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What makes good house design? I often ask that question to prospective homeowners and others interested in design, and the answer I always get is ‘beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder’ – in others words, ‘it is up to me’. This is most common in my locality, the South-West, where practicality usually take precedent over philosophy.
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News3 Oct 2011
Messrs SC&B Carlton, has embarked on a new project in Surulere area of Lagos Mainland Estate. The proposed estate called SC&B Carlton Estate is a 7,529.512 square metres (sqm) landed property is located at highbrow Census Close, off Babs Animashaun Street, Surulere.
Design and Development26 Sep 2011
This type of residential unit is for people who can’t quite afford a detached house, but do not want to live in flats. The new design is an improvement on the terrace houses found in the city areas. The terrace houses usually have only 22’ or 24’ frontages and this is too tight. Parking space is a major issue for terrace houses as they usually have little or no parking space for visitors.
News19 Sep 2011
A new synergy that is aimed at increasing maintenance culture within the nation’s construction industry as well as protecting homes from burglary and fire incidences has been formed, courtesy of Portland Paints and Products Nigeria Plc and Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc.
News19 Sep 2011
With successful completion of the first phase of land reclamation exercise at the ambitious Eko Atlantic City project, the project promoters have continued to woe investors, the latest visitors are a team of British-based financial and professional service experts led by the Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Michael Bear.
News19 Sep 2011
Efforts by a leading estate developing firm, UACN Property Development Company Plc (UPDC) to further reduce the nation’s housing deficit debacle last week received a boost as the Lagos State Government pledged to give all needed support to estate developers, who set to make right investment.
News12 Sep 2011
Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi may begin demolition of structures built on waterways in Ibadan metropolis on Tuesday to prevent another destructive rain that meteorologists predicted would fall in Ibadan and Iseyin before the end of the month
News7 Sep 2011
The Lagos State Government has warned allottees of plots in its Lekki Scheme 1 and 2 as well as Abijo GRA Scheme that if they do not pay up their outstanding Capital Development Levies within 60 days from 7th August 2011, it will withdraw their allocation and revoke the Certificate of Occupancy.
News5 Sep 2011
Controversy last week continued to trail the new Lagos tenancy law after Governor Babatunde Fasola assented to the bill 14 days ago, as the prospects of having an acceptable law and backing of professionals in the estate agency practice loomed large at the weekend.
News29 Aug 2011
Heavy clouds of uncertainty hovered at the weekend over the newly signed Lagos State Government tenancy law, as legal practitioners geared up towards taking up arms against the state government by initiating a court action soonest.
Gist27 Aug 2011
America is celebrating the art, music and life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the award-winning Braodway hit Fela! The world is paying homage to the Afrobeat pioneer who died in 1997; rappers are borrowing tunes from his pieces and Afrobeat bands are springing up in different corners of the world. But back here in Nigeria, the only house the man built lies in a terrible shape, with his mementoes falling apart and wasting away.
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