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See how the doors are not facing each other? the Nairobi houses your window and door directly faces your neighbours, even landing cannot be done peacefully, don't even think of now telling your wife that you shall have a separate man cave and she is only allowed on invite only, even having a separate bed in the same room is a problem. about complexity, I gave a client a very simple practical roof for his mansion at kahawa and he insisted he should have those fancy Kahawa roofs, he then kicked my recommended contractor and stole the fundi to work for him directly, he had a very stressful time during the last rains, same goes with the colours you see some colours and wonder dude a yellow roof? ugly colored cabros, mirror window glass? What is it about kenyans and sunken lounges? I currently advice my clients to have flat level house throughout, even the bathroom is just 50mm, imagine kids running around a house with steps everywhere? when you get old or break a leg you will have a hard time getting around your sunken lounge. I also suggest a lift an the looks I get... make a provision use the space as store, lifts are now cheap 1.5 m, n need of doing a nice master bedroom upstairs and sleep in the guest bedroom when old or injured. To Each His Own
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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Do these huts have toilets ama zuma has to dash outside? hardwood wrote:At least the South Africans werent as brainwashed as we were and they maintained their architecture but modernized their huts (brick walls, electricity, water etc). Like this President Zuma homestead (with his wives) in the village. He even has a cattle pen in the centre of the homestead, like his forefathers. 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Chaka wrote:Do these huts have toilets ama zuma has to dash outside? hardwood wrote:At least the South Africans werent as brainwashed as we were and they maintained their architecture but modernized their huts (brick walls, electricity, water etc). Like this President Zuma homestead (with his wives) in the village. He even has a cattle pen in the centre of the homestead, like his forefathers. Yes, complete with sauna and pool.  
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Even mzungu used to live in huts (called roundhouses) not so long ago. Interesting that the hut architecture was universal. https://stairnaheireann..../07/celtic-roundhouses/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wal...ts/factfile/homes.shtml
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,212 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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hardwood wrote:MugundaMan wrote:Obiero and chiaroscuro, what do you guys think about this one?   Our architects must be very "creative". Whatever they are smoking....  . Very strange structure IMHO. It's like there's a contest in Nairobi to run away from simplicity and order among architects. I have nothing against experimenting but some of these experiments go just too far.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,212 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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kayhara wrote:See how the doors are not facing each other? the Nairobi houses your window and door directly faces your neighbours, even landing cannot be done peacefully, don't even think of now telling your wife that you shall have a separate man cave and she is only allowed on invite only, even having a separate bed in the same room is a problem.
about complexity, I gave a client a very simple practical roof for his mansion at kahawa and he insisted he should have those fancy Kahawa roofs, he then kicked my recommended contractor and stole the fundi to work for him directly, he had a very stressful time during the last rains, same goes with the colours you see some colours and wonder dude a yellow roof? ugly colored cabros, mirror window glass?
What is it about kenyans and sunken lounges? I currently advice my clients to have flat level house throughout, even the bathroom is just 50mm, imagine kids running around a house with steps everywhere? when you get old or break a leg you will have a hard time getting around your sunken lounge.
I also suggest a lift an the looks I get... make a provision use the space as store, lifts are now cheap 1.5 m, n need of doing a nice master bedroom upstairs and sleep in the guest bedroom when old or injured. 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/8/2018 Posts: 2,212 Location: DC (Dustbowl County)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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MugundaMan wrote:kayhara wrote:See how the doors are not facing each other? the Nairobi houses your window and door directly faces your neighbours, even landing cannot be done peacefully, don't even think of now telling your wife that you shall have a separate man cave and she is only allowed on invite only, even having a separate bed in the same room is a problem.
about complexity, I gave a client a very simple practical roof for his mansion at kahawa and he insisted he should have those fancy Kahawa roofs, he then kicked my recommended contractor and stole the fundi to work for him directly, he had a very stressful time during the last rains, same goes with the colours you see some colours and wonder dude a yellow roof? ugly colored cabros, mirror window glass?
What is it about kenyans and sunken lounges? I currently advice my clients to have flat level house throughout, even the bathroom is just 50mm, imagine kids running around a house with steps everywhere? when you get old or break a leg you will have a hard time getting around your sunken lounge.
I also suggest a lift an the looks I get... make a provision use the space as store, lifts are now cheap 1.5 m, n need of doing a nice master bedroom upstairs and sleep in the guest bedroom when old or injured. The reflective glass has become very common in residential homes and offices. It also shades incoming light. Does the glass filter out UV rays? I know for sunglasses they need to have UV blocking capacity so that they don't damage your eyes. If reflective residential window glass doesn't have that capacity, one could be damaging their eyes every time they look outside through the window glass.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/5/2011 Posts: 1,059
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The issue is that they age so badly,they start looking whitish at the edges, for UV and light blocking you don't need to go reflective privacy also, I advice on bronze tinted glass, popular blue tint also makes the balding look cheap, there is UV and heat protective glass but it's stupidly expensive, most people opt to use film on normal glass Bronze tint   To Each His Own
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/13/2015 Posts: 1,658
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Quote:The average size of a home loan advanced by Kenyan banks has risen by nearly Sh2 million in one year to hit Sh10.9 million, locking even more borrowers out of the housing market.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) sector report released Tuesday says the mortgage increase was mainly driven by a rise in house prices last year.
The average value of a mortgage taken in the year to June 2017 stood at Sh9.1 million, indicating a 19.8 per cent increase in the period.
This puts the average monthly repayment for the Sh10.9 million loan at about Sh150,000, if the mortgage is taken at the current interest rate of 13 per cent. https://www.businessdail...23420-hb7d7m/index.html
Our real estate is now 100,000 USD. Your kids will really have to work hard in future to afford rent.
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