What are your real estate needs?
I had a conversation with a furniture and interior designer about business growth. She has made some great furniture pieces for my house. Her business is called Tira studio and she has a showroom on Ngong road. Check out their website https://www.tirastudio.co.ke/ for their end of year clearance sale on[…]
I had a conversation with a Kalenjin friend about investing. His views on investing contrasts with mine so much. Before I break down the facts and myths, I wish to tell you a short story. A story about a young bride A young bride was seen by her husband breaking[…]
This week the contractor finalized on the masonry work in the foundation. Depending on the height prescribed in the drawing, the foundation had about 4 courses in the higher sides and up to 7 courses in the lowest land levels. Backfilling The backfilling also took place this week. The contractor returned[…]
The question of where to invest is common for investors before they can commit their money to any investment. It is not any different when it comes to real estate. It is of equal importance to know where it is to invest. A friend mentioned about the investment potential of[…]
I asked this question on Facebook and it elicited a lot of reactions. In case you haven’t seen the question, here it is; If you are a single woman and you buy or build a house, then you get married, would you allow your new husband to move into your[…]
Materials Ballast Cement sand stone Hardcore Quarry dust Metal bars for the beams and columns 6*1 wood to form frames for the beams The structural engineer this week made his first site visit to confirm the contractors had reached stable ground where they could construct the foundation of the house. The[…]
Items required this week Hose pipe Fork jembes – provided by the contractor Spades – Provided by the contractor Plumb line (Kabiru) Materials D10 D8 D12 Binding wire This week the contractor started digging the foundation trenches. The land is on a slope of about 2.7m and this week we[…]
Construction Preparation This happened as we waited for the approval of the architectural and the structural plans with the county government. To save on time we did some land preparation. The land had quite a lot of trees which unfortunately were cut down to pave way for construction. The tree stumps[…]
This is the second last part of this series on Real Estate in Ruiru and its environs. Click here to read part 1 of this series. One of my best articles was on Kamiti road. Click here to read the article on Kamiti road. When it comes to Real Estate in Ruiru, Murera[…]
The readers had some questions for Mrs W and she was happy to answer them. What is a cantilever/Double volume A Cantilever is a slab that appears to be floating. it doesn’t have visible beams/ columns supporting it and it is also not attached to any side of the wall. […]