International Journal of Sci
entific and Research Public
ations, Volume 4, Issue 11,
November 2014 1ISSN
2250-3153
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Rental
House
Manage
ment
System
Henry Peter
Gommans
*
, George Mwenda
Njiru
**
, Arphaxad Nguka
Owange
**
*
SupplyChain
Proffessional/Lecturer),
Tradewinds Kenya
Limited
**
Scholar
Abstract
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We are stuck with
technology when
what we reallywant is
just stuff that works.
With the current
paradigm shift
intechnological field,
there is an urgent
need to embrace
andappreciate the
power of technology.
Housing sector
remainsvigilant to
face the challenges of
change by employing
a newstrategy that
facilitates easy
management of rental
houses. Hencethere is
need to develop a
rental house
management system
thatcan simplify work
for the rental
managers so that all
their workcan be
efficient and
[Link] get
information about
how rental houses are
currently being
managed, I
prepared questionnair
es and submitted
them toa number of
rental house
managers and from
the information
Igathered I realized
all work was done
manually with a lot
of paper work involve
d. Papers can easily g
et damaged or get lost
leading to loss of
data. It is also
expensive to keep on
buyingfiles to store
your records. A lot of
files make a place
look untidyand also
consume a lot of
space. Getting a
certain file to
checkdata from many
files becomes a
difficult
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those facts, I decided
to develop a rental
housemanagement
system that can solve
all the problems
experiencedwith the
current manual
system. The system
was developed insuch
manner that it
provides maximum
user friendly
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the user logs in the
system automatically
show
three forms: houses
form, rent payment
form and tenants‟
registration form.
Each form has several
command buttons;
new,save, cancel,
delete, next, previous
and exit. With the
command buttons you
can manipulate
the database. If you
want to add datato the
database all you need
to do is to click on
new then inputdata in
the textboxes
provided then click
save and the data
willautomatically be
saved. If you want to
view data in the
databaseyou just click
next or previous and
the data will be
displayed foryou.
When you click
delete you will be
able to delete a
recordthat you desire.
You may enter data
then decide to cancel
it, it issimple click on
cancel and it will be
[Link] manager
faced with
management
difficulties here is
a perfect solution for
you. The rental house
management
system ismade for
you.I.
I
NTRODUCTION
ental house
management has
become important
factor inmodern
society hence the
need to have a rental
housemanagement
[Link] chapter
will provide a brief
understanding
about background of
study, definition of
the project problem
statement,its
objectives, scopes,
project justification,
risks,
projectdeliverables
and project budget
and
schedule.1.1BACKG
ROUND OF THE
STUDYHousing has
a central importance
to quality of life
withconsiderable
economic, social,
cultural and personal
significance.
Though a country‟s
national prosperity is
usually measured in
economic terms,
increasing wealth is
of diminished value
unlessall can share its
benefits and if the
growing wealth is not
used toredress
growing social
deficiencies, one of
which is
housing(Erguden,
2001). Housing plays
a huge role in
revitalizingeconomic
growth in any
country, with shelter
being among
keyindicators of
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universal declaration
of human rights gives
one of
the basic human right
s as the right to a dece
nt standard of living,c
entral to which is the
access to adequate
housing
(United Nations, The
Human Rights-article
25, 1948).Housing as
a basic human right
demands that urban
dwellersshould have
access to a decent
housing, defined as
one
that provides a founda
tion for rather than be
ing a barrier to good p
hysical and mental
health, personal
development and
fulfillmentof life
objectives
(Seedhouse,
1986).The focus of
this research project
is basically
managinghousing for
low income, medium
and high incomes
households
or what is commonly
known as affordable
housing.
„Affordable‟
is a term used to
describe
individuals‟
capability to pay for
certain products or
services because their
income is enough to
do
so. Although the term
„affordable housing‟
is often applied to
rental housing; that is
within the financial
means of those in
thelower income
ranges of a
geographical area, the
concept isapplicable
to both middle and
high income
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families choose to
rent houses based on
their incomeand
family situations;
unfortunately, there
may not be
enoughgood quality
rental housing for
these
families([Link]
[Link]).Housing is
a major problem in
Kenya especially in
Nairobicity. Millions
of people are living in
sprawling slams and
also inother informal
settlement around
Nairobi (UN-Habitat,
2008).This explains
why many people
have shifted their
focus todeveloping
rental houses in
Nairobi and other
parts of thecountry.
The demand for rental
houses is extremely
high andmore rental
houses need to be put
in [Link]
rental houses comes
with many
advantagesespecially
to the Landlords who
are able to increase
their profitsthrough
rent paid by the
[Link]
number of tenants and
Landlords
makesmanagement
difficult especially for
the landlords who are
losinghuge sum of
money through
tenants who evade
[Link] above
statement gives a
clear declaration as to
whyrental house
management system
need to be
developed.1.2
STATEMENT OF
THE PROBLEM
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Over the years
landlords/property
managers have had
a problem in maintain
ing and managing thei
r customers and theiro
wn
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has become difficult
because of issues
thatinclude:i) Data
growthData increase
day to day. Storing
and maintaining all
datamanually is very
difficultii) Lack of
computerized
systemCurrently most
landlords/property
managers use the
manualsystem in
recording and
maintaining their
property
andcustomers dataiii)
Data security is not
assuredIn a manual
way, data is recorded
on books/papers
whichmay easily get
damaged leading to
loss of [Link]) There
is no database to store
informationPotential
of data loss or
damage is very high
because data isstored
on tangible [Link]
of these crucial
requirements makes
management ofthe
tenants and houses
very difficult as some
tenants may end
upnot paying rent.1.3
PROJECT
OBJECTIVESThe
following are the
project objectives:To
develop a rental
house management
system that allows
the user to view
customers‟ data as
well
as houses recordTo
develop a system that
allows the users to
add, edit, searchand
delete data from the
databaseTo study and
analyze the
requirement
specifications of
therental house
management
systemTo produce the
Software
Requirement
Specification of
thesystemTo produce
the Software Design
Document of the
system1.4 PROJECT
SCOPEThe project
scope defines the
description of the
work that isrequired
in delivering the
rental house
management system.
Thefollowing are the
scopes of work during
the course of the
project:Study and
understand the
requirement of this
projectConstruct
Software
Requirement
Specification
document ofthe
systemConstruct
Software Design
Document of the
system1.5 PROJECT
DELIVERABLESTh
e main deliverables of
this project will be
the completesoftware
system and the
software engineering
document
thatinclude:Software
Requirement and
SpecificationSoftware
Design DocumentThe
Software engineering
document will be
constructed1.6 TIME
SCHEDULE
