Covid: It’s time to relocate capital city from Nairobi

Fitting and furnishing can be overwhelming, it is hard to decide which colour best fits your home and what style best suits your vision.

It is named after an Arab merchant, Osman Allu, who set up the shop where a variety of groceries and other items like soap, sweets and wood were sold.

Roofs painted with earthly colours showed more resistance to fading and gloss over time compared to those painted with other colours.

KBA said the houses in demand are mostly those that target the middle and upper class and are not more than four storeys.

Collection of rainwater, including through tapping water off roofs, might just be the difference between water shortage and having sufficient supply.

The current housing design by developers is making the situation difficult. So, what happens when you try to squeeze furniture into your tiny house?

Since 1950, more than nine billion tonnes of plastic have been produced globally, of which only nine per cent is recycled.

Every few months, a building collapses somewhere in the country - either under construction or completed and already occupied.

The house has hosted the likes of Richard Branson, actresses from the TV series Desperate Housewives and the Walt Disney extended families.

Flimsy shacks of tin and ply have given way to sleek, painted houses - small, clean and leak-free - in Bangkok’s biggest slum

These professionals are trained to perform certain tasks at different levels and their roles are well-differentiated though expected to work together.

It certainly decides how soon your houses are occupied. If a building is new, or has a newish look, then it is a key selling point.

What will happen to Nairobi, the place of cool waters, when every blade of grass is replaced by concrete?

If the government wants to build a roadway that passes through your parcel of land, they will seize the land and compensate you.

Certain works are to be exclusively reserved for local contractors as opposed to open bidding, which attracts all interested bidders.

Kisumu West's Riat Hills have been attracting wealthy individuals from the region and developers from Nairobi

Lamu Old Town’s alleys, sandwiched by classical buildings, are painfully narrow.

If you live in a bed-sitter, you might feel insecure to divulge such information, as it attracts all manner of unpleasant comments and sarcasm...

The rush to modernity is altering the skyline and architectural design of the port city of Mombasa.

For over a year now, auctioneers and banks are stuck with prime commercial properties with no buyers in sight, even at cut prices.

A rapid population increase comes with the pressure to occupy more land. Each day there is a new landowner, or someone breaking their backs to...

Owning a home is one of the major milestones working-class Kenyans seek to achieve in their lifetime.

You have bought a piece of land in a prime suburb of the city and gone ahead to build yourself a dream bungalow.

This is calculated by dividing the price of the house by the annualised rent to determine if one buys or rents.

Although land prices have remained stagnant last year due to the effects of Covid-19, there is the optimism of a rebound in the real estate sector.

The Waterfront Karen, a late-comer to a full tray of malls in Nairobi, is a monument of loneliness.

In 2018, investment firm Cytonn and a section of Kilimani Estate residents clashed over a proposed Sh22 billion Cytonn Towers.

Those in breach of the proposed rent regulations risk a fine of Sh20,000 or an undisclosed period in jail.

The co-working or flexible office model has seen growth during the pandemic.

Landlords who intend to sell their apartments can also sell individual units, making it easier for them than to wait to find a buyer.

Ouma makes on average Sh80,000 monthly from the two-bedroom house, where he charges Sh2,500 per night.

The Act provides for units to be owned by individual proprietors and common property to be owned by proprietors of the units as tenants in common.

4.7 million are rented. And out of these, 3.7 million are in the urban areas with 1.4 million in Nairobi.

Over the last two decades, Nairobi’s city and industrial status have grown at a fast pace.

The common way of acquiring a valid title deed to land in the country is through the process of transfers.

Areas such as Westlands and Upper Hill are now favoured by corporates as the base for their headquarters.

Banks are looking at a negotiated settlement to recover their money as some property has not found buyers for years.

While flying toilets dot slums, the rich pump their waste into trucks or in open ditches due to lack of sewer systems.

Prefabricated panels cut construction time and cost but the technology is yet to gain widespread use locally due to low market awareness.

Itare water project is a Sh34 billion investment that will not deliver a drop of water to thirsty residents any time soon.

The 90-day suspension affects areas that fall within the ten kilometer radius dubbed ‘Konza Planning Zone’.

Nairobians are generally hard workers who take their daily hustles seriously.