{"id":30492,"date":"2020-11-24T20:47:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/opinion-buying-a-house-in-zimbabwes-towns-is-no-longer-a-worthwhile-investment-unknown"},"modified":"2020-11-24T20:47:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:47:25","slug":"opinion-buying-a-house-in-zimbabwes-towns-is-no-longer-a-worthwhile-investment-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/opinion-buying-a-house-in-zimbabwes-towns-is-no-longer-a-worthwhile-investment-unknown","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Buying A House In Zimbabwe\u2019s Towns Is  No Longer A Worthwhile Investment \u2013 Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>An opinionist has opined the following piece in which he urges people to prioritize building homes in the rural areas other than in Zimbabwe\u2019s towns where amenities are a nightmare and properties are losing value. The unknown author made these valid points which might be useful for those seeking to invest their money in property:<\/p>\n<p>Buying a house in town is no longer a worthwile investment. Bulawayo with it\u2019s acute water shortages and intensive load shedding is now unhabitable. I think relocating to an rural area is the only alternative , especially for those ones who are buying property for the first time. With an amount of $30 000 you can built a spacious rural home, with a lot of space to do horticulture projects and chicken rearing, yet the same $30k will only afford to buy a four roomed dilapidated worn out house, in a densely populated, sewage stinking location like Old Magwegwe and Mzilikazi, with no space to do self-help horticultural projects. I know some imbeciles who have signed a covenant with poverty will say a city has many facilities on offer within reach, but that\u2019s a baseless argument with the current Bulawayo which i know.<\/p>\n<p>With $30k. Most rural stands cost less than $1k, with total acreage of five hectares and above. Here is the breakdown: $20k can erect a 5roomed house, 2roundhuts, a granary, blair toilet, and fencing a ten hectare stand. With an amount of $5k you can buy a 5 cows, 5 goats, 3 pigs, 5 roadrunners, and raise 100 broilers. Just imagine how much stock you will be in possession of in the next ten years!!!!!!. With the remaining $5k you can drill a borehole and a Biogas facility. Mind you at zero cost you can own an orchard of five mangoes, oranges, guavas , avocadoes, and peaches. Now my question is can you afford to do all these things in a 200 square metres of land.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do the MATHS. The choice is in your hands. Take these tips SERIOUSLY.<\/p>\n<p>My point here is its hightime we swallow our pride and divorce our unions with poverty,we leave the slums and water scarce cities and build smart rural areas. # Handeyi kumusha#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. An opinionist has opined the following piece in which he urges people to prioritize building homes in the rural areas other than in Zimbabwe\u2019s towns where amenities are a nightmare and properties are losing value. 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