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Brick and concrete we make ourselves
Bricks, concrete pillars and beams come from our own production in Rwanda. We know what goes into the walls because we made it.
Our materials
Homes · Built and sold in Rwanda
Build your home. Or buy one built.
Bona Solutions builds houses in Rwanda and sells them. Bring your plot and we build on it, or choose a home we have already finished.
Home types
Homes we build.
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- Rooms
- A living room that opens to the garden, a kitchen, and all the bedrooms on one floor. No stairs to climb.
- Built with
- Brick walls on a concrete frame, under a pitched tiled roof. The bricks, pillars and beams can come from our own production.
- Suits
- Families with small children or older parents, and plots wide enough to keep a garden.
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- Rooms
- Living room and kitchen at street level, bedrooms above. Parking and the gate are part of the front.
- Built with
- A concrete frame with brick walls, plastered. Screens or shutters keep the upstairs rooms private from the street.
- Suits
- A small or narrow plot close to town, where it makes more sense to build up than out.
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- Rooms
- Living and dining rooms behind wide sliding doors, bedrooms to the side, and a veranda that works as an outdoor room.
- Built with
- Face brick with brick pillars, and a metal roof with a wide overhang against sun and rain.
- Suits
- People who live outside as much as inside, and plots with a view worth sitting in front of.
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- Rooms
- Family rooms and a guest room downstairs. Bedrooms and a balcony upstairs.
- Built with
- A concrete frame and floor slab, brick walls, and a roof with wide eaves that shade the glass.
- Suits
- Larger families who want everyone under one roof and still want some garden left.
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- Rooms
- Each unit has its own entrance, living room, kitchen and bathroom. Stairs and parking are shared.
- Built with
- A concrete frame with floor slabs, brick walls and balconies. The floors repeat, which keeps the build simple.
- Suits
- Owners who build for rental income. We can also manage the property once tenants move in.
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- Rooms
- Open living rooms that lead onto a terrace, bedrooms with their own bathrooms, and space for guests.
- Built with
- A concrete frame, plastered walls and large glazed openings, with stone or brick where it is touched and seen.
- Suits
- Owners who host, or who plan to let the house as a short-stay home. We manage those too.
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- Rooms
- A main house and one or more smaller ones. Each is complete in itself. The lane, parking and yard are shared.
- Built with
- The same brick, concrete and roof on every house, so the compound reads as one place. A boundary wall and a gate.
- Suits
- Extended families who want to live close, or owners who live in one house and rent out the others.
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- Rooms
- Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, doors and built-in storage are finished before you get the keys.
- Built with
- Hard-wearing floors, fitted cabinets and painted walls. The finishes are agreed with you at the design stage.
- Suits
- Anyone who wants to move in on handover day. It applies to every home type on this page.
- Have a plot or a plan that is not here? Tell us about it
Types we build. Photos are illustrations.
From plot to keys
Seven steps, in the same order every time.
A house goes up in a fixed sequence. Here is what happens at each step, and what you decide along the way.
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Step 01
Talk and site visit
You tell us how you want to live and what you can spend. We visit the plot to see the slope, the access and what stands next to it.
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Step 02
Design and permits
We draw the house and change it until you agree with it. Then the plans go through the building permit.
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Step 03
Foundation
The house is set out on the ground and the trenches are dug. Footings and the floor slab are cast in concrete.
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Step 04
Structure
Pillars, beams and brick walls go up, course by course. We make these materials ourselves, here in Rwanda.
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Step 05
Roof
The roof frame is fixed and covered. From this point the work inside stays dry.
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Step 06
Finishes
Plaster, floors, doors and windows, kitchen, bathrooms, paint. Wiring and plumbing are tested before anything is closed up.
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Step 07
Handover
We walk through the finished house with you, put right what is not right, and hand you the keys.
In every Bona home
Whatever the type, three things stay the same: what the walls are made of, how they are put up, and the state the house is in on the day you get it.
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Methods we have tried first
We test newer ways of building, such as rapid-setting concrete and modular engineering, and use them where they save time and material.
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Finished inside
Floors, doors, kitchen, bathrooms and paint are part of the job. You get a home to move into, not a shell to complete.
Two ways to start
Your plot, or our house.
Path one
Build on your plot
You have land, or you are about to buy it. We visit, design the house with you and build it, step by step.
- Any home type, fitted to your plot
- Costs and progress visible in BonaTrack
- Living abroad? We manage the whole build for you
Path two
Buy a finished home
We also build houses to sell. You choose one, and move in without ever running a building site.
- Finished inside and ready to live in
- Monthly instalments with our housing plan
- The title deed is transferred to your name
Start a conversation
Tell us about your plot.
Or about the house you have in mind, even if there is no plot yet. Write a few lines and we will reply.