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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. […]
Last week we looked at the process of acquiring the plot. Click here to read about it. Today we will see how the decision to build a house was arrived at. The objective of this series is to educate you our readers about the process of home acquisition. Who[…]
As we continue focusing on investing in property in Ruiru, this post will focus on understanding the area along Ruiru-Githunguri road. Last week we focused on the Eastern bypass. Click here to read part 1 of this series. The previous week we had focused on Kamiti road. Click here to[…]
One of the loyal readers, Let’s call her “Mrs W”, on this blog reached out to me with a very interesting request. She would like me to cover the story about buying their land and building their home. I asked her to answer a few questions to bring us up-to[…]
We have been discussing the opportunities in Ruiru real estate. Our first article was a general overview of Ruiru. We did a comparative study of Ruiru and Ruaka and made some important predictions. Click here to read the first article in this series. Last week we talked about Kamiti road[…]
Last week we saw why all serious real estate investors should be visiting Ruiru, not just for the tasty roast meat at Kamaki’s or fish at wakalucy (pronounced wakarucy) but more importantly for its investment potential. Click here to read part 1 of this series. I would like us to[…]