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Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Abbeytoy(m): 6:33pm On Jul 10, 2025
cucumbar:
what if something happens, he loses the car and he’s not able to get another one?
In my house or before he moves in?

Welcome, I want cooperates working class only.

They all submitted the copy of their work ID card.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Openair:
During my school days, the worst I heard was, pull your slippers outside and walk barefooted to your apartments, you can't wear slippers in the passage way... Those kinds of houses were mainly occupied by females, cause na dem dey adhere to that kain things.

Also, people that said landlords requesting for two years rent at once it's wrong, omor I never knew oo, where I am now, I paid two years+agent&agreement+legal+caution, in Lagos ooo

Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by SweetDipBenny(m): 6:41pm On Jul 10, 2025
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Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by jericco1(m): 6:42pm On Jul 10, 2025
Since 2021 I have been staying in houses where the landlord occupied. It is annoying but I finally moved out to a place with no landlord and only tenants. Pretty decent if you ask me.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Goldbw122(m): 6:46pm On Jul 10, 2025
Meektunz:
In the past when Landlords are renting out their houses, they don't care about your privacy as far as you will pay their money at when due but these days Landlords are so annoying and they start asking what you do for a living etc... Well, I can excuse that due to the fact that they don't want to give out their house to a criminal. But they go as far as give agents the following conditions to rent out their house;

1. I only need a male tenant, single and working class

2. I only need a female tenant, single & working class

3. I only need a newly married couple without kids

4. I only need a single male or female but the type that go out in the morning and come back in the evening.

5. I only need a married couple with children

6. I only need a corper. Haba, for goodness sake.

7. Some Landlords will tell you they don't care who wants to rent the house but he would lock his gate latest by 9. I've encountered that before and it wasn't funny throughout my stay in the house for 2 years.

8. Some Landlords will tell you they don't like you bringing in friends anyhow whether male or female.

9. Other landlords will say they don't want womanizers that would bring black girl in the morning, fair girl in the afternoon, fat girl in the evening. Etc.

10. Lastly, some Landlord would say they need 2years rent at once. They don't collect one year rent.

11. There was a house I stayed, the landlady told me that she collects one year light bill together with your yearly rent because she doesn't want to knock your door every month asking for your light bill. It was estimated billing then and she pays same amount every month because she has no dept of even one naira on her bill. Though it helped me somehow Sha.

Please guys share your experiences.
Lagos house hunting is no longer 'do you have the money?' it’s now 'do you fit the landlord’s personal fantasy?' Some of these conditions feel like auditioning for Big Brother Naija. Number 7 and 10? Pure wickedness. Let’s hear it, what crazy landlord condition have you faced?
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by yemmit90: 6:52pm On Jul 10, 2025
Yorubastardz:
FG should build Soviet style apartments
And leash them out at 200k per year.

That is how Europeans survive
Go to Russia you will see thousands of commi blocks built for those that can't afford high rent.

These are the things Peter Obi can achiev in 2 year of being a president
This what I have been saying, just 5 million naira is enough to build 2 rooms selfcointain. Give this mini flat to people to be pay back in 20 years at the rate of 250k per year. Those who have money can outrightly pay off or pay more per years. If a governor can allocate 60 billions naira to renovate government House, imagine what 100 billions invested in min flats would have done in 4 years. 100b will give appropriate 20,000 Houses, and in 4 or 8 years of governor tenor, he would've constructed 80,000 or 160,000 units.

Nigeria are not rule by humans but useless demons.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by BrassPrecious(f): 6:54pm On Jul 10, 2025
House Renting now like job search for Lagos. Abi na only me they see it that way?
Meektunz:
In the past when Landlords are renting out their houses, they don't care about your privacy as far as you will pay their money at when due but these days Landlords are so annoying and they start asking what you do for a living etc... Well, I can excuse that due to the fact that they don't want to give out their house to a criminal. But they go as far as give agents the following conditions to rent out their house;

1. I only need a male tenant, single and working class

2. I only need a female tenant, single & working class

3. I only need a newly married couple without kids

4. I only need a single male or female but the type that go out in the morning and come back in the evening.

5. I only need a married couple with children

6. I only need a corper. Haba, for goodness sake.

7. Some Landlords will tell you they don't care who wants to rent the house but he would lock his gate latest by 9. I've encountered that before and it wasn't funny throughout my stay in the house for 2 years.

8. Some Landlords will tell you they don't like you bringing in friends anyhow whether male or female.

9. Other landlords will say they don't want womanizers that would bring black girl in the morning, fair girl in the afternoon, fat girl in the evening. Etc.

10. Lastly, some Landlord would say they need 2years rent at once. They don't collect one year rent.

11. There was a house I stayed, the landlady told me that she collects one year light bill together with your yearly rent because she doesn't want to knock your door every month asking for your light bill. It was estimated billing then and she pays same amount every month because she has no dept of even one naira on her bill. Though it helped me somehow Sha.

Please guys share your experiences.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by InvertedHammer: 8:15pm On Jul 10, 2025
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Lack of regulation and enforcement is what's killing anything real estate in Nigeria. Any buffoon can wake up any day and become an agent, a realtor or a broker. No certification. No checks and balances. Why would the government allow sometimes almost 50% fees on rental or purchase of properties? When you see some of the house agents, they look like motor park touts. I will never do any business with them. Do you want to rent from us? Call our management team.

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Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by yemre: 8:33pm On Jul 10, 2025
One even told me that he doesn't want a moslem in her house.

I said, ma, I'm a Christian. She then said, you must be a worker in your church and you must also give me the phone number of your pastor. So that when you offend me, I won't even argue with you, I will call your pastor. That's rule no 1.

No. 2, I close my gate at 10pm. If you're not in this compound before 10pm, just sleep wherever you are.

No. 3. Your guest can not knock at my gate. They must just call you when they get here because they will be disturbing the neighbors.

In a nutshell, I allowed her to finish reading out all her rubbish.

Then, I just responded by saying "ma, don't bother, I will look elsewhere. I just know that I've not got a house"!

She said, what do you mean you're no longer interested, then I said, agent, pls just open the gate for me before I insult this woman! She was just looking at me and I drove out!!!
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Nobleou(m): 8:42pm On Jul 10, 2025
During my nysc days, na 9pm my compound d lock gate. Omo, na fence i de pass steady until my landlord ask me one day say "how u de take enter compound for night?" i no answer...
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Funkybabee(f): 9:41pm On Jul 10, 2025
Some will say Muslim tenants needed, I'm searching for house 3 houses I wish to pay for told me that Muslim tenants needed only. It's funny thoi
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Zocalite: 10:01pm On Jul 10, 2025
The wahala tenants give landlord nowadays is what causes it

It's difficult to get get a reasonable tenant now
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Inosky: 10:18pm On Jul 10, 2025
My landlord don't want single people or married with many children in his house. Unfortunately, I was the only single man he accepted because of my profession. But the man increases rent like every year. I confronted him he said there's high inflation in the country and the house is the only investment he has as a retired teacher.
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He locks the gate at 7pm but every tenant has the gate key.
The house is in a very good location with a beautiful compound that's why these rules, and it doesn't take him up to 2 weeks to see another tenant once anyone packs out.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by ahamonyeka(m): 10:22pm On Jul 10, 2025
Some yoruba landlord will say I don't want an igbo man in my house.
Awon omo igbo alagidi ni won
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by CaptainFM1: 10:36pm On Jul 10, 2025
Meektunz:
In the past when Landlords are renting out their houses, they don't care about your privacy as far as you will pay their money at when due but these days Landlords are so annoying and they start asking what you do for a living etc... Well, I can excuse that due to the fact that they don't want to give out their house to a criminal. But they go as far as give agents the following conditions to rent out their house;

1. I only need a male tenant, single and working class

2. I only need a female tenant, single & working class

3. I only need a newly married couple without kids

4. I only need a single male or female but the type that go out in the morning and come back in the evening.

5. I only need a married couple with children

6. I only need a corper. Haba, for goodness sake.

7. Some Landlords will tell you they don't care who wants to rent the house but he would lock his gate latest by 9. I've encountered that before and it wasn't funny throughout my stay in the house for 2 years.

8. Some Landlords will tell you they don't like you bringing in friends anyhow whether male or female.

9. Other landlords will say they don't want womanizers that would bring black girl in the morning, fair girl in the afternoon, fat girl in the evening. Etc.

10. Lastly, some Landlord would say they need 2years rent at once. They don't collect one year rent.

11. There was a house I stayed, the landlady told me that she collects one year light bill together with your yearly rent because she doesn't want to knock your door every month asking for your light bill. It was estimated billing then and she pays same amount every month because she has no dept of even one naira on her bill. Though it helped me somehow Sha.

Please guys share your experiences.
His house, his prerequisite!

I go to the extent of visiting the place of work written in the rental application to confirm some cogent information about my clients.

It's the era of KYC.

If embassies are requesting access to people's social media account before granting visa, why should a Landlord not have his own requirements?

I've rejected a potential tenant's application simply because I found out that he beats his wife.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by CaptainFM1: 10:54pm On Jul 10, 2025
Bwilliam:
I'd rather sleep under a flyover than stay in a house where they landlord lives in the compound.

Some landlords are in the occult. You pack in driving a venza and leave the house carrying a ghana must go bag on your head.
Did the Landlord thief the venza? People must understand that KYC is for both parties. If a Landlord has requirements for the kind of tenants he wants, tenants too must have their own requirements for the kind of Landlord they want.

It is when both of you agree that payment should be made and keys handed over.

People should stop talking as if Landlord is forcing them to rent a house.

If you don't like the requirement of a landlord, then you move to another one until you see the one that suit you.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Christ042: 11:24pm On Jul 10, 2025
Any person under Blackman mercy is dead not good about black man only wickedness and operation just little opportunity your gone
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by nkpommpko(m): 11:55pm On Jul 10, 2025
[quote author=BeginsAtHome post=136055521]Them swear for you not to be your own landlordhuh

i wanted to respond to you but no need
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Lekan239(m): 1:48am On Jul 11, 2025
Yorubastardz:
FG should build Soviet style apartments
And leash them out at 200k per year.

That is how Europeans survive
Go to Russia you will see thousands of commi blocks built for those that can't afford high rent.

These are the things Peter Obi can achiev in 2 year of being a president
If Peter Obi couldn’t build mass housing or low-cost apartments in 8 years as governor of just one state "Anambra" where he had full control, what makes you think he will do it for the entire country as president? Let’s be honest: governors are independent in Nigeria. They manage their own budgets and set their own priorities. If Obi didn’t prioritize public housing then, why do we assume he will suddenly do it now at the federal level, where the politics is messier, resources are shared, and power is more spread out? Talk is easy. Let’s judge based on records, not just sweet plans
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Yorubastardz: 2:40am On Jul 11, 2025
Lekan239:
If Peter Obi couldn’t build mass housing or low-cost apartments in 8 years as governor of just one state "Anambra" where he had full control, what makes you think he will do it for the entire country as president? Let’s be honest: governors are independent in Nigeria. They manage their own budgets and set their own priorities. If Obi didn’t prioritize public housing then, why do we assume he will suddenly do it now at the federal level, where the politics is messier, resources are shared, and power is more spread out? Talk is easy. Let’s judge based on records, not just sweet plans
Don't be foolish

Federal executive power of President is far greater than governor.
Peter obi with federal capacity will do wonders
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by SaintUlot: 7:43am On Jul 11, 2025
Abbeytoy:
I am one of those who specify who and what they want, and I don't believe anything is wrong in that. My single room is strictly for coopers, while the flats are for a working-class single or married person and must have a car. (This is just to be at a safer place to be sure they're not yahoo or can pay the subsequent rents.We have a rule in our estate that nothing comes in or goes out past 11pm, and this has solved a lot of unfortunate scenarios in our estate.There's a fine and sanction for anyone who goes against the law.
Please, what is the reason for that "they must have a Car" rule. I want to learn
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Blackdisciple(m): 7:45am On Jul 11, 2025
And funny enough 99% of their kids can't meet up in other people's houses that's why they don't go out to rent rather they prefer to stay in their father's house with their wives and kids, if e sure for them make them go rent na.. grin grin
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by lovebird65(m): 8:12am On Jul 11, 2025
When you become a landlord u go surely Understand!!!
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Abbeytoy(m): 8:47am On Jul 11, 2025
SaintUlot:
Please, what is the reason for that "they must have a Car" rule. I want to learn
If you’re to pay that amount of rent, I believe you should have a car . And it’s a sign that you’re capable.

However, I want them classy not just anyhow people
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by iamL(f): 11:38am On Jul 11, 2025
Meektunz:
In the past when Landlords are renting out their houses, they don't care about your privacy as far as you will pay their money at when due but these days Landlords are so annoying and they start asking what you do for a living etc... Well, I can excuse that due to the fact that they don't want to give out their house to a criminal. But they go as far as give agents the following conditions to rent out their house;

1. I only need a male tenant, single and working class

2. I only need a female tenant, single & working class

3. I only need a newly married couple without kids

4. I only need a single male or female but the type that go out in the morning and come back in the evening.

5. I only need a married couple with children

6. I only need a corper. Haba, for goodness sake.

7. Some Landlords will tell you they don't care who wants to rent the house but he would lock his gate latest by 9. I've encountered that before and it wasn't funny throughout my stay in the house for 2 years.

8. Some Landlords will tell you they don't like you bringing in friends anyhow whether male or female.

9. Other landlords will say they don't want womanizers that would bring black girl in the morning, fair girl in the afternoon, fat girl in the evening. Etc.

10. Lastly, some Landlord would say they need 2years rent at once. They don't collect one year rent.

11. There was a house I stayed, the landlady told me that she collects one year light bill together with your yearly rent because she doesn't want to knock your door every month asking for your light bill. It was estimated billing then and she pays same amount every month because she has no dept of even one naira on her bill. Though it helped me somehow Sha.

Please guys share your experiences.
Una never see anything. Those of you saying building of house and investing in landed properties is a waste of money una go hear whim and the mumus wey dey believe una go hear am too.

You are a tenant so abide by the rules of the person that wasted his resources to build his house or get kicked out!
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by BeginsAtHome(f): 12:12pm On Jul 11, 2025
[quote author=nkpommpko post=136060047][/quote]If them swear for you not to be the owner of your own house then respond.

Some of you lack comprehension and are quick to give what you won't take.

If a landlord says his house is this and that, then it is this and that. Otherwise don't rent it.

How difficult is thathuh
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by Tonymegabush1(m): 8:24pm On Jul 11, 2025
AngelicBeing:
Which kind jugunu code is this, Huh 😜, if you don't post 40 engaging professional words Henceforth, l will ban your account for 800 million years Hahaha 🤣
Abeg ooo no try and oo landlord and tenant wahala is a topic I don't joke with.
Re: Annoying Trends Of Landlords In Nigeria Lately, Share Your Experience by nkpommpko(m): 4:46pm On Jul 18, 2025
BeginsAtHome:
If them swear for you not to be the owner of your own house then respond.

Some of you lack comprehension and are quick to give what you won't take.

If a landlord says his house is this and that, then it is this and that. Otherwise don't rent it.

How difficult is thathuh
very difficult. Hope you won't understand it.
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