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
Lifestyle and Decor

Bitten by the DIY bug – and loving it

Nephew Fixit was on a roll. Fortunately his new home was spacious enough for fabulous renovations, and even more fortunately, he had the budget. For us galpals over coffee, we felt fortunate too ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Conserve SA’s liquid asset

South Africa is a semi-arid country with an average annual rainfall of approximately 450mm. This is well below the world average of 860mm.

Should I buy or build a house?
Lifestyle and Decor

Should I buy or build a house?

It’s probably the oldest question in the property investment book: should I build my next home, or buy an existing one? The very fact that this question has had such a long and illustrious ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Special rates = super living

Previously known as City Improvement Districts, Special Rating Areas (SRAs) enable communities to improve, secure, maintain and uplift residential areas. The process requires agreement by 60% of property owners in a municipal ...

Deal with your grubby tub!
Lifestyle and Decor

Deal with your grubby tub!

Bathrooms serve an integral role in the everyday life of modern families. Every morning, families use these rooms to prepare themselves for the day ahead.

Lifestyle and Decor

Lounge in luxury and style

Call it a lounge, a sitting room, a front room or a living room, this area of the home is where family and friends gather to watch TV, have a good chinwag or just relax. It is also the room in ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Garden green: it’s a choice

Creating and maintaining a 'green' garden will improve the value of your home.

Lifestyle and Decor

DIY for coffee drinkers

He may, some suggest, have more money than sense, but when our nephew Fixit started throwing his young fortune at home improvements that we’d barely heard of, we have to admit we felt an interesting mixture of envy, admiration ...

Lifestyle and Decor

Home is where the green is

We’ve looked at the law and the theory of green homes (Go green or go home) and we’ve considered the costs of going green at home (Don’t just dream green) – but what do the banks say about the idea? After all, they’re the guys ...

Previous
1 ... 164 165 166 167 168 ... 195
Page 166 of 195
Next