วันเสาร์ที่ 14 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2561

Ghana Life: A House in Kumasi

Considering that Ghana came to be independent in 1957 its populace has proliferated. Very first measured in 1960 at 6.7 million, by December 2013 it had actually reached 25 million. This rate of populace development, incorporated with the unavoidable urban drift in developing economic climates, has had the impact of pushing up the cost of land and real estate in all urban areas as well as particularly in the two largest cities: Accra and also Kumasi. The tale of one cottage started in Kumasi in 1983 bears testament to the overall pattern.

A year before the plot was acquired it got on offer at 30,000 Ghanaian cedis, but by 1983 the going price had actually currently increased. The 60,000 cedis paid then had a realistic free market value of regarding $500. A second adjacent story acquired in 1986 expense 180,000 cedis. It was already clear that stress was increasing rapidly on available structure land in an excellent place, in this situation on a gentle hillside with a viewpoint near to the College of Scientific Research and Innovation with easy access to the campus.

The story was big by later standards, determining approximately 58 by 55 metres or about one third of a hectare. A harsh plan had actually been created by the proprietor but a designer was hired to prepare working illustrations. Both the designer as well as the surveyor were lecturers at the neighboring university as well as knowledgeable about local standards as well as problems. They had collaborated on several comparable structure tasks. The three-bedroom cottage was an extremely small framework by current regional standards but it was wanted to maintain prices reduced as well as building time as short as possible.

Although constructing construction started prior to completion of 1983 it was the end of 1986 before it was finished. Your house was the first to be completed in the location and also was regarded as having been built quickly. A number of neighboring plots had actually been turned on yet their more excellent multi-storey structures proceeds a lot more gradually, probably waiting on funds to appear for each and every stage of building and construction.

Your home was used just on periodic sees to Ghana and also continued to be unoccupied for extended periods. Keeping the structure ended up being a trouble, and also in 2015 an evaluation was carried out with a view to marketing. A local home supervisor estimated that the value of the plot, the land alone, had now gotten to 200,000 new cedis, equivalent to 2000 million old cedis or concerning $53,000. Therefore over 32 years, the land had actually boosted in dollar worth by over 100 times. No doubt the purchaser will certainly have a long-term strategy to build a manor on the plot as well คอนโดมือสอง กรุงเทพ as the days of the little residence are numbered.


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