Are you one of those people who dread househelps, yet do not have the time or skill to make your bed in the morning or rinse out your wine glass after dinner? Well, fret no more. For just Sh60 million in purchase price and Sh60,000 monthly service charge, this two-bedroom, fully furnished house with a guest wing awaits your occupancy.
We agree, Sh60 million is quite steep. That’s why we have to tell you of the other option available to live in this house along Kiambu Road, Nairobi: Just rent it!For just $13,500 (slightly over Sh1 million), you could have it all to yourself for a month. Or fork out $450 (Sh35,000) and have it for one day.
The only additional expense will be your food. After that, the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club takes over. “It is fully furnished to the teaspoon,” Windsor general manager Lemmy Mathenge says. “All you need to do is move in with your clothes.”
The house offers the peak of luxury and comes equipped with five beds and 14 Egyptian rugs. Each bedroom has a safe and the open-plan kitchen is fitted with the latest in kitchenware.It sits on a quarter-acre within a vast piece of land developed using the service concept, where the homeowner remains a guest in his own house forever.
Purchase of this piece of architecture automatically gains you full membership at the Windsor Golf Club and among the services you will enjoy are 24-hour armed guard security patrols, gardening, and cleaning by the Windsor Hotel staff. The hotel is associated with Environment Minister John Michuki.
Your Sh1 million-a-month house also offers you a direct link to fibre optic cable internet and satellite TV, while its terrace affords you the option of extending the dining room to accommodate six more people (in addition to the standard eight inside).
The house also sports a built-in barbecue grill and parking space for two vehicles and covers 310 square metres of built-up area.The gate is, of course, remote-controlled and you open the bedroom doors using a smartcard, making it possible to control movement within the house. Keys are so last century.
All the curtains are fire proof and the lawns are watered by computer-controlled pop-up sprinklers that use water recycled from the development’s sewage system.
Sources: Story – Daily Nation. Pictures – Architecture Kenya
Smokin. But nah, rather buy my own home. Sh 35000 per day Eeeeish.
Posted by Meggy Ogola | July 16, 2010, 1:17 pmLet me build mine!
Posted by Young Dominique | July 16, 2010, 1:19 pmyenye iko wapi? if mps r struggling to get that a million as salary, dont u think it is just alot of money?
Posted by Job Sitienei | July 16, 2010, 1:23 pmI would rather get mine… mara that… for that kind of money
Posted by Jaci Soni | July 16, 2010, 1:25 pmhiyo maisha iko juu lakini acha ikae.
Posted by kamlesh philipo | July 16, 2010, 3:12 pmI would like to live there…..
Posted by Mwangi Ichung'wa | July 18, 2010, 9:02 amIf could afford it I would live there Besides it’s only money
Posted by Charles Muasya | July 18, 2010, 9:03 amno one would use their own money to buy them. maybe governments or companies
Posted by Peter Karanja | July 18, 2010, 9:04 amIf i was a billonaier on holiday i’d definately pay for it…it’s worth it!
Posted by Mwangi Gakere | July 18, 2010, 9:04 amI think they should be left for embassies to rent. Besides kenya spent billion in japan for the same
Posted by Duncan Omwenga | July 18, 2010, 9:05 amMichael Jackson used to live in a $100,000 per month mansion. He still died coz he couldn’t get sleep and had to be anaesthetised to sleep. Not that I mind paying 1M for rent but I wouldn’t break my back to get there
Posted by Mathew Kinolo | July 18, 2010, 9:06 amlets see.. hmmm, poorly furnished, a horrible design, not well lit, not enough space…. Nahhhh
Posted by Athena Brooke | July 18, 2010, 9:06 amgreat piece of investment and thats why there is no more karura forest.and who owns it?? u guess right.
Posted by matt | July 23, 2010, 1:10 pmenyewe that furniture is not extraordinary and the place looks rather dark inside. for 1m a month i would expect an orchestra to serenade me every evening as i am in my jacuzzi under open skies
Posted by chief | July 28, 2010, 5:59 pmOk – I concur about the prices, but I went to see the houses today – and the place was just awesome, excellent, even more. Having lived in different continents, the furnishings and fittings were of course things you cannot find in Kenya – so its not expensive for nothing. The place is airy, full of light, has lots of storage space, kitchen has hidden storage, and you’d have to be in the kitchen to see the microwave, and cookers (something that is in your face in so many other kitchens – its just ugly!) This one had numerous jacuzzis even one in the guest room – loved that the rain water is collected under the verandah – outside, just was a splendor to behold. I loved the ironwork on the doors – the detail on it and the borders on the tiles was playful/whimsical – and I can say this – I havent seen such borders in kenyan tile shops – just the boring blue, dull pink uuuurrggghhh! All I needed was my clothes and food!
That said – the pictures above do not do justice! Shame on you architecturekenya.com for showdy photography!!! No offense, but you couldn’t have done a worse job at that.
Finally, if I had it, I would pay it!
Sincerely
Business woman from Nairobi.
Posted by Mimi Ndovu | February 18, 2011, 7:32 pm