3 Bedroom Furnished Apartments in Upper Hill, Nairobi — Expat Housing, KES 200,000 – 350,000/month, Long Stay

Upper Hill is Nairobi's purpose-built corporate district: the World Bank, IFC, Britam Tower, UAP Old Mutual Tower, Coca-Cola's regional office and a long list of banks and law firms sit within a square kilometre. Residential stock is comparatively thin, which is exactly why furnished apartments here command a premium — a tenant working on Hospital Road can walk to the office instead of committing an hour a day to Ngong Road traffic. What exists is mostly newer mid-to-high-rise with full amenity: lift, generator, gym, secure parking, sometimes a rooftop terrace. Nairobi Hospital is on the edge of the district and the Uhuru Highway interchange puts the CBD five minutes away, with the Expressway giving unusually fast airport access for a central location. The tenant profile is almost entirely corporate and institutional: multilateral staff on short-to-medium postings, visiting audit and consulting teams, and senior finance professionals. Evenings are quiet — this is an office district that empties — so tenants who want restaurants and nightlife typically choose Kilimani, ten minutes west, and accept the commute in reverse.

Expat tenants gravitate to Upper Hill for reasons that are specific rather than general. World Bank / IFC offices is roughly 0.6 km away, about 3 minutes by car outside peak. The area rates 4 out of 5 on practical tenant security and 71 out of 100 on walkability, which matters more than most listings admit when you are new to the city. What we prioritise for this brief is landlord identity and ownership verified before you transfer anything, and live video viewings. For long stays of six months or more, the practical implication is lease structure: expect a six or twelve month lease, two months' deposit, and meaningfully better monthly rates than short-stay equivalents.

3 Bedroom furnished units in Upper Hill sit at KES 270,000 – KES 420,000 per month across the market as a whole. Within the kes 200,000 – 350,000 band specifically, you are looking at units where you should expect generator, borehole, gym, pool, lift, secure basement parking and a genuinely well-specified kitchen. Service charge in Upper Hill averages around KES 4,400 per square metre per month, so confirm whether the quoted rent is inclusive. Rental yield in the area runs at about 9.2%, which is useful context for how hard a landlord will negotiate: high-yield, high-supply areas negotiate; 81% occupancy tells you how much room you actually have.

Source: Knight Frank Kenya, HassConsult Property Index, Cytonn Real Estate research, verified landlord submissions.