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3-bedroom bungalow on an eighth acre: plan, 3D and what it costs to build

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The commonest brief in Kenya on the commonest plot. Three bedrooms with a master ensuite and dressing room behind a spine corridor, living rooms to the road, and a veranda over the entrance.

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3-bedroom bungalow
KES 4,629,496
house KES 3,603,311 · site works KES 1,026,185
135.7 m² · KES 26,554/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 655,455
WallingKES 567,700
RoofingKES 685,225
Doors & windowsKES 311,200
FinishesKES 762,191
ServicesKES 362,400
Attached elementsKES 7,600
Approvals, levies & transportKES 251,540

About this design

The commonest brief in Kenya on the commonest plot. Three bedrooms with a master ensuite and dressing room behind a spine corridor, living rooms to the road, and a veranda over the entrance.

Bedrooms
3
Storeys
1
Floor area
136 m²
Roofed footprint
146 m²
Plot
464 m²
Roof
gable x, hip

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