What does each verification tier mean?+
Tier 1 means a member of our team reviewed the seller's NIN slip or card. Tier 2 adds a legal practitioner's review of the title deed and survey plan the seller supplied. Tier 3 adds a surveyor's visit to the plot itself. Tier 4 is the full PlotShield pack: a search at the relevant land registry, Governor's Consent confirmation, and a bound report you carry into conveyancing. Whoever performed a check is named on the listing's verification record.
How long does verification take?+
Tier 1 is assigned when our team approves the listing. Tiers 2 to 4 are assigned once the evidence from the document review, the site visit or the registry search has been recorded, and Tier 4 also waits on the land registry. A listing shows the date its tier was verified when that date is on record.
What happens when a verification expires?+
Tier 3 site verifications and Tier 4 title checks are stamped with a completion date. Tier 4 is recommended to be refreshed annually; Tier 3 photography is considered fresh for twelve months. When a verification ages out, the badge drops to the highest still-valid tier and the listing is surfaced to the seller to refresh.
Can I request a higher tier on a listing I'm interested in?+
Yes. Signed-in users can request an additional verification directly from the listing or from the requests section of their dashboard. We route the request to the seller and confirm back once someone has been assigned to perform the check. You are not billed for the request itself; any fee for the work is quoted before it begins.
Who performs a Tier 2, 3 or 4 check?+
A legal practitioner for the document review and the registry search, and a surveyor for the site visit. Whoever performs a check is named on the listing's verification record with the date it was recorded, so you can see who stood behind it.
What if I'm buying from outside Nigeria?+
The verification process does not change; the same checks are run and recorded. From your dashboard you can request a Tier 4 pack, ask for a fresh site video, or nominate a representative in-country to attend the final walk. Document handover is always to your registered email once your NIN is on file; every transfer stays on-platform so there's a single audit trail you can rely on.
Why don't I see unverified listings on the site?+
Tier 0 listings are submissions our team has not yet approved. We hold them in an intake queue rather than publishing them, showing unverified inventory would undermine the trust-signal the rest of the tiers are built to provide. Once our team approves the listing it moves to Tier 1 and goes public.
How do risk flags work?+
Risk flags are amber annotations our team records on an otherwise-verified listing. A reviewer may clear a deed and still note that the access road is unpaved, or that the survey plan predates the current state format. Flags do not block a listing; they surface the kind of thing a careful buyer would ask about anyway. Red flags are different: a red flag delists the plot entirely.
