2. Technical presentation
on
Reasons behind consumer
preference for colonial
housing and apartment
Presented by : Indra Man Maharjan
Roll no:1307201249
Course: WMBA IIIrd semester
(20114 fall)
3. Content
• Introduction
• Why do people prefer colonial housing and
apartments?
• Limitations
• conclusion
4. Introduction
• Colonial housing:
The group similar
houses at least 2-
story often with
columns in front and
usually symmetrical
with many windows.
5. • Apartment
Apartment is a set of
well furnished rooms
for living in, usually
on one floor of a large
building.
7. Why do people
prefer colonial
housing and
apartments?
8. 1. Availability of space:
Urban cities like Kathmandu, Pokhara,
Biratnagar, there is very less empty land for
making individual houses and those empty
lands are also very expensive.
9. 2. Cost effective:
• Buying apartment and colonial house is
cheaper than individual house.
• Living in an apartment allows you to avoid
property taxes associated with owning a
house, which saves you a lot of money over
time.
10. 3. Lifestyle and family structure:
• Now a days people live in nuclear family than
joint family so they do not need more space
so apartment is best for them
• In city many people come for study, jobs and
other work so they live alone. An apartment is
perfect if you live alone and do not require a
large amount of space
11. 4. Security
• many apartments include a professionally
installed security system, which increases
your safety.
• In many colony and apartment there is a
security gate,CCTV camera and security
guards.
12. 5. No maintenance
skills required:
living in an apartment
does not require you
to have any
maintenance skills
because a team of
maintenance
professionals repairs
everything for you.
13. 6. Different floor plan options:
One of the main advantages of apartment
living is the many floor plans you have access
to, as you can choose from several different
one-, two-, or three-bedroom floor plans.
14. 7. Many parking options:
depending on the complex you choose, you
may have many different parking options,
which allows you to select the one that suits
your budget best.
15. 8. Amenities.
Things like a swimming pool, tennis courts or
a fitness room are things that many people
would like in their homes, but may not be
able to afford. However, it’s easily available in
many apartment complexes – particularly
larger ones
16. Limitations
• Maintenance of the common facilities would
come at a cost.
• Limited or no freedom to make modifications
to the exteriors your home.
• Very limited space to develop interests such
gardening or growing smaller farm animals .
• No flexibility to expand the space for future
needs as your children grow or if your parents
move in to live with you.
17. conclusion
• Though there are few limitations of colonial
housing and apartments due to many
advantages, colonial housing and apartments
are best for city areas. So consumers prefer
colonial housing and apartments in these
areas.