About two years ago, I looked at how much rent Nairobians pay in different parts of the city. I also looked at how much they pay in matatu fare, and their perception of the safety of their neighbourhoods. Then, I found that 2 bedrooms were the most popular followed by 1 bedrooms and then 3 bedrooms. This shows that family units are more preferred. There was a twist to my findings - 3 bedrooms were partly less popular because some potential tenants could not find any/or suitable units, hence settled for 2 bedrooms. In the last two years, 11 more people responded to my survey, in addition to the 43 who had previously responded. This means that about 25 per cent more people have since given their input. Let’s see how the new tenants compare to the old data. Again, 2 bedrooms are the most popular with half the respondents leasing these, followed by 1 bedrooms at about a quarter of respondents. 4 bedrooms and a bedsitter with one toilet inside each have one respondent, which is ...
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