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Rank: Member Joined: 12/7/2010 Posts: 520 Location: Epicentre - Ngamia 1
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So, back in 2016 i decided to get my family a roof over their heads and after searching settled for some apartment 125sqm 12kms from CBD. This was on the notion that 10 years down the line, would still be living and working in the city as a young professional so no need of building in DC.I got a mortgage financied by employer at a good rate. Late 2017, kicked my landlord to the curb and moved to my new place. The feeling was nostalgic. Hardly a year down the line, I've had to replace all doors and door frames (developer who is a well known Wazuan put cypress doors and frames painted them brown to look like mahogany), the locks broke and neighbours keep getting stuck having to break down doors-replaced all of them to keep my toddler safe from getting stuck in the kitchen just in case the help went to anua clothes and the kid ran there when githeri was boiling, taps and sinks leaking, paint already peeling, biodigester/soakpit has failed and sijui is spilling onto someone's land/road reserve and developer says owners must meet 50% of the cost or repairs, can hear neighbours mucene/TV/ from top and bottom houses cuz apparently, the window frame was joined top to bottom and a gap left that allows sound to escape (total crap). All fixtures imported from China and doors/wardrobes made on site all in the name of saving costs. So, am here doing major repairs while paying a mortgage all because of someone's greed. Don't come here and tell us of your oh so wonderful experience constructing houses and cost savings all the while delivering substandard houses. Bure kabisa! Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs - Farrah Gray.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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Just anika them in the same spirit so that no other wazuan gets into the mess. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 11/28/2018 Posts: 42 Location: Nairobi
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Forester wrote:So, back in 2016 i decided to get my family a roof over their heads and after searching settled for some apartment 125sqm 12kms from CBD. This was on the notion that 10 years down the line, would still be living and working in the city as a young professional so no need of building in DC.I got a mortgage financied by employer at a good rate.
Late 2017, kicked my landlord to the curb and moved to my new place. The feeling was nostalgic.
Hardly a year down the line, I've had to replace all doors and frames (developer who is a well known Wazuan put cypress doors and frames), the locks broke and neighbours keep getting stuck having to break down doors-replaced all of them to keep my toddler safe from getting stuck in the kitchen just in case the help went to anua clothes and the kid ran there when githeri was boiling, taps and sinks leaking, paint already peeling, biodigester has failed and sijui is spilling onto someone's land/road reserve and developer says owners must meet 50% of the cost or repairs, can hear neighbours mucene/TV/ from top and bottom houses cuz apparently, the window frame was joined top to bottom and a gap left that allows sound to escape (total crap). All fixtures imported from China and doors/wardrobes made on site all in the name of saving costs.
So, am here doing major repairs while paying a mortgage all because of someone's greed.
Don't come here and tell us of your oh so wonderful experience constructing houses and cost savings all the while delivering substandard houses. Bure kabisa!
Did you buy the house online? Why didn't you check/inspect what you were buying? OR you went to buy a cheap house then you were expecting mahogany doors and Italian taps.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2015 Posts: 681 Location: Kenya
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Forester wrote:So, back in 2016 i decided to get my family a roof over their heads and after searching settled for some apartment 125sqm 12kms from CBD. This was on the notion that 10 years down the line, would still be living and working in the city as a young professional so no need of building in DC.I got a mortgage financied by employer at a good rate.
Late 2017, kicked my landlord to the curb and moved to my new place. The feeling was nostalgic.
Hardly a year down the line, I've had to replace all doors and frames (developer who is a well known Wazuan put cypress doors and frames), the locks broke and neighbours keep getting stuck having to break down doors-replaced all of them to keep my toddler safe from getting stuck in the kitchen just in case the help went to anua clothes and the kid ran there when githeri was boiling, taps and sinks leaking, paint already peeling, biodigester has failed and sijui is spilling onto someone's land/road reserve and developer says owners must meet 50% of the cost or repairs, can hear neighbours mucene/TV/ from top and bottom houses cuz apparently, the window frame was joined top to bottom and a gap left that allows sound to escape (total crap). All fixtures imported from China and doors/wardrobes made on site all in the name of saving costs.
So, am here doing major repairs while paying a mortgage all because of someone's greed.
Don't come here and tell us of your oh so wonderful experience constructing houses and cost savings all the while delivering substandard houses. Bure kabisa!
As discussed here before, buying a roof for your family which liveth another family is a disaster. That don't mean kenyans and wazuans will shy away from shafting guys who don't listen. My advice would be to just accept and move on. DC is still open and you can pass the shafting to the next guy  . If I'm blessed this/next year I wouldn't mind shafting some other guys who won't have learnt, be it hapa ama in the wider economy (thread on low cost housing comes to mind). After all, what did Mwalimu Nyerere say about cannibalistic tendencies of KE's?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/7/2012 Posts: 11,937
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murchr wrote:Just anika them in the same spirit so that no other wazuan gets into the mess. The wazuan looks obvious to me!!! In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/7/2010 Posts: 520 Location: Epicentre - Ngamia 1
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Thitifini wrote:Forester wrote:So, back in 2016 i decided to get my family a roof over their heads and after searching settled for some apartment 125sqm 12kms from CBD. This was on the notion that 10 years down the line, would still be living and working in the city as a young professional so no need of building in DC.I got a mortgage financied by employer at a good rate.
Late 2017, kicked my landlord to the curb and moved to my new place. The feeling was nostalgic.
Hardly a year down the line, I've had to replace all doors and frames (developer who is a well known Wazuan put cypress doors and frames), the locks broke and neighbours keep getting stuck having to break down doors-replaced all of them to keep my toddler safe from getting stuck in the kitchen just in case the help went to anua clothes and the kid ran there when githeri was boiling, taps and sinks leaking, paint already peeling, biodigester has failed and sijui is spilling onto someone's land/road reserve and developer says owners must meet 50% of the cost or repairs, can hear neighbours mucene/TV/ from top and bottom houses cuz apparently, the window frame was joined top to bottom and a gap left that allows sound to escape (total crap). All fixtures imported from China and doors/wardrobes made on site all in the name of saving costs.
So, am here doing major repairs while paying a mortgage all because of someone's greed.
Don't come here and tell us of your oh so wonderful experience constructing houses and cost savings all the while delivering substandard houses. Bure kabisa!
As discussed here before, buying a roof for your family which liveth another family is a disaster. That don't mean kenyans and wazuans will shy away from shafting guys who don't listen. My advice would be to just accept and move on. DC is still open and you can pass the shafting to the next guy . If I'm blessed this/next year I wouldn't mind shafting some other guys who won't have learnt, be it hapa ama in the wider economy (thread on low cost housing comes to mind). After all, what did Mwalimu Nyerere say about cannibalistic tendencies of KE's? @Thitifini, we're talking of new new units here as in first occupant. There're about 32 units and every week folks are doing repairs. You may not understand the pain of sitting on your toilet doing your stuff and the toilet seat breaks/cracks injuring your makalioz.  Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs - Farrah Gray.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/7/2010 Posts: 520 Location: Epicentre - Ngamia 1
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drogon wrote:Forester wrote:So, back in 2016 i decided to get my family a roof over their heads and after searching settled for some apartment 125sqm 12kms from CBD. This was on the notion that 10 years down the line, would still be living and working in the city as a young professional so no need of building in DC.I got a mortgage financied by employer at a good rate.
Late 2017, kicked my landlord to the curb and moved to my new place. The feeling was nostalgic.
Hardly a year down the line, I've had to replace all doors and frames (developer who is a well known Wazuan put cypress doors and frames), the locks broke and neighbours keep getting stuck having to break down doors-replaced all of them to keep my toddler safe from getting stuck in the kitchen just in case the help went to anua clothes and the kid ran there when githeri was boiling, taps and sinks leaking, paint already peeling, biodigester has failed and sijui is spilling onto someone's land/road reserve and developer says owners must meet 50% of the cost or repairs, can hear neighbours mucene/TV/ from top and bottom houses cuz apparently, the window frame was joined top to bottom and a gap left that allows sound to escape (total crap). All fixtures imported from China and doors/wardrobes made on site all in the name of saving costs.
So, am here doing major repairs while paying a mortgage all because of someone's greed.
Don't come here and tell us of your oh so wonderful experience constructing houses and cost savings all the while delivering substandard houses. Bure kabisa!
Did you buy the house online? Why didn't you check/inspect what you were buying? OR you went to buy a cheap house then you were expecting mahogany doors and Italian taps. KES. 9 million may be cheap to you but not to some of us. Visited phase one on numerous occasions, the show house was well done wasn't easy to see the underlying issues. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs - Farrah Gray.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/7/2010 Posts: 520 Location: Epicentre - Ngamia 1
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Angelica _ann wrote:murchr wrote:Just anika them in the same spirit so that no other wazuan gets into the mess. The wazuan looks obvious to me!!! @AA, the guy who appears on BD Africa louded as an upcoming developer currently doing another project on Eastern Bypass. Woe unto the guys who'll buy the houses as same cheap fixtures/fittings have been used. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs - Farrah Gray.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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Before I'm named I would like to ask the guys on wazua we are working with. "I will finish what we started." These are very scary threads. But if it's who I think it is, you were warned. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2010 Posts: 3,505 Location: Uganda
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Forester wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:murchr wrote:Just anika them in the same spirit so that no other wazuan gets into the mess. The wazuan looks obvious to me!!! @AA, the guy who appears on BD Africa louded as an upcoming developer currently doing another project on Eastern Bypass. Woe unto the guys who'll buy the houses as same cheap fixtures/fittings have been used. what is the first letter of his name at least.please name him so he can defend himself and also the rest of us can deal with him with caution.if he has scr*w*d you there is nothing to lose in naming him punda amecheka
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