Longines Bay apartments for sale— Live, Invest, or Run Your Business at One Address

Off Ngong Road, on a quiet stretch called Karbanet Road, something genuinely different is going up. Longines Bay apartments for sale aren’t just another apartment block chasing the Kilimani boom; it’s three 18-storey blocks totalling 601 homes, with shops, a hotel-managed rental option, and everyday essentials all built into the same address.

The idea is simple: fewer errands, more time at home, and an entry point that works whether you’ve got KES 3.7 million or KES 30 million to put down.

Who’s Building It

Longines Bay is developed by Nanchong Longines Bay Limited. It’s worth knowing the same group, under the related entity Nanchong Longines Island Limited, has a second project in the pipeline, a 19-storey, 152-unit residential block on Westlands Avenue.

A developer running more than one project concurrently in Nairobi is a reasonable signal of scale, though it’s always worth asking directly about completed track record before committing a deposit, as with any off-plan purchase.

A Development Built Around Not Having to Leave

The whole premise of Longines Bay apartments for sale is convenience stacked vertically. Residents live upstairs while a supermarket, cafés, restaurants, a pharmacy, and everyday services sit within the same building, and the ground-floor retail is intentionally open to the wider neighbourhood, so the development functions as part of Kilimani rather than a gated-off island within it.

The design language leans into a calm, coastal palette — sand, driftwood, and warm brass tones — with generous glazing throughout to bring in natural light.

Apartment Pricing

These are indicative bands — floor level, view, and stack all move the final figure, so treat this as a starting point for a conversation, not a fixed quote.

The 39 sqm studio is the lowest entry price in the development and genuinely compact; we’d recommend walking through the actual drawings before reserving one, rather than judging purely by the square-metre number.

Retail and Commercial Space

Shop and commercial units run from roughly 27 sqm up to 180 sqm, with larger units in the 160–180 sqm range currently priced from around KES 28.5M to KES 32M. These suit supermarkets, pharmacies, cafés, restaurants, salons, wellness studios, fashion and shoe retailers, laundries, and small offices.

Buying rather than renting commercial space here means building equity in premises you’d otherwise be paying a landlord for indefinitely — but permitted use, service charge, and parking allocation for commercial buyers should be confirmed separately from the residential terms before committing.

The Hotel-Managed Option

Selected stacks within Block 2 — floors one through eight — are positioned under professional hotel-style management, meaning rentals are intended to run without day-to-day landlord involvement. Developer materials describe a proposed five-year rental arrangement targeting around 11% return on qualifying units.

That figure deserves a direct, honest caveat: it’s a proposed term within the rental and management agreement, not a guaranteed market outcome, and it doesn’t apply automatically to every unit in the building.

Before relying on it, ask specifically which units qualify, what the management contract actually covers and for how long, how fees, vacancy periods and service charges are treated within the arrangement, and exactly what “guaranteed” means in the fine print.

A hotel-managed unit can genuinely simplify ownership for a diaspora or hands-off investor, but only if those terms are understood upfront rather than assumed.

Amenities

Longines Bay’s lifestyle offering is genuinely extensive: a swimming pool, landscaped courtyard garden, and children’s play area at ground level; a rooftop padel court, rooftop sports area, and BBQ zone above; a sky outdoor cinema and an indoor mini-cinema with massage seating for evenings in; and a co-working space plus an on-site restaurant for daily life.

One detail worth flagging that doesn’t always make it into every listing: renders for the development also show a rooftop putting green and golf practice net alongside lounge seating — a genuinely unusual amenity for a Nairobi residential tower, worth confirming is part of the approved final plan before relying on it.

Practical infrastructure covers the basics thoroughly too: backup generator, borehole water, high-speed lifts, and CCTV.

As with any pre-completion development, the published amenity list can vary slightly between marketing sources — it’s worth asking us to confirm exactly what’s included in the approved plans before you commit.

Location: Why Karbanet Road, Off Ngong Road

Karbanet Road sits on the Kilimani grid, close to Adams Arcade, The Junction Mall, and the Ngong Road bus corridor — a well-established part of Nairobi with strong access to shopping, healthcare, schools, and offices.

Based on developer materials, Prestige Plaza is roughly 3 minutes away, Nairobi Royal Golf Club about 5 minutes, Yaya Centre around 6 minutes, China Town roughly 7 minutes, The Nairobi Hospital about 8 minutes, and JKIA around 15 minutes — though, as with any Nairobi travel estimate, these are worth driving yourself at the times you’d actually commute, since the gap between mid-morning and evening peak traffic can be significant.

Payment Plan

A 20% deposit with the balance spread over 30 months is the standard structure, with possible discounts for larger upfront deposits, subject to the developer’s current terms. Completion is targeted for 2029.

Finishes

Units are delivered fully finished: imported European kitchens with stone countertops, engineered oak flooring in living areas, floor-to-ceiling glazing with low-E coating, fingerprint door locks, and smart-home automation pre-wired throughout.

As with the amenities, final specifications can vary by unit type and stack, so ask for the approved specification sheet for your specific unit before reserving.

Who This Suits

• First-time buyers chasing a lower entry price → the 39–48 sqm studios.
• Young professionals and couples who value convenience → the 72 sqm 1-bedroom.
• Families needing more space → the 87–94 sqm 2-bedroom units, or the 3- and 5-bedroom duplexes.
• Investors → the hotel-managed Block 2 units, or conventional rental units elsewhere in the development.
• Entrepreneurs and business owners → the retail and commercial spaces.

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