Off-plan projects for sale in Lavington
Garden-suburb living inside the school belt. Fewer launches, more family-sized units, and the suburb’s land values underneath every price.
17 off-plan homes across 12 developments in Lavington, from KES 5.2M studios on Riara Road to five-bed villas on quarter-acre plots, with a real asking price on every listing and our due diligence done before you pay a shilling.
The corridor
Old-estate character, new-build prices on its edge.
Lavington is one of Nairobi’s original leafy estate suburbs: low-density, green and settled, between Kilimani, Kileleshwa and the James Gichuru and Gitanga corridors. That old-estate character is exactly why developers want in. Densification along the Riara Road and Junction Mall edge has opened the suburb to buyers who could never have afforded a Lavington address before.
The new-build market here splits cleanly in two. Apartment schemes along Riara Road open between KES 5.2M and 7.33M: Riara Oasis, Expressview, Symphony and Amber Bay, with Alba Rudaki’s towers opposite Junction Mall at the corridor’s edge. Then the legacy end: five-bed villas and gated townhouses from KES 85M at Zuri Manor, built for established families upgrading within Nairobi’s old-money addresses. Off-plan studios here undercut Kilimani’s mid-tier, while the suburb’s land values sit underneath every price.
- Price floor
- KES 5.2M for a Riara Oasis studio on Riara Road; KES 6.05M for a 40.7 sqm Symphony Residence studio.
- Typical unit
- Studios of 40 to 50 sqm and one-beds on Riara Road; two-beds from 11.29M at Amber Bay; villas of five beds plus DSQ on quarter-acre plots.
- Handover windows
- 8 homes complete in 2026, 6 in 2027, 1 in 2028 and 2 in 2029 or later.
- Who buys here
- First-time buyers and young professionals on Riara Road; diaspora and rental investors; established families at the villa end.
- Getting around
- Riara Road and Kingara Road to Junction Mall and Ngong Road; James Gichuru and Gitanga Roads to Westlands and Kileleshwa.
- Watch-outs
- Thin apartment inventory and a wide price gap between the Riara edge and the estate core. Make sure the address you are paying for is the one on the title.
Price ladder, October 2026
- Studios from
- KES 5.2MRiara Oasis, Riara Road
- One-beds from
- KES 7.33MAmber Bay, Kingara Road
- Two-beds from
- KES 11.29MAmber Bay Apartments
- Villas from
- KES 85MZuri Manor, 5 beds + DSQ
Developer asking prices on live Block.ke listings, October 2026, taken from the cheapest single-type listing we could verify. Higher floors, larger layouts and DSQ options cost more; cash buyers often pay less than the payment-plan price.
When do you want the keys?
Browse by completion year.
Lavington’s pipeline is short-dated: nearly half of the homes hand over in 2026, the rest mostly in 2027. Only Alba Rudaki stretches to 2029.
Counts are the homes in Lavington tagged with each completion year on Block.ke in October 2026; each tile opens the Nairobi-wide archive for that year. Handover dates are the developer’s stated schedule; we tell you where a timeline looks optimistic.
Projects worth your deposit
Six developments we would put a deposit on.
Hand-picked across budgets in Lavington, from the cheapest verified entry to the family-sized top end. Every card shows the developer’s real asking price. No “call for price”, no bait.
Prices are asking prices on live Block.ke listings, October 2026. Payment plans and completion dates are the developer’s stated terms at the time of listing.
Lowest entryRiara Oasis
Lavington’s price floor for a new build: studios to three-beds on Riara Road with pool and gym, inside the school belt, completing December 2027.
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34-month planExpressview Residency
A rare four-typology spread in one scheme, sold on a 20 percent deposit and a 34-month payment plan to December 2028. Pool, gym and coffee bar.
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Show house readySymphony Residence
VAAL’s Lavington scheme with two heated pools and two gyms. Studios of about 40.7 sqm from KES 6.05M, two-beds from KES 14.92M.
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Closest to keysAmber Bay Apartments
Smart-home one- and two-beds on Kingara Road completing in 2026, the shortest wait in Lavington. Two-beds from KES 11.29M.
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Staged paymentAlba Rudaki
Two-bed apartments opposite Junction Mall, every bedroom en-suite, sold on staged payments with the longest runway in the suburb.
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Legacy endZuri Manor Villas
A private collection of five family villas on quarter-acre plots along Isaac Gathanju Close. Lavington’s legacy estate character, brand new.
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Live off-plan listings in Lavington.
Fresh from the developers we work with, updated as units sell and prices move. Filter by completion year, or open the full search to narrow by budget and bedrooms.
Why here
Why buy off-plan in Lavington.
The case for paying before completion, inside the school belt.
Riara Road carries the pipeline
Nearly every apartment project on this page fronts or feeds off Riara Road: Riara Oasis, Symphony, Expressview, Amber Bay, with Alba Rudaki facing Junction Mall at the corridor’s edge. One road, walkable retail, direct Ngong Road links.
Undercut Kilimani’s mid-tier, keep the trees
Off-plan studios here start at KES 5.2M. You pay less than Kilimani’s mid-tier launches for a greener, lower-density address, and neither neighbour touches Lavington’s estate character.
Staged payments do the heavy lifting
Expressview sells on a 20 percent deposit and a 34-month plan; Alba Rudaki on staged payments. That turns a KES 6M one-bed into a schedule instead of a lump sum, and your money should only move when milestones do.
First pick of the stack
Off-plan means choosing floor, aspect and position before anyone else. In a scheme like Alba Rudaki opposite Junction Mall, that choice matters when you sell; completed buildings only offer you what is left.
Honest trade-off: off-plan is not risk-free. Delays happen, a few projects stall, and your protection is the contract and the checks done before you pay. That is the part we take seriously, and it is laid out in the due-diligence section below.
Due diligence
The homework we do before you pay a shilling.
Lavington has 12 developments on this page and the developers behind them are not all equal. Here is what we verify before a project earns a spot here, and before you put a deposit anywhere.
Title search at the Lands Registry
An official search confirms the developer actually owns the land, and that it is free of charges and caveats that could stall the project or your title.
Approvals, not brochures
NCA registration, county construction permits and environmental clearances, verified against the actual documents rather than the marketing deck.
Developer track record
What they have delivered before, whether it landed on time, and how those buildings have held up since. Past delays predict future delays.
Sale agreement review
Your own advocate reads every clause: completion date, grace period, penalties, assignment rights and refund terms. We flag anything that quietly shifts risk onto you.
Payment plan and escrow
Instalments should track construction milestones, and ideally sit in a project account released against progress, not straight into the developer’s pocket.
Updates until handover
We track construction and report back until you hold the keys and the title, not just until the deposit is paid.
Straight answers
Lavington off-plan, asked and answered.
How much does an off-plan apartment in Lavington cost?
How does buying off-plan work?
Is Lavington a good area for off-plan investment?
Is Lavington right for families?
When do Lavington’s current off-plan projects complete?
Can I buy something ready now instead of waiting?
Not answered here? Ask us on WhatsApp, straight answers, no gloss.
Read before you reserve
Market intel, minus the fluff.
Guides to the corridor and its neighbours, the legal landmines to step around, and what the lending market is doing to buyer budgets.
Lavington Property Prices in 2026: What Homes Actually Cost
Living in Lavington: Schools, Malls and the Family Weekend
Lavington vs Kileleshwa vs Kilimani: Which Nairobi Suburb Fits You in 2026?
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