A four star two bedroom apartment in Westlands with a rooftop pool and gym, listed for longer self-catering stays. It suits you if you want a kitchen, laundry and parking on site, and does not suit you if you want to walk out into the old centre.
01What it is
Volaire Luxury 2 Bedroom Rooftop Swimming Pool Gym Workspace Wonderiss Properties Westlands Living is a four star apartment building on Matundu Lane. The list is generous on the practical side: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, free wifi and internet access, a desk, a safe, a fan, towels and toiletries. Building amenities include an outdoor pool and swimming pool, fitness center, garden, terrace, patio and balcony, lifts, free car parking and 24 hour security. It is quiet on the front desk side: no restaurant, bar, airport transfer or business center appears, and there is no guest score on file.
What that adds up to is a self-contained apartment rather than a hotel with services. Volaire Luxury 2 Bedroom Rooftop Swimming Pool Gym Workspace Wonderiss Properties Westlands Living suits you if you want to cook, wash clothes, park a car and work from a desk, and if you are staying a few days or longer. It does not suit you if you want staff on hand for meals, or if you plan to step out into the centre after dark, because this is a daytime quarter where the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Pets are allowed, which narrows the field further in its favour for some.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 more on the supplier's own record. 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
Book this one directly if you want the apartment, the pool and the parking all confirmed before you arrive, rather than a promise of a room type. 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 Volaire Luxury 2 Bedroom Rooftop in Nairobi?+
It is on Matundu Lane in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 4.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.71 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually list?+
Two bedroom apartments with a kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, desk, safe, fan, towels and toiletries. The building lists an outdoor pool, fitness center, garden, terrace, balcony, lifts, free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour security, cots and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Can I stay here without a car?+
You can, but plan for it. The property is not in the old centre, and the streets around it empty in the late afternoon, so a ride is the sensible way to reach the centre and to get back. Free car parking is listed if you do drive.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability and room details are shown when you search on app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you decide. The property is a four star apartment building with twelve photos on file, and no guest score is published.
