A three star apartment address on Limuru Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre. Free wifi and free car parking are the reasons to pick it. The flyover and roundabout at the door decide the rest: this suits you if you keep a car, and not if you intend to walk into town.
01What it is
At Home With Ian lists free wifi, free car parking, parking, a smoking area and wheelchair access. That is the whole of it. The useful items for a visitor are the wifi and the parking, and the parking is the point: free car parking and a second parking entry suggest a place built around arriving by vehicle. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no airport transfer on the list, so plan to eat and drink elsewhere. Wheelchair accessible is stated, and a smoking area is set aside, which keeps smoke out of the rooms. The list is thin, and you should read it as a place to sleep rather than a place to spend a day.
At Home With Ian sits in Greater Nairobi, not in the centre. It is 10.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 136 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. So At Home With Ian suits a driver who wants a base with parking and wifi and does not mind being away from the halls. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to meetings in the CBD or wanting an evening on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
035 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book At Home With Ian if you are arriving with a car and want the parking and wifi confirmed before you commit. 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 exactly is At Home With Ian?+
It is at Kawamu Apartments on Limuru Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. The site measures it at 10.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 136 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a vehicle address, not a walking one.
What facilities does At Home With Ian list?+
The list is free wifi, free car parking, parking, a smoking area and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on it. The wifi and the parking are the two that matter most for a stay here, and the rest of your day you arrange elsewhere.
Can I walk from At Home With Ian into the centre?+
You can, but the site does not recommend it. The nearest of the ten quarters it covers is 10.27 km from Ngara and the Globe, and the road at the door is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. Cross it by car.
How do I check availability at At Home With Ian?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search your dates through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you settle your transport. There are no rates on this site; the booking page carries the current details.
