{"id":23099,"date":"2024-09-20T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23099"},"modified":"2024-09-20T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:02:51","slug":"duravilla-homes-aims-to-build-200-300-timber-homes-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/duravilla-homes-aims-to-build-200-300-timber-homes-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Duravilla Homes Aims to Build 200-300 Timber Homes Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Rafeek Khan, CEO of Duravilla Homes and Durable Wood Products, has announced plans to significantly increase the construction of timber homes across Guyana over the next year, with a target of building approximately 200-300 houses within the next twelve months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, Guyana\u2019s housing market has shifted from traditional wooden homes to predominantly concrete structures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, only about 10% of new homes are built with wood, with the majority of timber being used solely for renovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Khan is determined to reverse this trend by promoting the strength, durability, and eco-friendly benefits of Guyana\u2019s timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan emphasized that timber, including species such as Purpleheart, Wallaba, Greenheart, and Mora, is not only abundant in Guyana but is also highly sought after internationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, many Guyanese still favor concrete over wood, partly due to misconceptions about the longevity and quality of wooden homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duravilla Homes and Durable Wood Products have been active suppliers to both regional and international markets, highlighting the global demand for Guyana\u2019s high-quality timber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan\u2019s campaign aims to make timber homes a popular choice in the local housing market once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafeek Khan, CEO of Duravilla Homes and Durable Wood Products, has announced plans to significantly increase the construction of timber homes across Guyana over the next year, with a target&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23100,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23099\/revisions\/23100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}