Luxury interiors & design-build · NCA licensed
Homes built to the millimetre, proven every week.
Goldie Interiors designs, builds and furnishes luxury homes across Kenya, from a two-bedroom fit-out to a full villa. One project manager runs every trade, our own workshop makes the cabinetry, and clients abroad see dated site video every week.
Registered with the National Construction Authority, with independent consultant architects on every build.
A single named lead for every trade, from gypsum and stone to plumbing, electrics and security.
Kitchens, wardrobes and cabinetry made by our joiners, not imported off a showroom floor.
Dated photo and video reports, and a fixed weekly call in your time zone.
What we do
Everything a luxury home needs, under one contract.
Signature · Bespoke cabinetry
Made in our workshop. Fitted by the people who made it.
Cabinetry is where a luxury home is won or lost: the gap on a drawer front, the grain running across a run of doors, the soft close you feel every morning. We draw every unit to the millimetre, build it in our own workshop and fit it with the same team, in solid Kenyan hardwoods or premium boards.
Latest project · Cheptais, Bungoma County
A glass-and-granite kitchen, built in one month.
Lit glass display cabinets, a sintered-stone waterfall island and black granite worktops, made and fitted by our team as part of a wider home project.
See the projectFrom the blog
Notes for owners building the right way.
Follow the work
Site walk-throughs, every week.
We film projects as they happen: joinery in the workshop, stone going in, finished rooms on handover day.
Services
One team for every trade.
Most of our clients already own land or a shell and want one firm they can trust with the whole job. We design it, build it, fit it and furnish it.
Extra services · Available on its own
Landscaping
You don’t need a Goldie build to work with our landscaping team. We take on gardens and outdoor spaces as standalone projects, or add them to a home we are building.
What we do
- Garden design and planting
- Terraces, paving and driveways
- Outdoor kitchens and entertaining areas
- Water features
- Outdoor lighting
Packages
Three ways to deliver a home.
How a project runs
Five stages, each signed off by you.
- Consultation
A site walk or video call to understand the home, the budget band and the timeline.
- Design & 3D
Concepts, 3D visualisation, material boards and shop drawings for every piece of cabinetry.
- Priced BoQ
A bill of quantities you can check line by line, ready for your bank if you are financing.
- Build
One project manager, all trades, dated weekly photo and video reports and a fixed weekly call.
- Handover
Snag list, styling, care manual for every finish, and a retention held until you are satisfied.
Building from abroad
You never pay ahead of the work.
For clients in the USA, Canada, Germany, Australia and beyond, payments follow independently valued progress on site. A typical schedule looks like this; we agree the exact stages in your contract.
| Stage | Released when | Share | Cumulative |
|---|
Illustrative schedule. Each release follows a site valuation against the BoQ, with photo and video evidence dated on the day.
Projects
Recent work, shown as it was handed over.
Every project here is published with the client’s written consent. Photos are taken on site, unstaged, on the day of handover.
Building cost calculator · 2026 Kenyan rates
What will your home cost to build?
Set the size and scope, choose which materials to import, and compare Standard, Luxury and Premium finishes side by side. Figures are planning ranges; your priced BoQ gives the exact number.
Breakdown
Ranges are indicative and include VAT on construction. They exclude land, title and approval costs, external works beyond the house footprint and loose furniture unless imported furniture is ticked. Baseline: Architectural Association of Kenya per-m² cost data for 2025, adjusted for 2026 price rises. Currency conversions are approximate.
About
A designer who builds. A builder who draws.
Goldie Interiors Limited is a luxury interior design and construction firm with studios in Nairobi and Eldoret, working on homes across Kenya.
The firm was founded by Mauldine and Ridge Makwata. They saw how often beautiful designs were lost between the drawing and the site. A client would sign off a kitchen, then a different contractor would build something close to it. Finishes were substituted, trades blamed each other, and owners living abroad were sent photos they could not verify.
So we built one team that does all of it. Design and 3D visualisation, construction with independent consultant architects, every finishing trade under one project manager, and a workshop that makes the cabinetry itself. When something needs fixing, there is one person to call.
What we believe
Luxury is precision you can feel, honest materials and a process you can check. That is why we draw every cabinet to the millimetre, why we prefer solid Kenyan hardwoods where they suit the piece, and why every client receives dated progress video whether they live in Karen or Calgary.
“If you can’t see it being built, you shouldn’t be paying for it.”
The team
Mauldine and Ridge Makwata lead the firm and stay close to every client relationship. Each project has one dedicated project manager. Our studio team handles your enquiries and scheduling, our accounts team handles procurement and transparent costing, and our joiners and trades deliver on site.
- Company
- Goldie Interiors Limited
- Director
- Ridge Makwata
- Founders
- Mauldine and Ridge Makwata
- Studios
- Nairobi and Eldoret, working countrywide
- Licence
- National Construction Authority (NCA) registered contractor
- Architects
- Independent consultant architects on new builds
- Homes
- Two-bedroom apartments to villas
- Projects
- KES 10M – 200M
- Delivery
- 3, 6 or 12 month packages
- Specialism
- Bespoke cabinetry and solid-wood furniture
- Clients
- Homeowners in Kenya and Kenyans abroad in the USA, Canada, Germany and Australia
Come and see the work.
Visit a completed project or our workshop, or follow along online.
The Workshop Store
Solid-wood furniture, made to your measure.
Signature pieces from our Kenyan workshop. Choose the timber, size and finish; we build it to order and deliver it to your home.
Blog
Notes for owners building the right way.
Plain guidance on design, materials, costs and building from abroad, from people who do it every day.
Contact
Tell us about your home.
Share a few details and we will reply with next steps and a time for a consultation. Most clients hear back the same working day.
Eldoret studio
Mon–Fri 9:00–16:30 · Sat 10:00–14:30 · Sun closed (EAT)
Calling from abroad
We hold client calls in windows that suit your time zone.
| You are in | Our time (EAT) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| USA East / Canada East | Sat 17:00–19:00 | Sat 9:00–11:00 |
| Germany | Weekdays 19:00–21:00 | 17:00–19:00 |
| Perth | Weekdays 15:00–17:00 | 20:00–22:00 |
| Sydney / Melbourne | Weekdays 12:00 | 20:00 |
Nov–Mar offsets.
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