 We're talking location, location, location today and of course shining a spotlight on all the amazing neighborhoods we have all around the country. Now located between Pretoria and Midland we find Centurion. Today we have private property CEO Simon Bray joining us in studio to tell us more about this neighborhood. Is this neighborhood for the business type or can you settle down with a family and call it home? If you are looking for that perfect neighborhood simply head over to Private Properties website and find all the neighborhood information you might need. Simon so good to have you in studio again. Good to see you. So when we think about Centurion what kind of person will I find there and is it a really great neighborhood? Yeah Centurion is actually a fascinating story for me because when you think the Harte property market you really think of Johannesburg and some of the key areas in Johannesburg and then you think of Pretoria but Centurion is really emerging between the two as Harte's third city. So much growth so much development happening there and I mean to your question about who lives there, a lot of first time buyers, a lot of families moving into the area and it just offers so much you know you've got great outdoor living opportunities you really close to work whether you work in Johannesburg or in Pretoria because you're along that main access of the highway there so it makes a lot of sense Harte train that plugs into Centurion as well so it just you know from a commute time and from a lifestyle perspective it makes a lot of sense to live in Centurion. But of course we all want to know what does the property market look like in Centurion? As I said it's a growth story in Centurion, a lot of new developments and I think that's great as well when someone's looking for a home you get the choice of buying an established house one that's been there for say 20, 30 years and perhaps you've got problems with the roof perhaps you'll have problems with the plumbing but what's really great about buying into new developments is you know exactly what you're getting you've often gotten to choose the finishes choose the paint color you've seen the house being erected so you know what the build and construction finishes are like so you know buying in a new development has a lot of perks and Centurion's been driven a lot by that new complexes coming up estates coming up but still very affordable and I think that's what's driving the market in Centurion is just how easy it is to get into the market as a first-time buyer when you're looking for that move from your your kind of bachelor days to to your first family pad Centurion is a great market to look at. Well it really is a sharing to know now you did mention it a little bit earlier on when we talk about commuting because let's be honest there's a lot of that happening especially between Johannesburg and Pretoria is Centurion the perfect middle way? You know Johannesburg is more and more about your commute time you know lots of people make the joke about traffic and sitting in traffic but the reality is you can lose two three hours of your day going between your business and home so you don't really want to get stuck in that and Centurion offers a lot of options when it comes to commuting if you if you're working in Pretoria or Johannesburg you're pretty close to both of them you're right in the middle that northern side of Joburg between Joburg and Pretoria is just booming and and with that is coming new investment in roads the how train also makes a stop as I said in Centurion so that's really convenient for people that may be near the station getting to the airport is a dream so it really it really is a good option when you're looking to try to unplug from that that traffic hustle. Lastly is it better to rent or buy? This is a good question because if you just look at the statistics in Centurion you know the property rentals are not that expensive so you can get a great home in a complex you've got the safety security you've got all that great access I was talking about and you're paying 15,000 rand a month which is which is excellent but I would buy I think the market is going to grow a lot it's in a boom phase now which means a lot of properties on the market there's a great amount of supply in Centurion but what's going to happen is as soon as that supply starts to slow the prices are going to leap up so you could buy a great 2-3 bedroom house in Centurion for around about 2 million rand and that's what I would be doing. And then we can't end without the Simon Bray tip of the day. Centurion is an excellent growth market probably one of the biggest growth markets in South Africa so if you can get involved in the market you should do it right now. Thank you so much Simon for joining us well all you have to do is simply log on to www.privateproperty.co.ca and let them guide you through the right neighborhood for you.