UNDERSTANDING NIGERIAN LAND SIZES AND MEASUREMENTS

Most people who purchase land in Lagos and elsewhere don't really understand the meaning of these Real Estate units used to denote land sizes. As a potential buyer wishing to buy a land or build a new house, you must be conversant with a few of these figures or terms. The first hurdle is to understand the system of land measurement in Nigeria.

In Nigeria today, land is measured in Hectares, Acres, Square Meters and Square Feet. These measurements are affected by factors, which include development patterns, layouts human and other environmental factors.

Let's start by asking what is the size of a standard plot in Nigeria According to an English Dictionary meaning of a plot: A plot is a marked out piece of land for the purpose of building or farming. The word 'plot' is an arbitrary term used to describe a land division carved out for property development.

The size of a plot can vary for different reasons but according to Nigeria's land division, the appropriate plot for a house construction is 50ft x 100ft which can accommodate a standard house with a small compound. An example in picture below is one of our estate locations in the biggest golf course in West Africa, the popular Lakowe Lakes Golf sq Country Estates, located in Ibeju-Lekki. The layout was well done so that plots measure 450sqm there. In several others of our estates, plots measure 600sqm.
                                   

To better understand general land divisions used in Nigeria, different units of area are used as follows:

HECTARE
Hectare is one of the least known metric units and one which potential buyers and Estate developers seem to struggle with.

Hectare is the unit used for denoting a land measuring:

👉100m x 100m or,
👉328ft x 328ft or,
👉10,000sqm or,
👉 2Acres or,
👉15 plots.

ACRE
An Acre is a standard unit of measurement used by Land sellers and it is almost equivalent to the size of a standard football field. An Acre is a product of any rectangular plot of land giving a total of:

👉 4,046sqm or,
👉 43,560sqft or,
👉 6 plots (each measuring 60ft x 120ft)

PLOT
In Lagos State, the common standard size of a plot is 60ft x 120ft (18m x 36m = 648sqm), while in some other cities of the country, especially the Eastern parts, plots are commonly measured in 50ft x 100ft.

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