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  • Apartment Buildings,Kenya

    Naivas Building, Outer Ring road, Nairobi

    Nomad Hotel, Kitengela

    Butterfly Warehouse Park, Ruiru

    Kitengela EPZ Apartment

    Juja Apartment.



    Athi River Apartment

    Syokimau Apartment

    Kikuyu town Apartment.

    Kikuyu town, behind Sub County Offices Apartment.



    Ongata Rongai Apartments


    Tulips Restaurant, Kileleshwa

    Swimming Pool, Ngong road.

    Rimpa , Rongai.

    Architect Francis Gichuhi kamau.
    0721410684

  • Ongata Rongai Bedsitter Apartments

    This comprises of bedsitter and 1 bed-roomed units within a 1/8th acre in Ongata Rongai town.

    Architect Francis Gichuhi kamau
    0721410684

  • Apartment Block, Kikuyu town, near Sub – County Offices

    This comprises of 3 bedroomed units, 4 units in each floor.

    Ground floor is open and raised in columns to allow for cars to park underneath.

    1st to 4th floor has got 4 units of 3 bed-roomed typology.
    5th floor has got 2 units of 3 bedroomed typoloty.
    Total number of units is 18 units.

    There is a 2m by 2m lift that serves all floors.

    Foundation footings, designed by Engineer Mike Nderitu , are 2m by 2m wide.

    Architect Francis Gichuhi kamau

    0721410684

  • Apartment Building, kikuyu town

    Apartment Building, kikuyu town.

    Each floor has a 2 bedroomed and a 3 bedroomed unit.

    The master bedrooms of both units have self contained bathrooms.
    The building has 4 floor levels.

    The 2 bedroomed units are 4 and the 3 bedroomed units are 4 in total.

    A 20,000 Capacity underground storage tank has been proposed.

    There is ample car parking space for 2 cars per house.
    All rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms are designed to be spacious, with very little circulation space so as to ensure most of the build-able area goes into live-able spaces hence better comfortability for the occupants.

    Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau.

    0721410684

  • 20 ton Tower crane for hire, Nairobi

    20 ton Tower crane for hire, Nairobi

    Kes 45,000 per day. Inclusive of operator.

  • Mountain View estate, Waiyaki Way.Gated Community Controlled development Review.

    Mountain View estate, Waiyaki Way.Gated Community Review.

    Mountain view estate is located along Waiyaki way between Kinoo and Westlands.

    https://goo.gl/maps/2net3wMtNDJ2

    Its located on a land area of approximately 100 acres, 2 nd row from Waiyaki way.

    Controlled developments.

    The developments inside are controlled by the Estate management to only allow Bungalow and Maisonette types of a particular ground coverage.
    The resultant is order, which contrasts sharply with the unplanned neighborhood as shown below.


    The plots are on average 1/4 acre in size.

    Most plots are already developed with 4, 5 or 6 bed roomed maisonettes with DSQs . These sell for an average of kes 50 million per house in 2018. Vacant land 1/4 acre sells for kes 25 million, meaning an acre is in the range of kes 100 million in this neighborhood.

    Roads.

    Roads are made of tarmac and cover an average of 5 kilometers in total length.

    There is a main circular ring road that cuts along the whole land , then s smaller ring road inside it and other ring roads outside the main road that feed into the main center ring road.

    The main usage is residential, with commercial office use on the increase due to the proximity to the highway.

    The area has got good security since there are a few entry and exit points to the estate, which are well manned by the security guards employed by the estate management.

    Estate Management.

    Estate management fees are kes 3,500 per home, which is a good deal since this enables to pay for security , garbage disposal, landscape maintenance and road repairs.
    The area is generally well taken care of in terms of these services.

    Conclusion.

    Gated community set ups have advantages such as lower costs for services such as security, garbage, road repairs since people pool resources together to enable economies of scale.
    This in turn enables a well maintained neighborhood, which results to increased property value, hence a win-win situation for the house owners.

    Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau.
    0721410684

  • Residential House Ceiling types. Kenya

    Residential House Ceiling types. Kenya

    Stick-on Ceiling tiles.

    https://www.proceilingtiles.com/images/W/copper-strips-lrg.jpg

    Suspended ceilings.

    Wooden decorated ceilings

    Copper ceiling

    Wall Paper decorated ceiling


    Combined materials ceiling

    Fabric ceiling

    Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau.
    0721410684

  • Bungalow House types

    Various Bungalow House types from around the world.
















  • Car Wash design. Upper Hill, Nairobi

    Car Wash design. Upper Hill, Nairobi