A solid house with perfect interior designs erected in a conducive ambience and environment with all the needed I’s and T’s properly dotted is the true definition of living in a luxury home. This was the focus of Metro & Castles in Lagos which is targeted towards providing affordable luxury homes that facilitates community development in Nigeria. Conceived out of the frustration of many Nigerians, mostly people in the diaspora who need a ready home when they return to Nigeria, the Managing Director and CEO of Metro & Castle Abdul Adekunle said the housing estate ultimate goal is to provide good communities, conducive environment for people with every necessary facility and infrastructure in place whilst bridging the gap between fraudulent Engineers and Developers.
“The designs of the houses were conceived to meet the needs of the middle class. We listened closely to the needs of the people and found out that a lot of people actually need smaller units – two-to-four-bedroom terraces apartments. This is to make people in the diaspora more comfortable to invest their resources here in Nigeria.
Our first five-year goal and objective was to provide 300 housing units and three retail outlets. So we have the metropolis square which is our retail hub – supermarket. This is because if you’re doing community development, supermarkets, sport centres etc.
have to be in place. Out of the 300 units we have erected about 80 percent, and two retail outlets out of the three are al.