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Santin has some of the most exclusive homes in the country in places like Hyde Park and Sand Down. A little bit less fast paced is your suburbs like Brineston and Gavolia. Brineston was a natural choice. It's got great open spaces. It's safe. My son's already had a really good school there. Santin gives me great variety from an awesome nightlife to beautiful places for lunch, to spars where I can really relax and recharge. Things happen in Santin and that's my neighborhood. Good property podcast. I'm your host, Zaman Dunwar Kumalo. It's a Monday. I nearly actually forgot it's a Monday. When you spend so much time indoors, you actually forget which day of the week it is. But it's a Monday. We're back. I hope over the weekend you caught the episodes of the developer show and you really enjoyed some of the beautiful states that we got to profile with Oman Disa. If you have any goals of moving into a new property, that is the show that you want to watch during the weekend where we're profiling some of the country's best states and complexes and really giving you a taste of what you can look forward to when you move into them. But we are back, of course, on Monday, right here on the private property podcast and exploring different things that have to do with our property. Journey, whether you're a rental, whether you're a seller, whether you're an investor, we cater to everybody. And we really do create this platform to help everybody, you know, better understand their property journey, make better decisions in their property journey and save you thousands of rands. And to help us save some of that money this evening, we're actually looking at when it comes to maintaining a rental property, who is responsible for what? I know a lot of us probably have found ourselves in this particular predicament, whether you're a tenant or a landlord, something breaks. And there's always a debate about who's supposed to cover that particular item. And the two would sometimes argue, but it doesn't always have to be like that. There's certainly certain things you can put in place and even understanding who is responsible for what at every single point of that lease agreement. But before we get to that conversation this evening, remember, every single week we run competitions where you stand a chance of winning that 1,000 rand prize on Friday. And of course we give away two 1,000 rands cash prizes on the show every single Friday. And all you have to do this week is share with us what some of your property dreams and ambitions are. Whatever your property goals are, we want to hear all about them. You just need to comment right here below. And of course you stand a chance of winning that lucky 1,000 rand prize. But without any more delay, I'm going to welcome our guest this evening. We've had him before and we're going to keep having him because he is a guru when it comes to us managing or better managing our rental properties. And of course that is David Beattie, who is the author of the book, The Expert Landlord. Good evening, David. And thank you so much for joining us. Good evening. It's great to be with you again. So I think we're going to be looking at who's responsible for what when it comes to some of the breakages that we're going to find in our rental properties or if you're a tenant, and perhaps you think your landlord is leading you astray in terms of saying you're the one who's supposed to pay for something that's been broken. Before we even get to that, I think let's perhaps take it a step back a little bit and almost look at at the beginning of the relationship of the landlord and the tenant. What are some of the things should we be putting in place to ensure that we're able to mitigate things like this and other things? Because we almost want to know what's the foundation of the good tenant and landlord relationship. Yeah, you bring up a very good point, Dezama. It is so important to set up your tenancy for success to make sure you've got the right foundation in place. And then everything comes together for the rest of the tenancy for the rest of the period of the lease. So the first thing you need to do is have a proper lease agreement which is signed by both parties. That's super important. And on the lease agreement it typically refers to maintenance but we can talk about the legal side of that a little bit later. The second thing that you want to do is have a joint move in inspection. Now that's typically the apps around that, the online apps which can do that now, but it's typically a piece of paper which states the condition of each part of the property and which both parties, both the landlord and the tenant sign so that there's agreement as to what the status or what the condition of the property is prior to both the tenant moving in. And if you got that, then you've now got your template to then state if anything goes wrong in the property for the rest of the lease agreement, you've now got the template to then cover any argument as to who did what when it comes to damaging the property. I think before we even go to how do we then manage it when something does break and what do we say when we say maintenance and who's in charge of maintenance? Perhaps let's explore even that inspection, right? So when we're doing that inspection, certainly as both parties and perhaps more the tenant, what are some of the things that we're looking out for in order to include in that inspection report before we actually sign it off? It's basically when I do an inspection, you go into the property and you check from the ceiling down to the floor and everything in between. So let's look at your bedroom. So we're going to, is it door working? Is the door handle working? Is the lock working? Are the keys in the lock? You're looking at every single wall, just say are there marks in the wall? And if there's excessive marks that we're stating those, is the ceiling looking okay? Is the floor, are there any marks in the wooden floor? For example, if you're going into the bathroom, you want to check that there again is the door working and is it being shut? Is it kind of locked? Is the key there in place? And then you want to say, is the tap working? Is the hot water working? The bath? Has it got any excessive scratches in the bath? In the shower? Is it how dirty is the shower? How clean is the shower? So you're really going into a lot of detail. And for me, like if I were to, as an agent or as a landlord, I'm doing an inspection prior to the tenant arriving, I would take about 45 minutes to do a two bedroom apartment, to do that inspection. Super important, you're talking about a $5,000 or $2,000,000 asset, it's worth that extra 45 minutes upfront to then state, you know, to say what the condition of the property is. And I think, you know, when you're just saying you take 45 minutes, I go to myself, my God, that seems like such a long time to inspect a two bedroom apartment, which of course many of us know is not necessarily that big. But as we're saying, it's quite a large investment because it could easily be half a million rents, sometimes substantially more than that, you know, depending which suburb of course it is. And if you're looking at a two bed in Cape Town, it's certainly more than half a million rents. So also understanding that you're not doing the inspection for the sake of just simply doing it and signing off. But you're also taking care of your investment and understanding what's working or not working in your investment. So if there are things that certainly as a landlord, you need to address before your tent moves in, you address them, or sometimes perhaps it would be after they move in, that you are aware of them and want to fix, you know, almost as early as possible so that it doesn't get more and more damaged. And this is probably something people, you know, certainly landlords don't think about that. The longer you leave a particular thing in your property damaged, likely the more it's going to deteriorate. And by the time you decide to fix it, it's going to cost you much, much more money or so much more money. And it might even have a ripple effect on another part of your property. Can I bring in at this point the reasons why a landlord should actively look at maintenance? I know we slightly... Yes, let's actually explore that. Because I think so many landlords probably don't prioritize maintenance. I think some, especially when you're starting off, you know, we're saying off that so many landlords or so many of us when you start off, you don't even look... You don't even think, okay, I'm going to be, you know, a landlord with many, many properties. Perhaps you've just, you know, qualified for the second bond or anything. I'll just make that the rental apartment. But there are so many things you simply don't know. Things like even budgeting for maintenance and the importance of actually doing that maintenance and the upkeep of your property. So let's look at why it's actually important as landlords for us to do maintenance of our properties. So these reasons I've come up with after managing thousands of properties on the first 18 years. So if we look at a portfolio, so we're looking at a generalization, a look at a portfolio of 10 units, for example, a well-maintained property on average will attract a better tenant than a badly maintained property. Because a professional tenant, the kind of tenant that we want to attract is going to be attracted to a good property. Second of all, another reason is that a well-maintained property is going to be more attractive and more in the marketplace. Because there's always competition in the marketplace. We're competing against units down the road. And if we're going to clean a well-maintained property, we're going to let that unit sooner. Another reason is that one of the reasons, one of the ways we get to return on investment in our property is the capital growth. And any property has wear and tear over time when we're going to wear and tear later. But any property just by looking at it will over time deteriorate. And if we're not proactively looking after our property, our property won't rise in value at the same speed of what the inflation is. So let's look at a well-maintained property and it's going at a 5% per annum appreciation. So that's $50,000 appreciation of extra value getting on your investment. Let's say you don't maintain your property and that only goes up 2%. The cost of that $1,000 in non-standing is actually costing you $30,000 in loss of value. So if you think of it from that perspective, it helps me, you know, and every landlord has cash flow challenges. So I just want to be empathetic to that. It is tough out there, but do whatever you can to bullet through your property from a maintenance perspective and do look after your property. It also, a well-maintained property will keep your tenant happier and means that you're going to have a better tendency and a better experience on your investment. So, you know, David, we've been saying that we're going to talk about wear and tear and I think this is one of those issues that sometimes is contentious because, you know, some landlords don't want to concede that, look, there's general wear and tear of the property and as we've just highlighted, the importance of, you know, maintenance and sometimes even when you do maintenance, wear and tear essentially does happen. And if you look at even your own property, let's say the woodrobes, the built-in woodrobes in your bedroom, you know, after a couple of years, whether hinges start getting loose or some of the shells start being loose, that's going to break and will need you to perhaps bring in a handyman to make sure that, you know, it's fixed sufficiently. So we see it even in our own homes, but sometimes with our rental properties, we almost want to turn a blind eye and pretend that should anything, you know, go out of place that it's our tenant when in effect it's probably, you know, wear and tear. Let's perhaps look at how you define in your book, the expert landlord, you know, wear and tear because I think more, before you even look at the difference between, you know, wear and tear and if something has been damaged by your tenant, let's unpack wear and tear and how we understand wear and tear because I think that's one of the things that both parties sometimes might not agree on when I think there's, it's relatively clear what wear and tear essentially entails. Okay, so let's look at the, I'm going to show you, I'm going to tell you what wear and tear is and then we're going to go through what the landlord and tenant responsibilities are around wear and tear and if we understand these principles then it's actually all very simple. So a wear and tear, in my book I've got a great definition called wear and tear is a deterioration that results from the intended use of a dwelling, but does not include a deterioration of results from alleged lands, carelessness, accident or abuse of the premises by the tenant, by a member of the tenant's household or by a guest of the tenant. In other words, wear and tear is damaged that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal use for aging and anything over and above that is not wear and tear. So this is a real role in responsibilities. A landlord is responsible for maintaining or wear and tear and a tenant is responsible for any damages which is over and above wear and tear. So, if I'm walking across a carpet in my bedroom for five years there's going to be a bit of wear on it. That's a landlord's responsibility to replace the carpet. If I spill red wine on the carpet that's me as a tenant's responsibility to say you see the difference is if there's a little bit of marks on the wall because I've got two kids in the household and there's a three bed from home and there's a few marks on the wall that typically would be wear and tear. But if the tenant's been staying there for two years if there's some coques on the wall which my kids put on that would then be the tenant's responsibility to repair. If I bang a hole if I bang some nails into the wall and wear and tear that's damages which I'm prepared on the results. And I think you know so many tenants don't sometimes realise that things like that do constitute whether it's damage or negligence and even being mindful when you have guests over that you're still taking care of the property in the event where they damage something then you're going to be liable to essentially fix it. Devon we're going to go for a quick break into our viewers at home when we come back and we'll be taking your questions and comments on this one so do send them to perhaps your landlord or even a tenant and you still have a bit of questions around who is responsible for what in the household. Perhaps you've struggled to come to the middle ground with your tenant. Maybe you didn't sign that inspection that Devon and I spoke about earlier this evening now more than ever you know what to do for the next property in the apartment. They are already staying there. Perhaps you don't know how to best manage that one. We'll be taking your questions when we come back. Remember you want to participate in that competition that we are running. The winner is going to be announced on Friday where they stand a chance of winning that 1000 grand prize where we're going to be giving it away and all you need to do is essentially tell us what your property dreams and ambitions are whether it's moving out of home and renting your first property and you want to go from renting and being an owner. Do share those with us right here below and the winner of course is going to stand a chance of winning that one or rather if you participate you stand a chance of winning that 1000 grand prize. When we come back we'll be looking more at some of the responsibilities of both the tenant and the landlord as well as taking some of your questions and comments. We'll be back just after this. For Property Podcast I'm your host Uzaman Tomah Kamala. This evening I'm joined by David Beatty who is the author of the book The Expert Landlord and we're looking at who's responsible for what when it comes to maintaining a rental property and before the break David was taking us through firstly before we even look at who's responsible for what is important when you're building a foundation with your tenant as a landlord and some of the things that he highlighted is having a proper lease agreement in place. Some people take this for granted and you think you found somebody they're working and you guesstimate that they'll be able to afford your rental but you don't put in a rental agreement in place. You simply do not want to do that so make sure you have that lease agreement signed and then of course the second thing that you want to do before a tenant moves in is to do a joint entry inspection. This is going to highlight some of the things that are working or not working in the property and if you're a landlord you're then able to address some of the things that both you and your tenant have found and you'll be able to address them and should there be any issues down the line then you're able to go back to that snap and say well this wasn't on the list and so chances are it probably broke while you were in the apartment so that's a good foundation that you essentially want to start off on that rental tenant or rather landlord and tenant relationship when you're a landlord you're a tenant and perhaps your landlord doesn't want to or doesn't know of you know that inspection make sure that you say let's do a joint inspection this is what a joint inspection essentially is because here you are you're watching the private property podcast and you're learning more about this the next time you go and find that rental property you want to make sure that you're also you know safe and you don't have a landlord saying you've broken something in their property when in effect you either ate didn't break it and there wasn't any inspection done at the beginning now David you know before the break we're looking at some of the responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord and you're essentially just highlighting and even giving us a few examples of what the wear and tear is and how the essentially the difference between wear and tear and if your you know tenant essentially damages your property we've already got some questions and comments from viewers at home we actually want to get a sense of what they're going through is wear and tear or who's responsible for you know covering that particular cost this one comes in from who says who's responsible if a toilet handle breaks or a tap leaks or the water or the tap leaks and there's water in the sink so the tap for the water in the sink that's the first answer to that would be looking at the lease agreements some of the smaller items inside for property often the tenant's responsibility for example the tap washes that's a tenant's responsibility to replace if the and the toilet handle one is a really good example because is it wear and tear or is it because the tenant was pushing that was flashing it too hard and the way we as agents typically in our landlords typically differentiate that the contractor that's repairing that would then give a report to say this toilet handle clearly is about 10 years old it needed to be replaced at some stage or if the landlord maybe got a record that six months ago he replaced that very fitting and he can improve to the tenant that in fact it was definitely because of excessive excessive handling so those are the areas where I propose that the tenant are reasonable with one another but then also first look at the lease agreement on things like broken like like bulbs for example and missing about to ask you that one is such a pretentious one I've seen in a number of different groups you know as landlords that I'm in with some of them complaining that the cost of light bulbs is so high when you try to buy these eco-friendly ones that can stay on for many many years but the cost of that one one bulb is like nearly a hundred grand and they're asking who's responsible for paying for it if the light bulbs and this is why when I did inspections I literally know it's every light bulb that's not working and if there's more light bulbs that aren't working on the move on inspection then the tenant will be charged for the replacement of those light bulbs so I think that but if we're living in a home whether it's our own home or not there is a little bit of cost to living in that property and there are a lot of odds and ends like light bulbs or normal cost to living so essentially if the light bulb go out when a tenant is still in place it would be their responsibility to go buy that light bulb because it's the normal sort of living experience in that case if of course I would suggest that tenants mark where there are light bulbs that are not working when they move in they must record that because so they then are not responsible because sometimes the cost of the light bulb is more the cost is more about the maintenance man coming out and doing the light bulb than actually the light bulb itself a part of me wants to cite I people who bring a maintenance person to change a light bulb David there are many things maintenance people can help us within our rental properties changing a light bulb simply is not one of those things why is somebody driving to your house to change a light bulb there should be no reason why that is happening that's what we can there are some things because my tenant is moving out and it's moved out it's moving city right and there's a lot of that's not broken the tenant is left it's gone now what's going to happen so this is why I know it seems unreasonable but this is why one's got to be so specific on the moving inspection and the moving out inspection because it's fine after one year there's one light bulb in my thing that's fine but speaking from a landlord's perspective two three years time one thing here starts adding up and now your property is not maintained and along the way you're now losing money because you should have charged a tenant for those damages and not the landlord having covering those costs and another comment rather this time around coming in from Howard Mugat-Adner who says he's been fixated with those topics and he says I'm even making a list of the things I need to fix before the next rainy day so I maintain happy tenant relationship and he says good evening to the private property crew thank you very much there Howard and I think that's one of the things that we certainly want to do with this show is to help tenants and landlords to better understand how to manage our properties whether we're living in them or renting them out and where we can already make sure that we either building up those reserves for our emergency funds or even perhaps buying some of these stuff in bulk for a store room you're able to put them there especially when you're starting off I have a joke that I don't know why a landlord you know maintenance person for one property because oftentimes when you're still a micro landlord you're probably doing a lot of this stuff yourself but certainly as you start scaling your property as David is saying I mean scaling your portfolio you're simply not going to have time so you also then want to put in systems in place that are going to simplify the process of your tenants moving in and out and you maintaining your properties so a show like this certainly does help you in thinking some of the systems you should be putting in place as a landlord and even the book that David has written the expert landlord is one of those tools that as a landlord you can use in better optimizing the systems that you have in place now David before we even begin to wrap up I think what are some of the things that our views should be mindful of when it comes to the maintenance of their rental property with particular reference to who's responsible for what to say as a landlord yes as a landlord look I would make sure that crossing my tears and dotting my eyes on setting it up correctly so making sure as you said that the inspection form is up to date and then being very active to tenants so a good midterm inspection would work so every six months you're going around to the property and you're noting anything you may not want to repair all the snags at once but at least we're aware of what's breaking if you're building a portfolio of properties I would suggest like keeping a single color paint when you're reading a kitchen putting granite tops so that there's less wear and tear because there's plenty of wooden tops which I've seen damaged so over time with experience you get to know what is bulletproof and what is not and you're building some kind of consistency you're not buying some fancy tile which the tile shop only has 106 years you're buying a tile which is as common as possible which looks very nice and you know it's hard enough and trust competitively enough that you can you know you can replace that tile in the future so those are the kind of things that I would highly recommend the landlord doing and lastly I would highly recommend that I know it's really difficult in these days is to try and put some on your side for the rainy day fund because every say 5 or 10 years or let's put it longer period every 10 or 15 years your flat is going to get out of date it's going to be really and your competitiveness in the market place is going to be very poor so you want to do a bit of an overall say every 10 years or so and the people to afford that if you haven't put away a rainy day fund a rainy day fund I'm actually so glad that you mentioned I mean some of these tips even I'm going to use them and I'm going to you know confess when you mention you want to use a single color for example for your properties are very common color I made the mistake of after shortly buying you know some of the properties they did need a new paint I painted them and the color that I painted I actually had to mix the colors so also realizing that the moment you mix colors and you want like let's say a special type of gray or a special type of beige so it's actually more expensive than buying just a standard 20 liter bucket of paint had that mix and I think two years later I was painting again because the previous tenants had pretty much the wall was just not in the right space for a new tenant and I realized I can't use that color anymore because I can't find it and then I made the decision actually you're not going to do that choose a standard color and I the mistake I made previously was I painted the wall matte instead of glass where you can just like wipe it and now I learned don't do that because matte it just becomes dirty so quickly somebody just touches it you can't even wipe it the moment you try to wipe it it leaves this at least stain on there so even something is as little as that that super important a good quality paint is worth every cent and then it makes a mistake only once yeah no after that I think when you realize the cost of a 20 liter bucket of paint you don't make that mistake the second time around you don't buy a matte paint for rental property because it does get dirty quite quickly and you can't get rid of that stain you almost need to paint over it again and even that granite top I think I was debating whether to get a granite top or not and you think I think in the short term you think it's so expensive you know I'll save maybe an extra 500 or 600 if I just get a wooden one or a glass one but actually if you get tenants who are going to maybe ruin it or the way is faster on the other kind of you know kitchen counters relative to a granite top so when you take a long term view on it then you realize that in the long term you certainly do say substantially more than if you just took a two year or three year view on that particular you know fixture so I certainly am as a landlord myself going to use you know those tips as I grow and expand my own portfolio David before I let you go any tips that you want to give our peers at home especially whether they're the tenant or the landlord in this particular situation when it comes to maintaining their property I think for landlords be professional and be nice in equal measures and tenants be professional and be respectful of the property that you're looking at that you're living in and know your rights that's actually an important one David one last question and you mentioned the importance of maybe it's going to be two last questions actually one of them you were mentioning the importance of having that rainy day fund what kind of figures are we looking at and let's assume you've got maybe two rental properties that you currently have you've got a view of expanding your portfolio as you grow and learn and get better as you get into a better financial position what is the amount that we should be striving for when we think about that rainy day fund we have 5 or 8% of your income every month depending on where I think that to present if you've got a three bedroom house on its own earth to put aside that if you've got a sexual title apartment because sexual title apartment the body corporate is paying for the external maintenance and that's covered part your levy covers part of that so I would look at an overall figure of around 5 or 8% if possible we've got a few questions from our viewers at home Rene Shada says how much does it cost to have a rental agent so what kind of percentages of that rental amount I know there are different figures that typically tend to go to to place a tenant around about 7 or 8% or like the first month's income and if you want it managed often agents are charging about a 6 or 8% per month after that if you if you want agencies you do a full service for you at about 10% per month with no with no upfront fee and I think one of the topics that we're certainly going to explore is that the importance of having a rental agent or some of the ways you can take advantage of working with rental agencies because I think a lot of landlords sometimes don't know how to best optimize that relationship or what the other parties meant to do I mean I accidentally heard landlords complaining that every month they'll get the statement and the agent will always get their money but they're not necessarily you know value for money in terms of the service that they think that they're receiving so we certainly will cover that as a topic in terms of what you even should be looking out for when you get that rental agent, how that relationship is supposed to be working I promise David this is the last one it's clearly a sign that we need to have you back on to how far landlords better maximize their rental properties again this is another one from Linda Daltson who says when taking down mirrors and pictures of the wall the halls must be filled out but if it's an old house and you're unsure of the current paint color are we expected to paint the whole lounge with a new color? The short term is yes I mean ideally just that wall if it's matched as closely as possible but if necessary it might be a situation you might have to paint the entire room but you know I would suggest that the expectation would be just to paint that wall and matching the other walls as close as possible David thank you so much we're going to leave it there this evening thank you so much for joining us this evening thank you it's a great pleasure all the best thank you and that was David Beatty who is the author of the expert landlord manage your residential property like a pro you can of course get his book from all the major retailers it really does have built tools and tips on how to better manage your rental property and as a landlord it's certainly an asset that you want to have and of course for more tips and advice when it comes to managing your rental property you can also go to www.privateproperty.co.zn go under our advice section and really look at some of the advice that we have for landlords some of the things that you should be looking at when you are sourcing your tenants and how to better manage that relationship with your tenant and we've also got advice for tenants so if you're a tenant and you want to better manage whether it's securing the right apartment, negotiating for certain things with your landlords then you also want to also go to our advice center and look at some advice that we've got right there for you we're going to leave it there for this evening remember to enter the competition that we're running we want to hear all about your property goals and dreams and ambitions share them with us and you stand a chance of walking away with those two one thousand rent prizes we'll of course be announcing that we're on our show on Friday and we do not want to miss that one we're going to be back again tomorrow with episode 42 until then stay home and stay safe I'm Brandon Rubin, I'm an entrepreneur from Durban the suburbs of Bria and Morningside are built on a natural ridge that overlooks the home of the sharks, the Mozambique stadium Durban Country Club it's just got an incredible outlook elevated over the city living in Morningside makes so much sense to us because everything is so central anything that we choose to do is a couple of kilometers away restaurants, coffee shops it's all here on our doorstep you know we've got great schools here, the girls schools just close by our Maristella and German Girls College and then fantastic boys schools Durban Preparatory, Haas School, DPHS one of the top primary schools in the country and then Clifton which now goes all the way to Haas School it's so convenient to be in this area where everything is close by some of our closest friends stay just across the Amgeni River in Durban North Durban North is very family orientated with some great schools some excellent restaurants and some small commercial centres the promenade along Durban's beachfront also known as the Golden Mile got an incredible facelift for the 2010 World Cup and today is used by all of Durban's population we as a family love the Durban Beachfront if we note on the water you'll find us on our bicycles along the promenade being a world paddleboard champion I've travelled to some of the most amazing beaches around the world but nothing comes close to what we have here in Durban Durban has great weather and great conditions all year round for surfing and for training and just being in the ocean and that's why it's known as the warmest place to be we've lived here our whole lives and there's no place we'd rather be and this is our neighbourhood our partners in our run a business called Union 3 as a family we chose to move here about 6 years ago what attracted us to the area was the safe and relaxed lifestyle of the north coast we're surrounded by so much natural beauty and we love that it's so casual it's just not as intense as a busy city in fact that's one of the main reasons there's so many people moving into the area there's some amazing lifestyle estate centre we've got some Bali Brettonwood Estate and some beauty to name a few the Belito lifestyle centre caters to everyone's needs there's also some smaller commercial centres like Tiffany's and Salt Rock there's some excellent restaurants to choose from and there's a really wide variety of activities on offer from mountain biking out on the trails to surfing at any one of the beaches there really is something for everyone this quiet little town really comes alive over the weekend the live concerts in the farmer's market at the Nici Ultra is very popular with the new international airport just 15 minutes down the road and the unmatched lifestyle that this place offers it's no wonder that the north coast is the fastest growing town in South Africa my family and I absolutely love it here and this is Unanimal