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Appraisal Of Building Maintenance Practice Among Landlords
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Over the
years, there has been increasing abandonment of houses and
infrastructural facilities in Niger central Senatorial District which
has led to the dilapidation, degradation and deterioration of buildings
and infrastructural structures. Recently there has been a lot of
research investigations and analyse which points unshakably to the fact
that certain factors such as client’s perception, cost of maintenance
works, unskilled maintenance technicians, lack of Building Maintenance
policy, Government legislations not being properly enacted, inability to
prepare and follow maintenance schedules are direct causes of neglect
which lead to dilapidations and deterioration of building structures,
Draft National Building Maintenance Policy (2011).
There are also the
remote causes of lack of maintenance such as force majeure, cultural
problems, state of the economy, the receding global economic meltdown,
lack of time and general illiteracy of the occupants of the building or
structures and users of the facilities.
However, there has also been
growth in the significance of building maintenance as a proportion of
the output of the construction industry which takes place against a
backdrop of mounting pressure on new building activity and a growing
awareness of the need to manage the condition of the nation’s building
and infrastructure more effectively, Draft National Building Maintenance
Policy (2011).
Though, it is still the case that such maintenance
activity takes place in a context that does not create a fully
integrated approach to managing building performance and thus the full
potential of many buildings and infrastructures are never wholly
realized. Basically in virtually all the areas of Niger Central
Senatorial District, buildings and infrastructural facilities are
gradually and systematically decaying, dilapidating and deteriorating
with reduced or no degree of maintenance programme and activity.
A
lot of research have been done in regard to maintenance and management
of low income housing especially controlled tenancy, but little emphasis
has been laid to maintenance practice among landlords which is key to
the overall management of the houses.
From a normal visual perception
in the urban metropolis, it can be noted that majority of the
constructed buildings both private and public, road network, water
supply systems, sanitary and drainage systems, transmission poles and
electricity lines, sign posts and route location posts are deteriorated
and badly in need of maintenance. The lack of maintenance of these
buildings and infrastructures negatively affects the populace which thus
affects the output of the working class, capacity of the populace is
thus lost, time value for achievement of goals and objectives minimized,
it also causes all forms of ill-health and psychological effects
thereby reducing the economic growth of the nation. Therefore, this
study will appraise Building Maintenance Practice among Landlords in
Niger Central Senatorial District.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study is appraisal of building maintenance practice among landlords in Niger central senatorial zone of Niger state. The specific purposes of the study were to find out the importance of building maintenance among landlords in Niger Central Senatorial District, find out the responsibilities of landlords and the rights of tenants in building maintenance practice in Niger Central Senatorial District and determine the factors affecting building maintenance practice among landlords in Niger Cent ... Continue reading---
