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Team Old Decorations Minentla and Bal Bellingham have big plans for their kitchen. Looking at the trains the kitchen space is becoming a place where people want to show off their talents and they want to have fun and show off their cooking skills with whoever interacting with in the dining area or the lounge area. Picking up from the concepts I had in the other rooms the industrial steel having exposed storage which is also going to act as a decorative element just to bring life into the kitchen and maybe slot in some plants in there. I've also taken into account the ergonomic triangle which sort of limits the steps one takes in the kitchen so everything is close to you from the cleansing to the cooking area up to the fridge. So what I'm doing with the flooring is I'm using it as an element to define my spaces so I'm using different flooring in the kitchen here compared to the rest of the open plant space so I saw an opportunity of creating a feature where the two meet so I created this nice pattern transition pattern so it's definitely something to look forward to. I love the veneer you've chosen I love the palette and I think in terms of a resale and investment point of view it's I wouldn't say safe I think there's kind of nuance brilliance in it but it's not it's not going to offend anyone so I think that's great. Maybe what you can do is bring in a bit of colour again to express the personality think about the people that are in this kitchen. I think the best thing about kitchens now you don't have to take them so seriously so you've got your structure and your exquisite skeleton so now you can kind of play a bit think about the lady maybe in terms of your your exposed storage what are you going to put there. So I think you're on your way I think if anything just stay in close contact with one design make sure that they understand your vision your exposed storage what are you gonna put there. Even though Rudolf's mentor real estate's Michelle Snadden is currently in London the two are still meeting up thanks to the Wi-Fi at Valdivie. Rudolf has concerns regarding not having a formal dining area but Michelle is not worried she says the Central Island plays an important role as it pulls out from the main kitchen area and with the beautifully contemporary bar stools she feels Rudolf is creating a real designer kitchen slash dining room area in the open living space. Thanks for all that advice Michelle I really appreciate that enjoy London. Meanwhile Joanne and Sumin Brunk of Team Vizi are relishing a little shopping inspiration. Wow that was fun. I know I love shopping. So all other spaces are very neutral and relaxed and minimalist but for our kitchen and our living spaces all the energy is we're going for a more dramatic effect. I'm so happy that you're going for dark. Dark kitchen cupboards are very untrained at the moment we've been sitting with oaks and light woods for such a long time so it's a new thing it looks very sophisticated and it contrasts beautifully with white. You can create a lot of drama but you're having piles and piles of light-colored whitish ceramics. How do you think I can bring in some light elements to contrast that? So I think that it will be a very dramatic look and it will be totally sophisticated and then you contrast that with a light color on the wall and obviously your snow white Caesar stone island. Food looks brilliant against white so whatever you put on that counter is going to shine. I'm bringing copper because we're bringing copper into the whole apartment and appliances I'm thinking we should go for white to contrast the dark wood. How else do you think we can bring in some light colors? Oh I'm so happy that you're doing that because copper is really the trendiest metal at the moment. Gone is the stainless steel and all of those copper creates a beautiful glow and any food looks beautiful on it and it will contrast beautifully with your dark wood and the white counter I think you've got it wrapped up. Wow some pretty interesting ideas then I do know that Joanne is going to have to put everything she's got into this challenge because Rudolphs won two immediately as won one now it's all up to Joanne to blow us away with that kitchen and her final challenge. Now moving on to something very interesting that I love doing every single week today we're joined by Anthony Strubel Pam Golding's marketing director he's here to share a breathtaking home situated in the pristine beach town of Camps Bay. Now I must say Camps Bay is such a beautiful space to be. Stunning. Without the view like what more do we need to sell us a beautiful property there. Why is it such a sort of a space do you think? Well because it's a holistic enclave I mean it's surrounded by wonderful mountains 12 Apostles lines head yeah probably one I don't know if it is the best top 10 beaches in the world but I think it should be. I think it has been listed yeah. So wonderful beach the strip the Camps Bay strip so you've got wonderful nightlife and then I think they're nooks and crannies it's quite an unusual suburb because they're all different kinds of nooks and crannies different kinds of homes as opposed to being sort of homogenous it's quite heterogeneous in terms of a place to live depending upon what you need. Everything else in the sort of western Cape area is sort of segregating to little bits and bobs. Camps Bay's got this it's kind of here to here. Exactly. North facing you know beautiful views beautiful sunsets some best sunsets in the world and then I think positioning close to town close to Hark Bay on that beautiful road so it's highly unusual I think in that regard from a world perspective not a short Africa perspective. You know I'm very interested in investments and I keep saying this every week because it's something that fascinates me it's changing its dynamic it's always new and Camps Bay I've always understood to be quite a highly populated area lots of lots of property lots of demand for the space. Well there's no more land. Yeah well there's no more land. Which is interesting so talk me through why that area is such a good space to invest in because aren't people going to move away because it's so populated and busy or does this mean that because it's so busy it's just going to keep growing invest now. Well I think an interesting stat there Dan is that more than in our standard correction I think it's more than half of the people have lived there for over 11 years. So and there are only about a thousand properties in fact 700 what we call freehold and another three four hundred sectional title which is sort of apartment living. So that's a that's a very interesting stat because it shows that people don't like to leave Camps Bay so people don't like to leave people want to arrive. And when somebody who comes available is not available for very long. Exactly. So I mean you know you're talking we nearly did a deal on the house that we're going to be looking at yesterday I wish we had done the deal. It would have made a slightly different story but so and I think another interesting aspect of Camps Bay is that the people that are selling are over 60 for more than half of them over 65 and the people that are buying more than half of them are 35 to 45. Your money. Your money. Interesting. So and the nice thing is it's got that old traditional feel if you want it but then what we're going to be seeing today a very modern feel. So you've got choice and it's an holistic suburb. We like choice. Let's look at that property that you brought us today stunning. Well stunning. I want it but I can't afford it. We'll talk through it anyway. OK. Let's have a look at it. Let's have a look at it. So I mean it's an amazing property. I actually went there with Barbara Rogers the agent last night and it's when you walk into it. It's what you feel firstly is the space and the flow. Yes. I mean you know you just you can't you can't get a better property than this. The external views are amazing. Yeah. From every single room it's spectacular and interestingly enough we were in New York recently a couple of weeks ago and we went to 432 Park Avenue which is one of the leading apartments in New York City. The highly coveted and we were amazed by the finishes. These finishes here leave that building standing and you put it in shame. $25 million there for a same size apartment. So it's an incredible property in terms of its finishes is brand new. It feels like it's a newly built home. Looks like that but it hasn't been. So let's talk through the interiors and the living spaces. What have you got inside this property. You've got wonderful entertainment areas on the main floor and it just flows beautifully. The bar and I'm not a drinker but even I inspired probably one of the best bars in Camps Bay because it overlooks the entire the entire bay and it's a lit bar. The doors open out on all sides. It's made to entertain. It's made to entertain. So you've just got this wonderful flow from bar into lounge into granite kitchens and it's all incredibly modern but I'm not a modern furniture guy but it's modern yet it's got a very warm feel to it. What about the living spaces? So you've mentioned the kitchen entertainment and those spaces which are your favourite and going to be my favourite always. What about the bedrooms and things? They also open up into these beautiful decks and look over this fantastic base. You're on top of the world. You can see 12 apostles from your bedroom on the left and you can see Lion's head on your right. There's the mountain behind you and then of course we'll be talking about a copper bath. So if a copper bath turns you on then this is a great house for you. But he has the bedroom looking out onto this deck looking out over the sea. It's just absolutely spectacular. What an incredible property. It's an incredible property. You know our design contestants are designing also on a beautiful estate in Valduvie and they are trying to work out what it is that private property is looking for them to do with these properties and they're really struggling to add value to these houses and you've worked in the industry for long enough to know what adds value to a property. Please give our design contest some advice because they need this advice from you. Bathrooms and kitchens are a big thing. A big thing and in this house that we've just looked at all four are on suite and they haven't skimped at all. So bathrooms and kitchens and then spend time in your garden. There's no question that there's a movement worldwide back into nature. So if you've got even apartment living you can develop a green environment from a growing perspective. That definitely works. Sure. Good advice. People look for gardens. Great, great, great advice. Anthony, thank you so much for joining us in the loft today. My pleasure. I always take a lot of stuff from this and one day when I've decided to get myself a new company, a new job, we'll be buying these properties. You and I, sure, deal. Remember to visit privateproperty.co.za for this and much more property inspiration in the neighborhood that fits your needs. While you're there, vote for your favourite design contestant's master bedroom. You only have until tomorrow so don't waste any more time. We'll be right back. It's not called Winner Home for Nothing. 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