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If you could get a 100% mortgage, how much could you afford to spend on a house? We can afford about R2,000,000 (Hubby can get a 100% mortgage for that amount), which translates to about $270,000 USD. Sounds like a pretty modest amount, yes? Take a...
Today has been, to use an Afrikaans expression, a kak day.
At 5 am I discover I have no internet connection. After an hour and several phone calls, I discover that our ISP is fine but our telephone company, Telkom (aka Hellkom) has a DSLAN (whatever...
My father has been buried and with that a chapter in my life comes to a close.
The house hunting continues, and it is not easy, despite having more than 150 pages of real estate ads. Unfortunately, print media is organized for the benefit of the...
My father passed away on Monday. Like his parents before him, he died of a stroke. He is being buried on Saturday, the day before his 84th birthday.
My father was a good man and a fine father. He cared about his children very deeply and while he...
Americans expect certain amenities in their houses, expectations that apparently are not shared by the majority of house-buying South Africans.
For example, I think most Americans would shy away from a house that had no sink in the kitchen, even if...
I find this blog to be a very interesting one as it chronicles the adventures of an American woman who married an Indian man and moved to South Africa. A philanthropist at heart this lady is a strong and vivacious woman of outstanding intellect who has a gift for storytelling.
