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A servant's quarters shouldn't be an afterthought

In many homes, the servant's quarters looks nothing like the main house, writes Peter Muiruri

They are common features in urban homesteads and are popular among the newly employed and unmarried men and women looking for affordable accommodation. Many people, including some honchos of our blue chip companies, probably began their careers while housed in one of these "cubes" adjacent to the main house that we call a servant’s quarters (SQ).

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