Overview
Property Description
At 48 sqm, this large studio apartment in Ngong Road is the biggest studio configuration at Longines Bay, priced from KSh 5.3 million within a mixed-use development built around lifestyle amenities.
A studio that behaves like a one bedroom
48 sqm is unusual territory for a studio. It is larger than many Nairobi one bedrooms, and at that size the open plan becomes an advantage rather than a compromise — you get the full floor area without a corridor and a doorway eating into it.
There is room to create genuine separation between sleeping, living and cooking zones, and enough space for a proper dining table and a work desk without one crowding the other. For a single occupant or a couple, it often works better than a conventionally partitioned one bedroom of similar size.
Pricing runs from KSh 5.3 million to KSh 5.8 million depending on floor level and aspect.
Premium amenities
- Swimming pool
- Rooftop padel court
- Rooftop BBQ area
- Sky outdoor cinema
- Indoor mini-cinema with massage seats
- Co-working space
- Landscaped courtyard garden
- Recreational rooftop sports centre
- Restaurant
- Kids’ play area
- High-speed lifts
- Backup generator
- Borehole
- CCTV surveillance
The padel court is the more unusual inclusion. Padel has grown faster than any other racquet sport in Nairobi in recent years and dedicated courts remain scarce, so having one on the roof is a genuine amenity rather than a brochure line.
What a large studio apartment in Ngong Road gets you downstairs
Longines Bay includes ground-floor retail: supermarkets and convenience stores, pharmacies, restaurants and cafés, fashion and shoe stores, laundries and dry-cleaning, beauty and wellness businesses, offices and specialty retail.
Errands happen downstairs rather than in traffic. That convenience compounds week after week, and it is the practical advantage of a mixed-use building over a standalone residential block.
Why buy a large studio apartment in Ngong Road
Ngong Road connects Kilimani, the CBD, Karen and Lang’ata, making it one of the few Nairobi addresses that works whichever direction your commute runs. The corridor has improved substantially since the road expansion.
At 48 sqm, this unit competes directly with one bedroom apartments across the city, and frequently wins on usable space since it carries no internal walls or circulation. For a buyer comparing on square metres rather than room count, it represents better value than the label suggests.
Rental demand in this band is strong and underserved. Tenants who want space but not a second bedroom have few options in Nairobi, and a large studio apartment in Ngong Road inside a serviced building lets quickly and holds tenants longer than standard small-format stock.
Who this suits
Professionals living alone who want space rather than partitions. Couples who work from home and need room for two desks. Buyers stepping into ownership who want something they will not outgrow within two years.
Investors too. A large studio apartment in Ngong Road targets a tenant who is already paying one bedroom rent and would rather have the extra floor area than the extra doorway.
The Longines Bay location
Longines Bay sits off Ngong Road, which puts it within easy reach of Kilimani, Lavington and the CBD without placing you on a main-road frontage. That distinction matters for a residential building: you get the access without the traffic noise directly outside your window.
The immediate area has matured considerably over the past decade. What was once predominantly low-rise residential now carries a mix of apartments, offices and retail, with the amenities that follow density. For a buyer, that means the neighbourhood is established rather than speculative, and the infrastructure is already in place rather than promised for a later phase.
Key details
Type: studio. Size: 48 sqm. Price: from KSh 5,300,000 to KSh 5,800,000. Development: Longines Bay, off Ngong Road, Nairobi. Status: available.
Arrange a viewing
Contact Stanlink Homes on +254 705 840128. Smaller studios at 39 sqm and 40 sqm are also available from KSh 3.7 million, along with one and two bedroom apartments.
