Project Start Date - An Update

The initial plan for this property was to renovate the boys quarters and then the main building. However, a careful inspection coupled with some serious thinking has led me to decide otherwise. The plan now is to demolish both buildings and erect a three storey building. This way I will be making maximum use of the land. The plan is to have the ground floor and second floor as open space offices and then have on the third floor, a three bedroom apartment with a study. I have enlisted the assistance of three people to come up with sketches for me. The open plan office should fetch some decent rent. What I actually need to concentrate on is the design of the building. I need something really attractive that will stand out from all the other houses and offices in Nyaneba [is it spelt Nyaniba OR Nyaneba?]

Actually, I almost think I know who I will be turning to regarding this project. This contractor built my brothers house at McCarthey Hill. I got my brother to give me a tour of his crib last week. Although I had previously seen pictures of his crib on Facebook, being there and actually seeing what he had done to the place made me admire the place from a different angle. Everything there regarding the construction of the house has been carefully thought out. The amazing thing is that the land on which the house has been built on is not a huge one, but the way the house has been built gives you the impression that it is sitting on some huge patch of land. It is all in the detail, as one would say. Funny though, there is another building next door to my brothers which sits on a bigger patch of land. The building looks horrendous. There is absolutely no taste to it. A typical example of when one has a lot and yet does not utilise the abundance.

August, God willing, will be the kick off month for the project. Yes, that means I will be back in Ghana in August.