‘Nyumba’ means House in Swahili and ‘mbura’ means rain in Kikuyu and ‘Nyumbura’ is where the rain beats down on your roof like a welcoming drum.

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• NYUMBURA is 200m off the Tigoni-Kabuku Road, to the south, opposite Lake House, TIGONI.

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• Deed Plan for the property is LR 162/23 and measures 0.3006 ha. 

• The Title is Freehold, Land User Agricultural, following a SubDivision of the original LR 162/11 Indenture Title under the Government Lands Act into LR 162/22 and LR 162/23, and remains free of all encumburance.

• A 10ft high stone and concrete columned perimeter wall tracks the access road and protects the property's northern boundary. Chainlink fencing plus a gate describes its southern boundary with Malewa Forest, a 2.03 ha botanical treasure where more than 260 species of indigenous plants, herbs, shrubs and trees have been identified and are being labelled.

• NYUMBURA house was constructed in 2005, according to a unique and very durable design. Treated cypress semi-cylindrical timbers stand vertically on a walling of two stone courses, all on a plinth of 200mm concrete. The roof is constructed with corrugated iron roofing sheets supported by cypress wooden trusses. All windows are secured with anti burglar grilles and a traditional teak Lamu door with two stone baraza form the main entrance.

• A lockable garage suitable for one vehicle is attached to the house.

• To the rear of the house there is a verandha and a securely enclosed lawn and rose garden. A plastic cylindrical tank harvests rain water from the roofing sheets.

• The front concrete-floored verandha looks down on a mature and treed garden which slopes towards its Malewa Forest boundary. 

• A stone-walled and paved pergola cum patio adjoins the main entrance.

• The driveway is sealed with stone chippings.

• The house itself is composed of the following rooms: a cedar parquet-floored sitting/dining room with fireplace and chimney: a kitchen plus store and pantry: a central atrium with skylights and bamboo walling:  a master ensuite bedroom, a second ensuite bedroom and a smaller 3rd bedroom or study. Additionally, on the east side there is a self-contained 'granny' wing, with its own parquet-floored sitting room plus fireplace, kitchen, and en suite bedroom.

• Floor area of the entire house is 345 sqm.

• It should be noted that current construction costs with wood are considerably more than with stone.

• For mains electricity the house has a post paid meter connection with Kenya Power.

• A metered connection with the Limuru Water and Sewerage Company supplies good pressure. Two pressure regulated pumps are additionally installed to boost  shower pressure.