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Invest in the outdoors

While kitchen and bathroom renovations are still the top places within the home to upgrade when it comes to homeowners wanting to improve the value of their property...
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05 Feb 2014

Whose fault is the flood?

A demanding tenant can push a landlord over the deep end and, if not held in check, can end up flooding the owner with expenses. In one instance recently brought to our attention, a tenant has been making unreasonable demands ...
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Lea Jacobs
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05 Feb 2014

Secure and central is the way to go

The personal safety of a family increases when parents make lifestyle choices based on secure surroundings in safe neighbourhoods within central locations.
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Anna-Marie Smith
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05 Feb 2014

Decide carefully what area to invest in

Those whose job it is to encourage investors to take the plunge and move into buy-to-let property inevitably have to rely heavily on property analyst statements..
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Rawson Property Group
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03 Feb 2014

Landlords: reduce your investment risk

Upskilling and insurance are helping small buy-to-let investors to expand their knowledge and offset associated risks. I
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Anna-Marie Smith
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03 Feb 2014

Student accommodation is a sound property investment | Private Property

Private residences are being inundated with applications for student accommodation this year, amid shortages of residences at tertiary institutions. “We are fielding an unprecedented number of calls from students who are ...
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Cathy Nolan
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03 Feb 2014

WIN! An iPad Mini Could Be Yours

21 weeks ago – in celebration of its 21st birthday – SABC3’s Top Billing launched a competition in which one beyond-lucky person will win a beyond-belief lifestyle worth more than R5-million. This is the most valuable prize ...
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Private Property Reporter
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29 Jan 2014

Keep An Eye On The Ad And A Hand on Your Wallet

Remember the “good old days” when the onus was on the landlord to ensure that a tenant was above board, had a solid credit history and wasn't prone to moonlight flights? Now, while landlords still have to be vigilant so, it ...
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Lea Jacobs
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29 Jan 2014

Love It Or Leave It

I haven’t felt like this since I was a teenager. Well actually, I was just 13 and he was a singer in a band. On TV. He dressed in pastels and wore pale shoes, and after we’d chatted (briefly) at a cousin’s mother’s function, he ...
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Andre Fiore
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29 Jan 2014

Green’s Good – But Blue’s Better

Algae can grow in any climate, but in our subtropical climate, it is a much larger problem. The humidity levels within the atmosphere are a primal breeding ground for algae of all types. When algae is present in swimming pools ...
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Press
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23 Jan 2014