Reasons Why You Must Own Your House

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The need to build your own house can NEVER be over- emphasized. As I said in my earlier post, building a house should not be seen as a luxury to anybody; it is a necessity. Nelson Mandela said, “If a man has not built a house, he has not got a home”.  Another wise man said “If you have no roof over your head, you have no root.”

Building your own house should be your focus; it should be your prayer, hunger, aspiration, joy and vision.

Here are 13 solid reasons why you must build your own house.

1. To Prepare for Old Age – One of the best ways to prepare for old age is to build your own house. What do you think will happen when you celebrate your 80^th birthday and you still need to pay rent?

2. Rent is rising – Precisely April last year, Agents were complaining about the hike of Miniflats in Bode Thomas and environs from the usual 250-300k to 400k. Guess how much a standard Miniflat in that area goes for now? 700k! Yes, 700k! Just in case you’re confused, a Miniflat is a room and Parlour with the usually conveniences. How much do you think Miniflats in that area would go for in 20years from now? Get out of that house. Go and build your own.  No matter how prayerful you are, the rent will continue to increase.

3. To show that you’re wise – Only wise people build, you’re not rich until you’re living in your own house.

4. Building Materials are becoming costlier- If you’re waiting till a Bag of cement will become N100 before you build, then you may never build. Building materials are become more costly. Therefore, the earlier you build the better.

5. Landlords are difficult – You’re not in your Landlord’s house because he loves you; his relationship with you is purely financial.  Don’t make the mistake of thinking he will not increase the rent. Asides that, there may be a lot of rules and regulations like; “You must not use a generators”, “You must come back before 9pm”, “You can’t park more than one car(if you get to park any at all)”, “You must not pound yam”, etc. A friend told me of how his Landlord said he must arrive home every day before 8pm or the gate would be locked and he mustn’t bring “strange” people (his friends) into the compound. To be totally free from any Landlord, you must build your house.

6. It is the best legacy for your children – The best you can leave for your children is a house; not cars, clothes or even money. Proverbs 13:22

7. To have a permanent house address – Until you build your own house, you have not gotten a house address. Tenants are known for moving from one house to another for one reason or the other, losing friends and breaking relationships in the process.

8. To stop living a life of fear – Most Tenants are always afraid and apprehensive towards the time rent will be due, while Landlords would be happy as pay day draws closer. Tenants are always afraid of three things:

(i) Payment of old rates : Some have to take loan, save extensively or even sell some properties so as to meet up with payment.

(ii) Increment: Tenants also live in the fear of an increment of the rent which is often done when a rent is due.

(iii) Quit notice:  This is the most painful thing to a tenant, because quit notice is most often the Landlord’s tactics to increase the rent or for the tenant to leave the premises owing to a silly little misunderstanding mostly caused by envy; yes your Landlord can be envious of you, especially when you’re driving the latest camry and he’s just managing his outdated V-boot. Get back at him by building your own!

9. To fulfil one of life’s simplest goals – Getting married, having children, building a house are some of life’s major goals. Almost everybody achieves the first two(by choice or force), but few people achieve the last one. You will achieve it in Jesus name. Building a house is a must-to-be all round success.

10. Problems of Estate Agents – To Estate Agents reading this, I’m sorry I had to chip this in. Estate Agents are sometimes another source of problem to Tenants. They make things difficult for tenants. Some dupe prospective tenants while some collect more than 10% agency fee thereby cauusing tenants untold hardship. The only way to avoid the problem of Agents is to build your own house.

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