@HERI,
the average construction costs in Nairobi for a nicely finished house is between Ksh. 35,000-38,000 per meter square. so taking an average of 38,000 per square meter and multiplying by the 87 square metres, you will realize that the construction costs is about 3.3 million- this is construction costs without the land aspect.

the 1.5 million construction costs you are talking about is way too low. maybe some shoddy work by a poor contractor without the finishes. so i think HF isn't playing dirty tricks here because you will realize after calculating that they might end up with a profit margin of just 1 million for every unit.

If you want a copy of the average construction costs in the different cities in Kenya, you can request so.

Thanks for the feedback

my figures are based on my own experience where i have sourced the materials and supervised all the work.

quality i must say was good

Though what i was saying that at highest, i would say sh 3m per unit because of the probably the higher cost for the land in nairobi

from my experience as a QS, i don't think Heri is too far off. most houses for sale are sold for a minimum of 3x the construction cost( minus land value). an apartment being sold for 20m+ will most likely have a construction cost of around 7m

What about costs for constructing a simple 3 bedroom maisonette such as the langata / south c or south b houses?

[quote=babachemu]@Mjasirii,
Am trying to attach my copy for you but am experiencing a problem. kindly follow the folloing link:

http://stroikagroup.word...enya/construction-cost/[/quote]

The costs in the above link are correct. They seem high because these are costs that include contractor profit obtained through tenders completed in the last 1 year. For the low cost houses, there are not drawings, no contracotrs and no documentation so this info cant be available in the Ministry of Works reports.