Neighbourhood 19 MAY 2019
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Trendy hotel living Owning an apartment in a hotel, utilising all the comforts these establishments have to offer, is the new trend many invest in, page 2
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growing global trend has started blurring the boundaries between hotels and residential apartments and the phenomenon of hotel residences has caught on in South Africa. There are traditional hotels with a select number of private penthouses and apartments within them – such as the Taj in Cape Town and Da Vinci in Sandton – and a new breed of apartment hotels, where all the accommodation is in the form of independent apartments – you can stay a night or six months on a hotel basis, or invest in your own apartment and enjoy a “concierge lifestyle” with all the services of a hotel on tap.
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and flexibility than a traditional hotel room – a home from home. “Apartment hotels are particularly popular among travellers who are away from home for business travel or project work,” says Marc Wachsberger, MD, The Capital Hotels and Apartments. “The apartments offer more space than a regular hotel, and include home comforts like a fully equipped kitchen to cook healthy meals, the convenience of a washing machine, and enough space to be comfortable and not confined to one room.” The Crystal Towers Residences in Cape Town’s Century City – under separate management to the hotel that shares the same building – sees an equal demand from leisure travellers for this luxury, self-catering with hotel services offering, especially at weekends and in the holiday season.
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Today’s frequent traveller is fuelling the rise of the apartment hotel residence, wanting more independence
In the Cape Town CBD, developments such as The Onyx and Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence have taken
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the trend to a new level, creating model new hybrids of apartment hotel and private residence. “The major driver behind this trend is the amalgamation of a number of uses in a single project which gives the ultimate flexibility to residents,” says David Cohen, managing director, Signatura, the developers behind The Onyx and Radisson Blu. “Having a hotel ensures that an array of amenities – not just a gym and a pool – are included in the services offered to residents. There are more staff than a standalone luxury development, usually there are restaurants, hotel guests coming in and out – all of which creates a great vibe.”
Investing in a hotel residence Buying an apartment in a hotel residence on a sectional title basis has a number of advantages. Besides the obvious factors of companies buying for their executives to use for business travel, and private individuals for a second home or an investment, both appreciating the convenience of a turn-key solution, elevated levels of service and plentiful on-site amenities, many hotel residences offer a rental management service.
hotel stock, and in return benefit from a guaranteed monthly rental, as the group carries the risk of securing clients. Approximately 30% of investors live in the hotel apartments that they buy, relishing the convenience of a fully serviced hotel environment, without being responsible for all the minutiae that goes into running a property.”
The hotel residence falls in step with the growing trend of urbanisation; residents willing to live in smaller, more manageable apartments, with a number of shared spaces where they can interact with long-term and short-term residents DAVID COHEN, SIGNATURA
Demand for this luxury lifestyle remains high, as the new serviced apartments being developed at The Houghton attest, being 95% sold out even before the accompanying hotel has been completed. On the appeal of the hotel residence, Cohen concludes, “I think the theme song from Cheers sums it up very nicely, ‘You want to go where everybody knows your name’. Walking into a hotel lobby, having a chat to one of the valets, getting a cup of coffee from the restaurant, everyone greets you and you feel like you are part of a larger community within the building – that’s the difference between a hotel residence and just another nice place to live.”
Wachsberger says of The Capital Hotels and Apartments properties in Joburg and Cape Town, “Roughly 60% of investors lease the apartment back to the group to be included in
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HOTEL RESIDENCES • Michelangelo Towers: Joburg • DaVinci Hotel and Suites: Joburg • The Capital Hotels and Apartments: Joburg, Pretoria & Cape Town • The Onyx: Cape Town • Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence: Cape Town • Crystal Towers Residences: Cape Town • The Houghton, Joburg • The Cape Royale: Cape Town • Taj Residences: Cape Town THE HOUGHTON, JOBURG
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Edible gardens Whether it’s your apartment block, townhouse, or a spacious garden, you can grow herbs, vegetables, plant fruit trees and so much more WORDS: ANNE SCHAUFFER
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en Getz, MD, Urban Harvest, has designed, installed and managed over 350 successful edible gardens. His first piece of advice? “If your edible garden is out of sight, it’s out of mind and probably neglected – you’ll be growing veggies for insects and wasting your time. It should be front and centre – a beautiful feature for your home or office and should attract regular, positive attention. Whether you DIY or call in professionals, having your garden visible will encourage you to invest in its aesthetics and maintenance, and result in a fully rewarding and sustainable garden.”
Starting out
Choosing a good position is fundamentally important – ideally one easily accessible with plenty of sunlight and, where possible, wind sheltered. Getz believes raised beds are essential, especially for a small garden. “Aside from aesthetics, these allow for depth of quality soils, abundant growth and ease of maintenance. The basic design elements are beds of (max) 1,2m wide, pathways of (min) 0,5m wide and a layout allowing easy flow throughout the garden. Fill beds
with lots of compost, potting soil and soil conditioners like bone meal, and pelletised organic chicken manure.
entertained in the meantime!). The best starters are salads, chives, spring onion, coriander and parsley (most herbs).”
“When planting, employ seasonal and companion planting guides – have fun planning your layout. For smaller spaces, start out with easy, highly productive crops like soft leafy greens (lettuces, spinach) and perennial herbs (thyme, marjoram). If you have space, experiment with seasonally appropriate edibles.” Getz’s favourite easy-to-grow winter crops are broccoli, leeks, spring onions, Swiss chard, lettuces, parsley and radishes.
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Tracy Cole of Village Gardens suggests starting small (one square metre). “Begin with easy, fast-growing, seasonal, and low-maintenance crops such as spinach, lettuce and wild rocket. If you have space, plant in the ground, in an area with morning sun. Once you’ve mastered salads, then grow companion edibles like herbs – they detract insects. In between those, grow root edibles like turnips and parsnips, but bear in mind, these take longer to grow (those quick and easy crops keep you
Says Getz, “A short daily stint of maintenance is ideal for success. If not daily, then at least a check-in three times a week. Prioritise weeding and feeding. There are a number of organic fertilisers available, or make your own. Ensuring your plants are well fed and loved will minimise pests, but if you do have a lot (a few are natural and fine), manually remove some (like snails and larger caterpillars). Spray Pyrol or home-made remedies when necessary – when it comes to pests, ‘a stitch in time saves nine’.” Cole says edibles need more care and attention because they’re prone to more damaging insects. “That’s why so many people give up quickly. Invest time. Once your edible garden becomes stronger and healthier with more companion planting, it will help itself combat bugs.”
Pretty and practical?
“so creating a good-looking edible garden in the ground is a challenge. But you can plant in patterns like circles, or install a wall trellis for peas or cucumbers. Even add pavers in between as stepping stones.”
or at a stretch, culinary herbs like thyme, oregano, parsley and so on. If you’re feeling brave, mix it up and plant salad crops and annual herbs like coriander and rocket. If they’re well-installed and maintained, a vertical garden can be very productive, but is definitely more expensive to set up per square metre initially.”
Raised wooden planters, wall pots or large planters – if arranged and positioned well – can look superb anywhere from your kitchen patio to your front door.
Hanging gardens or green walls?
“Edibles don’t grow to form,” says Cole,
“Vertical gardens are a great aesthetic and space-saving feature,” says Gertz. They can be used for edibles, but need regular watering and feeding. “It’s time-consuming. I would initially stick to hardy indigenous plants,
Cole suggests hanging baskets for certain edibles like mixed herbs. “Not so much for salads as once you’ve picked them, they’re over. Trailing moneymaker tomatoes work well in hanging baskets. Vertical gardens are great, but the space is constricting for edibles. They also need good soil and nutrition because green walls and hanging baskets – much like small planters – leak nutrients when they’re watered.”
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