Ask how the block handles ambulance access at night — several new Parklands towers have a single ramp with a barrier and no manned override after 22:00.
For this audience the single most important specification is an ensuite bathroom. All-ensuite layouts have become the standard specification in Nairobi's new two and three-bedroom stock, and they are the detail that decides whether an apartment works for a house-share, a family with teenagers, or a couple hosting visiting relatives from abroad. The practical Nairobi angle is water heating: more bathrooms means more heaters and, on prepaid tokens, a bigger monthly bill unless the block is on solar.