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Cape Holiday Rentals - Still a Good Bet
Whether your choice of holiday rental is a hotel room, a self catering guest house, a luxury seaside villa or a waterfront apartment, smart shoppers have an abundance of choices at their fingertips.
In the mother city during peak ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
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24 Jan 2012
Enjoy the Bush in Style
South Africa has a lot going for it. Arguably one of the country’s strongest draw cards is the bush veld which attracts both local and foreign tourists in their droves. South Africa’s wild, open plains and animal life have long ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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23 Jan 2012
The Green, Green Glass of Home
Infomercials and unscrupulous sales people often try flog products under the premise that these items are “miraculous” or have some property that makes them beyond compare. As a rule, these advertisements tend to be lies. The ...
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Shaun Wewege
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23 Jan 2012
La Lucia – The Upmarket Side of Life
The once-small coastal town of La Lucia, situated between Glenashley and Umhlanga, has taken full advantage of the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. One of the main attractions that this once-small upmarket town ...
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Lea Jacobs
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23 Jan 2012
Buyers Hold All the Cards
Judging by the comments made regarding a recent article published by Private Property, the issue of submitting an offer for a property is a contentious one. Some of those who commented on the piece even suggested that the ...
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Lea Jacobs
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20 Jan 2012
New Germany Appeals to First-time Buyers
Although opinions as to the beginnings of the area seem to vary, the history of the Pinetown suburb of New Germany began when a German clergyman - Reverend Posselt - built a Lutheran Church mission in the area in 1848.
The ...
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Lea Jacobs
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20 Jan 2012
Pooling Resources
Last week we featured a brief guide to pool installations and looked at the ins and outs of pool types. But what happens once you’ve installed your pool? How do you ensure your sparkling pool doesn’t become a swamp? What do you ...
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Shaun Wewege
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19 Jan 2012
Go Green with Michelle Garforth Venter
Celebrated conservation journalist and TV presenter Michelle Garforth Venter has made a name for herself as one of South Africa’s leading ‘green’ activists.
Over the years she’s starred in a number of environmentally orientated ...
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Jacqueline Gray
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18 Jan 2012
The Good News About the Property Industry’s ‘Baddies’
In a recent survey by Columinate conducted on behalf of Private Property, only 5 percent of people indicated that they trusted estate agents. By implication this indicates that 95 percent of people do not trust estate agents. ...
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Lea Jacobs
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18 Jan 2012
Transfer of property in share blocks
A buyer enquires from an estate agent: “I have fallen in love with a gorgeous three-bedroom sea-view apartment in Camps Bay that is part of a share block company.
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Alan Levy
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18 Jan 2012