Setting out: when the drawings meet the ground
The building must sit where the approved drawings say. What the owner, architect, engineer and contractor must have — and how setting out and as-built hold the site to that paper.
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Sectional property in Kenya: what you need, and what the surveyor does
A flat on a sub-lease is not a unit on its own register. What the client must have, and how a licensed surveyor prepares the sectional plan the Sectional Properties Act requires.
Can I subdivide this land in Kenya?
You cannot sell a piece off one title. Agricultural general-boundary land goes through land control consent, mutation and titles after survey. Municipal fixed-boundary land needs cadastral plans.
How do you know where your property boundary is?
Unless the register says the boundaries are fixed, the map is only approximate. Beacons, occupation and the Survey Act — not the seller’s fence.
Buying land in Kenya: what to check before you pay
A title is not the ground. Kenyan law splits registered rights from cadastral place — and planning permission is a third question. What to check before money moves.
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