Hello fellow wazuan..Have anyone seen units built or been on a construction site of this light steel construction company? They seem to be building houses of the future in Kenya.

Where r they located?

Prefabs have tried to penetrate the Kenyan market for quite sometime, with little sucess, I attribute this to a couple of reasons

a.)The final product that lucks appeal, They may use crazy colors like light green, pink, yellow etc, but this worsens the look, they end up looking like doll houses. Some of the panels give an impression it is a wooden house, who wants to pay that much and live in a wooden house? I wouldn’t feel I really paid for what I got.
b.) Lack of designs (What Kenyans like if you look around). Kenyans love some flashy designs especially with the roofing. I have not seen any in their catalogue
c.)Security: Major concern, as much as they say they are fire proof, I don’t think its burglar proof. Consciously I wouldn’t want to live in a house that I don’t feel save, Brick and Mortar is most preferred

There are other types of houses, the Pre-cast, e.g. Superior homes Mombassa road, unfortunately they are very expensive, coz they use concrete and steel which guarantee security and the final products is okay, however they still luck the multiple designs, and they are limited to bungalows. Actually superior homes their maisonettes are constructed conventionally; Brick and Mortar

To Elsek and co, it good to introduce a new product, but it adds much value to align the product with the “locals” needs and taste. Lets not use lack of affordable housing as a reason, I can build a 3Br Mabati house within a week with less than 500K, including a nice floor, plywood in the inside and a nice paint Job.

For affordable housing all we need is goverment to help reduce the cost of contruction materials e.g. remove VAT on cement, steel etc.