A two bedroom serviced apartment in a new concrete block on a Nairobi ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It suits longer stays and people who want a kitchen, a washing machine and a parking space. It decides on whether you have your own transport.
01What it is
Luxury 2br apt Work & Relax is a four star self-catering apartment, not a hotel, and the list reads like one: a full kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, and a safe. There is a desk for working, free wifi, a TV, a balcony, and the apartment is carpeted. Bathroom items run to shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. The building has lifts, free car parking, cleaning, laundry service, and pets are allowed. Two things are missing: there is no restaurant and no bar, and nobody answers a reception desk at three in the morning.
Luxury 2br apt Work & Relax sits on Kindaruma Homes Apartments on the fourth floor of Block D, 1.83 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Book it if you are here for work, have a vehicle, and want to cook. Do not book it if you want to walk to the centre each morning or step out to a bar.
02The supplier's photographs
0328 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Reserve this one only once you have sorted how you will get around, because the apartment assumes a car. 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 the apartment?+
It is in Kindaruma Homes Apartments, Block D, fourth floor, unit D406, in Greater Nairobi. It is 1.83 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, a safe, a desk, free wifi, a TV, a balcony and carpeted floors. The bathroom has a shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. The building has lifts and free car parking, and pets are allowed.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
The site gives the distance as 3.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street itself is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check whether the apartment is free?+
Availability and dates are checked through app.impt.io, which is where this property is booked. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. There are no rates published on this site, so the booking page is the place to see what is open for the nights you want.
