Estate Surveyors Research Articles

Does the COVID-19 affect tenants’ adherence to lease obligations in rental market? Property managers’ perspective

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the pandemic affects tenants’ response to their lease obligations. This paper commences with examining the adopted tenant selection criteria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, this paper statistically tests if there is a relationship between selection criteria and response on whether the pandemic has effects or not. Then, this paper investigates the specific areas of impact on tenants’ ability to adequately keep to lease agreements in the Nigerian rental market. Finally, this paper proceeds to confirm if there is a relationship between selection criteria and the aspects of tenants’ deficiencies in rental obligations because of COVID-19.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data, backed with interviews, is elicited from practicing estate surveyors and valuers and licensed property managers in Lagos, the largest property market in Nigeria and sub-Sahara Africa. Policy solutions and implications were solicited from personnel at the ministry of housing and senior professionals in the property sector. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis and computer-aided qualitative data analysis, Atlas.ti.FindingsTenant’s health status is now accorded a priority together with others. Numbers of tenants are challenged with keeping to the prompt-rent-payment rule. Other areas of slight breaches included livestock rearing, subletting, alteration and repair covenants. Except for tenant reputation and tenant family size, there was no significant relationship between tenant’s health status consideration and the COVID-19 effect on tenant non-compliance with lease obligation. Tenants’ non-compliance with tenancy obligations has a connection with the tenants’ affordability, reputation, ability to sign an undertaking and health conditions during the pandemic. This paper recommends rental housing policy review.Practical implicationsIt is recommended that the rental policy should be reviewed to give room for rental allowance or palliatives, private rental market regulation, exploration of the national housing fund and, if possible, social housing adoption policy in Nigeria.Originality/valueThis paper draws policymakers’ attention to the need to prepare for the future safety net that caters to citizenry welfare in challenging times.

Application of UAV Tilt Measurement Technology in Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Application of UAV Tilt Measurement Technology in Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Emotional Intelligence and its Application to Real Estate Service Quality: A Knowledge Gap Analysis

The demand for quality of service among practicing firms of real estate to achieving customers’ satisfaction has become the major concern of real estate professional bodies. However, customers’ satisfaction is influenced by their emotional needs in decision making. Therefore, this study develops a conceptualized model for measuring service quality among practicing firms of real estate with the application of emotional intelligence. To assess customers’ satisfaction level, the knowledge gap between perception of real estate firms on expectation of customers and the actual customers’ expected service in the Lagos property market in Nigeria were analyzed. A random selection of 100 members of Nigerian Estate Surveyors and Valuers with a total of 400 real estate customers was purposively selected and administered with a structured questionnaire, However, only 85 retrieved questionnaires from real estate firms and a total of 362 real estate customers responded and utilized for analyzing the data. Knowledge gap analysis model with weighted mean score was employed for data analysis. Findings depicted that real estate firms have a basic knowledge barrier on the adoption of emotional intelligence (with more emphasis on self-awareness and social skills determinants) as an instrument of real estate service quality to satisfy customers’ emotional needs in delivery of service among the practitioners. Therefore, practitioners in the real estate firms need to improve on their knowledge of emotional intelligence as an instrument of real estate service quality to enhance customers’ satisfaction on emotional needs.

Property managers’ awareness of the potential benefits of vertical greenery systems on buildings

Many human activities are carried out in buildings, suggesting that the contribution of buildings to global warming is significant. This study examines the awareness of property managers (estate surveyors and valuers) about the potential benefits of vertical greenery systems (VGSs) on buildings. The questionnaire for the study was administered online to property managers working with registered estate surveying and valuation firms operating in Lagos. On firm basis, a total of 282 property managers working for the firms were considered. Of this total, 127 responded to the questionnaire, but 121 (representing 42.9%) were of use in the analysis of data. The data were analyzed using the fuzzy synthetic evaluation method. The result showed that property managers were generally less aware, with an overall awareness level of 2.60. Further analysis showed that the property managers were less aware of the benefits of VGSs on buildings. The levels of awareness of the property managers about VGSs' environmental benefits, social benefits, and economic benefits are 2.65, 2.58, and 2.53 respectively. We conclude that an improvement in the level of awareness of the property managers would assist in the formulation of policies by the government towards the achievement of SDGs.

Surveying “Paradise’s only map”: Andrew Marvell and Early Modern Science

Andrew Marvell has rarely been studied in relation to early modern science, even though his poetry reveals his interest in the scientific and technological developments of his time. In this study, I make a claim that Marvell’s poetic innovation of the country house poetry results from his active engagement with the new insights of early modern science, articulated most famously by Francis Bacon. In his poetic innovation, Marvell draws upon the new empirical and analytic methodology of early modern science. My focus is the poet’s impersonation of an estate surveyor. By taking up the role of an analytic and yet poetic surveyor, the poet maps out the discursive field of multiple visions competing at the historical juncture, which used to be hidden behind the monolithic vision of a utopian community in earlier precedents of the genre. In this poetic map, the surveyor-poet manages to capture not only the ascending logic of land improvement, represented by his lord, Sir Thomas Fairfax, but also the alternative views, namely, Diggers’ proto-communist ideas and fenmen’s protest against agrarian modernization. The poetic map delineates the contours of the discursive conflict surrounding the land in mid-seventeenth century England, the locus of the birth of capitalism.

Estate Surveyors and Valuers’ Perception of the Role of Big Data in Property Marketing in Lagos, Nigeria

Property marketing in Nigeria has frequently been characterised by unique challenges due to inadequate and unreliable data. In recent times, big data has presented a wide range of solutions to contemporary issues in different industries, including real estate. Notwithstanding, there is a paucity of practical studies on the role of big data in property marketing of many developing nations, including Nigeria. Hence, there is a need to investigate the role of big data in transforming property marketing in Nigeria. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate Estate Surveyors and Valuers’ (ESVs) perception of the role of big data in property marketing in Lagos, Nigeria. 82 questionnaires were administered to ESVs in the study area and 55 (67%) of them were found useful for analysis. The data were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean and relative importance index. The results revealed that out of 9 possible roles of big data in property marketing, the 2 most notable ones are that real estate firms can execute laser-focused marketing strategies; and they can match demand with supply. These outcomes distinctly disclosed the merits of adopting big data in marketing properties. The implication of these findings is that big data has the potential of reducing fraud due to the presence of sufficient and reliable data in the property market. This study concludes that big data is a worthy addition to the toolset of real estate practitioners, particularly with respect to property marketing, and wholly recommends its adoption.

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Nigeria’s Real Estate Firms

The study revealed both the factors influencing the Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the extent of its adoption by the real estate firms in South West, Nigeria. The population of the study consists of two groups of estate developers in the study area; the Real Estate Development Companies (REDC) and the Estate Surveyors and Valuers (PESV) in the study area. The study adopted a weighted Mean Score with a 5 Likert scale to appraise the factors affecting the EO of real estate firms and the perception of the respondents on the extent of adoption of the EO dimensions by the real estate firms. The finding of the study revealed that the issue of employees in dealing with situations was scored as the highest factor influencing EO of real estate firms The study concluded that factors relating to the issue of employees in the real estate business must be taken into consideration to increase business performance; the study recommends that the utilization innovativeness and other EO dimensions could lead to improved performance of the real estate firms. Therefore, the government and policymakers need to come up with a programme that could be tailored to help the real estate firm and integrate EO strategic behaviour in their management practices. Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation, real estate firms, EO dimensions, performance. DOI: 10.7176/JESD/13-12-03 Publication date: June 30 th 2022

Challenges Associated with Valuation of Private Hospital Properties in Jos, Nigeria

Various valuation models were developed to value different interests in land and landed property. Although the basis of valuation might be the same, the methodology may sometimes differ to capture certain peculiarities and attributes in respect of a particular property. The study looked into the difficulties of valuing specialised properties such as hospitals. The study's participants are registered estate survey and valuer firms in Jos, Plateau State. The researcher used a random sampling technique survey approach and administered questionnaires. Both primary and secondary data sources were used to complete this study. Based on this, the sample frame for this study was made up of Estate firms; a total of 19 Estate firms were sampled. The researcher used the Statistical Package for Social Science Students (SPSS) to analyse the data. According to the study, in the valuation of private hospitals in Jos, estate surveyors and valuers used the replacement cost method, while 20% used the investment method. Information on land value should be published in a real estate gazette to keep estate surveyors and valuers up to date on land value trends. The study suggests that plant, equipment, and furniture values be published in a real estate gazette to alleviate estate surveyors' and valuers' sufferings and reduce valuation value gaps.

Discussion on Problems Related to Real Estate Survey

Discussion on Problems Related to Real Estate Survey

Geographical Information System (GIS) Application to Property Valuation Practices in Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State, Nigeria

Technology has in the recent years been vehicle for improving effectiveness and precision by different professions in an attempt to achieving the best practice by these professions. One of such technologies which can employ to aid Estate Surveying and Valuation practice is Geographical Information System (GIS). Valuation of properties including real estate and other assets have often been carried out through the application of manual methods which is often found to be cumbersome and sometimes not producing accurate and reliable results. It is in realization of the inherent deficiency entailed in the application of manual approach in carrying out valuation that this study seeks to investigate the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) to the art of valuation practice in Nigeria using Port Harcourt Metropolis of Rivers State as a case study with a view to ascertaining its inherent benefits to valuation practice. To achieve the aim of the study, questionnaires were administered to seventy-four (74) estate surveying and valuation firms randomly selected in the study area. Presentation and analysis of data was done using mean and relative important index. Finding from the study revealed that estate surveyors and valuer are quite aware of the inherent benefits of the geographical information system (GIS) to property valuation, but only very few of the Estate Surveying and Valuation firms make use of it in their valuation practice. The study further revealed that majority of the Estate Surveying and Valuation firms were willing to adopt its use if only they could gain better understanding of its application to valuation practice as its application is bound to having positive effect on the practice of Estate Surveying and Valuation profession. Based on the findings, the study recommends that training should be held to equip estate surveyors and valuers with the required skills for the application of geographical information system (GIS) since empirical research has shown that it has potential of enhancing valuation practices.
 
 Received: 14 December 2021 / Accepted: 20 March 2022 / Published: 5 May 2022

Use of Community Relations in Compensation Payment Process in Estate Management Practice: A Case Study of Kwale Industrial Park Acquisition

The engagement of a community in any project to be sited in it has always been recommended as the ideal step to take by government and organisations. However, bickering still ensues due to the non-diligent application of community relations, an arm of public relations, that guarantees a cordial relationship between an organisatio n/government and its host communities. Therefore, the principal intention of this conceptual study is on the relationship between Estate Management Practice and Community Relations. This study was conducted to examine what community relations activities are, and to investigate if community relations was applied in the compensation payment process in the case of Kwale Industrial Park Acquisition in Delta State, Nigeria. Persuasion theory served as the theoretical framework of the study. The researchers adopted the library research design and participant observation methods. Results indicate that community relations were partially applied in the compensation payment process. It was concluded that the Land Use Act, which prescribed the method of valuation to be used in acquisition and compensation, did not foresee the problem of gross inadequacies of compensation, and the pre-payment and post-payment disputes associated with it. The researchers, therefore, recommended, amongst others, that there should be public enlightenment from time to time to make the public understand the roles of estate surveyors and valuers, for this will, to a great extent, make the public cease patronising quacks in compensation exercises. Also, Government ministries, specifically the Ministry of Information, Ministry of Land, Surveys and Urban Development, Ministry of Housing, and other Ministries that have anything to do with communities, should have community relations department as an arm to handle community relations issues.

Research on the Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Research on the Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Analysis of Related Issues in Urban Cadastral Surveying and Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Analysis of Related Issues in Urban Cadastral Surveying and Real Estate Surveying and Mapping

Research on Practical Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Survey

Research on Practical Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Survey

Discussion on the Practical Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Survey

Discussion on the Practical Application of Surveying and Mapping Engineering Technology in Real Estate Survey

Examination of the Trend of Rental Values of Bungalows in Selected Areas of Benin City

Bungalows are types of residential properties that provide a detached single unit of accommodation basically for family units and provide rental value returns to investors who develop them. However, studying the trend of rental values from such investments is of concern to the investors as it would help them appreciate its viability. The aim of this study is to analyze the trend of rental values of Bungalows in selected areas of Benin City comprising; GRA, Sapele road, Airport road, Ekenwan, Siluko, Ugbowo, Sakponba road, Ikpoba Hill and Aduwawa, in order to determine the growth model and statistical significance of their variations within each area between 2011 and 2020. The research methodology employed was the survey research design. Responses were retrieved from Estate Surveying and Valuation Firms involved in property management in Benin. Data retrieved were analyzed using Tables, Graph, Trend analysis and One-way ANOVA. The study revealed that the trend of rental values of Bungalows indicates a steady increase over a period of time and that there is significant variation of rental values of Bungalows in the selected locations. It was therefore concluded that the trends and variations could be attributed to the size of the property, facilities available, neighbourhood characteristics, etc, and recommended that intending investors should consider such factors before delving into investing in Bungalow residential property investment in Benin City in order to enjoy maximum rental return.

Assessing the Use of Smart Phones-Based Apps, Software and Geographic Information System (GIS) in Real Estate Practice

The covid-19 pandemic ushered the world into what is seen or described as new normal. In addition, it aided what could be seen as increased or rapid adoption of the use of modern and improved technologies in real estate practice. The technologies even though many of them have been in existence, the increased patronage was made possible through the coming of the pandemic. This study however identified or studied the Estate Surveyors and Valuers (ESVs) response in the use of phones-based apps, software, smartphones, and GIS in real estate practice. The identified apps and software used by the practitioners include; Google Earth, QGIS, ArcGIS, MapIt, SW Maps, Map with Us, MapPt, Locus GIS, GCP/GPS among others. The findings indicated that practitioners are familiar with a good number of them adding that the majority has been using them at their own pace i.e., depending on the individual level of knowledge of same. There was also noticeably increased patronage of use of same since the coming covid-19 pandemic. It is expected that practitioners who are yet to key in should as a matter of necessity try to or adopt the same as the practice is going digitized and enhanced technologically.

New Light on John Rocque: His Career as Artist-Engraver and His Two Great City Maps of London (1746) and Dublin (1756)

ABSTRACT In the context of the sparse documentary evidence for the important mid-eighteenth-century mapmaker John Rocque, this article looks to examine the nature and development of the Huguenot’s professional career through a closer consideration of a broader sampling of his output than has previously been the case. This entails an acknowledgement of the importance of his work as a decorative and topographical engraver, which predates his more famous city and county maps, as well as a sustained consideration of his last great original city plan, An Exact Survey of Dublin. This was Rocque’s only house-by-house city map, one over which he had full control and that is more representative of his map making than the 24-sheet London map for which he is generally more famous. Rocque’s move from estate surveyor to city mapmaker is considered in the light of the previously only partly explored input into the surveying methodology of the London map by the Royal Society’s secretary Peter Davall. Attention is also drawn to two previously unpublished letters by Rocque to his nephew in Mannheim, written the year before Rocque went to Dublin in 1754, and which point to Rocque’s expectations of his own demise.

A Study on Facility Management Practice in Nigeria: A Case Study of Nigerian Communication Commission, Abuja Nigeria

This paper examined facility management practices in Nigeria using Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) as a case study. Both primary and secondary data were utilized for this study. The target populations are the staffs of the Nigerian Communication Commission, Abuja, the facility managers at the NCC and the estate surveyor in charge of the facility management team at NCC Abuja. Data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Findings revealed that both genders were well represented across the study area as, 80.7% of the residents were male while 19.3% were female. Findings revealed that revealed that almost all the respondents have acquired formal education with the majority 97.8% having tertiary education, 2.2% claimed to have secondary certificate. The study showed that most of the respondents agree that the most important service to them is the maintenance service. Findings established that the main reason the management of the study area seeks the assistance of a facility manager in their organization and it explains that most of the staffs of the study area believe that the main reason for outsourcing is to focus on their core business. The study concluded that facility management is presently at its inception stage in the Nigeria and the suggestion is that the profession requires efficient championing to allow it to develop into a grown phase as being presently observed in the developed economies.

Supply Chain Management in Real Estate Practices: The Estate Surveyor and Valuers’ Perspective

Real estate practice is a strategic and multi-faceted vocation that connects the clients/owners of real estate projects or products with end users in the building industry. Different aspects of real estate practices require collaboration of real estate practitioners who are professional estate surveyors and valuers, with the built environment professionals and other stakeholders at different levels in order to achieve the transaction objectives. This study, therefore, examined the practice with a view to uncovering the preparedness of the estate surveyors and valuers with respect to the knowledge and application of supply chain management in real estate practices. Empirical data were collected with the aide of questionnaires administered to respondents from the 373 estate firms in Lagos State, Nigeria of which 291 were duly completed and returned constituting 78% rate of response. The Readiness Assessment Model was adapted to determine the operational preparedness of the estate surveying and valuation firms to implement supply chain management with regards to management readiness, employee readiness, services/processes readiness and logistic/ICT readiness on a 5-point Likert scale and the corresponding mean score and relative importance was determined. The Kolmogorov Smirnov Test of Normality was performed and showed that the data was normally distributed. Hence, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between knowledge and application of supply chain management in real estate businesses. It was observed, among others, that the knowledge of supply chain management is generally low among estate valuers and does not necessarily translate to application in the property market transactions of real estate firms. The study further observed that management and employees of estate surveying and valuation firms do not have adequate knowledge of the principles and practices of supply chain management for productive engagement in property market transactions. This was further identified alongside others such as confidentiality, stiff rivalry and economic instability as critical factors resisting the adoption of supply chain management in the property market. The study therefore suggested capacity building programmes on supply chain management for the estate surveyors and valuers to improve the knowledge of the strategy and harness the benefits.