Can the sink move when we replace the developer's kitchen?

Sometimes, but it is the expensive change. Waste runs need fall, and in an apartment there is rarely floor depth to reroute one far. Moving a hob or a fridge is usually straightforward; moving a sink more than a metre often is not. We check before the layout is agreed.

How long are we without a kitchen?

We strip the old installation and fit the new one in the same visit wherever possible, so the gap is days rather than weeks. Worktops add a return visit because they are templated only after units are set and levelled.

Plumber in Kileleshwa, Nairobi

We cover Kileleshwa including Othaya Road, Laikipia Road, Gatundu Road, Mandera Road, Siaya Road, Kandara Road, Ring Road Kileleshwa. Off Ring Road Kileleshwa and Gitanga Road. Most blocks require the caretaker to allow access to the service lift and loading bay.

What is different about plumbing in Kileleshwa

Kileleshwa apartments handed over by developers on Othaya Road often carry a builder-grade fitted kitchen that owners replace within five years, so we work around a live installation.
New blocks on Laikipia Road fix plumbing and electrical first-fix positions before the kitchen layout is chosen, which constrains where a sink or hob can sit.
Gatundu Road units are compact enough that a full-height utility cupboard usually beats a separate laundry area in the plan.

Kitchens in Kileleshwa

Kileleshwa is almost entirely apartments, most of them recent, most handed over with a kitchen already in place. So our work here is usually replacement rather than first fit, and replacement has its own constraints.

Working around a live kitchen

A developer kitchen that is five years old is still in daily use the day before we arrive. We plan the strip-out and installation as one visit wherever we can, so the household is without a kitchen for days rather than weeks.

Worktops are the exception. They are templated only after units are set and levelled, which means a return visit. Anyone offering to template before installation is guessing.

First fix decides more than you would like

New Kileleshwa blocks set plumbing and electrical positions before anyone chooses a kitchen. By the time an owner is planning a replacement, the waste run, the water supply and the hob feed are all fixed in the slab.

Moving a hob or a fridge is generally easy. Moving a sink is not: waste needs fall, and an apartment floor rarely has the depth to reroute one any distance. We establish what can and cannot move before agreeing a layout rather than after.

Compact planning

Units on Gatundu Road and the tighter Kileleshwa blocks reward ruthless planning. A full-height utility cupboard housing the washing machine, the ironing board and the cleaning equipment almost always beats trying to carve out a separate laundry area. It uses one metre of wall instead of three square metres of floor.

What we are usually called out for in Kileleshwa

Fitted kitchens Kitchens templated against your actual walls and built in our own workshop, not flat-packed. Bedroom wardrobes Built-in wardrobes that use the full wall and the full height, with internals planned around what you actually own. TV and wall units Built-in media walls and storage with cable routes, ventilation and fixings designed for the wall you actually have. Walk-in closets Dressing rooms configured around a real inventory, with ventilation and lighting designed in.

Landmarks we work around here: Kirichwa Road, Ring Road Kileleshwa, Gitanga Road, Kileleshwa shopping centre. See what fitted joinery costs.