HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — A company that goes by the name of Somaliland Properties has sprung up in an office that looks out of place in the midst of the dusty streets of Hargeisa. Located in the ‘Shidh’ area of the Somaliland capitol of Hargeisa, the company’s offices are an example of the modernisation they intend to bring to their field.

While there are many so-called estate agents in Somaliland, none have ever put their service together with their customer in mind and in a way where detailed information on properties is available right in their office or from the comfort of their customer’s home.

While they anticipate an official June, 1st launch, the current staff of Somaliland Properties have been busy listing as many properties as possible in anticipation of the great influx of visitors from both the members of the Diaspora, as well as those who are here to participate in the Somaliland elections.

The two men behind the business are Mohamed Ibrahim Guled who hails from Boston and is involved in various businesses in Boston and Mohamoud Abdillahi Haji-Hussein, originally from Canada, but who moved from England where he also has business interests (and also the owner of Hargeisa Minerals & Resources Company). Their stated goal is to bring something new to Somaliland, and if they play their cards right, their company motto of ‘The Somaliland Dream Begins Here…’ just might come true.

The services that will be provided by the company are convenient ways to conduct transactions for buying, selling or renting/letting properties, as well as a property management service catered to members of the Diaspora with properties they only use seasonally.

This core business, plus extra services such as the provision of house-security staff and maids (Through Nasiye Mali Maid) to all of their clients, along with arranging for telephone lines and internet to be placed prior to their customers’ arrival are some of the benefits their customers can look forward to.

Trying to find the ideal property in Somaliland at the moment usually consists of days circling with a local ‘dilaal’ or agent, which can be at times stressful. Since you never exactly know just what to expect when you are taken to a property, you can spend days looking for a property before finding one you would even consider. This process becomes even more difficult when you are looking for land to buy, or properties to use for commercial or industrial use.

Somaliland Properties have overcome this obstacle by making detailed profiles of properties available to the customers plus using technology such as Google Earth to exactly pin-point where the properties they are listing are located on a map.

Such professional options are being made available to their customers at the same price they would pay a local agent, and it’s an exciting time for Somaliland when services industries are springing up, and especially, when they are made accessible to all through competitive pricing.

For more information please contact Somaliland Properties on:

+1.567.269.8876 / +2522.404.0880 / +2527.914.9951 / +1.617.869.3132

Or visit their website.

By Mahmuud-Aar

Somalilandpress | Sunday, May 23 2010

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