WHEN IT COMES to home flooring, , clients are spoilt for choice. From plain concrete to elegant patterned wooden or ceramic tiles, the varieties are limitless. However, every type of flooring material has its pros and cons. For instance, concrete…
Read MoreThis generally leads to two outcomes: I’m often guilty of wearing smart suits with scuffed shoes. Importantly for Nairobi’s economy is the second outcome — the shoeshiners around Nation Centre tend to have a very loyal customer. I get…
Read MoreThe housing industry in Kenya is going through a shift with a growing number of the middle class opting for home ownership. However a lot more people still find it difficult to buy or build a home, most scared off…
Read MoreThe changing taste of young and enterprising home owners in Nairobi has fueled the increasing luxury housing boom that has seen investors splash billions of shillings to woo the expanding middle- and upper-middle class in the city. Luxury apartments are…
Read MoreHaving a roof over ones head is considered a basic right. For some owning your own home is the ultimate goal, but that has proved a stretch too far for most. But what if there was a way of building…
Read MoreKenya, having consolidated itself as a regional hub for trade and finance in East and Central Africa, has in the past few decades seen an exponential growth in the construction sector and is currently going through a construction boom. The…
Read MoreIt’s always smart to prepare for changes in the real estate market, but busy property managers may find that keeping up with the demands of their rental units leaves them with little time to follow industry trends. Take a few minutes…
Read MoreThe demand for land has driven its price through the roof, with land increasingly appreciating at a faster rate compared to most of the other assets. Now for a normal mwananchi to afford a 50 x 100 piece of land,…
Read MoreKENYA LACKS ACCURATE DATA on housing that can help policy-makers address problems in the sector, some property developers in Kisumu claim. They say that even with the impressive growth in the housing, sector, little had been done to collect adequate…
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