- Title: Wanderlust inspires Nigeria's 'airplane house'
- Date: 21st January 2020
- Summary: ABUJA, NIGERIA (JANUARY 13, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SAID JAMMAL AND SON, MOHAMMED JAMMAL WALKING OUT OF HOUSE VARIOUS OF JAMMAL AND SON INSPECTING BUILDING EXTERIOR VARIOUS OF JAMMAL AND SON OPENING AND SHUTTING WINDOWS VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF AIRPLANE HOUSE / LEBANESE FLAG ON BODY OF PLANE VARIOUS OF AIRPLANE HOUSE OWNER, SAID JAMMAL AND SON / HOUSE IN BACKGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) AIRPLANE HOUSE OWNER, SAID JAMMAL, SAYING: "My name is Said Jammal, the owner of the airplane house, in Asokoro, I build this house for me and my wife and my family and my country, Nigeria." EXTERIOR OF HOUSE VARIOUS OF JAMMAL AND SON WALKING INTO HOUSE VARIOUS OF AIRPLANE HOUSE INTERIOR
- Embargoed: 4th February 2020 09:42
- Keywords: Abuja Airplane House Nigeria Travel
- Location: ABUJA, NIGERIA
- City: ABUJA, NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001BX47EC9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: In the capital of Nigeria, a unique house shaped like an airplane stands out from a distance.
It was built by Said Jammal, a Nigerian man of Lebanese descent.
Jammal said the design was inspired by his wife's love of travel.
The house in Abuja's Asokoro district has a swimming pool, a mosque, bedrooms in the plane's wings, a guest house and a garden.
Jammal moved to Abuja from the north-central state of Jos, where his parents lived, to start his own construction firm.
The city was poised to be the new Nigerian capital, and after a year spent searching for land near the city centre, he settled on Asokoro.
The house took more than three years to design and was modified several times to meet the family's requirements.
Jammal said he renovates the property every year, giving it a new coat of paint when necessary and improving the design.
He also likes working on the interior, but said if his camera-shy wife doesn't like the results, she will just make the changes herself.
Jammal has seven children and 15 grand-children. His son, Mohammed Jammal, works with him in construction and said his father has helped build a strong legacy for the family.
"I don't think I can actually think of doing something like that but you know, we are impressed he thought outside the box and he did it and you know we have to give it to him. He's done something different," he told Reuters.
The structure is open to visitors who want to take a tour of the property.
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