Off-plan projects for sale in Tatu City
A master-planned city off Thika Road with its own infrastructure already in the ground. Longer plans, larger units, and a different set of risks.
21 off-plan homes across 6 developments inside Kenya’s flagship Special Economic Zone, from KES 7.61M apartments beside the wildlife sanctuary to Georgian-style townhouses, with a real asking price on every listing and our due diligence behind it.
The corridor
Not a suburb. A city with the pipes already laid.
Tatu City is not a Nairobi suburb. It is a 5,000-acre master-planned city and Kenya’s flagship Special Economic Zone, off the Ruiru to Kiambu road about 20 km north of the CBD. Buy off-plan here and you are buying into controlled zoning, underground utilities, reliable power and a live-work-play ecosystem: 100-plus operating businesses, international schools and a 160-acre wildlife sanctuary, not just four walls.
The buyer split is clean. Apartments from KES 7.61M at Porini Point, NEXT AMANI and Jabali Towers pull young professionals, first-time owners and investors banking on the SEZ workforce as a tenant base. The townhouse tier, 156 Elara from KES 26.1M and Silver Hill from KES 38.5M, draws established families and diaspora buyers who want gated space with city-grade infrastructure. Be clear about the positioning: entry sits above satellite towns like Ruiru and Syokimau, and against Kilimani or Westlands the pitch is infrastructure certainty and space per shilling, not headline cheapness.
- Price floor
- KES 7.61M for a Porini Point one-bed beside the wildlife sanctuary; NEXT AMANI from about USD 58,800.
- Typical unit
- One- to three-bed apartments at Porini Point, NEXT AMANI and Jabali; 164 to 309 sqm townhouses at 156 Elara and Silver Hill.
- Handover windows
- 13 homes complete in 2027 and 8 in 2028; Porini Point’s final phase runs to 2029.
- Who buys here
- SEZ-workforce landlords, first-time owners, and families and diaspora buyers wanting gated space with real infrastructure.
- Getting around
- Ruiru to Kiambu road and the Northern Bypass; Thika Road to the CBD, about 20 km; schools, offices and retail inside the city.
- Watch-outs
- Pricing in US dollars at NEXT AMANI and Jabali moves with the shilling; rental comparables are still thin while the city fills in.
Price ladder, October 2026
- One-beds from
- KES 7.61MPorini Point
- Two-beds from
- KES 10.8MUnity Parkside
- Three-beds from
- KES 15.8MUnity Parkside
- Townhouses from
- KES 26.1M156 Elara, 3 and 4 beds
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.
Tatu City’s pipeline is close-dated: everything listed hands over in 2027 or 2028, with Porini Point phasing to 2029. Payment plans run 24 months and longer.
Counts are the homes in Tatu City 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 Tatu City, 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.
Sanctuary viewsPorini Point
Apartments looking over the 160-acre wildlife sanctuary, with fitted kitchens, parking included and a 24-month payment plan. From KES 7.46M for cash buyers.
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0 percent instalmentsNEXT AMANI
A gated development by international developer NEXT, priced in US dollars from about USD 58,800 with a zero-interest instalment plan. The institutional-grade option.
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Twin towersJabali Towers
Twin towers in Tatu Central with an infinity pool and a 150-room hotel next door; one-beds from USD 130,200 (about KES 16.9M) with instalments to December 2028. Studios are sold out.
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Park-facingUnity Parkside
Park-facing two- and three-beds by Unity Homes, two-beds from KES 10.8M and three-beds from KES 15.8M, completing 2027.
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Townhouses156 Elara
Three- and four-bed townhouses, duplexes and triplexes with a heated pool and clubhouse in an 11-acre community. The flagship 309 sqm four-bed tops out at KES 53.16M.
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Cash discountsSilver Hill
Georgian-style townhouses by Unity Homes near the sanctuary, with both off-plan and ready units and cash discounts of up to KES 7.2M.
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Live off-plan listings in Tatu City.
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 Tatu City.
The case for paying before completion, inside a planned city.
Entry prices a finished city won’t offer
Apartments from KES 7.61M in a city with underground utilities, reliable power and controlled zoning already in the ground. As the SEZ fills in, entry prices like this are the first thing to go.
Tenants with jobs ten minutes away
Over 100 businesses already operate inside Tatu City, and the workforce needs somewhere to live. Investors at Porini Point and Jabali Towers are buying ahead of that demand, not speculating on a bare corridor.
Payment plans with actual breathing room
24 months at Porini Point. Zero-interest instalments at NEXT AMANI. Instalments to December 2028 at Jabali Towers. Off-plan here means paying as the building rises, not raising a mortgage on day one.
First pick of the sanctuary views
Porini Point and Silver Hill sell their proximity to the 160-acre wildlife sanctuary. Buy off-plan and you choose your facing before the launch crowd takes the good ones.
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.
Tatu City has 6 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
Tatu City off-plan, asked and answered.
How much does an off-plan apartment in Tatu City cost?
How does buying off-plan work?
Is Tatu City a good buy-to-let bet?
Is Tatu City good for families?
When do these projects complete?
How do Tatu City prices compare with the rest of Nairobi?
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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.
Tatu City Property Prices 2026: Plots, Apartments and Homes by Precinct
Living in Ruiru and Tatu City: The Complete 2026 Neighbourhood, Renting and Buying Guide
Why Kenyans Are Choosing Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado Over Nairobi (2026 Prices, Commute and Data)
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