 What's so beautiful and amazing people? We are here with SPM Buzz and Benny Experience. We are here trying to look at beautiful, as you can see we have a very beautiful seat, very beautiful baby. So we are here to look at what purple dot international is all about. Karibu sana. Sana tisana. Probably give me a little bit of introduction tell us who you are. My name is Yolanda Anzere. I am head of PR at purple dot international limited. We know you are wondering purple dot purple dot today. Today everything has been purple dot I am wearing purple I mean I am loyal to the company. So purple dot international limited is a developer. We major in real estate. We do both residential and commercial properties. So far we have amazing properties all over the country that are setting out very fast. Wow that is really amazing. And we want to know before we proceed like why did you guys choose the word purple dot what was the beauty in it. Well there was no really okay how do I put it first of all it's my boss's favorite color. We begin there. Number two we all know that purple is a royalty color. It comes with a lot of luck, a lot of gist, it's an oomf color, it's an etiquette color and that is a yes it is. And it is what we actually do that aligns very well with the color. We are a luxurious brand and so when we say purple you understand royalty and luxury and you know the etiquette that it comes with. That is who we are in very simple terms. Wow you guys are doing amazing. Very beautiful building. I know when we walked in we have seen a very clear residence. I think it's still up to speed. Do we have people living there already? Yes I'd say it's 98% filled up. It's taken up, it's done. We only have like three or four houses left that are left for occupancy. Yeah so yeah I'm going out so fast. You know building houses in Kenya is not some easy task. How do you probably get land? How do you start building? How do you decide where you want to build for example? Well I'll say most of it is a lot of research because for the company to actually decide where to build first of all we always have a database. Any company must have a database. A database of investors whom we've interacted with before. We have conversations with them. They tell us what the idea of the houses they're looking for. Then they actually give us an idea of let's say the places that they're really interested in. Let's say for starters we started with our first projects in Langata. There was a very good demand there for houses in Langata. And we did standalone houses. Very amazing three bedroom houses and they were sold out immediately. Then now they came and need for every time we marketed the houses in Langata people asked for apartments. You don't have an apartment close to town you don't have an apartment close to town so now that gave us an idea of what to do. So we came up with Elina. So Elina was the reason it came up because people kept on asking for it. And I mean I've taken a tour with you you've seen how amazing it is. So all the features that are in here is based on conversations about when you go in a database and you see a lot of people asking for these things then we decide the bosses decide ok now this is what we're going to do. They put down all the features they list them down then they decide this is what we're going to offer. And after that now they go down to construction putting finances into place and voila we have what we have here. So like if I get this right like Elina the entire building is not like necessarily owned by one person it is different investors who put money for you guys to build. Yes but you see right now we don't yes that is what happens our company is a company that has a pool of investors and directors ok so they are the ones who come together putting the money together and then they decide they're going to now bring up an entire project. Yes Wow that is very amazing the clientele you know sometimes you have houses that go for monthly I don't know if that is possible and then you have probably houses that people take forever. Is there Alipam Dogum Dogo or is just everything you know we are talking to Kenyans and Kenyans hire people who can say I can't afford maybe 100 million What do you do? Well I'm glad you've brought up finances because I knew I came here. Money is a factor that we all feel the pinch for and we're looking for it very very heavy. Now this is what we do usually we have we have a payment plan we have different payment plans. So when you come to us well let's say when you see one of our property and you're interested in them and then now you do your diligence you do your research and you are ok with whatever we are offering but when you come to us and tell us now we want Elena or we want Serene Park or we want Marigold we also have commercial properties where we have warehousing projects and we have offices. Grade A certified offices so when you tell us maybe you want a warehouse or you want a house at Elena or Serene Park this is what we do. We sit you down then we ask you what you have as your finances so you're the one to explain to us what you have now if you're banking with someone partnerships. We are in partnerships with many banks in Kenya so now this is what happens. So you tell me maybe you're a member of this bank X so we reach out to people at bank X who will look at your credit score because you know Kenya all places that you choose to invest your credit score really matters a lot so we sit down with these guys and then they advise you on how to move forward so maybe they say ok now we're going to finance your mortgage now we're going to do it at this and this rate now this is between you and the bank you sit down and you agree upon the financing and everything that happens so they tell you ok we're going to do this at this rate so up to there now you have an option you didn't have money but now you have to look for a certain deposit amount maybe perhaps let's say 10% of the amount then the rest of the amount they are going to finance for you so now you do your deposit and then they do the mortgage for you that is a very good way of saying let us ease your pain and then we will try to participate in the call that is really beautiful many Kenyans that is the hassle now these people say there is no money in Kenya and of course you deal with houses it's not easy to afford and then of course we have people outside that who don't believe in owning our home or people believe that it's expensive to own our home what is your own perspective well I'd say of course everything that scares you is really worth to have anything that scares you is worth to own if you feel like you need to upgrade a phone and you're like hey iPhone 14 is very crazy this is where your mind should be at so if you're at a position where you know you want to own a house eventually and you don't know how to sometimes I usually say take time owning a house does not begin with you having money it begins with the research you do it begins with you understanding finances it begins with you understanding savings and everything real estate and housing it begins with you understanding the laws and everything governing real estate once you start grasping that then now your mind will automatically click to the area of if this is what it takes to own a home then ina iya this is what I'm supposed to do so unajuwa utaji pangadze you get so the level of the house that you want is entirely up to you you can choose to do a town house you can choose to do an away home you can choose to do it is always within your place of mind once you start understanding it all then it falls in line between this this time and this time this is what I need to have done and then I need to approach this guy's financing maybe I'm a guidance in finances I need to up my game in looking for money and all this it's not an easy task but it's a very necessary steps it's very necessary for you to take that step and actually own it because I'm going to ask you is it okay for someone to build in shags in a town what is your opinion honestly I'd say it goes with your need what is your need you see once you identify what your need is then you'll be very okay with everything for there are people who don't want to go back home there are people who want who are very comfortable here in Nairobi and then those people who are just tired they want to move away from Nairobi and you see that's why we give you options as Papal Dot Papal Dot gives you options you see now here we are in Nairobi you have this hole if you don't want an apartment then in Langata they are townhouses if you don't want Langata you don't want to be Nairobi you want to move away from Nairobi this is where we take you to Serene Park Serene Park is away from Nairobi so we show you another option a very beautiful villa, four bedroom swimming pool, gyms, timbat, clubhouse whatever you want very good security and you connect with nature so you have all options for you of course you have people who purchase houses and then they turn them into business probably Airbnbs how measures that you put in place to make sure that your places are safe well unfortunately for us we really do not do Airbnbs yes we do not do Airbnbs so anyone who takes your home is definitely coming to stay? not necessarily, you can choose to rent it out yes you can choose to rent it out but we do not really do but we have really stayed away we are making we are trying our best to stay away from Airbnbs well because you know why and yes we really don't want to and also most of the people who take on our properties are families we do not want to go against what they are looking for you see when you decide to have a family and settle in this you are spending that much money and you want to stay here you don't want to be around some certain type of behavior let's say there are a lot of things so if you are choosing family homes we tend to try so much and respect that family that is really amazing of course I won't leave before asking you have seen your page you have very ambassadors you have Carol you have Jamwada you have very prominent people who understand the infrastructure and processes how is that working for you it's amazing for us working with working with anyone who understands real estate is a plus for us because as much as we are a company who we say we are of course we are leading we are leading in whatever we do we are international and everything but partnerships are human currency is a very powerful currency so anytime you work with someone else it gives us if anyone is okay working with us then we are doing the right thing we are in the right path and we know we are in the business of making people feel comfortable providing beautiful housing projects and you see for us human beings are our highest currency as much as we are looking for money and of course you are going to advise young gens there are people making money from different companies betting and all they make quick money but they don't know how to invest that money especially in homes what sort of advice do you have I think I'll break this into two I know of considering this is much and we just celebrated the International Women's Day I know we have a lot of women who are in positions of power positions of making decisions and positions where they actually acquire money I would like for them to start considering investments especially in commercial commercial property yes we do residential is amazing but if you take a minute and look at commercial properties what do I mean when I say commercial properties I mean housing projects like the ones we have in Athereba we have one called harvest industrial park then we have the whole lot of gray lands all those houses those places have beautiful unwise they really have good return on investments you get it gives you two types of investments and returns that are amazing you will never be dependent on someone financially when you choose to come to when you choose to do the residential way as well you also have good rental returns monthly returns that are very very lucrative so I usually say when you have that extra cash try and think of something that will give you will give you double that money that is going to waste your money now the other thing that I want you to say is the young people who get first cash pesa rice in itam I won't even lie to you but pesa rice in itam is very fast there is where you did not plan for it it just appeared it's a betting thing so you've been betting but you've been hoping that it comes you've not had like a clear idea of what you want ukshkayo don't wanna skengo tamia kese no wanna juanga ah na takakonda kukula place jai kula a lot of ideas come to mind when you have money lot so I usually say breathe when you have that money at hand take a step back take a step back close your eyes look up in the sky close your eyes and then think if this money today if the next time I'm going to get this much money is in 10 years where do I want to be then for me to be actually able to get there so if you want if your priority is a car then get a car I can't guide your priorities I can only tell you what to do but if you want something that will get you give you mileage to the 10 years for you to actually get the other money invest that money put it in something that will give you back it's no longer a luxury it's a necessity yes but where are you for you to actually buy a car can you afford the fuel can you afford to take it to the garage can you afford to change oil means if not what do I need for me to actually get to a place where if I buy a car then I'll be able to change the oil without kulea ay ay ay ay ay ay when you get to a position where you can actually afford to give money to the garage and not feel sad about it then you're good to go it's called investments it means some money is coming out from somewhere it's coming from something else that is not your day to day job 9 to 5 jobs will never give you comfort knowing that at the garage wow one last question you know Kenya there is a little bit of I think most people are crying that there is no investment how is it working with your business and the times that we are living in and of course the dollar depreciating right now I'm going to lie to you all sectors right now economically are feeling the pinch not just us everyone if you're importing if you're exporting something if you're buying something the taxes are a bit well up there which is where we are at as an economy we can't we see when you tell someone this is very hard someone usually asks what are you doing about it you understand so where we are at right now yes we are all feeling the pain and the pinch we are trying as much as possible to adjust to adjust to where we are because whether we cry or not this is where we have got into so I want to tell you that yes we we are trying to adjust to consider as much as we are requesting that that happens and we are hoping that they actually look at it like that we are also trying to adjust and business at the end of the day so we are trying all means possible to just live within our means and do the best we can and continue to provide quality services to our client speaking of quality we have houses here that are not already sold out probably someone watching wants to purchase a house maybe you have something done yes yes yes if you're looking for a beautiful apartment and you want to buy them come to Elena Residency it is located at Mandera Road you just come you walk at the gate and you ask there's a beautiful lady called Trisa who's always here so when you say you're coming to check out the purple dot Elena Residency always ask for Trisa Trisa will always take you through I'm sure by the time we're done with this interview I'll give you a tour of this house so that you can understand whatever we have here there are three bedroom departments they are very spacious with open kitchen yes I think you will say time we're done I think that is it and does he have anything else to say yes follow us if you're looking to invest commercially or residential investments please hit us up our pages 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