Kakamega Man Breaks Down Cost Of Upgrading Mud-Walled Simba To Permanent House: "KSh 750k Gone"

• After much longing, Done Esonga from Khwisero in Kakamega country completed his two-bedroom permanent house
• According to Esonga, his nuclear and extended family members all live in mud-walled houses and now he owns the first permanent house in the boma
• Esonga shared that he spent KSh 750,000 on the beautiful house, with the bulk of the money going to iron sheets and tiles

Done Esonga from Kilingili in Khwisero, Kakamega County, is over the moon, as his days of living in a mud-walled simba are long gone.

Esonga spends KSh 750k on house

In an interview with TUKO.co.ke, Esonga shared that he worked in the construction industry, where he installed tiles in new houses and did landscaping.

Whenever he made someone else's house beautiful, he would long for the day he would transform his mud-walled simple house, aka simba, into a beautiful abode.

So Esonga embarked on building his beautiful two-bedroom house; basically, he extended the one-bedroom house by removing a part of it and adding two more plus a kitchen.

"In total, I spent KSh 750,000; a lot of money went into the roofing and tiles. I spent KSh 600,000 on them. Iron sheets were very expensive; I bought the 28 gauge type at KSh 120,000," offered the 22-year-old man.

The budget for tiles was KSh 420,000

"I didn't spend a lot of money on cement and sand because they are locally available. The bulk of the budget went to the tiles, I had budgeted KSh 420,000 tiles. I wanted the big 60 by 120 ones that are installed using adhesive," he said.

Esonga revealed that they went for the big tiles because his wife wondered why he was going for the small ones, yet he installed the big ones in people's houses all the time.

For the windows, Esonga went for the angled ones, and each cost him KSh 15,000. The front door, a glass affair, cost him KSh 20,000.

Esonga plans to move out one day and build a bigger house on his land.

"It has to be a big house that people see and appreciate," said the man who learnt about tiling and landscaping at Sigalagala Polytechnic.

At the moment, he is just basking in pride after finally completing his simba.

"I am the first person in our boma to build a permanent house; my father and uncles all live in mud-walled houses," he said.

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