Please can you help with living info in Nairobi :) Thnx

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BiggyActive member27 June 2012 13:22:44

Hi all,

Was wondering if you could help provide me with details on living and expenses in Nairobi please...

Wanted to find out how much rental of houses are in a gated community (preferably with a swimming pool), utility bills, costs of food, safety/ crime, prices of cars, petrol costs, and children/ mom playgroups And on a whole, what its like to be living there. Think I covered everything here.

Hope you can help.

Thanks so much.

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AurélieViP27 June 2012 13:43:13

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Hello Biggy.

In meantime, you can read this article on Cost of living in Nairobi.

Thank you,
Aurélie

BiggyActive member27 June 2012 13:45:16

Thanks Aureliz

Rohit.EleazerContributor28 June 2012 11:24:16

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Hi Biggy
Welcoem to Expat.com.
Desired kind of house will cost you somewhere around,1000 USD.
Food for one person is just like - 200 USD or so.
Weekend Outing - including Restaurant - 200 USD Min
Safety - every where in the world, there are Darksides, so safety depends on you, As would say kenya is far better than man countries in the world.
Car - will cost you around 10k USD onwards (Japanese used one)
Locally used one will be starting from 4k USD onwards(the one which Runs)
Petrol is like somwhere around 1.2 USD/ Litre.
For school kindly check the URL , this is the old post on this blog - https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=170359

kenya is a place where, you dont feel that you are new here.

Cheers
Rohit

BiggyActive member10 July 2012 20:54:34

Thanks all the info Rohit.Eleazer. Really appreciate you taking time to reply to my post.

Sorry for the delay, been away.

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