I have been thinking about this lately🤔
Staying in a rented apartment or staying in your own building.
I want us to discuss about what we prefer if it’s living on rent or living in your own house.
Staying in a rented apartment cost more than owning your own house. Do you agree?
STAYING IN A RENTED APARTMENT
A friend of mine was calculating how much he has spent on rent for just two years and calculating the money we found out that if he actually wants to buy a land to build his own house we could with the money he has wasted on rent.
Staying in a rented apartment is like having a boss, because you won’t want to do anything that will not be pleasing to the land lord or land lady.
Living in a rented apartment and having neighbors bring up issues most times and you tend to have less privacy.
The old apartment I used to live was not easy at all, because whenever the prepaid for water finish’s everyone in the compound refuses to contribute money in order to recharge for water. Even for waste they don’t corporate with Anything. You will have to send thorns of messages to the tenant group chat before they comply and that takes days.
They don’t trash their waste properly.
Also in a rented apartment, you don’t know how they built it if it has plumbing issues or if the blocks used to build the house was of low quality.
In ikoyi Lagos nigeria as of early this month or late last month a building collapsed and there were many casualties.
My old apartment for example suffers from wet walls. The wall paper in the sitting is so damaged because the wall is wet even the roof it shows crack signs looking like dirt.
If it’s your own building you won’t be scared of the building collapsing or wet walls, because you know the standards of you house.
When We were calculating the amount of money my friend has spent paying rent, I told him that I was happy my dad built us an apartment before passing on. Because I could not imagine how my mum would have coped with 5 children in a rented apartment. Paying rents every year, paying school fees for all 5 of us and also putting food on the table.
Staying in a rented apartment, your land lord or land lady can decide to give you quick notice at any time. This happened to the lady I work with she was telling me that her land lord’s son has issued her a quick notice because the land lord which is his father is dead.
Most times the rent you pay this year might not be the same rent you will pay next year, because the land lord or land lady might decide to increase his or her rent.
OWN BUILDING
Owning a home may seem difficult and expensive but in the long run you will find out that you don’t spend like the people in a rented apartment.
Staying in your own building give you peace of mind and you won’t have to worry about paying rent every end of the year.
Owning a building is like an investment, same as buying a land.
One thing about Most people they don’t see owning a building as a future investment, they think of owning a building as something that will give them respect in the society.
When you have a house built by you, you fill settled and thinking of land lord telling you to move. Or your rent been increased which will make you to get a new apartment that fits your budget.
When you are living in your own home you will feel relaxed and and feel batter about yourself.
Living in your own home you can do whatever you like in your house and also if you are the type that loves farming and owning of pets, you can do so without restrictions.
Conclusion
However staying in a rented apartment or your own personal building does not really matter when it comes to what makes you happy and comfortable.
All I can say is do whatever pleases you and also whatever you are comfortable with both in the short run and long run🙂👌🏼.
Thank you for reading my post.
Hi, well I had a similar situation many years ago. I decided to build my own house and that's been one of the best decision I have ever taken. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for telling me this. Building you own home is something that gives you peace of mind. Wish you goodluck.
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