See, seizing property until money is paid up is dragging us back to the whole poverty mentality thing. It’s a pity we don’t have proper identity/credit systems in place in Nigeria, and barely anything is insured.
For the past 6 years i have been renting, i haven’t had all them issues of rent payment so i may not really be familiar with the procedure of 1 month notice, followup, court visit et al thou i have heard of all them stuff.
But wouldn’t a bilateral agreement be favorable in this case? Since we on a monthly lease, you default payment you have up to 2 weeks tops to pay up or get evicted without all dem court order or stuff?
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@Daniel_Aribiton Though Nigeria is Lawless, our laws still works pretty damn well on Land and rent issues. This works in theory but not practicable.
Anybody can complain I guess But THAT’S THE LAW man. Due process must be followed. Only the courts can allow you recover rent. If you try to use force, na OYO my brother.
To be fair, there are cheaper hotels in Ikoyi.
But I agree that monthly rent ought to be the standard in Lagos. For a state that claims to be a hustlers hub, there should be that much flexibility.
There is a reason their owners chose to call them apartments and not hotels
Hence, the footnote. There’s a bullshit “exquisite” hotel on Opebi road (forgotten the name but it’s around salvation b/stop and opposite diamond bank) with single rooms that go for $250 a night. WTH.
Yinka, Dolphin Estate is a classic example of the elitism you see in Lagos. Dolphin is “geographically” in Ikoyi but is not “Ikoyi” of the fake old money and high price fame.
Ikoyi by the way was originally intended to house diplomatic staff, embassies, Nigerian civil servant professionals and civil service buildings. It went from that to being cornered by the Nigerian government elite who sold off public houses and land to themselves and turned those into luxury flats and mansions and hotels, jacking up prices in the process. They have replicated the same formula in Abuja with Maitama, Asokoro and Wuse.
Lagos for all intents and purposes reflects this neo-colonial elitist settlement pattern. Whereas in London, San Francisco, New York the masses live in the inner city close to work while the elites predominantly live on the outer edges of the cities in quiet residential areas with spacious houses with spacious lawns and amenities, the Lagos and Abuja elite live in the inner cities while the masses live on the outskirts commuting great distances.
The train systems of the Londons and New Yorks were built because of a dense inner city population that required better transport engineering. In Lagos at 5 million, 10 million, 15 million rail was never a priority. Instead you see lots of plans for bridges and highways.
Had Lagos evolved like the inner cities of London, New York, Ikoyi, Lekki, Lagos Island and even VI would be defined by lots of apartment blocks , restaurants, shopping, entertainment catering to a dense population and not what you see now which is loads of empty “luxury” buildings and a city that is generally dead after 9pm.
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@hienyimba I have seen a lot of people making this statement about the lenght of notice that you must give to a tenant. However this is not entirely correct. Here is exactly what the lagos state tenancy law states
- Length of Notice
(1) Where there is no stipulation as to the notice to be given by either party to determine the tenancy, the following shall apply
(a) a week’s notice for a tenant at will;
(b) one (1) month’s notice for a monthly tenant;
(c ) three (3) month’s notice for a quarterly tenant;
(d) three (3) month’s notice for a half-yearly tenant; and
(e) six (6) months notice for a yearly tenant.
The key is in the first phrase…“Where there is no stipulation”. This means that as a Landlord you can stipulate the notice you are ready to give to your tenant in the tenancy agreement which the tenant must sign before commencement of the tenancy.
Also,the clauses above only applies if the tenancy is not for a fixed term. If it was a fix predefined term, then this is what the law states
(5) In the case of a tenancy for a fixed term, no notice to quit shall be required once the tenancy has been determined by effluxion of time and where the landlord intends to proceed to Court to recover possession, he shall serve a seven (7) days written notice of his intention to apply to recover possession as in Form “TL4†in the Schedule of this Law.
So, the new trick to avoid the hassle of giving notices is to make the contract for a fixed term and subsequently issue a new contract for another fixed term at the expiration of the first one.
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Well. Was only making a case for the price. Booking.com could show cheaper if they want to. Whether or not prices are worth it is another thing entirely.
Still, hence the footnote.
The whole point of this thread is about worth.
I just wanted to point out that booking.com decidedly used that pricing. They could’ve used less. I do not have to talk about the worth too.
Okay, fine. And why would their recommendation engine recommend something far less of par with what’s obtainable in the other cities in that screenshot for me? Christ.
Lol. I’m not sure why you replied with this. We all know Lagos is a total mess. You don’t even have to make a case to support that. But in any case, I agree with all you’ve said.
Not sure I get you. Are you talking about the opebi hotel ?
I’m talking about the screenshot titled “Recommended for you”.
When you say “less of par”, are you referring to the price or hotel quality ?
Hotel quality apparently.
Your screenshot only showed From pricing for various cities though. Are you saying the 90k hotel in Ikoyi is of lower quality than the 19k hotel in SF ?
The 11k hotel in your screenshot will be of lower quality (service, everything) and shouldn’t make it into the recommendation is my point oga.