The “Bananei” Guide Book to Building Your House

A couple of weeks back there was an exhibition concerned with construction and building materials. My husband’s work is in that field so he went to check it out and came back with a heavy guide book that was being distributed in the exhibition to visitors for free. The glossy book is titled “Bananei” which translates to “Built Me” in Arabic. 

Bananei guide book is the first and most comprehensive national guide book dedicated to building your very own house in Kuwait. It includes everything you need to know, from how to get funding to buy your own piece of land to the construction rules & regulations in Kuwait and everything else up to interior decoration for your newly built home. With plenty of lovely pictures and listings of local building material supplies, architects, interior decorated, etc.

I loved the way the book was set like a tale, starting with a Kuwaiti guy, Bu Sulaiman, who is currently living with his little family in a rented apartment and has decided to start building his dream home. You follow Bu Slaiman in every step of the way and you also encounter some directions and pieces of wisdom in the form of traditional Kuwaiti proverbs.  The book is in Arabic of course from cover to cover.

You can even find contract samples for building contractors like the plumber or the painter etc.

I was reading the book we got from the exhibition and I decided to post something about it on Instagram. I did and half an hour later I heard a knock on my door. Surprise surprise, I was given a Bananei book as a gift! In a lovely white bag with my blog’s name on it, tied with orange ribbon with a little notebook and two colour pencils.

To top it off, I also got two pieces of very delicious chocolates! How elegant and thoughtful.

Thank you Bananei guide for the book and for sending me a copy! I was already enjoying my copy before you brought me the little package for the book is an excellent guide for whomever is actually thinking about building -or buying or fixing- their own property. I know that one day when the time comes to build my own house I will find your guide most useful. I also love your logo a lot! Thanks again and keep up the good work.

The Bananei guide is still distributed for free and was even available for delivery until just recently. Now you can find it in different places and outlets and is still distributed for free. For more information and to get your own free copy of the Bananei guide you can give them a call on +(965)-24828211, check their website (link), or follow them on instagram (@BananeiGuide).