Accomodation Tips

Hello All,

Congratulations on your Admission to the Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos Business School.
Not to bore you, here are a few tips to guide you with securing a decent accommodation during the course of your stay on the program.

"As for me it took a little time for me to get a good apartment, as I was taken to various places. One thing I was told was never to manage an apartment because it is cheap, as I will be spending the next 21months of my life there, and it becomes a home for me. Really, there is no value renting an apartment and then you are not able or comfortable living therein."

The accommodation around this side is on the high side, being on the Island, but then not too expensive. Trend has shown that the closer the accommodation is to school... (To lekki) the more expensive it is, though cheaper accommodation exists in places far from the school.
 For instance, the average price you can get a 2 or 3 bedroom flat around school is 600 or 840/900 respectively ( this will be divided by respective number of tenants renting the apartment) whereas you can get a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment at about 300-500k in places not too close to school (may require taking a cab 7-15 minutes to/from school)
Getting a decent and very conducive accommodation depends on what you want (taste, location) and how much you want to spend.

Tips on getting that apartment you really want:
1. See for yourself before negotiation

2. Beware of ground floor apartments (that we often call downstairs) watch for wall stains and walls being soaked at bottom edges with water, as those kinds of apartments will only leave you in regrets. You come back from school on a day and find-out that your apartment has been flooded and all properties soaked.

3. Watch-out for the link road to your apartment too, you may find out that what you see during the dry season will be entirely different from what you will see during the rainy season.
Also you will have reasons to be in school till 8pm or past, so for security reasons do not go to a very isolated area, as the temptation will be there because such apartment will be cheaper.

4. Finally, it is always advisable to get an apartment with/around your colleagues, as you will always need that company. You all will need to work together to do assignments and also to help each other out.

Thank you.
Ogunlesi Oluwatobi Temitayo
MBA '11