 We're talking neighborhoods this morning. Now Durban offers beautiful green environments, long stretching beaches with an amazing world-class surf and it brings the heat every single time. Today we're looking at another exciting neighborhood along with private property CEO Simon Bray and this time it's Shlonga. Ah, just gets me excited talking about Durban. I don't know if you know this but I'm a KZN girl. I didn't know that. Simon, it's so good to have you here. I know that you live in Durban. What makes this place such an amazing place to settle down and build a home? Oh, it's a beautiful part of the world. I mean our head offices are just on the ridge in Shlonga, so it's a neighborhood that's very near and dear to my heart. A beautiful place to live. The lifestyle opportunities are endless. Everyone thinks of the beach and I mean that the stereotype is 100% true. You get a nice surfing before work in the morning. You've got lovely long walks on the beach in the afternoon, so it's a great place from that perspective. But I think what's really interesting and what I love about this neighborhood's project that we've been doing around the country is showing people another side of the property market. So Shlonga for years has been this stereotypical holiday town but it's so much more than hotels and two weeks away at the beach in a year. It's actually the third biggest property market in South Africa after only Santon and Atlantic Seaboard. So we have huge amount of property value on the market in Shlonga, which is quite exciting. Well I certainly love it. Now when we talk about Shlonga, which areas does it include? Look it's not just Shlonga rocks down on the village there. We've got the cafes and a couple of hotels, but it extends up to Gateway, big regional mall at the top of the hill. And what's really exciting is the growth in the commercial sector that's happened over the last 10 years. So you've got La Lucia Ridge, the office parks both on Ridge side and La Lucia. And that's where all the blue chip corporates are placing offices. A lot of offices that may have been in Durban CBD up until now are all moving out there. So there's this great new CBD that started in Shlonga. Now who will we find living there? What kind of person would fit into Shlonga? It's very much driven by the corporate offices that are around town. So you've got a lot of executives, you've got a lot of attorneys, you've got a lot of people that want to live close to their work. Durban people don't like to drive more than 10, 15 minutes anyway. So the closer you can live the better. And it is quite an affluent area. You know the average house price in Shlonga now is 6.5 million, which I think would surprise a lot of people in terms of how expensive homes are in the area. But that just talks to how close and convenient everything is. And you really do want to live on the doorstep of your work. Do you live in Shlonga? I actually live in the next town over, which is in Shloti. Okay. Which is the new Shlonga. Okay, cool. But don't give us your address or anything, I was just asking. Okay, I know we talk about this every week. Let's talk about the property market. What's the difference between, is it better rather, to be buying or renting? Yeah, it's an interesting market. You know, there are a lot of apartments, a lot of flats. They're all relatively good value. So two bedroom flat is going to cost about 3 million rand. Worth getting into the market because it's an exclusive neighborhood. It's only going to go north in terms of value. But in terms of renting, still fairly affordable, 15 to 18,000 rand is going to get you a lovely apartment in Shlonga Rocks. And then you're going to have access to all of the lifestyle and all of the convenience that Shlonga offers. So a great option if you are looking to rent. Wonderful. Now what is the Simon Bray tip of the day? Shlonga is a great example of how you can have a stereotype about a suburb or an area, and it might not be the right stereotype. So investigate your local property markets and make sure you know exactly what that market has to offer. Wow. Simon, thank you so much for being here with us. It just goes to show that in Shlonga is just yet another gorgeous place that we have in our beautiful country. Well, why don't you go and log on to www.privateproperty.co.ca and let them guide you through the right neighborhood just for you.