GREEN HOME CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING THROUGH THICK AND FAST AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO STAY ABREAST OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS BY CONSTANTLY REVIEWING OUR PRODUCT OFFERING Anyway, the launch was a great success and over 70% of the 52 owners in that development chose our housing system even though the price was higher and 20% of those owners going to the final phase of our product which included the off grid solar, gas solution which means owners need not even connect to the power grid in order to live in our insulated and self-powered housing system. Our next project in Waterkloof Pretoria come to the market on one of the most beautiful sites the city has to offer where we have focussed on a secure village where the development is walled and secured by way an access controlled entry system with all communal security and lighting systems being solar powered with battery back up to ensure that the complex functions both inexpensively and during power outages. The architectural design is a combination of features collected over the 23 years we have been in the development industry and is ideally suited to our lifestyles, weather patterns and of course the solar equipment needed not only to continue with our brand of housing but in many ways to improve on our original design. Being part of one of the most exciting industries in the world right now means that change in technologies and improvements are coming through thick and fast and we have committed to stay abreast of these improvements by constantly reviewing our product offering to be the best that it can be in order to offer owners the best product available at that time. “Greenhill in Waterkloof“ will allow 39 owners the opportunity to self-design their homes from around 240 Sqm in size upwards with a price range of between R3 and R6 mill dependant of the eventual land and building
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size combined in either our “ Green Housing “ system or traditional brick and mortar housing as has we have been accustomed to in South Africa. The product was introduced to the market late 2015 and sales have been steady and solid with almost a third of the stands spoken for. An addition to our product offering is an optional water processing plant where all the water consumed in the home is recycled, fed back into the home indefinitely with a 30 000L of water in the system at any one time, just in case water supply is the next challenge that home owners will face in the future.
In conclusion
resource management we face in this country that change might be the only way of survival. In the set up of our housing system we focus on local technology as far as possible so not to be currency fluctuation dependant the technology we have adopted has a minimum of 10 year track record in the market and must be easily and affectively introduced into our lives without affecting our lifestyles except for keeping our hard earned rands in our pockets and our security intact. The “ Green Housing “ system can now be utilised in the entire range of housing requirements including multi-level dwellings and there is no time like the present to introduce grid independent living into the South African market place.
People do not adapt easily to change but in the current situation presented to home owners by way of the lack of planning and
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