Gilgil

Property Description

WELCOME TO YOUR UNIQUE NEW, FULLY OFF GRID, MODERN, COUNTRY HOME.

• The house sits on 2 acres of “Freehold”, agricultural land with one owner. Nestled between small subsistence farms the house has a wonderful country feel. The house, landscaped garden and car park occupies 1 acre while access has been provided to the second acre which is currently a Eucalyptus tree plantation. This second acre can be developed further as needed. Deep, fertile brown soils make it ideal for growing plants and vegetables. Fresh air and good views add to the warm, cozy and homely ambience.
• There are 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths including a guest cloak room.
• The house features a modern, spacious open plan kitchen with a separate nook for dining or a home office, with a customized veranda space which includes a built in BBQ, a white terrazzo counter with sink as well as an outdoor seating/ dining area under a Cyprus timber pergola ringed by scented Jasmine creepers and lavender planter surrounds.
• The property is easily accessible, about 0.5 km from the main Gilgil- Nyaharuru Highway with easy access to Pembroke House School as well as Gilgil town amenities such as Banks and shopping centers.
• The home comes with a 10 KWH smart on/off grid Hybrid solar power system with 2 x 10kwh Lithium-Ion wall mounted batteries (so 20KWH of power storage) and a 10kwh on/off grid smart inverter and 18 x 550W solar panels mounted to the roof. The system can be easily connected to mains power, or a backup generator as needed.
• The whole roof harvests rainwater into a 100,000-litre PVC bladder. There is an additional 10,000-litre PVC water tank connected to a community spring water supply as a back up. A borehole connection to a neighbor’s newly drilled borehole is shortly to be installed. These storage systems then pump up into a 5000-litre header tank on a water tower which gravity feeds water throughout the house and garden standpipe. Total water storage is 115,000 litres.
• All the light fittings and sockets are imported from the UK and every light has Led bulbs fitted. The majority of the sockets throughout the house are USB enabled.
• Provisional conduits have been installed throughout the house for WIFI, a security alarm system and satellite TV connections.
• The three external doors are from upcycled African Red Cedar fence posts and have been sanded and treated with natural Danish WOCA wood oil.
• The log stove is imported from Denmark and offers an efficient smokeless heating system that uses 70% less firewood and is 70% more heat efficient than an open fireplace.
• A 3-car roofed car port has been provided.
• The external walls are painted with washable and wipeable exterior grade Silicon Extreme Ash paint from Crown Paints.
• Water heating is achieved through 1 x 300 litre and 1 x 200-litre Megasun solar hot water heaters from Chloride Exide as well as interlinked 2 x 100 litre kuni booster back up systems in case of poor weather conditions.
• The kitchen countertops are imported white Quartz.
• The contractor has extended a 6-month guarantee on all elements from the date of receipt of the deposit payment.

Price: On application

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