Twelve homes. Owned outright. Launch pricing open until the twelfth unit is reserved.
In December 2014 we both landed in Paje, some weeks apart. We never met. For years we walked the same strip of east coast, each quietly falling for the island, each carrying the same private dream of a life here.
Three years ago we finally crossed paths, and found the thread: our families had been in the same place all along. Kamila from Poland. Michael from Denmark, Polish at the kitchen table. Both of us speaking the same two languages, both coming home to the same small island.
East is what came out of that slow recognition. Not a fund, not a chain — a private community we are building for ourselves, and for a small circle of fellow dreamers who want to stand here beside us.
Zanzibar is one of them — an island where the morning light arrives slowly over the Indian Ocean, where coconut palms lean toward the water, where the pace of a day is set by the tide and the breeze. For those who have been, the island does not need explanation. For those who have not, no explanation will be enough until they arrive.
This project is a small, private community on the east coast of Zanzibar. Twelve homes — four villas, eight apartments — set behind a gate, woven through tropical gardens, opening toward a beach that remains one of the most beautiful in the world.
This is not a rental. This is not a timeshare. This is a home on Zanzibar — the real thing, owned outright, on a registered title that is yours to keep, pass down, or sell when the time is right. The twelve people who live here will know what they have.
The community is built for how people actually want to live in Zanzibar — a padel court at the edge of the palms, a yoga pavilion opening to the sea breeze, a pool surrounded by shaded daybeds, a juice bar that opens before sunrise, a co-working space for those who have learned that the best offices have ocean views.
The east coast of Zanzibar — the twenty-kilometre stretch between Paje and Michamvi — is the land we know best. Reef-protected lagoons, low-rise villages, long white beaches, air that hasn't been rebuilt for tourism.
We are scouting now. Six plots under serious review, meetings with the village councils, due diligence on titles, walking the tide at different times of year. The land we choose will be the land we would pick for ourselves — because it is for ourselves.
Expect the decision to land in 2026. The fellow dreamers on the waitlist hear first — a month before anyone else.
While the plot is being chosen, the homes are being designed. European architectural discipline applied to Zanzibar's materials. Full-height sliding doors to the garden. Coral-stone feature walls. Dhow-wood beams, brass, linen.
An open kitchen you can entertain from, with the spec of a restaurant line. A waterfall bath outdoors. A pool that disappears into the horizon. Nothing value-engineered.
Early palette — renders of the villa and apartment interiors will follow on request. Ask us for the deck.
"Twelve homes is a small number on purpose. I want to know each of the twelve families by name. I want to be the person who hands you the keys when the house is ready."
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