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Energy and Water Efficient Showerheads
Water and energy are two commodities which are in short supply in South Africa. Through showering instead of bathing and using energy and water efficient showerheads, South Africans can conserve both of these resources with ease ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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29 Mar 2012
Laws that protect tenants
There are dozens of obvious and practical reasons why many individuals, families as well as businesses, rent property. For a start, renting provides the tenant with the benefits of fairly fast availability and choice. Although ...
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Tenant Profile Network
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29 Mar 2012
Tenant rights and obligations
What are your rights and obligations as a tenant? Learn about the lease, deposit, deposit refund and more in this article.
Property Advice
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Tenant Profile Network
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29 Mar 2012
The art of the offer
Many home buyers believe they should start with a low offer and then bargain up towards the sellers’ asking price. Is the right way?
Property Advice
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Chas Everitt
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29 Mar 2012
Standard Bank Helps Fund South Africa’s First Mass Greening Project
Following in the footsteps of the enablement through carbon credits of South Africa's first mass greening project which entailed equipping 70 000 low income houses in Nelson Mandela Bay with solar water heating systems, Standard ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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28 Mar 2012
Granny Flats - The Ideal Situation or the Ultimate Nightmare?
Whether we like it or not, our parents get older and at some stage or another are going to have to move into accommodation which suits their changing needs. It is widely recognised that South Africa has a major shortage of ...
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Lea Jacobs
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28 Mar 2012
Staying Green on the Sports Field
When it comes to leisure or recreation activities we often forget to consider the impact our favourite sports may have. While an active, outdoor lifestyle is healthy for you we have to ask, “Is it healthy for the planet?”
One of ...
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Shaun Wewege
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28 Mar 2012
Demand for Property in Lydenberg is Increasing
Although many regard the small Mpumalanga town of Lydenburg as merely a place to stop over when visiting the province’s more famous sites, property sales in the area indicate that the demand for homes is on the increase and this ...
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Lea Jacobs
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28 Mar 2012
Retire in Style in Howick
Although there may well be areas in the country where homeowners are struggling to offload their properties, this is certainly not the case for those lucky enough to own property in the small town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal.
What ...
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Lea Jacobs
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28 Mar 2012
Benefits of buying a new rather than an existing home
The fact that there is no transfer duty payable on newly-built homes bought directly from a developer or a builder is no longer the “big plus” that it used to be for buyers who are short of cash.
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Aida
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28 Mar 2012