Face-me-I-face-you

Face-me-I-face-you or Face-to-face is an term for a specific type of residential real estate in Nigeria, where a group of one or two-room apartments have their entrances facing each other along a walkway, which leads to the main entrance of the apartment building. "Face-me-I-face-you" apartment buildings are a very common architectural style in major urban settlements in Nigeria; the flats are low rent and are commonly rented to the low income residents because of their affordability.

Not to be confused with Microapartment.

In this type of architecture, the toilet(s), bathroom(s) and kitchen space are usually shared among tenants in a yard (a term for a single block or row of apartments). The shared bathrooms and kitchens are referred to as "general bathroom/toilet".[1][2]

References
  1. Newswatch. 14. Newswatch Communications Ltd. 1991. p. 10.
  2. Habila, Helon (2000). Prison stories: a collection of short storie[s]. Epik Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-30397-2-5.
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