A three star furnished studio in Greater Nairobi, name checked against the airport and the SGR terminus. One thing decides it: you are here for a flight or a train, not for the centre. The city's central business district is a separate trip from this address.
01What it is
SkyHomes Fully furnished studio apartment near JKIA Airport Downtown Nairobi SGR Terminus lists air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a kitchen and a kitchenette, a minibar, a TV, non smoking rooms, a terrace, free car parking and parking. That is the whole of the list. It is a self contained unit rather than a hotel with services: you cook, you park, you keep to yourself. The gaps matter as much as the inclusions. There is no restaurant, no bar, no reception desk described, no shuttle, no laundry and no gym, so SkyHomes Fully furnished studio apartment near JKIA Airport Downtown Nairobi SGR Terminus is a place to sleep and store bags, not a place to spend a day.
What that adds up to depends on why you came. SkyHomes Fully furnished studio apartment near JKIA Airport Downtown Nairobi SGR Terminus sits at 9.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 121 minutes on foot in a direct line, so this is not a base for walking the centre. It is a base for a night before or after a flight or a train, with your own kitchen and a parking space. It suits drivers, people with an early or late departure, and anyone who wants a door that shuts on the city. It does not suit a first visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants a hotel bar, room service or company downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 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 SkyHomes Fully furnished studio apartment near JKIA Airport Downtown Nairobi SGR Terminus only if your dates turn on a flight or a train, and check the unit type against your group 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 the property?+
It is on Desca Junior School in Greater Nairobi, well outside the Central Business District. It stands 8.41 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat the airport and the SGR terminus, not the centre, as the landmarks that place this address.
What does the studio actually include?+
Air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a kitchen and a kitchenette, a minibar, a TV, non smoking rooms, a terrace, free car parking and parking. It is a self contained unit, so expect to cook and to park rather than to order from a restaurant or a bar downstairs.
Can I stay here and walk into the centre?+
No. It sits 9.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 121 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a direct line, not a route. Use a car or a taxi for the centre, and plan the centre as a separate trip from your bed.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Check dates through app.impt.io, where most rooms here can be cancelled free. Confirm the unit matches the number of people you are bringing before you book, since the listing describes a studio rather than a set of separate hotel rooms with staff on site.
