AKMODEL GROUPS Part2: Searchlight On Builder (Dr.) Abdulhakeem Odegade
When I came back to Lagos during one of the holiday breaks, one of my father’s friends told my dad, “Mr. Jimoh, you have to pave way for this young man, he has been to school and his mode of doing things are even different”, they now began to engage me in some projects and told me to be sharing whatever I make with my father.
The first job I got on my own was on Roberts street in Magodo Ph2, a duplex owned by a fashion designer, due to how I executed it, I began to get more and more projects in Lagos. Not forgetting the fact that I was still in school, so I had to go back and continue/complete my studies.
That was how the journey of the construction work started
When I was doing my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at Lagos State Ministry of Works under Builder (Mrs) Ogunnaike (Rtd.), Builder Afolabi (Rtd.) though some are still in service, they use to call me Omo-odę because as a ‘Corper’ I still had all those Private Practices (PP) outside. Even in the camp, I was amongst the camp members that maintained all the chambers, the bricklaying works within the camp as at then. They loved me so much that as we speak presently, some among the NYSC staff invested with me in the real estate business.
I had to move in when there were demands for landed properties from my clients, I registered the name: AKMODEL HOMES AND PROPERTIES, the company is registered with EFCC, and also a member of Real Estate Associations both in Lagos and in Nigeria.
A. Names Of Some Of Our Estates Sold Out (Lagos)
We started the First Estate in November 2020 in Ibeju-Lekki:
1. Akmar Court Ph1 then extension;
2. Akmar Court Ph2 then extension;
3. Akmar Flourish Garden in Epe;
4. Akmar Royal Garden in Epe;
5. Akmar Queens Court in Epe;
6. Akmar Heritage in Epe;
7. Now dealing with Honeycomb Estates in Iba Oloja, behind Free Trade Zone in Ibeju-Lekki.
Akmar Pride Villa – Iba Oloja, Lekki Free Trade Zone.
These are very lucrative places, they are selling out fast as people are rushing them.
2. We also have properties outside Lagos, namely:
Also Outside The Country:
1. Akmar Gardens in Ghana
2. Akmar Gardens in Ivory Coast
3. Akmar Gardens In London Opening Soon)
All our estates are titled lands and free from government acquisition.
We let our clients know this truth and this makes them have more trust and confidence in the company, which is integrity for us. The managing director is always available to listen to any complaints, proffer solutions, and advice diligently too,
Presently there’s another request that came to us for SALES APARTMENT and we already have clients that wants to invest in the project which is already on-going in Sangotedo area of Ajah.
Sales Apartment is a series of flats attached or separated for rent-out or for sale.
They could be: A room self-contain (Studio Flat), One, Two or Three Bedroom Flats on 2/3 Floors, depending on the design.
This type of project is for people who are already house owners, that has funds but doesn’t want to leave it in the bank. They invest in the number of units they want (paying part to complete when the project is finished) at completion, the apartments will be rented out and the investor will be earning on it even in the comforts of their own homes.
Along the line, we also introduced what is called LAND BANKING which is a way of aggregating a landed property, keep for a while and resell at a higher price, no inflation or crash in economy affects such. By getting all the necessary documents, a client can buy and keep, buy and build or buy and resell immediately depending on what the client wants.
They can also decide to invest in a particular estate for some months, pay and get the documents, and at maturity, sell and cash out their funds with Return on Investment (RoI) effortlessly while they are sleeping.
In business, there is a difference between BUSINESS and INVESTMENT: in investment, you invest money somewhere and it is working for you, while in business, you are the one working for the money. So let the money be working for you too so that the pressure will not be too much on a particular person.
To be continued…
