 afternoon Express and yes it's time for Winner Home so we're going to follow three talented young designers as they transform three empty properties at Valdivia State into dream homes using finishes provided by Caesar Stone and Plaskon and at the end of it all we're giving away one of those completed apartments worth over three million rand to one lucky viewer. Now being one of the most well-known and established real estate companies in South Africa as well as having a close relationship with private property SEAF is a force to be reckoned with as they carry expert advice and years of experience when it comes to all things property and today we have company director Samuel Seaf in our loft specifically to focus on property on a property that they have an exclusive mandate on a beautiful and magnificent three-level mansion valued at over 20 million rand or I think it's 20 million rand Samuel Seaf welcome to afternoon Express. I mean I get hot flushes when I think of a house this gorgeous I mean for years on top building my favorite inserts were going into some of these magnificent homes so having a look at this one it's called Soul Truck Mansion I mean it's just stunning tell me a bit about this property. So it's a wonderful property and it follows the first rule of property is position position position it's literally a short walk to the edge of your garden at the bottom across the road and you're on the beach so first prize you tick the box it's fantastic position. Secondly it's a double earth so it's twice the size of the normal plot brand new home it was a cottage in its previous life and taken down rebuilt to absolute perfection by the owners they traveled and do travel extensively overseas so they brought back a number of different ideas to make this particular home special five-bedroom wonderful entertaining areas and a great great position as I say it's definitely something amazing to have a 20 million rand home on your books but if you look at the value of this I mean this home is situated on the Dolphin Coast that's correct yes so I mean you're getting a lot for your money yeah absolutely so I think when one looks at that and you see the five bedrooms the entertainment areas it's got a lift in it it's got a special indoor outdoor section that can be utilized either as a guest house can be utilized as a large family home you compare that to some of the properties in the rest of the country along the coast it's still relatively cheap yeah so one now has to consider if you're looking at in Cape Town in Camps Bay Clifton and Nettleton Road easily for the same property you would pay three even maybe four times so a six to an 80 million rand price tag wouldn't be high for that kind of a property in Cape Town it was actually in the newspaper today so Dolphin Coast for those of you don't know is in Durban or just outside of Durban and it was actually written in the paper today that Durban for if you want more bang for your buck Durban is the best place to live I think rentals are 50% more expensive in Cape Town than what they are in Durban and 25% more so in Johannesburg absolutely so again it comes back to the position in Cape Town you've got a shortage of accommodation you've got the mountain on the one side and the sea on the other and a little bit of what Cape Town has to offer in between shortage of space fewer properties prices go up Johannesburg being an economic hub a lot of people go there to make their careers and earn their fortunes being on the further on the north coast just slightly north of Belito the space you're on they see fantastic fantastic value to be had in that area I was actually there yesterday for a shoot and I've got to say I mean the fact that it's glorious weather all year round is just a selling point for me. It's a massive plus plus the temperature of the water. Oh yeah definitely you can swim there but now let's go back to this home because it's got these gorgeous white walls such amazing space it almost looks like a house that would be situated in one of the Greek islands. It does actually interesting enough I'm off there in a couple of weeks I'll be able to compare personally but that aside I think one of the elements of this home is the entertainment factor so they've got a lot of indoor outdoor areas which are absolutely fantastic and when you when you look at it we had a launch last year we had our international referral association with Hamptons from the UK and we had the launch in that particular house we had over 50 or 60 people you didn't even feel like it you felt you were sitting alone with four or five people so it caters to entertaining in a in a terrific manner you've got a great lifestyle of the indoor and outdoor with the views something special no question. Now tell me about the inspiration though behind the design because I mean it looks like it lends itself to ocean and also quite cozy private living as well. Yeah so I think that as I said earlier the owners have spent quite a lot of time overseas and incorporated a lot of their travels into their home it has been a labor of love and you can you can see it in the style. One of the things that they've looked at is it's kind of a Moroccan Mediterranean influence that they've wanted with the indoor and the outdoor flows and with a very important key as I said on entertainment and that's been the central factor throughout the house. Yeah now you know every time I go into private property the good thing is you can put your your brackets of your what your budget is for your home and I always like to put you know around 20 million just to see how hard I've got to work in my life but who is your target market who's going to buy this kind of a home. OK so I think that what has happened in that particular area of Salt Rock is a lot of prominent Durban families have been buying properties in there and they're potentially somebody who would like to live in that area hasn't got the time to do the property up themselves can come in. I would assume with a large family you're not coming there with just a couple it's it's somebody with a large family extended family wanting to have private spaces within the home as well. It could and does lend itself very easily to be used as a guest house as well so you'd be able to live there and rent out rooms if that was your choice. Well it's absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much for coming through and chatting to us. It's been more than a pleasure. Now when it comes to beautiful properties like the Salt Rock mansion we feel so inspired and our dreams come alive to call such a property home. Remember that you have until tomorrow the 16th of June to vote for your favorite guest bedroom and you start a chance of winning paint from Plascon to the value of 5,000 rand. You will also automatically be placed into the grand prize draw where you could win one of the completed apartments worth more than 3 million rand. When a home is brought to you by private property in association with Nedbank we'll be right back after this.