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14-bedsitter block on an eighth acre: plan, 3D and what it costs to build

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Three storeys of bedsitters either side of a central corridor: four on the ground floor beside the entrance, five on each floor above, where the core is only a stair and a landing. Tanks on the roof. The commonest rental investment in the country.

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What finishes the eaves.

A main wall colour and a darker accent. The bill is the same either way: paint is measured by area, not by colour.

Which part of the house takes the second colour.

Not offered, because the rate library holds no rate for them: clay or concrete roof tiles (covering per m2 of roof slope, and the heavier truss that carries them — a tile roof is not a sheet roof with a different skin); stone-coated steel tiles (covering per m2, laid on battens); machine-cut block walling (walling per m2 by block size, and its own foundation walling rate); aluminium or upvc windows (supply and fix per m2 of opening, by system).

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3-bedroom bungalow
KES 12,701,163
house KES 11,706,173 · site works KES 994,990
413.9 m² · KES 28,283/m² house · Nairobi baseline

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An impression of the concept priced above — the footprint, wall height, roof pitch and window positions are the same ones the quantities were measured from. Materials, colours and planting are illustrative. It is not an architectural design.

Where the money goes
Preliminaries & substructureKES 735,155
WallingKES 3,729,310
RoofingKES 976,915
Doors & windowsKES 1,556,220
FinishesKES 2,526,193
ServicesKES 1,435,200
Attached elementsKES 19,000
Approvals, levies & transportKES 728,180

About this design

Three storeys of bedsitters either side of a central corridor: four on the ground floor beside the entrance, five on each floor above, where the core is only a stair and a landing. Tanks on the roof. The commonest rental investment in the country.

Bedrooms
14
Storeys
3
Homes
14
Floor area
414 m²
Roofed footprint
139 m²
Plot
464 m²
Roof
flat

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