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If you’re looking to purchase a home in a sought-after suburb or estate, securing the property you’ve set your sights on can be challenging and, in order to increase your chances of success, you need to make your offer stand out from the crowd.

When one buys a home it’s as much an emotional as a financial investment and when buyers view properties, they are not only looking at the bricks and mortar but also assessing whether it would be a home that would suit their lifestyle needs.

Renovation projects can be very rewarding, uplifting your home and adding value, but there are many potential pitfalls so it’s important to be thoroughly prepared before you begin.

According to Lightstone, Bryanston was the top selling suburb in the country last year in terms of sales volume and total purchase price achieved, with Sea Point in the Western Cape second and Midstream Estate in Gauteng in third place.

The way in which we work and live has been steadily changing since the millennium and, accelerated by the disruption of the pandemic, it’s now very different than it was just a decade ago and real estate footprints are already being planned for a different and more flexible future.

Most people are familiar with the basic concept of zoning; that it determines the purpose for which a property can be used.