The objective of this study was to examine the nexus between physical conditions of housing units and residents’ satisfaction in private housing estates in Enugu metropolis with a view to providing feedback for improved housing satisfaction. The data presented in this paper were drawn from a bigger research project designed to assess level of residents’ satisfaction in private housing estates in Enugu State, Nigeria. The methodology adopted for this research was survey design. The research population was the private housing estates located in Enugu metropolis; focus was on four private housing estates randomly selected from the research population. After stratification that was based on building type, two hundred and fifty-six occupied housing units were randomly selected. Data was collected from primary sources using questionnaires. Findings from the research show that there is no significant relationship between housing conditions and level of residents’ satisfaction with state of repair of the building in the private housing estates in Enugu metropolis. Housing estate developers and managers should device supervisory means as part of the housing development programme to ensure that occupants other than owner-occupiers do not let the dwelling unit to dilapidate to ensure sound state of repair of buildings. The study concludes that private housing developers should ensure that the type of components used in the buildings fit in to the income status of the occupants to ensure that they can be maintained adequately. It is vital that this provision is made during the building design and construction stages.
Umeora et al. (Fri,) studied this question.