
FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT A CONTRACTOR’S CHEAPER ESTIMATE

WASTAGE: MAN BUYS BUILDING, DEMOLISHES IT
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I have always emphasized
the need to seek the services of a consultant
before making any purchase of property. Nevertheless, it seems most clients do not
think this is important. Most often their mistake becomes so glaring after the
transaction has been sealed, and thereafter filled with regrets. A client fell
into this trap some months ago. A ten-room apartment(popularly called passage
house or face-me-i-face you) was marked up for sale. This client, whom I call
Daniel, decided to buy the house. The house
was on a 50 by 100feet land space.
LANDLORD DECIDES TO SELL HOUSE TO AVOID TENANTS TROUBLES
The relationship
between some landlords and tenants is strained. Of course this does not happen
by chance or accident. A particular factor may have taken some time to develop
to the extent that a landlord feels bad about his tenant. Just few years ago a
barrister moved out of an apartment at Ugbighoko quarters, Benin City. The landlord
entered the apartment(boys quarter) to inspect it and he melt a rude shock: the
toilet was terribly dirty and messed up. This revealed that the barrister and
his wife were the lazy and dirty type.
WHY SOME TENANTS HATE TO LIVE IN THE SAME COMPOUND WITH THE LANDLADY
From my dealings with
tenants, I have observed that many of them dislike the idea of having an
overbearing landlady in the compound. Their reasons, most of them claim, is
based on a previous bad experience, which consist of, but not limited to the
following:
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