It is becoming increasingly hard to find cheap lots for sale
in Athiriver. This can be attributed to several factors:
One, you find that Nairobi city has increasingly crept into Athiriver.
So, for all purposes and intends, Athiriver has become almost a part of
Nairobi (although adminstratively, it is in Machakos). So this is the Nairobi metropolitan effect. And as such, you find that the for the most part, Nairobi plot prices
apply in Athiriver as well.
Second, you find that the business of buying and selling
plots in Athiriver has been increasingly infiltrated by brokers and agents. These
brokers and agents have a habit of pushing Athiriver plot prices up, because
they are usually paid on commission, and they know that the commissions are
likely to be higher if they manage to sell the plots at higher prices.
Third, you find that the infrastructure in and around
Athiriver has improved tremendously in the last 2 or so decades. This has made
parts of Athiriver that were previously inaccessible to be accessible. Now
those previously inaccessible parts previously used to be where cheap plots in
Athiriver were to be found. But now that they have become accessible, the value
of plots there has gone up.
Fourth is the simple fact that the demand for plots in
Athiriver has gone up considerably. And in keeping with the laws of demand and
supply, you find that as the demand for Athiriver plots has kept on going up,
so have the prices.
Does
all this mean that it is impossible to find a cheap plot for sale in Athiriver?
Well, with some luck, there are some places where you may find affordable plots
for sale in Athiriver. It depends on what cheap means to you. Like, for
instance, if cheap to you means 1 million Kenya shillings for a eight acre
plot, you shouldn’t have too hard a time finding something in a good part of
Athiriver. But if you are looking for a plot with tens of thousands of
shillings, then you may not find anything, even in Athiriver slums. Looking for a plot in Athiriver with, say, 70,000 shillings is as futile as looking to apply for a kenya ID card online. Or, in another perspective, it is as futile as looking for Safaricom jobs with only a Std 8 certificate. But if your
budget is in the 200 to 500 thousand shillings, you could find a plot in the
remoter parts of Athiriver, such as the remote parts of Kinanie, Nzoyani and so
on, as you move towards Joska. For that budget within Athiriver town itself,
you would have to content with the hardcore low-cost areas (which some people
refer to as slums), the likes of Kanaani, Slota and perhaps Mlolongo Phase 3.
