Lady Shares Video as Lagos Agent Shows Her ₦1.1M Apartment, People React: "I Just Dey Cry"
- A lady trended online after she shared a video of the apartment a Lagos-based agent took her to after days of house hunting
- What she saw at the house made her share the video on social media, and people started talking about the place
- She mentioned the price of the apartment, and many people couldn’t believe it after seeing the video
Nigerians have taken to social media to react after a lady shared a video of the #1.1 million apartment a Lagos house agent showed her.
She documented her experience on social media in a video she made available on her TikTok page, and many individuals who watched the clip couldn’t help but pour out their minds.
Source: TikTok
Lady shows N1.1m Lagos apartment
She attached a description and caption to the said video, which also showed the house agent that took her around to different places.
According to a video she made available on her TikTok page @.__official_abiso, the young lady mentioned that she was taken to two houses by the house agent. The first house was N1.1 million, and the second was N1 million naira.
She captured everything she saw at the places she was taken to and shared the video online.
In the TikTok video she uploaded, she attached a caption which read:
"You decided to give Lagos house agent a try."
Source: TikTok
The video also carried a description that explained her experience. It reads:
"I’ve been hearing stories about Lagos agents, but I didn’t know it was this bad until it was my turn. My friend and I saw real shege while house hunting. If you have any reliable house agent, abeg kindly share!
"I go just dey cry."
As the post made its way online, many individuals stormed the comment section of the post to share their thoughts.
Reactions as lady shares N1.1m Lagos apartment
David eze
"That’s a shrine madam."
maduabuchi stressed:
"With 2m you can get good 2bed room flats for inside estate somewhere in ago."
𝒪𝒷𝒾𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓀𝓊 said:
"Lol they can’t give you this house for this price my dear. You wan kpai us."
Kae added:
"These things are exaggerated. There are good houses on this budget."
Respect shared:
"You get mind Dey follow go more na from that time I see that open land I Dey go back."
Nasir stressed:
"From ur room to the garden shortcut fuun fresh air."
Vica_interior said:
"Wishing you the best with your house search! And just so you know, I do painting and pop, screeding, so when you finally get your place, I’d love to help you make it look beautiful."
Richie_Brain_Olatunde noted:
"In Yaba you will get a standard house with POP for these prices, why waste your time going to these areas? In Sabo-Yaba you will get a nice standard Mini flat for 2 million and a clean Selfcontain for 1.5 million. And Sabo-Yaba is closer to the third mainland bridge if you work in the island."
shittabeygbolahan said:
"it's can't be so for that amount na .. relax no dey exaggerate d matter na."
The story of the lady caught the attention of Legit.ng, and we reached out to her to hear personally from her about her experience in getting a suitable apartment in one of the biggest cities in Nigeria.
The lady shared her experience, lamenting the condition of the houses that agents have directed her to.
Despite finding the places uncomfortable and unnecessarily expensive, she mentioned that many agents do not appear to be considerate due to the places they have shown her , which are not habitable or to her taste.
Speaking about how long she has been on the hunt for a very perfect apartment, she shared:
"I have actually been searching for an apartment for about three months now. My usual process is to request for videos before going for any inspection because most times, once I see the videos, I already know whether it is worth checking in person or not. A lot of the places I have seen so far do not match the price they are charging, so I end up not going for physical inspection."
Speaking about the particular agent captured in her TikTok video, she said:
"For this particular agent, I got his contact through another agent I had been speaking with. He asked him if he had any available options and he said yes. He mentioned it was a fenced and gated apartment but with no parking space, which was not an issue for me. I asked for pictures or videos, but he said he did not have any because he uses a small phone and does not have a WhatsApp phone. He assured me over the phone that the place was very nice, so I trusted his word."
"However, on the inspection day, the experience was completely different. We kept going from keke to okada and the distance alone was already discouraging. The environment did not look developed and the area felt very deserted. The house was also extremely close to a canal."
"When we finally arrived, the compound looked abandoned. The back of the building was overgrown with grasses, the fence was nothing to write home about and the surroundings looked like they had serious water issues. Everywhere was messy and unkempt. Even inside the apartment, the view from the window was just thick bush and the toilet closet was broken."
"At that point, I could not even continue with the inspection because I was already disappointed and frustrated. It made sense why the agent insisted on registration before taking us there, it honestly felt like he already knew the condition of the place and only wanted the registration fee."
Despite not being happy with the place she was taken to due to the condition, location and a lot of other factors, she mentioned the price the agent asked for, for the rent of the apartment.
"I was surprised he expected me to pay 1.1 million naira for what is basically an abandoned structure in a swampy environment. It really was not worth considering at all."
In response to the statement and demand of the agent, she shared her reaction:
"I genuinely froze. I just stood there looking at the man like, Sir, be for real. Because how can you open your mouth and confidently call that abandoned structure 1.1 million naira?"
"In my mind, I was already screaming. I felt like picking up one stone from that same bushy compound and asking him if he was okay. The audacity alone almost made me weak. I was so pissed, that man truly tested my patience."
"For the one of 1 million naira, I was honestly in disbelief. I kept looking at the agent and asking, You sir… can you even pay for something this horrible? Because nothing was adding up."
The most shocking part of her experience, she said:
"The shocking part? How they said it with confidence like everything was normal. I was just looking like, is it me or is this madness?"
Watch the video below:
In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that a lady with a N1.5 million yearly rent budget showed the Lekki apartment that an agent took her to.Lady shares house hunting experience in Lagos.
Lady shows house agent took her to
Meanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that a Nigerian lady went to see a Lagos apartment with a yearly rent of N550,000 after an agent took her there.
She showed the inside of the house, including the kitchen and bathroom, and people reacted online. Many shared their own experiences of looking for houses in Lagos, saying how difficult it can be to find a good place at the right price.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
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