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How much do you pay in rent?
simonkabz
#31 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:15:07 PM
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2012 wrote:
You all sound single. Anyone with a family? I don't know whether you'd fit a family in a 15k house and I'm talking of locations that are not too inconveniencing for work and school for the kids.



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wanyee
#32 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:20:16 PM
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It depends if one treats rent as a transitive or an intransitive cost of their overall expenditure
nostoppingthis
#33 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:22:25 PM
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wanyee wrote:
During 2007 PEV , it became apparent that you may need to consider locations where there is security or open multiple escape routes from the city or vicinity to to an airport and access to supplies whilst avoiding the CBD. Areas around or near to JKIA,wilson or oryx airport(Kajiado) , near or around Thika/Msa rd come to mind


An escape route may just lead you to the hands of those who are baying for your blood...remember the road blocks out of Nairobi....
wanyee
#34 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:35:59 PM
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nostoppingthis wrote:
wanyee wrote:
During 2007 PEV , it became apparent that you may need to consider locations where there is security or open multiple escape routes from the city or vicinity to to an airport and access to supplies whilst avoiding the CBD. Areas around or near to JKIA,wilson or oryx airport(Kajiado) , near or around Thika/Msa rd come to mind


An escape route may just lead you to the hands of those who are baying for your blood...remember the road blocks out of Nairobi....

yeah thats why they have to be multiplesmile
Tebes
#35 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:22:54 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
2012 wrote:
You all sound single. Anyone with a family? I don't know whether you'd fit a family in a 15k house and I'm talking of locations that are not too inconveniencing for work and school for the kids.



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Why would a married Bachelor (wife, kids not around) stay in a Ksh 50K house? even 30K is still on a higher side. However, I know of families who stay with nearly the whole clan - wife's sisters, nephews, nieces etc. A four bedroom + double SQ is a must for them
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#36 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:20:02 PM
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Tebes
However, I know of families who stay with nearly the whole clan - [u wrote:
w[/u]ife's sisters


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But on a serious note, if you are doing 40k rent per month better watch out. Consider mortgage, expensive in the short run, useful in the long run
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wanyee
#37 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:19:51 PM
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King G wrote:
Tebes
However, I know of families who stay with nearly the whole clan - [u wrote:
w[/u]ife's sisters


Hapo sasa umenenaApplause Applause Applause

But on a serious note, if you are doing 40k rent per month better watch out. Consider mortgage, expensive in the short run, useful in the long run


What kind of mortgage(or for what kind of a house) can you get with monthly repayment of 40k?
Wendz
#38 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:49:02 PM
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King G wrote:
Tebes
However, I know of families who stay with nearly the whole clan - [u wrote:
w[/u]ife's sisters


Hapo sasa umenenaApplause Applause Applause

But on a serious note, if you are doing 40k rent per month better watch out. Consider mortgage, expensive in the short run, useful in the long run


What do you call "short run"? 15-20 years? Some times, depending on what you are paying on your rent, mortgage may be more expensive and riskier. If i am not building my own house, i am not touching mortgage in this market with a long pole in the near future..... dynamics of the real estate - pricing, interest rates etc have to change first for me to consider 'mortgaged house' as a viable investment... unless i have completely ran out of ideas... which of course will be a very sad situation.
Obi 1 Kanobi
#39 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:38:36 PM
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I am really surprised at the figures quoted here for rent.

Kwani everyone in Wazua lives in eastlands or in the outskirts of Nairobi.
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Mukiri
#40 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:55:32 PM
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Wendz wrote:
King G wrote:
Tebes
However, I know of families who stay with nearly the whole clan - [u wrote:
w[/u]ife's sisters


Hapo sasa umenenaApplause Applause Applause

But on a serious note, if you are doing 40k rent per month better watch out. Consider mortgage, expensive in the short run, useful in the long run


What do you call "short run"? 15-20 years? Some times, depending on what you are paying on your rent, mortgage may be more expensive and riskier. If i am not building my own house, i am not touching mortgage in this market with a long pole in the near future..... dynamics of the real estate - pricing, interest rates etc have to change first for me to consider 'mortgaged house' as a viable investment... unless i have completely ran out of ideas... which of course will be a very sad situation.


@Wanyee If you look hard enough you'll find a place, be it in Thika, Kite or environs with the sign 'Drive safely and welcome back to Nairobi'.
@Wendz, Why is mortgage so unthinkable? Start with a small house/flat, upgrade as you grow. Worst case scenario where one has to sell, then dispose, pay off debt and you are left with the rent you'd have paid.

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