Items required this week Hose pipe Fork jembes - provided by the contractor Spades - Provided by the contractor Plumb line (Kabiru) Materials D10 D8 D12 Binding wire This week the contractor started digging the foundation trenches. The land is on a slope of about 2.7m and this week we were grateful that the architect requested us to get a topography survey done before she...
Construction Preparation This happened as we waited for the approval of the architectural and the structural plans with the county government. To save on time we did some land preparation. The land had quite a lot of trees which unfortunately were cut down to pave way for construction. The tree stumps left were too sturdy and needed an excavator to uproot. There was also a banana...
This is the second last part of this series on Real Estate in Ruiru and its environs. Click here to read part 1 of this series. One of my best articles was on Kamiti road. Click here to read the article on Kamiti road. When it comes to Real Estate in Ruiru, Murera and Mugutha have several similarities to the Eastern bypass in the sense of lack of planning and haphazard land subdivision. Finding a very...
The readers had some questions for Mrs W and she was happy to answer them. What is a cantilever/Double volume A Cantilever is a slab that appears to be floating. it doesn't have visible beams/ columns supporting it and it is also not attached to any side of the wall. it is basically a floating slab. The double volume ceiling is twice the length of a normal room height. Normal ceiling...
Last week we looked at the process of acquiring the plot. Click here to read about it. Today we will see how the decision to build a house was arrived at. The objective of this series is to educate you our readers about the process of home acquisition. Who you are..,age, kids,marital status, how long have you been married etc So we are the W's. We met in Campus in 2010, got engaged on 19 Oct...
As we continue focusing on investing in property in Ruiru, this post will focus on understanding the area along Ruiru-Githunguri road. Last week we focused on the Eastern bypass. Click here to read part 1 of this series. The previous week we had focused on Kamiti road. Click here to read the article on Kamiti road. Ruiru-Githunguri road (let's just call it Githunguri road) has several similarities to...
One of the loyal readers, Let’s call her “Mrs W”, on this blog reached out to me with a very interesting request. She would like me to cover the story about buying their land and building their home. I asked her to answer a few questions to bring us up-to speed with their project. The objective of this series is to educate you our readers about the process of home acquisition. We begin with the...
We have been discussing the opportunities in Ruiru real estate. Our first article was a general overview of Ruiru. We did a comparative study of Ruiru and Ruaka and made some important predictions. Click here to read the first article in this series. Last week we talked about Kamiti road and the great opportunities therein. So far, Kamiti road holds the highest potential. Click here to read the...
Last week we saw why all serious real estate investors should be visiting Ruiru, not just for the tasty roast meat at Kamaki’s or fish at wakalucy (pronounced wakarucy) but more importantly for its investment potential. Click here to read part 1 of this series. I would like us to zoom into different parts of Ruiru and see whether there is an opportunity or not. We will look at the history, present and...
If you are buying shares, you would normally want to have an analyst to tell you which shares will give you the best return. Better still, you would like to know which shares your stock broker is buying. "Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight. Daniel Drew". Allow me to analyse an opportunity for you and give you insider information. Let’s use a...