Kenyan man builds house on hill with magnificent design, gives tour: "Started with KSh 400k"

• Interior designer Eshuchi Lumumba always knew that he wanted to build a house on a hill, and he gave a very pertinent reason for his choice
• He thought that he needed a lot of money to start building his house, but his talented fundi convinced him to start with what he had, which was only Sh 400,000
• Initially, the plan was to build the house off-site, but later he changed it, completed phase one of the project and has embarked on phase two while inside the house

Interior designer Eshuchi Lumumba is a happy and satisfied man living in the basement of his house built on top of a hill, and he has yet to complete it.

In a video, he narrated how he had always dreamt of building his house on top of a hill, and his dream finally came true.

“I knew I wanted a home that sat on raised ground because of the views; I knew that would come with its own cost implications. I just didn’t know how dire,” he said.

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At the start of the project, Eshuchi admits that he did not have any money; he was hoping to raise KSh 1 million to KSh 2 million before he could start, but his fundi insisted that he should start with what he had, which was KSh 400,000.

“We started the groundwork and did the grading for the columns and backfill, and by that time KSh 800,000 was gone. By the time they had mixed the slab, I was in debt,” confessed Eshuchi.

The second slab was going to cost Eshuchi an equivalent of a whole year’s rent at his previous apartment, and Eshuchi opted to embark on the basement and complete it to see if he could move in.

After about two months, he went back to the project and did a perimeter wall.

What outstanding features does Eshuchi’s house have?

One of the best features of Eshuchi’s house is the humongous windows, and he admits that they were a very good idea until it was time to have them done; his fundi joked that the windows were the size of a main gate. He admits that having them fabricated cost him a pretty penny.

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Then it came to the plumbing work, and here Eshuchi almost got depressed because of the cost, but he moved on and had it done, then moved on to cabling for electricity.

When Eshuchi got a crazy quotation for flooring, he got 6×1 typical frames and had them treated and then did some sanding.

“I embarked on the tiling of the kitchen and bathroom, then came back to the floor and the first coat of mahogany, sanding and back again,” he said.

How did being a designer help Eshuchi?

Being a talented interior designer, Eshuchi did his own cabinetry, entertainment centre, and controversial partitioning and fixed the gate, then moved in.

There are some lessons that Eshuchi drew from his building journey,

“Get a good local supplier; that could be expensive in the long run, but if you are ever broke, they can give you the materials and you pay later,” he said.

It has been one year since Eshuchi started living in the basement, and he says that so far he has spent KSh 6 million on the house that sits on a 100-by-100 piece of land.

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“That is a third of what I want for this home and vision,” he said.

Us-based man builds KSh 15m house

In a different story, a young Steve had already built his dream home worth millions of Kenyan shillings even before travelling to Kenya.

A video that captured the interior as well as exterior design of the huge house standing on a corner plot in Kerarapon, Karen, Nairobi, impressed many people.

Social media users were especially taken in by the house, which boasts four bedrooms and a rooftop kitchen with an extra washroom.

Source: NgGossips