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House Of The Week: Start Your Own French Cricket League [GALLERY]
25 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I mean, that’s what you’re going to be doing for a lot of your time. That, and traditional garden cricket (tip and run is the only option), and pool cricket. And drinking Pimms. Why? Because you’ll be wanting to spend time with your lawn, which is more lush than the average mink coat.
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House Of The Week: Your Staff Will Dig This Constantia Mansion By The Sea [GALLERY]
17 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This stunning abode perched on the Atlantic Seaboard’s Hely Hutchinson Avenue is doing a fine impression of a top-level Constantia home. A very fine impression indeed. And you can get that very fine impression for just under 13 bar, with staff quarters.
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House Of The Week: 4-Car Garage On The Atlantic Seaboard Kinda Rich [GALLERY]
10 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
16 and a half bar is what you’ll be putting on the table for the pleasure of a place on the Atlantic Seaboard that has as many parking spaces as it does bathrooms – and it has a lot of bathrooms. That’s not all it’s rolling with. We think the stand alone gym will be your favourite…
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House Of The Week: Feast Your (Illuminati) Eye On This Bishopscourt Stunner [GALLERY]
04 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sure, Bishopscourt’s stodgy reputation is probably deserved. But for almost 40 bar, you’re dealing strictly with glass, light, beechwood, and more glass.
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House Of The Week: Nab Yourself An English Castle For R53 Million [GALLERY]
27 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Grade-I listed Caverswall Castle, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, is on the market for R53 million, which is the equivalent price of a a double parking garage on Nettleton Road. Bloody bargain, chaps. Here’s more, from the Telegraph: The castle was bought by property tycoon Robin MacDonald eight years ago for £1.7 million, and has now been […]
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House Of The Week: Look What You Get For Under 10 Bar In Big Bay [GALLERY]
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, if you’re going to isolate yourself from the City Bowl behind one of the worst morning commutes in the world, you need to get a lot of bang for your buck. In that sense, this is a nuclear bomb. In fact, it’s so nice, you won’t even want to leave your pad. How many of you have considered a “braai room”? Start considering it.
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House Of The Week: It’s Nice In Knysna, Neh? [GALLERY]
13 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Knysna is a thoroughly underrated area. Sure, the occasional serial killer lurks on the wooded periphery, but it’s nothing you can’t handle if you avoid the local News Cafe. The very wealthy know what’s up. As the the owner of this R28 million eco-mansion in Pezula Golf Estate, you would definitely be knowing what was up.
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House Of The Week: Mofos Be Classy In Musgrave [GALLERY]
06 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Oh snap! If five garages, 20 parking spaces, six bedrooms, and servant’s quarters in a colonial style set in a tropical climate is what you’ve been looking for, please advise your personal banker to prepare R16 million for direct transfer – the staff are waiting for you in Musgrave, Durban. Here’s more, from Sotheby’s: Spacious and […]
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House Of The Week: Let Them Eat Cape Town [GALLERY]
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You don’t have to move to the KZN midlands to live on a property that makes you feel like you own land and people – there’s a charming little place with high quantities of mahogany, leather and raw linen just up the road in Clifton, for a cool R35 million.
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House Of The Week: How About A Frigging Castle In George?
20 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Did you get up this morning and think, “Hell, I reckon I’m ready for my castle now.” If you did, you’re in luck. There’s one going in George for 21 bar. And it comes with underfloor heating.
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House Of The Week: What Do You Know About Ravine Road?
13 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you have a spare 50 bar squirrelled away, you may want to consider picking up this sweet little eight-bedroom, treat nestled in Bantry Bay. And did we mention there’s parking for eight cars? There is. So, you know, bring your collection along.
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House Of The Week: Enjoy Your Very Own Sky Bar In Green Point [GALLERY]
06 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s something rather special about necking a cold one from the cool comfort of a rooftop pool. Opportunities to do so are few and far between, often limited to hotel stays. Unless you own this stunning apartment in Green Point. We highly recommend buying a waterproof case for your iPhone, because you’ll be cranking out poolside panos like nobodies business.
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House Of The Weeks: Bet None Your Friends Have Lawn Tennis Courts [GALLERY]
23 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When you buy a house in Constantia for R32 million, you expect certain things, like a minimum of six bedrooms, a private study with a stealthy exit to the garden for garden whiskey drinking, and separate quarters for the live-in staff. Things like grass tennis courts, however – well those are a nice touch. And they could be yours to touch.
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House Of The Week: Mansion Magic Behind The Boerewors Curtain [GALLERY]
17 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
A shade under 10 bar is what you can expect to pay for an estate sized property in the Cape. Madness? No, my friend. These are the kinds of bargains you’ll find littered all over the place once your breach the Boerewors Curtain. This place has two, yes TWO swimming pools. Don’t believe me? Details are inside, friend.
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House Of The Week: A Beach House Fit For Steve Jobs [GALLERY]
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you aren’t currently living in a house with four double volume storeys of glass walls, that’s understandable. If you aren’t currently living in a house with a combo panorama sea and mountain view, we get that. But if you don’t do something about this multi-level glass frontage designer house on the beach with uninterrupted combo panorama sea and mountain view, we’re going to have words.
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House Of The Week: What Do You Know About Olive Groves? [GALLERY]
06 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Have you seen this stunner in Stellenbosch? You get your own vineyard, and your own olive grove without the massive ball-ache of maintaining a Distelle-level vine-producing farm. Just think of the kind of person you get to be when you own this place. Feel free to dabble in making your own boutique wine, take a jar of olives to your mates house when you visit. You’ll basically be the most refined person you know. Jislaaik, that’s lekker.
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House Of The Week: Actually It Is That Place In The Yellow Circle For 25 Bar [GALLERY]
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yep. Which means that you have exactly zero properties obstructing your view of the coastal fynbos, the ocean, and the beasts therein. Added bonus if your surname is Jones, because people will most definitely be attempting to keep up with you if you own this place.
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House Of The Week: Live On South Africa’s Most Expensive Road [GALLERY]
22 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Friends, take a break from work, and cast your eyes on something truly special. If you haven’t already heard of Nettleton Road, consider that it is the most expensive, and the most sought after address in South Africa. Why? Ssh, let’s not spoil it with words. Have a look at these here pictures.
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House Of The Week: Check Out The Veranda On This Baby [GALLERY]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Knysna – we all know it’s pretty. At least, we hear so. This week’s newest edition to the House Of The Week has burst through the front door and wrestled our eyeballs and perceptions into submission. Just take a gander at that gallery. Did you notice the panaromic veranda and the almost 360 degree view of the Outeniqua Mountains? Of course you did. For R32 million, you make sure you notice the details.
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House Of The Week: Your New Favourite Place Is Bali Bay [GALLERY]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You might not have heard of Balie Bay. It’s a tiny curve in the coast of Camps Bay, and it happens to be bordered by a handful of stunning properties. And you can count this badboy as part of the club. Billed as “sheer 5-star luxury”, this R29 million, four-bedroomed property is basically an elaborate diving board for the ocean – which is what you’ll be calling your pool from now on.
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House Of The Week: Consider What 5 Bar Gets You In KZN [GALLERY]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Welcome to the leafy Durban district of Kloof. Kloof happens to be perched on the edge of Kloof Gorge, which translates to “Gorge Gorge”. That’s because Durban is populated by English people who don’t really understand the Afrikaans names for things, leading to these kinds of cock-ups. What they have nailed, however, is stunning architecture.
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House Of The Week: R33 Million In Clifton – No Man Come Now Have You Seen This Place? [GALLERY]
17 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No man. No man, come now. Have you seen this place? You need to see this place. Have you seen it? Have you seen the beach? You can spit on it from your lounge. Have you seen how white it is? It’s so white. If you’re worried about the feasibility of living in an entirely white home, sssh. If you have the money to buy this place, you have the money to have a dedicated surface integrity maintenance technician on 24 hour standby.
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House Of The Week: The View From This R30 Million Joburg Pad Is Worth Every Cent [GALLERY]
10 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, it’s been a while since we came across a place this special. Elevators, four floors and five levels, a fully integrated iTunes home entertainment system, a fully-besmegged kitchen – and then you forget about all of that, and smash an offer down right there and then. Because you just turned your head to look at the patio, and suddenly it occurs to you that whoever owns this house, owns the horizon.
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House Of The Week – Please Enjoy This Incredibly Decorative House In Johannesburg [GALLERY]
27 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
This week, we’re very pleased to bring you one of the most decorative houses of the week to have ever graced the cache of this website. Ebullient with colour, this well-appointed five-bedroom Johannesburg residence is a whirlwind of quality finishes, and lace doilies. And at just under three bar for the whole lot, this kak fancy place is a bargain.
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House Of The Week: Let Us Introduce You To Your Summer Residence [GALLERY]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I’m not sure if you noticed this morning as you lolled about your satin sheets waiting for your servant-lover to bring you an espresso and a cornetto, but the sun is rising earlier of late. One might say that Spring is definitely sprung, which means one thing: you’re running out of time to find your summer residence. Aren’t you so lucky then that we took the time to find you a facemelting beach front villa for a nippy R29 million.
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House Of The Week – But Why Wouldn’t You Drop R80 Million On A Clifton Superpad? [GALLERY]
05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If you’re living in a luxury apartment that you can control in entirety via the app on your iPhone or iPad, you should stop for a second and recognise that your life is pretty frigging sweet right now. Hell, you could control the house on the app from your restaurant-grade chef’s kitchen, or the shallow end of your heated rim pool overlooking the radlantic, or from the jacuzzi, or from in front of the fire place, or from…
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House Of The Week – R56 Million Gets You A Plett Mansion With Direct Beach Access [GALLERY]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re going to sale across the ocean of life without a worry in the world, you need a very, very big ship. This place is so big it has a separate Aksa generator that keeps a battery backup system fully charged so that this home can run independently of any municipal services if necessary. Oh, and we forgot to mention – it has direct access to the beach. Just like a tiny cottage.
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House Of The Week: Bantry Bay Throws A Knock Out Punch [GALLERY]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s more, from James Edition. Bold signature home, simplistic architectural work of art combined with solid wood, steel & glass. Perfect for the claustrophobic perfectionist. Spread over four levels with breathtaking views. The dominant ocean views are exacerbated by massive window scapes and rap-a-round wooden decks. A sanctuary where all have their own private space, each […]
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House Of The Week – This 7 Bed Masterpiece In Franschhoek Has Space For Your Chocolate Labrador [PICS]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If a home with lavish entertainment areas and exceptional design on a 4,247 square meter plot is what you are after, then this gem in the Franschhoek Valley is the house you’ve been searching for. With pristine finishes and mountain views, the owner of this mansion will literally be sitting in the lap of luxury. […]
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House Of The Week: Yes, You Do Actually Want To Buy Constantia Uitsig Estate For R175 Million [VIDEO + GALLERY]
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, we’ve all thought about buying a wine estate. But never in your wildest dreams did you imagine that the historic Constantia Uitsig estate would be up for grabs. You’ve eaten at La Colombe, right? Well that would be a small part of your new estate.
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