Named parties. Defined scope.
Peponi is a small originating and structuring team. Delivery is executed with appointed professionals whose scope, responsibility and reporting line are documented before work begins.
01 / Who we work with
Disciplines we appoint.
Peponi appoints registered professionals and specialist delivery partners with demonstrable coastal experience, clear accountability and the capacity to perform against documented scopes.
Professional advisers
Independent opinion. Instructed by us, and open to instruction by an investor's own advisers.
Advocates
Title and ownership verification, transaction structuring, consents, subdivision and sale documentation.
Licensed surveyors
Boundary survey, acreage confirmation, subdivision schemes and county planning submissions.
NEMA-registered experts
Environmental impact assessment, licence conditions, riparian and marine reserve constraints.
Quantity surveyors & auditors
Cost planning, valuation of works, project-level audit and statutory accounts.
Design and delivery partners
Appointed under written scope, programme and fee, with professional indemnity appropriate to the role.
Architects
Climate-responsive coastal residential and hospitality work, and the authorship of enforceable design codes.
Master planners
Landscape-led subdivision layout, density strategy, access, servicing corridors and public realm.
Civil engineers
Roads, drainage, water supply, wastewater treatment, power reticulation and coastal infrastructure.
Contractors
Infrastructure and building contractors with a verifiable coastal Kenyan track record and audited accounts.
Sales and operating partners
Engaged where a scheme supports it, on defined mandates and with authority limited in writing.
Sales partners
International and Kenyan agencies with access to second-home, diaspora and investor buyers, registered under the Estate Agents Act where it applies.
Hospitality operators
Management of rental, serviced or branded residential components where a scheme supports one.
Statutory authorities
Regulators and stakeholders, not appointed partners. We engage with them, satisfy their requirements and hold their instruments — we do not represent them, and they do not endorse us.
- County governments — Kilifi and Kwale
- Change of user, subdivision and development approval
- National Environment Management Authority
- Environmental impact assessment and licensing
- Land Control Boards
- Consent to controlled transactions in agricultural land
- Ministry of Lands and the land registries
- Title, official searches and registration of instruments
- Kenya Wildlife Service
- Consultation where a site adjoins a marine protected area
- Water and energy utilities
- Servicing, connection and wayleave approvals
02 / Project lifecycle
Sourcing through exit.
Where each discipline is engaged, what is expected of it, and what has to be true before the project moves on.
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01
Sourcing
Direct landowner relationships and local intermediaries identify scarce coastal sites. Outputs: site identification, initial commercial view, indicative terms.
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02
Feasibility and validation
Counsel, licensed surveyor, NEMA-registered expert and cost consultant test title, boundary, environmental constraint, servicing and cost. Gate: any failure stops the project here.
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03
Concept and master planning
Architect and master planner establish density, layout, plot yield, design code and material palette against the validated site constraints.
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04
Acquisition
Transaction documentation, payment conditions and transfer. Gate: acquisition completes only on a clean title position.
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Approvals
Land Control Board consent where the parcel is agricultural, change of user, subdivision application, environmental impact assessment and licence, riparian and county consents. Gate: no marketing of consented product before instruments issue.
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Capital formation and structuring
Budget fixed, vehicle established, governance and risk allocation documented, investor due diligence completed. Gate: no construction spend before financial close.
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Procurement
Tender, evaluation and appointment of contractors against the cost plan, with warranties and retention agreed.
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Infrastructure and construction
Delivery against fixed scope, programme and budget, with monthly valuation, variation control and quality inspection.
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09
Sales and handover
Sales partners release plots or units with title and approvals in place. Buyer documentation, transfer and handover completed.
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Realisation and exit
Proceeds applied through the agreed waterfall, defects period managed, vehicle wound up or transferred.
03 / How we appoint
What we ask, and what you can expect.
- Registration
- Current professional registration in Kenya where the discipline requires it
- Track record
- Verifiable comparable projects with contactable references
- Indemnity
- Professional indemnity cover appropriate to the appointment
- Scope
- Written scope, deliverables and programme before commencement
- Fees
- Agreed in writing; staged against deliverables
- Reporting
- Defined reporting line and single point of contact
- Disclosure
- Appointed parties are disclosed to project investors by name
04 / Landowners
If you hold coastal land.
We consider outright purchase, joint venture, and contribution of a site into the project vehicle in exchange for equity or a share of proceeds. Initial conversations are confidential and carry no obligation.
We ask for the title number, approximate area and location at first contact so that a preliminary view can be given quickly. We do not charge landowners a fee to consider a site.
Good projects are built by named professionals.
Send your practice profile and relevant coastal experience. We keep a standing list and approach it when a project reaches the appointment stage.
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