Port Harcourt is sure a home for the rich. It is one of the most expensive cities to live in Nigeria. It is also one of the places you can make cool cash. Luxury apartments are not scarce in this top industrious city. Thus, accommodation in such a hub is big deal. Do you want to know a little about Rivers State? Check out the top 5 best residential estates in Port Harcourt here:


Lekki Gardens, Airport Road

Few minutes from Pace Setters University by greater Port-Harcourt City, lies the Lekki Gardens Estate Airport Road. This Estate has enjoyed strong market followership due to its proximity to the Port-Harcourt International Airport. Already about 30% completed, this estate boasts of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom Semi-Detached Bungalows and 4 bedroom duplexes. Construction work is ongoing in earnest and some houses are already approaching roofing level.

RIVTAF Golf Estate

This Estate is still under construction. The development of this huge estate has a land area of 25 hectares and is being built in two phases; the first phase is done and the second would be ready by July.The second phase has a total of 250 units, comprising Terraces and Duplexes. There are 110 completed units and the first batch of residents has already moved in.
There will be a 9-hole golf course at the rear of the estate close to a slow-moving natural river. Other amenities include; man-made beach with bush-bars, club house, creche, sports/recreation area (tennis court/soccer etc)
The first phase has 700 units, a mixture of apartments, terraces, and duplexes. It is 95% completed with the full completion expected next month.
The clubhouse in the first Phase is well underway and will be completed in June. There will be a restaurant, bar, gym, pool, events area, office, among others.The Estate has other facilities like centrally supplied 24-hour electricity from PHED and standby generator (no individual generators allowed).
There is also centrally supplied water throughout the estate with central sewage management and water treatment station. Security is provided by a mixture of armed and unarmed security with an electric fence around the perimeter of the estate. Residents have efficient garbage collection service, lawn and cleaning service, car wash station, among others. The main entrance road, connecting from newly commissioned Woji Bridge, is 90% completed and will be operational by June.
Residents of the estate need not go far to shop as there will be a 140-shop modern mall located on the outer fence of the estate. The mall’s construction will begin in May and will be completed by January 2017. Shops are also available in the Estate.

Vintage Gardens

This residential Housing Estate consists of 90 Housing Units located within NAFF Estate, Port Harcourt. The estate comprises of the following housing variants: 4-bedroom semi-detached house with BQ – 28 units;4-bedroom terrace house with BQ – 26 units; 3-bedroom terrace house with BQ – 18 units; 3 bedrooms flat with maid’s room – 14 units ; 2-bedroom flat – 4 units; Estate will be serviced and managed by UPDC. It is a serviced and fully secured Estate.

Treasureland Estate

Treasureland Estate, Port Harcourt is a Public Private Partnership initiative with the Rivers State Government and is presently at an advanced stage of completion for the phase 1 of the project. It is a 217-home residential master plan community developed and managed by Mainstreet Bank Estate Company Limited. Strategically located within easy reach in Port Harcourt City, providing a serene environment for quiet & comfortable family living.
Treasureland Estate Comprises a mixture of 4 and 5 bedroom detached houses made up of 3 house types namely:
PRIMROSE
LAVANDER
AVOCADO

Rainbow Town Estate

The N82 billion Rainbow Town Estate is lo­cated in the Trans-Amadi business and industrial district of Port Harcourt in Rivers State.
It occupies 23.4 hectares of land that will deliver 1,181 residential choice houses comprising terrace, de­tached and high-rise condo­miniums in a mixed upscale estate. The estate has the Point Block towers, compris­ing nine blocks of 15-storey towers and 468 apartments; City Block towers made up of 16 blocks of 12-storey towers of 640 apartments; 13 detached homes consisting of five-bed­room stand-alone apartments on two levels and 60 terrace apartments made up of four-bedroom semi-detached apart­ments on three levels.

A 15-storey iconic tower will be the commercial hub of of­fices, convention center, movie theaters, shops, restaurants, short-stay inns and a helipad. Other support facilities are a police post, perimeter fencing, and fire station, eco-centre that will serve as the nerve center for power, water and sewer plants, broadband internet connectiv­ity, telephone as well as data outlets and security surveil­lance. Other facilities include a medical clinic, school, shop­ping arcade, club house and outdoor recreational facilities.

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