Literally, it was stated clearly in the early editions of buildings, as to how buildings started and how it has transformed over the years through our villages, towns and cities. Emphasis was created more on the ancient mud houses and how they came about, its expenses and its comfort during the very first edition of “architectural transition”. As times passes by, development becomes a major key in the lives of mankind and technological enhancement is also on the rise, so is our politics and the economy.

Far from mud houses, I move straight to “single rooms”. Due to the change in technology, the use of mud and clay for the building of houses is seen as old.  It then dropped to the use of sand, cement and stones. Here, the land for the building is bought or given out for free by families through inheritance or friends and the labour force is paid, as well as the materials.

 

A series of single rooms

Single room as it is popularly called is just one building with four sides but built with blocks. Some of these single rooms come with porch and some do not. Some architects also design them according to one’s money. But in our world today, such rooms are associated with the low class in our society. But people build these ones for rent to students and workers. But we still notice some people staying in a single room with their families which are quite inconvenient but due to situations beyond their control, they live like that.

 

A video of a rented single room house

In a brief interview, I organised with a land lady at Kasoa, she goes to say that, prices of things are on the rise, so due to that, the rent of single rooms are also increasing every day in and out. She stated that she takes forty Ghana Cedis a month, so how much will a year amount to? I then thought that every area or community and its price varies. One can imagine how much a single room in Osu, Cantonment, Spintex, East-legon, Dzorwulu and other high rated places will cost.

To conclude, pictures, videos and audios will be shown on the page to give out more information on the topic.

 

An audio recorded of an interview with a land lady