₦airaland Forum

Lack of government backed housing is behind this suffering.

Pootle:
the rent in lagos need to be regulated

How can that be possible when cost of building material is skyrocketing ? Wr all know the solution but government is not prepared to help ...Building low cos houses is the only solution ...This government is all about milking the masses...so people most survive...

The ops is right to some extent, though I don’t quite agree with that of mushin and Alimosho. Depending on the area because some part are more expensive than other……however I agree With him in that of badagry even though rent are also increasing in that part of Lagos due to development and influx of people moving to that part of lagos.

YoobaNesan:
source:https://nairametrics.com/2026/01/25/top-10-cheapest-areas-to-rent-a-two-bedroom-apartment-in-lagos/#split_content

imagine..Back then, never rented 2 bedroom above 400k in mainland

Lagos is finished

zinaunreal:
Na wa o. Ajegunle or where again?

Lol...I was thinking the same. Why will I pay 1.4 million for a 2 bedroom in Ajegunle, when I can get a 2 bedroom for that amount in a cool part of egbeda, or Gowon estate.

do4luv14:
Make I dey laff these OP first 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

#1,4m for 2bedroom flat for AJ here lolzzz,

And which traffic congestion is the op saying Op you don visit AJ before

How much do you think a 2 bedroom in AJ is? I'm just curious to know.

Biodun1929:
How much do you think a 2 bedroom in AJ is? I'm just curious to know.

That #1,4m will only get you room and parlour Sefcon,
A 2 bedroom flat here cost from #1,6m upwards, and that's if you sabi the person

callmetade:
Make I pack I dey go epe straight

Ikotun/ Igando/ lasu gate is cheaper than all these places.

You don mean it

fyneboi79:
Ikotun/ Igando/ lasu gate is cheaper than all these places.

ikotun and ijegun which one pass,.. I don't want agege o

So when will the average lagosian have money to build a personal house?

Sufferhead overrated Lagos

zed7:
Minimum wage is 70k. Less than 90% of Nigerians earn less than 500k a month.

This country is interesting. Nothing ever adds up.

Huh?

Faith0:
Rest, your not landlord ah

in some areas in alimosho, most especially some organised and secure estates, a 2 bed costs up to 1.2m. There's 24hrs power supplies in those areas. There are also good access roads, making them hotcakes

callmetade:
You don mean it ikotun and ijegun which one pass,.. I don't want agege o

Ikotun is better or you go to Egbeda where my sister pays #1.2m for a standard flat.

Then agent fee will be about half of the rent price. Lol

Ye

fyneboi79:
Ikotun is better or you go to Egbeda where my sister pays #1.2m for a standard flat.

Pootle:
the rent in lagos need to be regulated

Not in Lagos alone. Nationwide ṣẹf cos it's crazy

do4luv14:
That #1,4m will only get you room and parlour Sefcon,
A 2 bedroom flat here cost from #1,6m upwards, and that's if you sabi the person

Interesting.

This person obviously doesn’t know the current value of house rent. Cheapest 2bedroom you will find in mushin now is 1.6m and that’s old building while new building goes as high as 2.5m yearly

zed7:
Minimum wage is 70k. Less than 90% of Nigerians earn less than 500k a month.

This country is interesting. Nothing ever adds up.

You mean to say more than 90%

Biodun1929:
Interesting.

Last I heard of a new building in my street, here in AJ, a room Sefcon is almost doing for #1m,

I will try ask again and get back to you

Mexyz:
You mean to say more than 90%

Which More than are you trying to say

Leave to me it should be less than 50% earn below #500k

felong:
The problem with these areas is that NEPA would deal ruthlessly with you. Most of these areas hardly have reasonable light. So if you don't have solar panels or Gen get ready to sleep in heat and darkness

Not true I stay at ikotun

We have light like 18hours a day

they just told me yesterday one two bedroom in my estate here in ipaja baruwa was rented out for 2.5 million.

Pootle:
the rent in lagos need to be regulated

This eventually leads to an increment in the overall rent. Regulation of rent do more harm than good.

Increase the supply of houses. Allow for the importation of cement. Reduce the cost/levies of building permits. House rents will reduce.

It's so simple.

I don't pray to relocate back to that Lagos anymore despite that is was born I Lagos, don't think I can withstand lagos stress anymore.preferably state that is closer to Lagos like Ogun or ibadan, to enable me trip just some o my hours into Lagos do my business and still returned back to my calm location.


Eko ooo ni bajeee inshAlllahhh
Team Lagos oo ni bajeee
God bless jagaban
God bless baba fash
God bless ambo
God bless sowo eko
God bless Nigeria.

happney65:
Not in Lagos alone. Nationwide ṣẹf cos it's crazy

There's no place in the world where there was a regulation of rent and a corresponding decrease in the overall rents. Regulation actually lead to an increase, not decrease, in house rents. It has happened in Vienna, New York and Berlin.

And Edo still dey charge baby fees

Openair:
Op, please if you can do for mini-flat too

He didnt do it. Nairametrics did. He only posted it. So ask Nairametrics.

pocohantas:
How do you call 500k to 1.5m cheap.
How much be minimum wage?
How much do most new graduates earn?

What of the extra charges you have to pay asides the rent?

I am not sure this country is still designed for hardworking and legal Nigerians.

Eziokwu.

Minimum wage 80k. Cheap rent over half the year’s salary. How??

Pootle:
the rent in lagos need to be regulated

Before the government can think of regulating rent it must first regulate the prices of building materials

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Divoc19:
This information is not complete bro.
Did you add the Agent, Legal and Caution fee too? That is the most discouraging part of renting in Lagos State.