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Article Title:
Appraisal of the Maintenance of Public Residential Estates in Ogun State: Case Study of Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta
by Jolaoso, B. A., Musa N.A. and Oriola, O. A

Abstract:
This paper examined the physical conditions of the stock of buildings and its environment vis-a-vis the various strategies adopted in the past twenty years for their maintenance in Ibara Housing Estate Abeokuta, Ogun State. This is with a view to determining the effectiveness of the adopted strategies and hence evolving good maintenance practice(s) suitable for the estate in particular and public estates in Nigeria in general. Pertinent data were obtained through reconnaissance and questionnaire surveys conducted on a sample of 105 buildings and their occupiers selected randomly in the study area respectively. The study is limited to the physical conditions of buildings constructed not later than thirty years ago and its environment in the study area. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17. The results obtained revealed that at 95% confidence level there were no significant differences in the original quality standard and environmental condition of the buildings maintained by all the three identified groups (tenants/occupants, public agents and private agents) at the time of tenure and after the maintenance exercise. The results further revealed that at 5% significant level, while the response period to maintenance/repair works by tenants/occupants was significantly shorter than that of private agents, the response period of public agents is significantly longer than that of the private one. The paper concluded that the occupiers? coordinated maintenance strategy is most effective.

Keywords: maintenance, residential estate, strategy, effective, public.

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