Briscoe Properties completes N2b Lagos’ Orchid Court 

AFTER certifying the completion of a new high-class estate, located within the low-density of Ikeja Government Reserved Area (GRA), in Lagos, Messrs. Briscoe Properties Limited (BPL) has concluded plans to commission the luxurious apartments.

  The commissioning of the 25 units of homes christened Orchid Court, which offers elegant apartments built to top unique architectural standards with European-standard finishing materials, is billed to hold this week.

   At a pre-commissioning press briefing last week, to showcase the worth of the homes, the developer, BPL, which is the real estate subsidiary of R.T. Briscoe Nigeria Plc, said all was set for the commissioning of the project valued above N2billion.

  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RT Briscoe Plc, Mr. Seyi Onajide said all was ready for the commissioning of Orchid Court, where the company is reaffirming the kind of quality it has been known for.

  Briscoe, a household name in Nigeria, particularly, when it comes to automobile industry, had through its policy to diversify ventured into real estate sector of the economy.

 “Some years ago, precisely, 2002, we in Briscoe decided to diversify and one of the areas we identified was the property sector.  We went into this sector because we saw that, there was a huge gab between demand and supply in the housing industry”, adding that” We have complied with all regulations and we are more interested in the quality rather than quantity.”

  Having successfully undertaken three residential projects – including Aloe Vera Court’ situated at Yaba, and ‘Heliconia Court’, located at Maryland, and now Orchid Court, located within the Ikeja GRA neighborhood, Onajide said Briscoe properties has come to stay in the property business, as it had also identified some areas, particularly Surulere environ, where where it would replicate same feat.

  Managing Director, BPL, Mrs. Sade Hughes, said Orchid Court, which was delivered in less than two years, has seven different types of residential units and each comes with its unique view and serene spatial arrangement. Recreation facilities include beautiful landscaped outdoors, children’s play area, swimming pool, recreational gym, and generous terraces and safety features as electric fence, intercom and video door phone.

  Hughes, an architect, said the estate “is a delightful gated estate carefully designed to accommodate the needs of today’s housing, while offering exceptional levels of comfort and modern convenience to just 25 families in the serene low density of the area”.

  According to her, Orchid Court offers elegant apartments built to top unique architectural standards with European-standard finishing materials for your enjoyment now and in the future. 

 There are seven different types of residential units to choose from at Orchid Court each with its unique view and serene spatial arrangement.

“In today’s ever-evolving world of competition, we are proud to differentiate ourselves from our competitors by seven distinctive unique selling points. First, we offer our clients and stakeholders an assurance of capacity for delivery and quality. Secondly, by providing facility management services, we offer our investors and stakeholders a commitment, which goes far beyond the initial sale of the property, to ensure your peace of mind today and for years to come.

  Buyers of the property, according to Hughes, would have a very secure title, with an unexpired residue of 99 years from the year 2005.  

  She hinted that BPL also has expertise in property

The seven different home designs, according to Hughes, include apartments, penthouse flats, duplexes, triplexes, semi-detached and detached houses. 

  Conducting journalists around the estate, Head, Projects Unit, Titi Banjo, who expressed some level of satisfaction over the project, revealed that the Design Group undertook the architectural design of the tastefully finished estate.