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Part of Flood-prone areas in Lagos: what house hunters should check before renting
Short answer
Yes. Ajah sits on low-lying, partly sand-filled ground with drainage that has not kept pace with development, so streets around Ado, Badore, Ilaje and the Ajah roundabout corridor commonly hold water after heavy rain. Newer estates vary widely depending on how well the plot was filled.
The pattern
Rent in Ajah is meaningfully lower than in Lekki Phase 1, which is why it attracts so many renters. The trade-off is drainage: development has outpaced infrastructure, and water sits where fill was shallow or where a natural channel was built over.
Streets to check carefully
- Ado and Badore roads and their interior streets.
- Ilaje and waterfront-adjacent streets.
- Corridors around the Ajah roundabout and market.
- New estates on recently filled plots with incomplete drainage.
What to check
- Fill level of the compound compared with the road and the next compound.
- Whether the estate road has drainage on both sides, and whether it is clear.
- Flood marks, replaced ground-floor tiling and raised thresholds.
- What the market traders and neighbours say about the last heavy rain.
- Whether the septic tank and soakaway flood, which is a health problem, not just a nuisance.
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