Kinoni - House for Renovation
A rare opportunity to buy a large 19th century house in the heart of Lamu Town. It sits just beside the historic ‘Kinoni’ whetstone (where swords and other weapons were sharpened in days gone by).
An ideal renovation project, the house is currently accessed by a rather grand and mysterious-looking staircase and is built around a large central courtyard, off which radiate numerous small rooms which could easily be opened up to provide spacious bedrooms and living areas.
Currently two storeys high, the house could be extended upwards another storey and this extension crowned with a makuti thatch roof – creating, in effect, a four storey house. The house is bounded on two sides by open gardens and no roads pass directly beside it, making it particularly private and quiet.
A great chance to take a crumbling Lamu house and transform it into something really special. Ideally the house could be purchased together with the adjacent large empty plot, which could easily be transformed into an attractive private garden, complete with guest house and swimming pool.
Plot size – approximately 32 x 60 feet - 1920 square feet – 178 square metres
Price 120,000 Euros – approximately ksh 12 million
