Saturday 28 July 2018

GRAND OPENING OF THORPE DEVELOPMENT EAST SMART HOMES


HIP-HIP-HIP … HOORAY!
Thorpe Development East (TDE) smart homes opened today in a grand launching! We have over 1,800 viewers online witness Nigeria’s session from 9am local time with Mr. Jeffery Linn Thorpe (a veteran in the construction and development industry with over 20 years of experience), owner of Thorpe Development East, a Shanghai-based company. He told us everything about TDE smart homes - how it was conceived, designed, constructed, unveiled, etc. Missed it? WATCH YOURS HERE

Following highlights revolutionarily set TDE Smart Homes apart from conventional building methodologies (they are a new generation of homes, so-called 'smart' because of several key points):
▷ the cost efficiency in the design and pricing of the homes,
▷ the efficiency and strength in how they are built,
▷ the cost efficiency in the way they are sold,
▷ among numerous other pros are:
- Standard: they are made-for-America homes that meet global standards
- Durable: company is issuing 100 years warranty on the 7-gauge steel  frame
- Affordable, with many cost savings
- Strong: can withstand seismic and wind forces
- Customizable: customers can do a pre-order design of what they want with our software and also determine its extent of smartness
- Precision-engineered and factory-built
- Transportable: apart from over 400% reduction in number of deliveries to site, you can literally remove your house from location A and take to location B.
- Stackable
- Green (eco-friendly) and minimizes waste
- Light (compared to brick-and-mortar homes)
- Speedy construction: less than half conventional construction time
- Modifiable and aesthetically pleasing
- Employment generation: all artisans will still be employed and will find more jobs available as more people order these homes,
- etc. Trust me; these homes are the future. They will revolutionize our living culture around the world.


Are you ready to join the train early or you want to wait till the world around you has completely changed? Will you go down in history as the very first person to own a truly smart home in Nigeria? Click HERE for a feel of how to design and order yours with KORP Properties. You can also call us now on 08183567878 or 08061680585 for more information.

Thank you.

Monday 9 July 2018

You Need To Know: Procedures for issuing Certificate of Occupancy (C of O)

A Certificate of Occupancy is a document issued by State governments in Nigeria to a land/property buyer as a proof of ownership. Following is a procedure for issuing a C of O:

The Land Use and Allocation Committee (LUAC) treat and coordinates all matters that border on the following:-

Land allocation at various existing Schemes in the State to the public;
Processing and issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O)
Management of all existing Schemes in the State
Administering Ground Rent and computation of Demand Notice
Management of Government Leases
Technical Committee on Excision Matters
Creation and Management of Residential & Industrial Schemes;
Dispute Resolution on Land Matters;
Regularisation of Federal Government Grants
Renewal of Leases
Processing Deemed Grant Consent (formerly Private C of O)
Other duties as may be assigned by His Excellency, the Governor.

REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

Duly completed Application form
Payment receipt for the application form
Payment receipt for allocated land
Four passport photographs
WORK FLOW FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

Applicant purchases and submits application pack to LUAC and collects acknowledgement slip.
Applicant collects Letter of Offer
Applicant pays for allocated Land within 60 days
Applicant issued with Letter of Confirmation with Plot and Block Number (Full payments must be made before Plot & Block are allocated)
His Excellency, the Governor signs C of O and sends file to the Land Registry for further processing
Land Registry registers C of O and releases the C of O to the allottee
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEEMED GRANT CONSENT (FORMERLY PRIVATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY)

Duly completed Application Form
Payment receipts.
Land information certificate with payment receipt.
2 (Two) copies of Deemed Grant Deed with cloth survey plan attached.
Locational sketch of the subject site.
4(Four) copies of passport photographs of applicant.
Picture of the subject site showing date.
Certificate of Incorporation and form showing particulars of Directors (where applicant is a company).
Consent fee, Stamp duty and Registration fee.
Publication fee.
Evidence of payment of income tax

APPLICABLE RATE

3 % 0f Fair Market Value (FMV) of subject site/ property, made up of:

Consent fee: – 1.5 %
Stamp duty: – 0.75%
Registration fee: – 0.75%.

Thank you for reading.

Source: landsbureau.lagosstate.gov.ng