For Nigerians living abroad

Real estate in Nigeria, handled — wherever you live.

You don't need to fly home to buy, sell, let or renovate a property in Nigeria, and you don't need to hand it over to a relative and hope for the best. Aurban is a single, accountable point of contact who does the viewings, the vetting, the paperwork and the difficult conversations on your behalf — in the UK, the US, Canada, the Gulf, or anywhere else you're calling home right now.

Video-verified viewings, so you see it before you commit
One team for buying, selling, renovating and short stays
Family logistics kept out of the transaction
Works the same whether you visit once a year or never
What we handle for you

Whatever you need, from wherever you are

Five things diaspora clients actually ask us for. If it's something else, tell us — the point of Aurban is one contact for all of it, not five different people to chase.

01 — Buying

We represent you at the negotiating table

You don't have to trust a listing photo or a phone call from someone you've never met. We view the property, verify the title is real, negotiate on price, and keep you updated at every step — you approve, we execute. Not sure where to start? See our Lekki neighborhood guide for what to actually expect from the area where most of our own listings sit.

02 — Selling or letting

Your property, managed without the family drama

If you have a property to sell, lease or rent out in Nigeria, we market it, screen who's serious, negotiate and close — without you needing to lean on a relative to "keep an eye on it," field calls from time-wasters, or referee a family dispute over who's in charge while you're away.

03 — Renovation & interior decoration

Your place, ready before you land

Coming home to spend time and want the apartment or house refreshed first — new paint, furnishing, a full interior fit-out? We manage the renovation and decoration on the ground, so it's ready when you arrive, not a work-in-progress you inherit on your first day.

04 — Short stays

Book a place to stay through us directly

Visiting for a wedding, a burial, Detty December, or just to check on things? Browse our current shortlet listings and book directly through the site — no negotiating with a stranger on Instagram.

05 — General concierge

If it touches property in Nigeria, ask us

Need someone to inspect a property before you commit to it, chase a document, meet an artisan, or just tell you honestly whether a deal looks right? That's the same team, for whatever you need — get in touch and tell us what you're dealing with.

How remote actually works

What "handled remotely" means in practice

Diaspora buyers who get burned usually made one of a small number of mistakes — trusting a relative with no real estate experience to manage things, skipping an independent title search, or signing before seeing the place properly. Here's how we work to avoid each of those.

You see it before you commit

A live video walkthrough, not a handful of edited photos — you ask us to point the camera wherever you want, in real time.

Title gets checked independently

We don't take a seller's word for it. Documentation gets verified before you're asked to pay anything toward the property itself.

You don't have to be present for most of it

Viewings, negotiation, paperwork and renovation all happen without you on a plane. A Power of Attorney is arranged where the process genuinely needs one — we'll tell you plainly if and when that applies, not assume it upfront.

Payment happens on traceable terms

Bank transfer, with a paper trail — not cash to an intermediary, not a payment made before there's a signed agreement in place.

Before you instruct anyone

Three checks worth doing yourself, on any agency

Including us. A serious agency will never be bothered by you checking — and this takes under an hour from wherever you are:

Check the company registration

Search the business name at the Corporate Affairs Commission (search.cac.gov.ng) and confirm it's a real, registered entity — not just a phone number and an Instagram page.

Ask who's handling the legal side

A title search and the actual conveyancing should be done by a Nigerian lawyer, not by the agency marketing the property. Ask who that is, by name.

Ask to speak to a past client

Anyone who has genuinely closed a deal through an agency should be reachable for a two-minute call. If nobody can be produced, treat that as information.

Tell us what you need, from wherever you're typing this

One message is enough to start — buying, selling, renovating, booking a stay, or something else entirely.