| dc.description.abstract | Quality housing is a basic need for the world’s population estimated by both USCB
and UNPF at 7.104 billion. The study sought to identify factors influencing delivery
of quality residential houses: a case of Zimmerman estate in Nairobi, Kenya. The
study was guided by the following research objectives: to find out the extent to which
source of project funding influences delivery of quality residential houses; to establish
the level of engagement of key stakeholders during the life of the project in ensuring
delivery of quality residential houses; to find out the extent to which existing laws
governing the building industry influence delivery of quality residential houses; to
find out the extent to which market forces influence delivery of quality residential
houses. This study was supported by a comprehensive literature review in chapter
two. The study adopted a descriptive research survey design, and used a questionnaire
as a tool to collect the required data from a population sample of 160 residential house
owners. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics by use of percentage and
frequency tables where necessary. The research used Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) software version 17.0. The findings were presented in the form of
tables. Based on the results, the study made appropriate recommendations. The study
concluded that the most common source of funds for house projects was bank loan,
personal savings, and borrowing from SACCOs respectively. The study concluded
that inadequacy in fund affects the quality of house projects. The study concluded
that although there was clear schedule of funds drawings, there existed ineffective
scheduling of fund drawings that could affect quality of house projects. The study also
concluded that the owners of the house projects were the most parties who buy the
buildings materials. This study clearly indicated that the buying of materials was left
in the hands of the owners of the house projects yet they lacked capacity to ascertain
the quality of building materials. The study revealed that the lenders failed to visit the
site to confirm proper usage of funds, thus affecting quality of house projects. The
study concluded that not all the stakeholders attended the site meetings where the
owners attended. Other stakeholders such as project managers, supervising masons,
architects and quality surveyors attended the site meetings sometimes, clearly
indicating that not all the stakeholders were made to attend all site meetings affecting
quality of house projects. The study concluded that the owners were the most
coordinators of the house projects, architect also coordinated houses projects, project
managers were sometime coordinators of house project. The study concluded that
there had been approved building plans, although there still existed house projects that
were built without being approved compromising on quality of the houses built. The
study concluded that the City County officials visited the site to review the
construction while in some cases they failed to do so. The failure by the county
official to inspect the site of house projects affected the quality of the houses. The
study concluded that failure to follow approval requirement of building plans was
hindering quality attainment in building house projects | en_US |
