Building and Renovation

When it comes to property insights, Private Property doesn’t stop at the structural and financial aspects but extends to the interior as well. In the dynamic Lifestyle and Décor section, visitors get a colourful glimpse of the interior trends, landscaping solutions, home living and neighbourhood news. Here’s a look at the categories you can find in Lifestyle and Décor:

Design and Decor Garden and Outdoor Building and Renovation Green living Life at Home Know your Neighbourhood
Do you have to pay a bad builder?
Lifestyle and Decor

Do you have to pay a bad builder?

You’re busy putting up a new house. Your builders haven’t performed, and you’re reluctant to pay until they do. And - big and - you’ve heard that the Constitutional Court recently found that the builder doesn’t actually have a ...

Declutter your home
Lifestyle and Decor

Declutter your home

Fed up with being surrounded by unused and unneeded items? Get great tips on how to declutter your home.  Much like that one sock that always goes missing, one room in the house inevitably ends up becoming a store room for all ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Tips for finding a good, honest contractor

How to find trusted contractors who will complete your work to a satisfactory standard, and not rip you off. Renovating or adding on to a home is generally a stressful exercise. Firstly there's the mess that invariably ...

Property Advice

Tips on repairs and maintenance for property roofs

Whether you’re a homeowner, seller, buyer or looking to rent or let property, you will find my personal experience with my property very handy - particularly my roof in this case. 

Property Advice

How to invest in commercial property

Rather like taking the fastest ride at an amusement park there is something a little addictive about investing in the commercial sector. Yes, the risks are higher, but so too are the rewards.

This is the House that I built
Lifestyle and Decor

This is the House that I built

My parents believed that renting property was a waste of time and encouraged all of their children to buy their own homes as soon as possible. I took their advice to heart and at the grand old age of 21, decided to build my own ...

Lifestyle and Decor

How to choose the right contractor

Your plans have been drawn up, and your finances are in place. There’s just one more hurdle before you can start your new building project: finding yourself a contractor.  What should you know about the company or person you’re ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Kitchens are still the heart of the home

Following the release of results of a survey conducted by Tile Africa, it would appear that the adage ‘the kitchen is the heart of the home’...

Property Advice

Collecting special levies in sectional title schemes

In ideal situations the normal levies collected in a sectional title scheme will cover all the operating expenses as well as any larger maintenance or repair projects that are due, but cases do ...

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