A three bedroom apartment in Greater Nairobi, with an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a playground and a garden, all on one address. The pool and the playground decide it: this is built for children, and it is not in the centre, so you trade the quarter's streets for room to spread out.
01What it is
Takdiri Homes Plush 3BR Appartment is a three star apartment with the practical things already listed: car parking, free car parking, free wifi, laundry service and luggage storage. Outside there is a garden, an outdoor pool, a kids pool and a playground, and the property also lists a smoking area and wheelchair access. Where the list is thin is the interior. Nothing is said about a kitchen, cooking equipment, a washing machine, air conditioning, fans, bed sizes, towels, a lift or backup power, and there is no guest score on file to lean on.
What that adds up to is a family address rather than a city address. The pools, the playground and the garden carry the stay, and the parking is a real advantage if you are moving around Greater Nairobi by car. Takdiri Homes Plush 3BR Appartment suits families with children, groups of four or more, and anyone staying several nights who wants space more than a central location. It does not suit you if you want to step out of the door into the quarter, if you are alone and only need a bed, or if you will not have a car.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Booking this one is straightforward, and it is worth checking the apartment size against your group before you confirm. 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 Takdiri Homes Plush 3BR Appartment?+
It is on Mandera Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district itself. It stands 3.2 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That places it in Greater Nairobi rather than in the quarter, so plan on covering the gap between the two by car or by public transport.
What does the property list for families?+
An outdoor pool, a kids pool, a playground and a garden, plus free parking, free wifi, laundry service and luggage storage. The apartment is listed as three bedroom. The list does not say what is inside the kitchen or whether there is air conditioning, so ask before you commit if those matter to you.
Does it suit someone who wants to be in the centre?+
Probably not. The quarter it sits nearest to is a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. If your reason for coming is the centre itself, you are better off staying inside it. This place suits families and longer stays with a car.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, which is where you book. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you sort out your plans. There are no prices shown on this site; the booking page carries the details you need to confirm.
