Lifestyle and Decor

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
Tile in style and within budget
Lifestyle and Decor

Tile in style and within budget

The trick to renovating your bathroom is to carefully consider your budget before you start the project.

Lifestyle and Decor

How to choose a tree for a small garden

With gardens getting smaller and smaller, it’s important to choose trees that won’t outgrow your space.

What makes a neighbourhood truly great?
Lifestyle and Decor

What makes a neighbourhood truly great?

A casual stroll through PrivateProperty’s property listings would probably confuse anyone: with so many choices available, how on earth do you decide which neighbourhood would suit you best?  

Lifestyle and Decor

What building alterations require approval from your municipality?

It’s an accepted tenet in the law that you have the right to the ‘proper enjoyment of your property - but this doesn’t mean that you have the right to do anything you want

Lifestyle and Decor

Is your builder NHBRC registered?

With a residential property development boom being predicted in Cape Town (according a recent article in a leading Cape newspaper), one is made aware of the extensive building that is taking place in many of the surrounding ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Bucket list buildings

I firmly believe that travel is one of the most important things a person can do. Travelling pushes you out of your comfort zone, exposes you to different cultures, ideas and people and forces you to think differently about ...

New app helps to connect neighbours
Lifestyle and Decor

New app helps to connect neighbours

South Africans - and people in many other African countries, too - are turning to modern technology to restore old-fashioned neighbourliness, to fight crime, and to get the most out of the communities in which they ...

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 ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Pet -proof your home

Not too long ago my husband and I decided to adopt a Siamese kitten. A cat owner all my life, I thought I was quite prepared for any cat related eventualities. I was wrong.

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