Estate Living

If you are looking for a platform, which provides a gateway into the estates and gated communities in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands – then Estate Living offers the perfect ‘shop window’. Estate Living Magazine is distributed in print to 235 lifestyle estates across South Africa, and in combination with its digital activities, offers exclusive content, estate news, investment insights, and lifestyle features directly to readers across the country, providing extensive reach within South Africa’s estate living community.

On the Estate Living platform, there are regular references about, and excellent articles on, retirement living.

Sun, sea, golf and a secure work-from-home investment.

These are some of the quite compelling lifestyle reasons, behind why Mauritius continues to attract significant numbers of South Africans, to take the plunge, and opt for permanent residence on its palm fringed shores.

Golfers should remember that you do not have to live on a golf estate – many
golfers are members of estate courses, but then live ‘off site’ – to keep playing your favourite game,
and enjoy the benefits of community living.

The property sector on the coast north of Durban continues to burgeon, and in this
process the ‘new’, in what seems just a blink of eye ago, is now established and on the top of its game.

This feature looks at Zimbali Estate, which combines the best in residential golf living.

Retirement – an almost inevitable consequence of being human and alive!

If you have got to the stage where you are planning to retire, or you are making the transition and contemplating a retirement spot, whether it is on a golf estate or within some other type of community – then this will be a must read.

on page 5 of this issue of Estate Living Magazine, Zimbali Coastal Estate (KwaZulu-Natal on the North Coast) features as an example of a property investment, which can create generational wealth.

Hard hats, tool belts, building sites, and development plans have traditionally been the preserve of the male of the human species.

However, as with many areas of human endeavour, women have been making waves in this sector for some time, as this article explores.

In what is an eclectic read, EL discusses the 2024 – 2025 John Collier Survey with the survey’s founder – Alistair Collier.

The issue also covers a particular favourite subject of mine, which is how suitable the game of golf is for women. This article is within the broader context of the magazine’s founder – Lousie Martin – to encourage more women to take up golf.

Estate Living: For those of you looking for a lifestyle environment, which encompasses the best of estate living, with or without a golf course, but who are balking at the general price levels, EL offers a view into some more affordable alternatives.