakasi area…
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NAKURU 1 ACRE FOR SALE OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.Profit per year=kes 130m
NAKURU 1 ACRE FOR SALE OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. This 1 acre land for sale is located in a prime area of Nakuru town directly opposite Nakuru State House. Here is a link the the google map https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205617053586273466800.0004dd1fc97f0b9bb2d1f&msa=0&ll=-0.285043,36.083114&spn=0.005407,0.010203 This land can be developed to a number of commercial usages such as hotel, shopping mall or offices.…
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NAKURU 1 ACRE FOR SALE OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. PROFIT PER YEAR =KES 130m. R.O.I of 3 YEARS.
NAKURU 1 ACRE FOR SALE OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. This 1 acre land for sale is located in a prime area of Nakuru town directly opposite Nakuru State House. Here is a link the the google map https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205617053586273466800.0004dd1fc97f0b9bb2d1f&msa=0&ll=-0.285043,36.083114&spn=0.005407,0.010203 This land can be developed to a number of commercial usages such as hotel, shopping mall or offices.…
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Construction of bedsitters on a 40 x 60 ft plot at Membley
A 40 x 60 plot translates roughly to 13m by 20m. This can have a potential of 6 bedsitter units per floor. Rent. Average rent for a bedsitter in Membley area is 5 to 6 000kes per month. Assuming 3 storeys are constructed, the rent collected will be kes 6000 x 6 units x 3levels=KES…
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AMOUNT OF CEMENT USED IN AN AVERAGE 3 BEDROOMED HOUSE IN KENYA.
AMOUNT OF CEMENT USED IN AN AVERAGE 3 BEDROOMED HOUSE IN KENYA. Cement cost takes an average of 35% of the total cost of construction of an average house basing on a low cost finish overall estimate of KES 20,000per m2. This is approximately KES 7,000 per m2. The amount of cement used in total…
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AMMOUNT OF CEMENT USED IN AN AVERAGE 3 BEDROOMED HOUSE IN KENYA.
AMMOUNT OF CEMENT USED IN AN AVERAGE 3 BEDROOMED HOUSE IN KENYA. Cement cost takes an average of 35% of the total cost of construction of an average house basing on a low cost finish overall estimate of KES 20,000per m2. This is approximately KES 7,000 per m2. The amount of cement used in…
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GREEN HOUSING PROJECT
BUSINESS PLAN FOR GREEN HOUSING . PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Project consists of 76 maisonettes within a 7.5 acre piece of land SUMMARY A4architect has conceptualized the whole project to embrace aspects of Green Architecture . We have phased the project into 3 as shown below . MAISONETTE SIZE AND PRICE. PHASE 1. Phase 1 has…
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STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANEL HOUSING IN KENYA. 2013.
STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANEL HOUSING IN KENYA. 2013. The first types of Structural Insulated Panel housing in Kenya were steel sandwich types. These are 2 metal plates with polystyrene sandwich in between for insulation purposes. These panels then interlock to form the wall and roof structure. These can be seen at the Chinese company constructing Thika…