How to Use Makao Match Map View to Find Properties Near You

By Makao Match Team

Searching by estate name works beautifully until your real question is "what's near here?", near your office, your kid's school, or the one corner of the city you already love. That's exactly what Map View is for: house-hunting anchored to a place rather than a name.

Using it is straightforward. On the listings page, toggle the map icon in the top right, and every available property in the visible area drops onto the map as a pin. Zoom in for exact locations, out for the bigger picture, and tap any pin to glimpse the price, type and a photo preview before deciding whether it's worth a closer look. One more tap on "View Details" opens the full listing.

Where the map really earns its place is in the little discoveries a list can't show you. Search your workplace address and hunt for homes within a comfortable commute. Compare adjacent estates at a glance, one street over can quietly save you KES 5,000 a month for essentially the same neighbourhood. And keep an eye on how close a pin sits to the main roads: great for transport, but often a trade against noise. Map View turns the search from a spreadsheet into something you can actually see, well worth a try on your next hunt.