 Win a home on Afternoon Express where three design contestants are turning three empty properties at Valdivia State in the Cape Wylands into dream homes using finishes provided by Cesar Stone and Plaskon. Vote for your favorite and you could win. Welcome back to Afternoon Express. Now this afternoon we are once again having our weekly private property chat where we focus on a beautiful property and its surroundings. But before we get to that, let's quickly head over to Valdivia to catch up with our design contestants just two days before the completion of their master bedrooms. So yeah, I'm very pleased my bed is in all the way from Devon. I thought I'll just bring some blessings from my home time. So this is like the main feature in the bedroom that I was worried about because it's coming all the way from Devon. I'm happy it's in. It's gonna tie in with what I had planned for the guest bedroom. What's left now is for me to get my floating shelves in and I'm also gonna be having lights coming down from the ceiling on the other side of the bed. Similar to what I had in the guest bedroom, but they definitely gonna be bigger and better. Most of my colors are gonna be on the feature wall and the rest of the room I'm keeping it very neutral and the bed sort of gives a hint of on the rest of the colors I'm gonna be using. Overall, I'm quite happy with the progress. I feel like I'm on track compared to the bathroom to be specific. So you guys can look forward to an awesome room. I can't wait to see it. I'm sure you too can't wait to see it. It's getting dark outside. We literally have about 30 minutes left for the day. The building covers just arrived. It needs to go in. Luckily, I have my caesar stone cut ready or let me all I need to do is just slide it in like this and then we're done. But I'm quite stressed because the room hasn't been finished painting. Greg is still busy on this feature wall over here and right since team work throughout the night to get this ready. My bedside tables haven't arrived yet. They are a caesar stone collaboration and they're not here. It's a vital part of my room. All my furniture's outside. I'm ready to move in but look at this place to me. So let's see how I can get this cleaned up in 30 minutes. Typical Rudolph. So stressed two days before the completion of that master bedroom. I must say some of the ideas are looking pretty interesting. I can't wait to see what that back wall of Minentale's room looks like. It's got like green paint on it. So I'll go check it out in two days and share all that information with you in just a bit. So today we're joined by Richard Gray on the couch. He's the CEO of Harcourt's to guide us through another beautiful property and its surroundings. This time in Somerset West just outside of Cape Town. Very warm welcome to you and welcome to our loft. Thanks very much, Daniel. So we've spoken about some really beautiful areas that have been around and Somerset West has always been I find like a hidden gem because it is not very far out of Cape Town. Just a stone throws away. You've got the beautiful Stelenbosch mountains just around the side there from you. It's a very family friendly environment. It's nice. It's open. It's not too busy and packed. It's a beautiful area. It certainly is. I think it's pretty unique and as you've described it's got sort of in the mountains near the wine farms. It's not far from those. So you get a lot in terms of where it's just situated. A lot of outdoor life. Very popular for mountain bikers, hikers. You've got all that sort of outdoor life. You've got really good beaches. One of the things that people often forget about Somerset West is it's only 20 minutes from the airport. So, you know, a lot of people are using that now. It's quite a good convenient base. Khauteng executives who kind of base their family down in Somerset West and then come and go easily from the airport and yeah, it's been the week up in Joburg. Do you know how busy the place is? Maybe it's a bit of a random question. But is the place overpopulated? Is it quite underpopulated? It's not bad because there's a lot of room for growth in Somerset West. So there are a lot of new developments coming up sort of outside of Somerset West so it's not all pinned between the mountain and the sea like other places in Cape Town. It's kind of, it can spread out a little bit there. Okay, cool. That's very exciting to hear because you always hear that, you know, properties and new houses start to develop where areas are like massive interest have grown there. So it's exciting to see interest grow in Somerset West. It's such a beautiful little area. Let's take a look at the property we've got today. It's behind some mountains and like a beautiful forest area. Talk me through the property. Look, it is a magnificent property and I think once again it's inside a very secure estate. So you get all the benefits of estate living. You've got your lock up and go security, which you know people obviously love. On top of that obviously its location is great in the mountains, beautiful views. And when you walk through that particular property the thing that really jumps out is its quality and class. It's just beautiful fittings. No expense has been spent in terms of making it a beautiful house. Wow, it's absolutely stunning. I mean just the way that it's just opened up for the family. It's got all the facilities you must imagine. I wish we were so guilty sitting on the couch. It's like, in the future maybe one day I'll be able to own something so magnificent. But it is about the rooms obviously. I mean when it comes to resale value I'm very interested in the investment side of it all. Sure. Talk us through your favourite rooms in the house. Yeah, I think the thing that really strikes you is the entertainment area. So you know apart from the fact that there's a beautiful flow through the house, the entertainment area, big double volume, huge big wooden sliding doors which open out. So that's really magnificent. They've got the koi pond and the swimming pool. So you know that area really is stunning. I think what's quite interesting is it's an nearly 600 square meter house. So it's a big home but it doesn't feel cold and clinical. Often a big house does. And this has got warmth, it's got the wood. Obviously my personal favourite would be the wine cellar but they would just be a personal preference. It's always been most of your time. It's so stunning man because I think you've mentioned this idea of it being open and a lot of light gets inside there. It's wooden as well which gives it a nice warm feel. Very family friendly little space. Our design contestants are busy working on their homes in Valduvian. It's a beautiful area obviously. They're really putting a lot of hard work into creating those apartments. But again, private property's big focus is on making sure that the thing is sellable. It is marketable. Do you have any tips or tricks for our design contestants? There are a couple of things. One is always just put your best foot forward. People often only view a home once. So you need to make sure that when they see it it really looks at its best. So make sure all the little things are good and make it look its best. I think also then the marketing of it. If you get a skilled agent who's really good at marketing they'll appeal to the emotions and people because buying a home is an emotional thing and they'll find a way to really appeal to them emotionally. How do you do that? I think it's just through clever marketing. It's showing the aspects of the house that will sell it and it will grab people's attention. Firstly it's trying who to market it to but then grabbing those emotions just through the way you do it. Good photography. Amazing. Great tips, great advice and again another beautiful home that we get to display on Often Express today. I'm incredibly jealous and can't wait to grow up and get lots of money to go and buy all these really amazing homes. Thanks for joining us on the show. Thank you very much. Cheers. So remember to find the home and the neighbourhood which is so important that you perfectly find fits into your needs and lifestyle and you can simply log on to privateproperty.co.za to do that and while you're there make sure that you vote for your favourite Winner Home design contestant and stand a chance to win big. It's not called Winner Home for nothing. 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