The government starts selling houses constructed under the AHP
The government has started selling houses constructed under
the affordable housing programme in Nairobi, Machakos, Embu, Kiambu and Kisumu
counties.
In Nairobi’s Park Road units, there are 30 1- bedroom units
which will cost Sh. 1.5 million each. Each of the houses has been built on a
plinth of 30 square metres.
Each of the 112, two-bedroom
units standing on a 40-square metre plinth will go for Sh 2 million while each of the 176 units of
two-bedroom houses made on a 60-square metre plinth will cost Sh 3 million.
Other houses available on Park Road are 230 three-bedroom
houses made on a 60 and 80-square metre plinth area, which will go for Sh 3.5
million and Sh 4 million each, respectively.
“The Park Road
housing project has been developed under AHP and the total number of units in
the project is 1,370. Some of the units will be sold to civil servants while
the rest have been reserved for other citizens,” Transport, Infrastructure,
Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said in a
statement.
A parking silo has
been provided in the project and a unit parking space will be purchased
separately at Sh 390,000.
The Embu, Kiambu, Machakos and Kisumu projects have been
financed by Civil Servants Housing Scheme Fund (CSHSF) with the Kiambu, Embu and
Machakos housing projects being at an advanced stage of completion.
“These projects will be ready this year while that of Kisumu
is complete and about 50% of the units sold. In Embu, the 80 units of
two-bedroom houses built on 70 square metre plinth area will go for Sh 3.5
million each while 140 units of three-bedroom houses with a master en suite,
made on a 90-plinth area, will be sold at Sh 4.8 million each,” he said.
In Machakos, there are 100 units of two-bedroom houses made
on 66 square metre plinth going for Sh3.3 million while another 100 units of
three-bedroom master en suite houses made on 88 square metre plinth will be
sold at Sh4.3 million.
Kiambu has 75 one-bedroom houses going for Sh2.3 million
each, 48 units of two-bedroom homes worth Sh 4 million each and 70 units of three-bedroom
master en suite houses going for Sh 5.4 million each.
In Kisumu, there are 20 units of one-bedroom houses, which
are to be sold at Sh2.3 million each, 120 units of two-bedroom houses at Sh 3.6
million and 70 units of three-bedroom houses with master en suite, each going
for Sh5.4 million.
“Interested serving civil servants are invited to apply for
the houses commensurate with their grades,” said the PS.
Completed application forms should be returned on or before
April 28 with the required minimum deposit of 10% of purchase price
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