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ali
#11 Posted : Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:14:06 PM
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@ pablo....i see a potential danger in the way we are allowing brokers/ agents control the sector. I also blame the urbanites who just buy buy...please, as much as you can, do your research well, try get the owner where you can and use trusted referals. I noticed that guys even employ guys to mark proposed bypasses/highway and use such pretexts to hike prices...saying that such and such a road is being built and therefore, the land is prime
For in him (Jesus) we live and move and have our being-Acts 17:28
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StatMeister
#12 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2011 8:21:43 AM
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[quote=Katibampya]Don't hate the player, hate the game!!![/quote]

:-s :-s :-s :-s
Ghana vs. Uruguay? Sometimes we just gotta hate the player
A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work
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Wendz
#13 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2011 10:42:03 AM
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[quote=ali]@ pablo....i see a potential danger in the way we are allowing brokers/ agents control the sector. I also blame the urbanites who just buy buy...please, as much as you can, do your research well, try get the owner where you can and use trusted referals. I noticed that guys even employ guys to mark proposed bypasses/highway and use such pretexts to hike prices...saying that such and such a road is being built and therefore, the land is prime[/quote]

You are very right. People have to take time to go to the ground and do research. You have to make several trips and talk to differnt people not just the broker... infact, take a trip there without even notifying the broker at all.

Ask around at the shops around as you casually chat up the mama mboga or shopkeeper... you will get a feel of how things are. But if you sit and wait to buy land from the comfort of your chair, you are gonna pay for that comfort.... and it doesnt come cheap, you knot. Recently, i committed to a piece of land that i was about to pay double in the same area.... Got it at 1/2 the price i had been told by one broker!
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Wamutonyi
#14 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2011 11:56:06 AM
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@Wendz
You are spot on. Do not blame the brokers, they are also trying to get rich as quickly as possible. If you need land, you must be ready visit the site more than once on your own and also compare prices with land nearby. If you decide to sit in an office and make calls, you will definately pay for it. Do not be extremely cautious else you will never own land. A small fee/commission for the brokers should not make you decline to buy though, some do this for a living.
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iKenya
#15 Posted : Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:45:46 AM
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[quote=Katibampya]Don't hate the player, hate the game!!![/quote]

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[quote]Buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own...
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dunkang
#16 Posted : Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:54:23 AM
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I HATE 40 BY 80.
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ali
#17 Posted : Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:11:41 PM
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@dunkang..if u hate 40x80, wait till you see 40x60.
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dunkang
#18 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2011 8:55:58 AM
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[quote=ali]@dunkang..if u hate 40x80, wait till you see 40x60.[/quote]

WHAT! Yaani this kikuyus have decided to shave 20 feets!

Kenya is headed to the dogs! We used to laugh when we were told that in Japan, the only available space is the space ABOVE your roof.
Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi

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incognito
#19 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2011 9:56:49 AM
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[quote=dunkang][quote=ali]@dunkang..if u hate 40x80, wait till you see 40x60.[/quote]

WHAT! Yaani this kikuyus have decided to shave 20 feets!

Kenya is headed to the dogs! We used to laugh when we were told that in Japan, the only available space is the space ABOVE your roof.[/quote]

There are 50 by 60 and 50 by 50 in some estates in Mombasa..
Excelsior
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'user'
#20 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2011 10:14:52 AM
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[quote=dunkang][quote=ali]@dunkang..if u hate 40x80, wait till you see 40x60.[/quote]

WHAT! Yaani this kikuyus have decided to shave 20 feets!

Kenya is headed to the dogs! We used to laugh when we were told that in Japan, the only available space is the space ABOVE your roof.[/quote]



40x60 is a big mblot.
You can built a 3 bedroom mansion on it.have parking for 2 cars and plant 1 tree outside your dream home.I have seen good houses in a 40x60 here in Nairobi.What matters is who you design your house.

In that area a 40x60is going at btwn 450k-600k
2012 is here.Kenya is Ours.Be Part of The Peace Keeping Mission To Protect Our Motherland.Say No To Violence and Tribal Hatred .If you can read this,wewe ni mtu amesoma, usifikirie kama mtu hajaenda shule .Ni Hayo Tu
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