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Rank: Member Joined: 12/16/2008 Posts: 111
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I would like to run an electric cable across the compound to the gate - for security lights. The distance is about 70metres. I was just wondering whether it is cheaper to run the twin-with-add cable in a conduit (High density PE Pipe) like the one used by fibre optic cables along the roads, instead of the armored cable. And is it safe? Tafadhali advise
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/13/2011 Posts: 297 Location: Nairobi
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Tito44 wrote:I would like to run an electric cable across the compound to the gate - for security lights. The distance is about 70metres. I was just wondering whether it is cheaper to run the twin-with-add cable in a conduit (High density PE Pipe) like the one used by fibre optic cables along the roads, instead of the armored cable. And is it safe? Tafadhali advise this is over kill, do a 1 foot trench lay the normal elec conduits, arrange hardcore ontop of the pipe(incase of future trenching the stone is hit first),backfill and take enough photos to mark the location.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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Anyone knows how much of a 120 square meter 3 bed-roomed maisonette you could put up with a million bob. The plot is flat and on red soil. I am hoping for foundation, slab, roof and walling for the ground floor with 2 rooms finished enough for immediate habitation (including electricity and water). Je, yawezekana? Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 1/4/2010 Posts: 1,668 Location: nairobi
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@seppuku..it will depend on the class of building materials and labour you intend to achieve. If you intend to use high class material and labour eg karen, muthaiga, runda areas, the kes 1m will build you kes1m/kes 40,000=25m2. For middle class, this will give you 1m/30000=33m2 and for the lowest class of materials and labour, this will give you kes 1m/17,000=58m2. As Iron Sharpens Iron, So one Man Sharpens Another.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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@a4architect. Thanks for your answer and for being ever so helpful. If it is not too much trouble, how do I think about these figures from the stand point of phased construction? That's what I am trying to wrap my head around. Like how do I estimate how much I need before I can move into this type of house and complete the rest while living there? Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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seppuku wrote:Anyone knows how much of a 120 square meter 3 bed-roomed maisonette you could put up with a million bob. The plot is flat and on red soil. I am hoping for foundation, slab, roof and walling for the ground floor with 2 rooms finished enough for immediate habitation (including electricity and water). Je, yawezekana? If you have jus 1m, another alternative is go buy another plot in a high potential area and continue saving. Sell the plot after 3 -5 years, and use proceeds + savings to build something decent. Then come back to Wazua to thank me.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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@limanika, where would that be (high potential area)? To how much do you reckon it would appreciate? Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 1/4/2010 Posts: 1,668 Location: nairobi
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@seppuku..in high class finishes, 25m2 is more like a bedsitter. In middle class, 33m2 is more like a 1 bedroomed. In low class finishes,58m2 is more like a regular sized 2 bedroomed unit. As Iron Sharpens Iron, So one Man Sharpens Another.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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a4architect.com wrote:@seppuku..in high class finishes, 25m2 is more like a bedsitter.
In middle class, 33m2 is more like a 1 bedroomed.
In low class finishes,58m2 is more like a regular sized 2 bedroomed unit.
@a4architect, excuse me for being stubborn but I am still not answered.I have my mind made up about the size of house I want in the end. As for the finishing, let's go with middle. How much (of this house) can the million complete? I have absolutely no intention of putting up a bedsitter or 1-br with the money. If the money cannot build this type of house to a habitable point, let me know as much. Thanks, once again. Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 1/4/2010 Posts: 1,668 Location: nairobi
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@seppuku..for middle calss finishes, kes 1m can only take you to 1 bedroomed of 33m2. You can make this as phase 1 with the final 120m2 desired as the last phase depending on your financial strength. The rest of the building can be designed to increase with phases as time goes by. As Iron Sharpens Iron, So one Man Sharpens Another.
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