LAGOS-BASED firm, Briscoe Properties Limited (BPL), has finally launched its maiden residential development known as Aloe Vera Court, to increase the housing stock in the country.

The estate situated in one of the serene and exclusive area of Maryland, Lagos Mainland, offers convenient accessibility to Lagos Island via the Third Mainland Bridge, Ikeja, and Ikorodu Road, including the local and international airports. BPL is jointly owned by Asset and Resource Management Ltd. (ARM) and RT Briscoe Plc, as a one-stop shop for prompt delivery of professional real estate services. Construction commenced in earnest last year April 2008 and completion was achieved last month.

Aloe Vera Court Maryland consists of 12 homes with all bedrooms en-suite. Each home has private family living areas, outdoor seating areas, maid's quarters, and telephone and satellite TV points.

Among the facilities of the development being offered include dedicated transformer, bore hole and water treatment plant, ample car parking spaces, well landscaped environs, private swimming pool and gymnasium for the use of the residents and their guests.

At the official opening of the property, BPL Managing Director, Mrs. Sade Hughes, an architect, noted that property owners at the Aloe Vera Court will benefit from BPL's professional property management services and liaison with tenants, regular reporting on up-keep of the property, while residents at Aloe Vera Court will benefit from BPL's professional and cost effective facility management services through provision of technical management of the key aspects of regular maintenance of the various service components