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WHAT ARE THE POPULAR MODERN ROOFING DESIGNS TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN BUILDING A HOME IN KENYA?

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When building a home in Kenya, we have various types of architectural roofing designs to choose from. The popular ones are the gable roofs, Hipped-roofs, flat roofs and finally the skillion roofs. The features of these roofing designs are well explained below:

1. Gable Roofing design.

fig 1: gable roof


One of the most popular roof designs in Kenya is the gable. Gable roof has a pitched triangular shape that sheds water and snow easily. The pros of this type of roof design is that it improves ventilation of your house and also creates additional space attic (a room inside or partly inside the roof of a building). The four types of Gable roofs are:

  • Side-gable.
  • Crossed-gable.
  • Front-gable.
  • Dutch-gable

Gable roofs can go with almost any type of material such a metal, asphalt shingles etc. This is because they are versatile.

2. Hipped roofing style.

Hipped roofing design is another common roofing styles in Kenya. It has slopes on four sides of the roof that come together at the peak to form a ridge. Hipped roofing design is preferred by most Kenyans due to its stability effect contributed by the inward slope of the four sides. This makes it highly durable. Another advantage that hipped roofing design has over the gable one is that it offers additional living space in the house (dormer).

fig 2: Hipped roof design


Despite the fact that this type of roofing design being durable, its installation is more expensive compared to gable installation. Its complexity nature to build is another disadvantage that hipped roofing design has.

Types of hipped roofs include:

  • Cross-hipped roof.
  • Half-hipped roof.
  • Simple-hipped roof.

3. Flat roofing style.

Initially, flat roofing design was mostly common in commercial buildings. Due to the modern architectural advancements, today, the roofing design is now becoming popular in residential areas.

Just as the name of the roofing design suggests, the roof is flat above the structure with a slight pitch to allow for drainage purposes and water shedding. Moreover, flat roofs offers extra outdoor living space. Thus, it comes in handy for townhouses with limited backyard space. Flat roofing design provides space to keep solar panels out of sight for homes that are energy-efficient. The major advantage of roofing type is that it is cheaper to construct than pitched roofing because it follows the natural structure of the home.

flat-roofed house in Kenya


Unfortunately, flat roofs are more expensive to maintain due to the costs attached to roof repair and replacement. To add on that, this kind of roofing is easily susceptible to leakages hence making them become unstable for areas experiencing heavy rainfall.

4.Shed roofing/ Skillion roofing style.

fig 3: Shed-roofed house


Skillion roofing style is a common in modern architectural designs and resembles half of gable roof with more pronounced slope. In other words, shed roof or Skillion roof, is a single sloping roof attached to a taller wall.

Are you a home owner in Uasin Gishu County and you’d like to build a new house using either of the above roofing designs and you don’t know how to go about it? Worry less. Baoriat Agencies got you sorted. We have qualified architects who ensures that they deliver great services to our clients. 

Looking for property (land, house or plot) to buy? We believe in a win-win situation where Parties involved in property transaction (our sellers, Baoriat Agencies and buyers) win by getting the best deal ever. For this reason, over the last three years we have had customers who seek for our services repeatedly. We will actively work with you to help you find criteria that works best for you. All you have to do is, call 0721-554-937 or visit Juma Hajee Building room 16 in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County.

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