CONFIRM THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THAT LAND BEFORE BUYING IT

CONFIRM THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THAT LAND BEFORE BUYING IT

If you think you bought a full plot of land in or around Port Harcourt, check again. An honest mistake could cost you millions of naira.

Many land buyers are unknowingly shortchanged because they didn’t check how land is measured on paper.

The standard size of one plot of land in Port Harcourt and all around Rivers State is 465 square metres, not just “one plot” as sellers casually say.

In real estate documents like Survey Plan, Site Plan, Estate Plan, Layout Plan and land purchase document, land size is never described as ‘plots.’ It is always recorded in square metres, and that is where many buyers fall into innocent error.

Imagine paying for a full plot, only to find out later that your land measures just 400 or 350 square metres. If you don’t know how to read your survey plan properly, you could lose valuable land space without even realizing it, and by the time you do, it could be too late.

Your legal right is clear: you are entitled to receive exactly what was agreed. Anything less than the agreed size is a breach of contract, and you can challenge it.

Before you pay, demand a proper measurement. Insist on a survey that confirms the exact size in square metres. Never assume.

Plots are talked about in the real estate market, but square metres rule in law.

It’s not enough for the seller to assure you verbally; in law, what is on the Survey Plan is what stands. If the numbers don’t add up, resist it.

Go and verify.
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