The street matters more than the m².

We sell houses in Soweto and only in Soweto. Every listing carries the thing that's wrong with it, in writing, next to the thing that's right. Same font. Same size.

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Exclusive Mandate

Sought-after Orlando East

Offers from R699 000

A charming, deceptively spacious starter home nestled in a vibrant and much-loved pocket of Soweto. Bursting with potential and priced to move — a rare opportunity that simply will not last!

3bed
1bath
450 m²stand
Bara 9 minby car

The catch

Roof sheets are rusted along the north side. Our quote came back at R38 000. It's already off the asking price — this isn't a bargaining chip, it's a job you'll be doing in year one.

Same house, both times. One of these prices is what you'd actually pay. Flip the switch.

How we work

Three things we do that cost us money

Sandton agencies price Soweto like it's a suburb of Johannesburg. It isn't. It's a city of over a million people with its own market, its own title problems and its own maths. We only work here.

Before the mandate

We pull the deed first

A deeds office search costs us a hundred rand and two days. Plenty of Soweto homes have been handed down, sold at a kitchen table or left in a deceased estate and never transferred. If the name on the deed isn't the person signing, we say so and we don't take the listing.

On every board

One price, not a hook

No "offers from". No price that quietly climbs once you're attached. The number on the listing is the number the seller will sign at, and if they change their mind mid-deal we tell you the same day, in writing.

At the viewing

We show you the bad wall

Damp, cracks, an unapproved extension, a shared boundary nobody agreed to. We walk you to it. You'll find it in month three anyway — the only question is whether you paid for it first.

On the books

What's on right now

Eight houses. Every one has a catch printed on it in red. That's not modesty, it's the whole business model.

The map

Seven Sowetos

Twenty minutes apart and priced a million rand apart. Here's what each one actually costs you — including the part nobody advertises.

The maths

What it really costs a month

Repayment, transfer duty, attorneys, and what the bank will want to see on your payslip. Including the backrooms, if you're counting on them.

Figured at R1 400 a room and ten months' rent a year, not twelve. Somebody always leaves in December.

Set the rate to what your bank actually quoted you, not to prime. First-time buyers here are routinely offered prime plus one or two, and on a twenty-year bond that difference is worth more than anything you'll negotiate off the asking price.

R8 774

Bond repayment a month

Bond amountR850 000
Gross income the bank wantsR29 200
Transfer dutyR0
Transfer attorney (estimate)R25 150
Bond registration (estimate)R21 600
Cash you need on the dayR46 750
Interest over the full termR1 255 760

Estimates, not a quote. Attorney fees are the published guideline tariff and move with the deal. Transfer duty is free below R1 210 000 — that threshold shifts most Februaries, so check it against the current SARS table before you budget on it. The income figure assumes a bank wants your bond under 30% of gross pay; some go higher if you have no other debt, most don't.

Free advice, no mandate needed

Three things that kill a Soweto sale

In the order they usually bite. Read these before you pay anyone a deposit — including us.

Selling

We'd rather tell you it's worth less

An inflated valuation gets an agency a mandate and gets you four months of nobody viewing. We price it where it sells and we show you the three sales we used to get there.

Day 1–2
Deed check

We search the property before we quote you a price. If there's a subsidy restriction, an unresolved estate or a name that doesn't match, you'll know in forty-eight hours and it costs you nothing.

Week 1
Valuation with the comparables attached

Three recent sales in your zone, with dates and prices, and an honest list of what's dragging your number down. You keep the document whether you list with us or not.

Week 2–8
On the market, catch and all

Viewings by appointment, feedback from every single one within a day, and no ghosting when it goes quiet. Quiet weeks get a phone call explaining why.

Month 3–5
Transfer

Rates clearance, bond cancellation, conveyancer. Soweto transfers run long. We tell you three months minimum and we chase the attorney weekly so you don't have to.

Get it valued

No obligation, no mandate, and we'll say if we think you should wait a year.

We call within one working day. We don't sell your number and we don't put you on a mailing list.

Booked

We've got it. Someone will call you within one working day to set a time — usually a morning, because that's when the light shows the damp.

Changed your mind or got the number wrong? 011 000 0000.