A one bedroom serviced apartment on Argwings Kodhek Road, listed at four star, in the green and unhurried Lavington ridge. The kitchen and the washing machine decide it: this suits longer stays and anyone who wants to cook, and it does not suit a short trip built around the Central Business District.
01What it is
1 Bedroom Lavington Leisure Home lists a full self catering set: kitchen and kitchenette, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, coffee, washing machine, iron and board, towels and toiletries. The rooms are carpeted, with a balcony, a terrace and a garden, plus a bath, a shower, a WC, a hairdryer, a safe, a TV and video. Free wifi and internet access, free car parking, lifts, 24 hour security and security features, smoke detectors, cleaning, laundry and room service, breakfast, a fitness centre, car rental and a playground. It is a residential address rather than a hotel amenity list, and there is no restaurant or bar of its own on file.
For a stay at 1 Bedroom Lavington Leisure Home, that means an apartment you can live in rather than a room you sleep in. You shop, you cook, you wash clothes, and the security and parking are covered. The trade is location. Lavington sits outside the centre this site covers, so the day has to be planned around the car or a ride, and the site's own note on the street is blunt: safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits longer stays, families and anyone with business on the western ridge. It does not suit a visitor whose days belong to the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one direct if you want the kitchen and the washing machine rather than a hotel room. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is 1 Bedroom Lavington Leisure Home?+
The address is Argwings Kodhek Road, on the Lavington ridge in Greater Nairobi. It sits 5.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 74 minutes on foot in a direct line. Lavington is a residential quarter, so a car or a ride covers most errands.
Does the apartment have a kitchen and a washing machine?+
Yes. The listing includes a kitchen and kitchenette, refrigerator, microwave, toaster and coffee, so you can cook rather than eat out. There is also a washing machine, an iron and board, towels and toiletries. What it does not list is a restaurant or bar of its own.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 4.42 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The Central Business District is further east. Nothing here is walkable in the way the centre is, so plan on driving or taking a ride.
How do I check availability for this apartment?+
Use the booking link on this page to see which dates are open and to confirm. It is a single one bedroom unit rather than a block of rooms, so popular dates go early. Book through the site and your confirmation is handled there.
