This question motivated a small company called Chekam.com to dive into work on a solution in 2021. The founders of Chekam, like many who have ever searched for a place to rent or buy in Nigeria, know the torture of a Lagos house hunt,.
The problems with searching for options to rent or buy in Nigeria in general and Lagos, in particular, are myriad but the main ones are as follows:
1. Time-Consuming:
Whether you use traditional agents, or you jump on a site full of listings, you end up having to spend 4 to 12 weekends visiting places that you don’t care for...weekends you could be spending doing better things
2. Wastes Money
Whether it’s the money you spend on transportation or pay the agent as a “retainer”, or it’s the “inspection fee” you have to pay out each time the finely angled pictures convince you to schedule a visit, the process of diligently searching for a place to rent or buy drains the pocket...
3. What you find is rarely as advertised:
Over and over, you get nice pictures and arrive to a sad state that doesn’t match the pictures at all
4. Quick Looks miss details:
Often a quick inspection doesn’t go into detail, and the hidden issues only show themselves when you have moved in
DECISION ASSISTANCE SERVICE (D.A.S)
To solve these problems, www.chekam.com developed a quality algorithm which incorporates codes and standards in the building and estate survey industry, with market information to evaluate real estate using over 51 data points gathered during an inspection of the property.
[Chekam.com]Chekam[Chekam.com] offers a Decision Assistance Service or D.A.S for short, whereby its inspectors 1. Carry out an inspection of a real estate option on behalf of the client
- Providing a live video feed of the walk-through, thus saving the client time, energy and money
2. Collect over 51 data points on the property, which are analyzed to give a Quality and Value-For-Money Rating of the property

3. Provide a report of the inspection, including a recommendation for the client
This enables customers to find what they want without leaving the comfort of their homes, or wasting unnecessary time and money!
Your time and money are valuable, why waste them when you can save both and still make a great real estate decision, by being smart and using Chekam’s Decision Assistance Service (D.A.S)!
This is why Chekam is the Smartest Way to Real Estate...