Flooring Prices in Kenya: Every Type, Side by Side
Every floor type, one table
Nobody in Kenya publishes these side by side, which is why choosing a floor here is harder than it should be. Full table below; the important thing to understand first is that the rates are not quoted on the same basis.
Epoxy and terrazzo are mixed and laid on site. The rate is everything, material and labour together.
Tiles, SPC and laminate are manufactured products. You buy them per square metre and then pay someone to fit them, so material and labour are separate lines and both have to be counted.
Comparing an epoxy rate to a tile material rate makes epoxy look expensive when it is not. That mistake is behind a great many bad flooring decisions.
Roughly what each is for
Epoxy: garages, stores, workshops, clinics, commercial. Cheapest per square metre; not for living space.
Terrazzo: halls, corridors, kitchens, stairs, anywhere permanent. Best lifespan of anything here.
Ceramic tile: bathrooms, kitchens, general living. Cheapest sound option for living space.
Porcelain and large format: the same places, harder wearing, better looking, more expensive to lay because it must be laid flatter.
SPC: rentals, apartments, offices, anywhere needing waterproof and fast. Excellent value.
Laminate: cheapest wood look, and it is not waterproof. Bedrooms and living rooms only.
Timber, where you want genuine wood. Also the only floor here that can be sanded back and renewed repeatedly.
Sanding an existing timber floor: at KES 400–700 per m², almost always beats replacing it.
The 10 to 20 percent nobody quotes
Subfloor preparation, damp-proofing, underlay, skirting, thresholds and removing the old floor. Listed below rather than buried, because these are what turn a budget into an overrun.
Rates
| Work | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epoxy, basic to standard | KES 350 – 900 / m² | Laid; no separate material cost |
| Terrazzo, laid and polished | from KES 1,600 / m² | Laid; no separate material cost |
| Ceramic floor tile, 40×40 | KES 835 / m² material | + KES 350 – 500 / m² labour |
| Porcelain tile, 60×60 | KES 1,250 / m² material | + KES 350 – 500 / m² labour |
| Large-format tile, 60×120 | KES 1,460 – 2,200 / m² material | + KES 600 – 800 / m² labour |
| Imported marble tile | KES 4,500 – 9,000 / m² material | + premium labour |
| Tiling, supply and install, mid-range | KES 2,000 – 4,000 / m² | A useful all-in figure |
| SPC vinyl plank | from KES 1,700 / m² | 6mm from about KES 2,950 / m² |
| Laminate board | KES 2,650 – 3,650 / m² material | + from KES 200 / m² installation |
| Floor sanding, existing timber | KES 400 / m² | |
| Sanding and varnishing together | KES 700 / m² | Varnish adds about KES 300 / m² |
Rates reviewed 2026-08. Every job is confirmed with a written quotation before work starts.
What a floor price usually leaves out
Between 10 and 20 percent of a flooring budget sits in these, and almost no Kenyan quotation itemises them. We do, so you can see the real number before committing.
- Subfloor preparation: levelling, patching or a self-levelling screed where the slab is out
- Damp-proof membrane or moisture barrier where the slab tests wet
- Underlay, on laminate and SPC
- Skirting, beading and threshold strips between rooms
- Removing and disposing of the existing floor