Archive for the 'In & around your house' Category

Will there be more power cuts in Somerset West?

Dear Home owners in Somerset West,

This article was originally published on page 3 of Cape Argus on January 08, 2008. For all of us it should me reason to think how we can start saving energy and maybe more important how can we make use of what we have available for FREE. I honestly hope [...]

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Energy Saving Tips – use them in Somerset West!

20 November 2003

Departement van Minerale en Energie (Die Regering van Suid-Afrika)OUTEUR: Department of Minerals and Energy

OPSOMMING:This publication gives consumers tips on how to save electricity and energy.

TIP 1  Reduce the temperature of your geyser to around 55 degrees so that you don’t need to add too much cold water when you shower or do the [...]

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Buying energy over internet

I’m living in a house with prepaid electricity. And always sort of at the last moment I think I have to buy “krag”. Somebody told me a long time ago about ibuy and I would like to share it with you too. It is so convenient to buy “krag” sitting behind your computer. Go to www.ibuy.co.za and [...]

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Energy label, energy saving!

Being born and grown up in Holland I always look up articles related to real estate on Dutch websites. So I came along an article about new rules when selling a property in my “home” country.

The latest regulation in Holland when selling your house is the need of an Energy Label. This label indicates [...]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Staging the difference between SALE or STALE

In a chancing market or let me say in a buyers market you need to make a significant first impression. And a first impression you only can create once! With a big pool of houses to choose from buyers need to remember your house ……………. in a positive way.

Generally, buyers are not good at analyzing [...]

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Somerset West Holiday Security tips

Personal Safety Tips With ADT
With the holiday season fast approaching, we are left with many decisions and preparations to make before packing our trailers and making our way to our holiday destinations. Ensuring the security of family and property is a key priority at this time.”Statistics clearly show that criminal activity increases during the holiday [...]

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Looking for a trained home executive in Somerset West

 AUGUST 2007 
Dear Sir/Madam 
Helderberg Development Centre funding request
The Helderberg Development Centre (HDC), a training NGO situated in the town core of Somerset West in the Western Cape, has been operating successfully for the past five years in training unemployed semi-skilled persons, and finding employment for over 90% of the more than 110 learners who annually complete [...]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Selling your home in Somerset West! Consider a professional home stager for a faster sale.

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION, SO MAKE IT COUNT! 
Staging of your home is one of the best ways for a seller to achieve the desired result of selling his or her home for maximum value.
One of the biggest challenges for every homeowner is that “you have invested many years of wonderful [...]

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

If not green, it will be obsolete

2007/12/04
Eskom’s latest warning that load shedding will be with us for at least another seven years indicates that the energy efficiency efforts in the 2006 crisis were not merely a once-off attempt.
Energy efficiency now has to become a way of life.
This is the message from the Cape Town Partnership’s chief executive, Andrew Boraine, commenting on [...]

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007