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Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by chicfarmer: 8:22pm On Jul 11

NkataEgoEze:
You're out of tune with current realities in the properties market

Go and sit down! How can agency be more than 35 percent of rent? angry

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by InvertedHammer: 8:24pm On Jul 11

VirusVaccine:
On 20th Dec 2025 I paid 2.7M
With 700k as agent fee amongst other expenses (the sublessor who is a company said that their office activities needs to be evacuated from the building, so I should wait till January 1st). then on 1st January, 2026, I moved into my new 1 room residential apartment for which the sublessor (company) uses the main building for their official activities and just yesterday the company as the sublessor gave me a Non-renewal notice
Reason that they want to “convert the property into office space for its operational use” and they are discontinuing renewal of rent.

Note that before I moved in, the company was making use of the said apartment/property which they rented to me with some of their desks still in my possession.

I have done a number of renovations on the property from
- changing seating room window and entrance door,
- bought door and window burglaries,
- construction of an extension to prevent crawling and flying insects, rain water
- German Flooring a 6/7ft floor at the entrance
- painting
- amongst other things

Honestly, this whole situation has sent me into depression, physiologically imbalance and anxiety.

Please I need guidance on this situation

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See as you renovated a rented apartment like your house grin

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Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by NovusHomo(m): 8:45pm On Jul 11

VirusVaccine:
On 20th Dec 2025 I paid 2.7M
With 700k as agent fee amongst other expenses (the sublessor who is a company said that their office activities needs to be evacuated from the building, so I should wait till January 1st). then on 1st January, 2026, I moved into my new 1 room residential apartment for which the sublessor (company) uses the main building for their official activities and just yesterday the company as the sublessor gave me a Non-renewal notice
Reason that they want to “convert the property into office space for its operational use” and they are discontinuing renewal of rent.

Note that before I moved in, the company was making use of the said apartment/property which they rented to me with some of their desks still in my possession.

I have done a number of renovations on the property from
- changing seating room window and entrance door,
- bought door and window burglaries,
- construction of an extension to prevent crawling and flying insects, rain water
- German Flooring a 6/7ft floor at the entrance
- painting
- amongst other things

Honestly, this whole situation has sent me into depression, physiologically imbalance and anxiety.

Please I need guidance on this situation

Stop begging for free help online. Get a lawyer.

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by Ceezar007: 9:03pm On Jul 11

VirusVaccine:
On 20th Dec 2025 I paid 2.7M
With 700k as agent fee amongst other expenses (the sublessor who is a company said that their office activities needs to be evacuated from the building, so I should wait till January 1st). then on 1st January, 2026, I moved into my new 1 room residential apartment for which the sublessor (company) uses the main building for their official activities and just yesterday the company as the sublessor gave me a Non-renewal notice
Reason that they want to “convert the property into office space for its operational use” and they are discontinuing renewal of rent.

Note that before I moved in, the company was making use of the said apartment/property which they rented to me with some of their desks still in my possession.

I have done a number of renovations on the property from
- changing seating room window and entrance door,
- bought door and window burglaries,
- construction of an extension to prevent crawling and flying insects, rain water
- German Flooring a 6/7ft floor at the entrance
- painting
- amongst other things

Honestly, this whole situation has sent me into depression, physiologically imbalance and anxiety.

Please I need guidance on this situation

Y'all should stop unnecessary renovating someone properly that much, to the extent of spending big. Owner might fill you want to kill them and take over there properrties. For Oftentimes property owners who don't like renovating even when they increase rent, have this habit. If they do it 3 time in 2 years, there apartment would have been upgraded . Wicked people everywhere

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by AfonjaPriest: 3:12am On Jul 12

VirusVaccine:
On 20th Dec 2025 I paid 2.7M
With 700k as agent fee amongst other expenses (the sublessor who is a company said that their office activities needs to be evacuated from the building, so I should wait till January 1st). then on 1st January, 2026, I moved into my new 1 room residential apartment for which the sublessor (company) uses the main building for their official activities and just yesterday the company as the sublessor gave me a Non-renewal notice
Reason that they want to “convert the property into office space for its operational use” and they are discontinuing renewal of rent.

Note that before I moved in, the company was making use of the said apartment/property which they rented to me with some of their desks still in my possession.

I have done a number of renovations on the property from
- changing seating room window and entrance door,
- bought door and window burglaries,
- construction of an extension to prevent crawling and flying insects, rain water
- German Flooring a 6/7ft floor at the entrance
- painting
- amongst other things

Honestly, this whole situation has sent me into depression, physiologically imbalance and anxiety.

Please I need guidance on this situation

I think you need guidance on to be wise in spending money.
You have too much money and you brought in too much problem by being prodigal.
I think your eyes have opened.
Oya see road.

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by franksam209: 5:22am On Jul 12

You are a just irresponsible with money, you don't know what to do with money!
Over 4mil naira wasted within 12months..

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by Ishilove: 7:47am On Jul 12

From your tenancy agreement, you were not to renovate without their consent. Now you have broken that agreement so I am doubtful you will be refunded for renovations.

They are also within their rights to terminate the agreement before expiration of the one year rent, per the agreement. Where the Lagos state laws protect you is they are mandated to give 6 months notice ahead of termination/non-renewal, which is what they have done.

Sorry, but you can't win this.

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by Codes151(m): 9:57am On Jul 12

VirusVaccine:
On 20th Dec 2025 I paid 2.7M
With 700k as agent fee amongst other expenses (the sublessor who is a company said that their office activities needs to be evacuated from the building, so I should wait till January 1st). then on 1st January, 2026, I moved into my new 1 room residential apartment for which the sublessor (company) uses the main building for their official activities and just yesterday the company as the sublessor gave me a Non-renewal notice
Reason that they want to “convert the property into office space for its operational use” and they are discontinuing renewal of rent.

Note that before I moved in, the company was making use of the said apartment/property which they rented to me with some of their desks still in my possession.

I have done a number of renovations on the property from
- changing seating room window and entrance door,
- bought door and window burglaries,
- construction of an extension to prevent crawling and flying insects, rain water
- German Flooring a 6/7ft floor at the entrance
- painting
- amongst other things

Honestly, this whole situation has sent me into depression, physiologically imbalance and anxiety.

Please I need guidance on this situation

you want take the house? Did you hv an agreement to do all the renovation?

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by BarrElChapo(m): 10:10am On Jul 12

chicfarmer:
That agency fee you paid is outrageous

Mainland Lagos

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by samuelson06(m): 12:27pm On Jul 12

I think you did all the clean up because you thought you'd stay there for long. Sadly, the people refused you. Count it all lost if you did not carry them along and they approved it for you. It's clear you were a little desperate to get a house because even the agent fee was too much. Probably, you had money to throw around and you didn't even consider what you were doing until now. As it stands, only proofs and understanding you had with the people can help you, else there's nothing you can do.

Don't feel too bad. At least you've learnt some lessons from here. Just see it like you wasted some of the money to buy some lessons. The key lesson here is to make sure you'd be allowed to stay in a place for at least five years, especially when the agent fee is much and you'd have to renovate the house to a certain level.

You have the agent agreement with you. Look at it with an attorney and see if you have any chance to recoup some of your expenses. It's unfair but they're only exploiting the law/agreement you guys had.

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by samuelson06(m): 12:30pm On Jul 12

franksam209:
You are a just irresponsible with money, you don't know what to do with money!
Over 4mil naira wasted within 12months..

He was seriously irresponsible with money. I doubt if he carried his wife along or someone else in this. He had so much money at the time. I doubt if he's still on such money now.

Re: Unfair Eviction - Please I Need Help by IbrahimSola: 5:39pm On Jul 12

VirusVaccine:
I did not notify them.
Thank you. I just feel so so sad that after all the money spent, effort made in parking and now I am in another state of finding a house again with money to spend again.

Sorry. You should have notifified them before carrying out renovations in a property that is not yours, except you intentionally intended to dash them your money. Everyone on this platform must read Tenancy Law. And always seek the advice of a lawyer while trying to sign a tenancy agreement. You could sign yourself to poverty without knowing.

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