{"id":1467,"date":"2016-09-05T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2018-09-11T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:43:49","slug":"3-reasons-single-ladies-struggle-to-rent-an-apartment-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/3-reasons-single-ladies-struggle-to-rent-an-apartment-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons Single Ladies Struggle to Rent an Apartment in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Linda Ikeji (popularly known as the face of Nigerian blogging) decided to\u00a0buy a luxury apartment in Banana Island, Ikoyi, there were rumours all over the place about how she might not easily find a husband to marry.\u00a0That should be the worst criticism for a single lady who decides to\u00a0buy a house.\u00a0But even for those\u00a0ones who choose to just rent an apartment, it can be as worse.<\/p>\n<p>I read a story recently of a lady who shared her bitter experience while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/tolet-com-ng-launches-myhousehuntwahala-bloggers-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">house hunting in Lagos<\/a>. Going through the many comments people had on the story, ranging from empathy to individuals sharing their own experience, it was then I realised that it&#8217;s a serious issue.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Default in house rent payment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In our society, particularly in Lagos, it&#8217;s hard for single ladies to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/booking-a-hotel-versus-renting-an-apartment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rent an apartment<\/a> of their own. Most Landlords have a bias against such ladies as they have fears because they believe it&#8217;s easier for men than women to meet up with the obligation of paying up house rent consistently. It&#8217;s believed that such ladies are dependent on men.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Promiscuity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>More so, there&#8217;s the fear of such ladies living promiscuous lives within their apartment such as bringing in sex partners. And, in other cases, it&#8217;s the fear of the landlord&#8217;s wife who wants to prevent single ladies as tenants from being a temptation to their husband landlords.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Finding a husband<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For the other categories, it&#8217;s likely to be relatives who have reservation against a single female family member having to rent her own apartment before finding a husband. It&#8217;s believed that such ladies find it hard to get a man to marry them as men would be scared away by their independence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/linda-ikeji-2.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Ikeji in front of her mansion at Banana Island, Ikoyi\" width=\"604\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/linda-ikeji-2.jpg 604w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/linda-ikeji-2-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/linda-ikeji-2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Well, in my view, all of these notions are products of our <del>backward<\/del> culture. Here, on this side of the world, we tend to base our values on traditions than on common sense reasoning. So, it should not be surprising that such a situation of female discrimination during house rent exists.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Suggestions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To the single ladies who can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/5-tips-to-pay-your-house-rent-with-ease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">afford an apartment<\/a> of their own consistently without defaulting in paying house rent; and who are not solely dependent on some sugar daddies, plus the fact that they have a reliable source of income, you don&#8217;t have to be a victim of discrimination during house hunt.<\/p>\n<p>One simple rule to employ is to <strong>go with a male counterpart<\/strong> whenever you have to rent an apartment. That way, you&#8217;ll be able to secure the house as it would be assumed that you and the guy would occupy the house and not just you.<\/p>\n<p>My second suggestion is that you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/housing-fraud-stories-are-traceable-to-roadside-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avoid roadside agents<\/a><\/strong>. Online real estate sites are best when it comes to finding a suitable apartment. On such sites like tolet.com.ng, you would even get reviews and description of what the house looks like.<\/p>\n<p><em>So, you don&#8217;t have to be in the discrimination!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Linda Ikeji (popularly known as the face of Nigerian blogging) decided to\u00a0buy a luxury apartment in Banana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,22,32],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","category-house-stories","category-real-estate-news","tag-roadside-agents","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10884,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/10884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}