Its not a thing of debate and will never be due to how accommodation known as apartments for dwellings are the most essential and basic necessity every human needs when compared to other basic needs like food and clothing as economics made us to understand. Although we might think 💭 that food 🥘 comes first before houses/apartments because we generally believe that starving can kill if one did not eat after a longer period
But I tell you that many has come to realize how important it is to leave in a comfortable house and environment because they due add sanity and focus to our wellbeing. So therefore, sourcing for house in a good environment when hunting for apartments/accommodation is very important no matter how urgent the need for it might be.
As a Realtor who is into helping others to either secure a place to live, land to purchase or even those who wants to sell houses, I can tell you from experience that no one is ever easy because there are too many stages involved in every one of them.
As for house hunting, many knows that some can end in good experience and others can come with bad ending which is why I have always advised my clients to properly follow the right procedures when wanting to rent a place.
First thing in hunting or renting an apartment is to make sure that you are truly ready and must have enough time in your hands once you have registered with a Realtor. Truly I tell you that its not ideal to deal with too many agents at the same time to avoid spending too much money 💰 and making unnecessary expenses. Secondly, to avoid being scammed by those who present themselves as agents but fakes. Registering with one or two Realtors who has an office you could alway go to is very important and idea since house hunting is through networking.
Its very essential you know what you want to avoid being pushed around, especially when it comes to budgeting, environment and choice of apartment. Being in a hurry when searching for accommodation is something that one needs to avoid because these has lead many to make wrong choices., so give yourself a time limit to enable things fall into place.
I recently moved with my family just this past month of July because the Landlady of the former apartment needs it for her family member, so we have to move. Although noticed was giving to us , so we planed how we can get a comfortable place within one month of space of time knowing how house hunting usually is in Lagos Environment. To be honest it was not an easy search because accommodations has tripped in Nigeria 🇳🇬 since the beginning of 2023, and has continued more into this 2025.
I could not believe myself even as a Realtor especially because we need to consider safety, environment and power supply as the three major factors as the cost 💲 of the various location we wanted keep coming in. And again, the shylock landlords are making things so difficult since they are also following the trend of how the economy has caused hardship in the country. What we did budgeted was not what we saw, making us spend some huge amount when we finally saw a place we like. It was indeed crazy 😝 to be precise
However, I could say the landlords, landlady’s and land owners are the ones enjoying this season of economy hardship since landed properties are the only thing that appreciates. And how come this could be so? Because in my country there is no government law to regulate the lands, buildings and apartments, especially those that has been built for over 20 years.So the apartment owners do not care. All they need is who can pay the rent and does not ever owe rent. This is indeed sad 😞 as people are being ripe-off. You can only be exempted when you have built your own house 🏠 and will mo longer pay rent. And in the area of the Realtors called agents in ordinary terms, people should not judge everyone as the same. 80 percent of those that are into helping people to source for accommodation are genuine but just few are the bad eggs. I advice you always go to an office where you can always come back to after registration because they are not scammers.
This is my response to the #hivelearners featured content for week 180, edition 01, tagged “FOR RENT”.
Images are mine.
