A three bedroom apartment in Syokimau, sixteen and a bit kilometres out from the centre. It suits families and groups who want space, a kitchen and parking, and who have a car. It does not suit anyone who intends to walk into town.
01What it is
Planet Homes Jkia & Sgr 3Br is a five star apartment property at Greatwall Apartments Phase 2 Syokimau, off Belgin Road. It lists three bedrooms, family rooms and non smoking rooms, with air conditioning and a fan, a safe and a desk. The kitchen side is properly equipped: a kitchen, a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a sink, with coffee provided. Bathrooms come with a shower, a WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is a washing machine, an iron and board, high chairs, a balcony, a terrace and a garden, and pets are allowed. The list is thin on the things that make a stay work rather than a flat function: there is no restaurant, no gym and no front desk mentioned, and nothing beyond cleaning to cover the day to day.
What that adds up to at Planet Homes Jkia & Sgr 3Br is self sufficiency. You cook, you wash, you sit on the terrace, and the bedrooms are yours rather than a corridor of doors. It suits a family, two couples, or a group of colleagues who want one address and their own kitchen, and it suits anyone with a pet. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre on the doorstep, or who expects a hotel to feed them. Syokimau is a rail and air side of the city, and the address makes more sense if your business is there or you are driving in.
02The supplier's photographs
0331 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Planet Homes Jkia & Sgr 3Br ahead if you need the three bedrooms together, since the whole point of the place is the space rather than a single 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 exactly is Planet Homes Jkia & Sgr 3Br?+
It is at Greatwall Apartments Phase 2 Syokimau, on Belgin Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 16.79 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 210 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 15.68 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
Three bedrooms, a full kitchen with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, air conditioning and a fan, a safe and a desk, plus a balcony, terrace and garden. Bathrooms have a shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. High chairs and pet friendly rules are listed as well.
Can I get into the centre from here without a car?+
The direct line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 16.79 km, which is 210 minutes on foot. That is a walk in name only. Syokimau is served by rail, and the practical answer is to plan on a vehicle or the train rather than on foot.
How do I check whether the apartment is free?+
Use the booking link on this page, at app.impt.io, and put in your dates. Availability is shown live there, and most rooms can be cancelled free. If you need all three bedrooms for a group, check early rather than late.
