Lifestyle
Protect your home/real estate investment from fire outbreaks with the use of sprinklers
It is all too often that we see on the news or in our neighbourhoods another house going up in flames. Entire belongings gone in a flash, lives lost. A simple initiative to curb this deadly hazard is the installation of sprinkler systems. More important than any other aesthetic based or luxury items in…
Read MoreHow to create delightful, serene homes
A home should be a refuge – a calm, warm, inviting place to unwind at the end of the day. But all too often it falls short of that ideal. The clutter piles up, the sofa gets stained, the lighting seems cold, the paint colours aren’t quite doing it for us anymore, it becomes so…
Read MoreHow to go on a Stay-Vacation (Staycation)
There are times when we feel so burdened, laden and overwhelmed with work and stress that going away for a bit, taking a break by going on vacation, or just a change in scenery or break from our normal routine is just what we need. However, what if due to tight schedules or other reasons,…
Read MoreConsider Home Plan Above Square Feet When Buying a Home
“Oh wow, this home has got huge rooms!” This is often a striking exclamation made my home seekers and buyers when they go on a tour of a proposed new home. Whenever anyone begins the process of looking for a new home, size is generally one of the top considerations. Along with budget and desired…
Read MoreLandWey set to change the face of its business with its own high-rise building
Chika Landwey: LandWey is now set to commence development of “The Audacity Skyline”, a 28 floor, coastal shoreline, mixed-use high rise, proposed to sit on 3,500 square metres inside Eko Atlantic City, starting 2019. Speaking on this monumental project, Olawale Ayilara, the CEO and Founder of the LandWey group explained: “The Audacity Skyline is an…
Read MoreYour order of business when you move into a new home
Moving out of an old home can be messy and disorderly. Moving in and settling into the new home can easily become chaotic. The pain of forgetting what was packed where, and what goes where. The newness of it all, this new home, the process of re-setting up in a home with different angles and…
Read MoreRaise the bar for Your Home Value Before it hits the market
Whenever you decide to invest in a home, either for your own comfort, to rent it more easily, or even to re-sell years down the line, it’s important to be strategic about this move, so that you can get the most out of your real estate transactions. Intentionality in upping the value of your home…
Read MoreEthopian Airline tourism initiative and the resultant wake up call for Real Estate Tourism in Nigeria
When news broke out in January 2019 that Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian airline was opening a $65 million Skylight Five Hotel set to forever change Ethiopia’s skyline, undoubtedly this news was received with a mixed feeling of sorts. Great initiative for Ethiopia and its people, for boosting and transporting its nation’s tourism to greater…
Read MoreThe Nigerian real estate dream that could have been
On a road trip, when you drive past vast expanses of lands in the outskirts of Lagos, and even to other states in Nigeria, it adds up when you dwell on the statistics of Nigeria’s land mass, which is summed up to be a land area (sq. km) of 910770 sq. Km, according to…
Read MoreHow luxurious real estate properties are staying untouched. A soft market?
There is a continuous disturbing trend of the inoccupation or emptiness of many luxury apartments and properties in the highbrow areas of Lagos. Hence, many of these properties and apartments are falling into a state of disuse for upwards of two, three years and more. According to statistics, vacant upper-class property in Lekki, VI, Ikoyi…
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