Heads up: shipwrecked Knysna restaurant up for grabs . again Knysna municipality is offering a new 20-year lease for the famous eatery that has stood vacant for the last four years 17 February 2021 - 20:06
The Knysna Heads is famous for its shipwrecks. Now there’s a new one on dry land.
It’s the town’s historic headland restaurant, once built in the shape of a ship, but slowly falling into disrepair after standing empty for four years.
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Pengilly House in Clifton, which is considered one of the most exclusive rentals in SA. Image: Supplied
Had a stressful year? Fancy some chill time in the president’s seaside house to ease into the new year? Yours for only R175,000 a month.
A Fresnaye mansion owned by Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the rentals up for grabs along Cape Town’s Atlantic seaboard. If you’re lucky you may even spot the president he owns the house next door, for private use only.
Alternatively, for those who can still afford it, you could buy your own house at a slightly discounted “pandemic price”.
‘Charming couple’ turn out to be the tenants from hell 13 December 2020 - 00:00 This house in Lochner Road, Constantia, in Cape Town has been taken over by hijackers. Attempts to get the illegal tenants evicted have been unsuccessful. Image: Esa Alexander
Catherine Deare thought she d found the ideal tenants a charming couple, full of smiles. Then they stopped paying rent, wouldn t move out, and began making home improvements.
Two years after the couple moved into the R5m house in Constantia, Cape Town, Deare was forced to sell the property for less than half its value. She still owes the bank millions and is bankrupt.