Survey: Karen, Runda, Muthaiga, Kitisuru Fall In Second Cluster Of Most Expensive Estates. You Will Be Stunned To Find Out Where Nairobi’s Topmost Rich Stay (Photos+Full List)

Westlands, Karen, Runda and Muthaiga cross everybody’s mind when affluent estates are mentioned. But these residential areas are not the most expensive in Nairobi.

A survey conducted by Cytonn, a real estate and investment firm, has classified Nairobi’s most expensive estates in terms of rents paid per individual hood.

If you intent to live in Kitisuru, Karen, Muthaiga, Riverside, Runda, Ridgeways, Spring Valley or Westlands, then make sure your monthly income is between Kes 300,000 to Kes 1 million because this is the range of rent house owners charge clients in these estates.

A home in Kitisuru

If you think that’s expensive, then the first cluster will sweep you off your feet. Rent in Nairobi’s most expensive estates, Rosslyn and Nyari suburbs range from Kes 1 million and above.

Rosslyn and Nyari tenants make more than Kes 1 million a month to afford the rent in the two ridiculously expensive suburbs.

A home in Nyari estate

A home in Rosslyn estate

The third cluster; Kilimani and Kileleshwa are for those earning between Kes 150,000 and Kes 300,000 a month.

An apartment in Kilimani

The fourth cluster are households earning between Kes 50,000 to Kes 150,000 which includes most middle class hoods; Donholm, South C and South B, Langata, Ngong, Rongai, Ruaka, Kasarani, Kahawa, Dagoretti and Kikuyu.

A gated community in Langata

The fifth tier is for middle class lower who make less Kes 50,000 a month; Embakasi, Githurai, Kariobangi, Kitengela, Komarock and Ruai.

Fountain view estate, Kitengela

Poor hoods were not ranked but obviously anyone who can survive with less than a dollar a day (Kes 100) lives in Kibera, Mathare, Mukuru and any other slum in the city.

Kibera slum

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