Yup, it’s time to dabble in the property market again.

So you’re looking to get a foot in the game and snap up your first property, but buying in town is beyond your means and you’re not keen to kick it all the way out in Muizenberg or Marina Da Gama.

That’s when people start talking up Observatory and Woodstock, because apparently you can still get decent value for money.

What does R1 995 000 get you in Woodstock? A 155 square metre, five-bedroom, three-bathroom house, which sounds too good to be true.

Let’s look around before you start getting your offer ready, though. This description from the listing on Remax:

Never good to see the words ‘basic’ and ‘potential’, but five bedrooms for R2 million. Still intrigued.

Picture time:

OK, we’re off to a rocky start.

Beginning to think the ‘basic’ kitchen was being kind. Also, when you’re taking photos for the listing you’re using to sell the property, maybe pop the mop in the cupboard?

Is there a cupboard?

To finish, let’s pop our head out the back:

Riiiiight. Nobody keen to take the washing down for the backyard shots?

I’m not really won over, but that doesn’t matter because I don’t have R2 million and no bank is going to give me a loan.

What a time to be alive.

You can see the full Remax listing here.

[source:remax]