But when one combs through advertisements for bed-sitters online, they always use the word ‘spacious’ without telling exactly the size of the house in square metres. And if they do, as development management consultant Johnson Ndege notes, rarely do tenants care to know the exact size. “A house selling at Sh10 million and it is 100 square metres, tells you that house is sold at Sh100,000 per square metre. If the land is expensive, then a one-bedroom, despite being squeezed, will cost more compared to another area where the land costs less. What typical consumers did not know is that the house was 25 square metres,” he says.

Source: Standard Digital May 19, 2021 22:18 UTC