Estate Living Magazine Smart Moves - Issue 38 February 2019 | Page 4

FROM THE ESTATE LIVING Founder/CEO TEAM With the focus of our February campaigns, both within these pages and online across our digital channels, being Smart Moves, we take a look at some great options for making smart moves – be it moving home, making investments, or just making day-to-day living a little ‘smarter’. Jaimé-Lee Gardner COO/Publisher Louise Martin Opting to live out of the city is a smart move, and also a smart strategy for dealing with the stresses of urban life. So we’ve had a look at some great spots on the outskirts of the major urban centres – Somerset Lakes in the Winelands outside Cape Town, Serengeti in Gauteng, and Zimbali Lakes on the KZN North Coast. Editor Jennifer Stern Senior subeditor Thea Grobbelaar Creative Peter Batistich But making smart moves is not just about where you live – it’s also about how you live – so we’ve explored some clever life hacks for dealing with a slew of everyday issues, like how to creatively deal with the empty-nest syndrome, or the ever-increasing hotel bills associated with business travel. The latter is actually a great investment opportunity, as we discuss in our aerotropolis story. And, speaking of investments, we explore an unusual agricultural investment option – cows. Not that cows are unusual per se, and they have a long history of being a measure of wealth, but actually buying shares in either real or virtual cows is something new. Contributors Helen Grange Tessa Buhrmann Martin Hatchuel And being smart is really all about planning ahead, so we’ve outlined a few options for taking that Easter break. If you don’t start planning it now, you may end up just heading for the coast at the last minute, and getting snarled up in horrendous traffic – and that’s not smart. Mark van Dijk Natalia Rosa Brendan Dale Ambassadors Jenelle Oosthuizen On the home decor front, we look at the smart option of using bamboo instead of wood and/ or granite for cupboards, flooring and countertops. It’s not only gorgeous, strong and light, it’s also the environmentally smart thing to do. And, of course, the smartest of smart moves is ensuring that you move into an estate with super-fast fibre, so we’ve demystified the nuts and bolts of how fibre gets from A to ‘me’. Shamiela Roubain Susan Erwee Michele Jones estate-living.co.za And the smartest move of all – your actually reading this mag. Estate Living is still, and is becoming increasingly so, your go-to resource for all thing estate-related. So, get a cup of tea or a glass of wine, turn over the page, or go to estate-living.co.za, and explore some options for your next smart move. Danielle Biggar Enquiries [email protected] [email protected] Front cover Serengeti Estates COPYRIGHT 2019: Golden Acer (Pty) Ltd t/a Estate Living. The opinions and views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of Golden Acer (Pty) Ltd t/a Estate Living. The publisher and editor can regretfully not accept any liability for omissions or errors contained in this publication. The owner- ship of registered trademarks is duly acknowledged. No part of this publication or any of its content may be reproduced, digitally stored or transmitted in any format without the express permission of the publisher. Estate Living is a registered trademark of Kapital Investment (Pty) Ltd.