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Standards · The Dagaz

We prove it. You don’t have to take our word.

In a market where promises frequently exceed delivery, we build trust through verifiable specificity. We build what we show. We deliver when we say. We hold what we promise: in time, in budget, and in quality. Each commitment below is listed alongside the auditor, trustee, or counter-signatory responsible — every party named is contractually engaged on this project.

01 · Certification

What we have registered, and who is auditing it.

Certification is a process, not a sticker. We register early, publish targets, and publish results — including any item where we missed the target.

EDGE registration

IFC EDGE Advanced — Registration EDGE-KE-2025-00148. Targets: ≥ 40% projected energy savings; ≥ 35% water savings; ≥ 25% reduction in embodied carbon versus the EDGE baseline.

Performance audited at design stage and again at practical completion.

GEcon Africa (IFC EDGE registered auditor)
Structural

Designed to current Eurocodes for the Nairobi seismic zone, with conservative load factors verified by an independent structural review prior to commencement.

Independent SE
Fire & life safety

Designed to current Kenya Building Code with reference cross-checks against NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code) for residential high-rise occupancy.

Independent FS

02 · Financial structure

Where the money sits, who holds it, and on what terms.

Escrow trustee

Buyer deposits and equity instalments held in trust by Stanmore Trust Kenya Limited, a CMA-licensed escrow trustee under the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya.

Released against verified construction milestones, counter-signed by Knight Mwangi Quantity Surveyors before each draw.

Stanmore Trust Kenya Limited
Independent audit

Project SPV accounts audited annually by Bowman Adair Kenya. Audit opinion published to reservers and investors.

Bowman Adair Kenya
Deposit insurance & CAR cover

Buyer deposits insured and Contractor's All Risks cover placed with Riverside Indemnity Kenya. Certificates of insurance issued to reservers on signature of the reservation letter.

Riverside Indemnity Kenya
SPV legal counsel

The Dagaz SPV is advised by Otieno & Patel Advocates LLP for all contractual, escrow, and conveyancing matters.

Otieno & Patel Advocates LLP
Capital advisory

Equity capital structure advised by Ström Partners (Copenhagen). Project structured debt-free at acquisition through to handover; senior debt is not contemplated and would require investor approval if introduced.

Ström Partners
Payment plan

Buyer payment plan: 24 months, escrow-protected, four milestones — 10% on reservation; 20% on excavation complete; 30% on structure-to-roof; 40% on practical completion.

Reservation letter
Refund policy

Buyer rights of refund codified in the reservation letter, with conditions, timeline, and trustee process spelled out before signature.

Stanmore Trust deed of trust

03 · Material specification

Named brands. Named manufacturers. Named countries of origin.

The full material schedule is contracted and held on the project record. Substitutions are not made without written architect approval and a notice to reservers.

Façade brick

Petersen Tegl long-format brick (Denmark) — kiln-fired, coal-fed clay brick laid in narrow horizontal courses on the structural piers and balcony fronts.

Architect's specification
Glazing

Schüco AWS 75 SI+ triple-glazed aluminium window system, slim dark-bronze profile, full-height into stone reveals. No mirrored glass anywhere on the building.

Architect's specification
Kitchens

Bulthaup b3 system in oak veneer and lime-stone composite worktops; integrated appliances by Gaggenau across all residences.

Architect's specification
Sanitary fittings

Vola tap furniture and shower fittings throughout. Antoniolupi vanities and freestanding tubs in principal bathrooms; Catalano basins; Geberit concealed cisterns.

Architect's specification
Hardware & ironmongery

Olivari oxidised-brass ironmongery on doors, windows, and joinery throughout — unlacquered, intended to develop a patina with use.

Architect's specification
Flooring

White oak engineered plank, UV-cured oil finish (residential interiors); travertine in wet rooms and on public-amenity floors; brushed-bronze thresholds at material changes.

Architect's specification
Lighting

Davide Groppi and Astep specified across public and amenity spaces; custom DEMAR fittings on the lobby spiral and the crown deck. Cove uplight cassettes throughout.

Architect's specification
HVAC

Mitsubishi Electric VRF system with MERV-13 filtration on every air-handler. Heat-recovery ventilation on each residence.

MEP specification
Lifts

KONE MonoSpace 700 — two passenger lifts per core, one service lift, with regenerative drives and destination-control dispatch.

MEP specification

04 · Construction tolerances

The page where most developers stop.

Faglig stolthed — professional craftsmanship pride. The quality of what nobody sees is held to the same standard as what everybody sees: the wall behind the cabinet, the plumbing behind the tile, the structure behind the finish. We publish the tolerances we hold the trade to. If the work does not meet them, the work is rejected and rebuilt. The cost of rebuilding is borne by the trade or the developer — not by the buyer.

Joinery

−2 / +2 mm gap variance across cabinetry runs, door reveals, and Bulthaup carcase alignment.

Tile alignment

± 3 mm grout-line variance on travertine and ceramic tiling.

Wall plumb

± 5 mm vertical deviation across the height of any single wall (2.5 m typical floor-to-soffit).

Stone counter joins

± 1 mm at every stone-to-stone join on kitchen and vanity worktops.

Floor level

± 3 mm over a 2 m straight-edge sweep, finished surfaces.

Glazing reveal

± 2 mm reveal variance across any single Schüco opening.

05 · Delivery

Stated dates. Penalties if we miss them.

Handover target

Practical completion: Q2 2029. Confirmed in writing to every reserver at reservation; revisions, if any, communicated within 14 days of the construction-programme review that triggers them.

Late-delivery penalty

0.5% of the unit purchase price payable to the buyer per month of delay beyond the stated handover, capped at 6% of the unit purchase price. Codified in clause 9 of the reservation letter.

Reservation letter, clause 9
Monthly construction log

Phase, photographs, milestones, and a one-page narrative — signed each month by Joseph K. Otieno, MICE, Site Engineer. Public; emailed to subscribers on the first working day of each month.

06 · Post-handover

What you can ask of us after you move in.

Defects warranty

24 months from handover for snags and defects of fit-out. Structural warranty per Kenya Building Code minimums; we underwrite to longer where the standard is silent.

Property management

Building managed by Westgate Living Management under a 10-year service-level agreement.

Response-time matrix: 24 hours for critical issues (water ingress, lift failure, security, fire-safety); 7 days for non-critical issues. Matrix published in the owner handbook.

Westgate Living Management SLA
Owner portal

Single owner portal for service requests, document access, and an asset log of every named material in your residence — every Bulthaup line, every Vola fitting, every Petersen Tegl course traceable to date and batch.

A note on procedure

Trust is not a feeling; it is an evidence trail. The brand does not declare its own excellence — it creates conditions where authoritative third parties do. Every party named on this page is contractually engaged on The Dagaz. We will not put a name on this page until the engagement is on the record, and we will publish any change to a named party within 14 days of the change taking effect.

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An Invitation

Walk through the standards document with us.

A 45-minute private session — by video or in our Westlands sales gallery — going line by line through the items above and answering any technical question you bring.