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Fractional ownership

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Fractional ownership

Fractional ownership is used when more than one party would like to obtain an expensive object but cannot afford it. Fractional ownership is basically a share of an expensive asset. More than one person will together buy an expensive object by having fractional ownership.

The managing of fractional ownership is usually handled by a company on behalf of the share holders. Each of the share holders of the fractional ownership will be responsible for a part of the repairs and upkeep. Fractional ownership will let you enjoy privileges that you will not otherwise be able to afford.

Richard Santulli originally started fractional ownership by selling shares in jets. Having fractional ownership in a jet company enables a person to fly when he desires. People with bigger fractional ownership shares obviously have more access to the jets than a person with fewer shares.

Advantages of having fractional ownership in a jet company is that the managing company takes responsibility for airhostesses, maintenance etc. Fractional ownership enables you to have the privileges without the responsibilities. Fractional ownership can open up a whole new world for individuals.

In current tough times throughout the world, fractional ownership can be the answer to many individuals. Companies can also greatly benefit from fractional ownership as it can reduce cost. Fractional ownership can help anyone to make ends meet or have that little extra.

Fractional ownership can either be done where a property is divided into shares or stated as such on a title deed or fractional ownership can be done by creating a company with shares. Multiple investors, whether known to one another or not, can now have fractional ownership.

Shareholders with fractional ownership will entitle them with usage rights in the form of weeks or hours. Fractional ownership is not the same as timeshare. Fractional ownership has a fundamental difference in that the purchaser owns part of the title deed as opposed to time.

Individuals can have fractional ownership in high-end sports cars, yachts or Spanish villas. Fractional ownership opens doors for you to own luxury items without the cost.
Art and other investment articles can also be bought with fractional ownership, in this way the exuberating upkeep can be shared.

Thatch Roof construction

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Thatch roof construction

Thatching South Africa. For many years Thatch roof construction has been around and materials such as grass or reed (any natural material) can be used. Thatching is best done with stalk of about 3mm thick and is normally hollow. Roof thatching quality will depend on the quality of material that is being used.

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Thatching for Lodges, Lapa’s and Guesthouses

Thatch Material. Quality of material (whether hand cut or machine cut) with regards to the finished product seem to be different between thatch roof construction companies. Machine cut bundles can be produced at greater speed for thatching. New thatch and thatch over will therefore have a different time constraint.

Thatch over & Re Thatch. One should take note that renewal will have to be done every 5 years when an aesthetic ridge is added to roof thatching. When properly laid thatch roof construction normally will last about 25 – 30 years. One of the results of roof thatching is that dust and pieces of straw will be dislodged.

Thatchers. The first member of the thatch roof construction team will be the Thatcher on the ground, butting each bundle of grass on a butting board before passing it to the roof Thatcher who will lay them, butt ends to the bottom, while the third Thatcher will stitch the bundles in place and together.

Thatchers using a straight needle with sisal thatching twine can be used when thatch roof construction teams have enough Thatchers in order to have a Thatcher on top of the roof as well as a Thatcher at the bottom. A helpful tool can be the round thatching needle when only one Thatcher is available.

Thatchers comb the bundles, for a more even finish when thatching with a comb made of wire nails in a length of pole. Further required by Thatching teams are straight and curved needles that will be used by the Thatchers to secure bundles to the thatch roof construction.

One thing a thatch roof construction company doesn’t need is a lot of expensive tools. Cutting of the grass needed for Thatching can be done with a sickle, which can also be used to clean the bundles with. Straightening or butting of bundles, for roof thatching can be done by Thatchers on any flat boards

Climbing tools or hooks will be needed by every Thatcher doing thatching work for thatch roof construction companies. Climbing hooks will, while thatching gives Thatchers a foot rest. Your home or lapa can have and easily erected roof that will be secure as well as aesthetic.

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Security Risk Advisor

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Security Risk Advisor – Security Risk Assessment

With Alwinco – “Always in control!” you will find a security risk advisor to suit your needs. The Security risk advisor of Alwinco has seen 1000′s of crime scenes and has 25 years of experience. A Security risk advisor who knows that sound and lighting are important factors.

Many victims have been interviewed and perpetrators of many crime scenes have been interrogated by the security risk advisor of Alwinco. The fact that the victims had no knowledge of security became known to the security risk advisor. The security risk advisor also knows that the victims were not in control before the crime.

In South Africa the most dangerous place according to security risk assessment is right in front of your gate. In order to make the area in front of your gate a safe area, you will need security risk assessment. A reliable security risk assessment can be the difference between life and death.

Security risk assessment can help you to decrease the chances of your car being hi-jacked. Security risk assessment is aware of the dramatic increase of vehicle hijackings. Security risk assessment is constantly looking into current crime scenes in order to help you to avoid crime.

Choose the best immobilizer or anti theft system for your vehicle with the help of the security risk advisor. Your home and office can be secured with the help of a security risk advisor. Your security risk advisor will also be able to give you tips on general safety.

Security risk assessment has found that the increasing retrenchment and the high
unemployment figures are factors in increasing crime. Security risk assessment has also determined that crime is becoming an easy way to earn and therefore security risk assessment is becoming vital.

It is a known fact by security risk assessment that syndicates order specific vehicles with specific requirements. Security risk assessment has furthermore determined that these vehicles are stole on demand. According to security risk assessment predetermined buyers are in place before the crime.

One of the main functions of the security risk advisor is to know crime in South Africa. The security risk advisor will then use that information to advice you, as the possible victim how to protect yourself. The security risk advisor should be seen as your guardian Angel which you cannot go without.

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SELF STORAGE PRETORIA

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Self storage Units Montana Pretoria

U can use garage sized self storage units to store your goods in. Pest free and fireproof self storage units made with brick and tin roofs are available. You decide who you would like to trust with your valuables, for self storage units are safe and accessible by only you and who you trust.

Self storage Units Montana Pretoria

While working overseas you can store your household valuable in self storage units for as long as you wish. You will find your households valuable in the same condition on returning to your self storage units as self storage units are damp free and no mould will get to your valuables.

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Make use of self storage units so that your house is not crowded when you inherit a lot of furniture. Sorting through it all can be done at your leisure as you can access your self storage units any time. In the event you have to divide the furniture between more than one person you can obtain more self storage units.

Home operated businesses can benefit from using self storage units when they need to carry stock. Rather rent a self storage unit instead of moving to a bigger house. Get the advantage of self storage units without needing the extra space at home; you will be able to buy in bulk and save.

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When having large quantities of boxes, import and export businesses can make use of self storage units when they only need to dispatch them in a month or two. Products will be safe and damage free in self storage units. It is also a save way of storing when using self storage units.

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Boats, caravans and trailers can be stored at self storage units in their special facilities. These bulky items can be stored in self storage units especially when moving to a town house complex. Your assets will not only be safe in the self storage units but also damage free.

Trunks full of cash are some of the things not advisable to store at self storage units. Declare you income and using a local bank for your cash is the preferred method for self storage units. Drugs, narcotics and dagga filled trunks are also not allowed at self storage units.

The answer to all your needs seems to be self storage units. A long term or a short term option seems to be self storage units. No matter what the question, the answer seems to be self storage units. An uncluttered life is your way of life if you book your self storage units today.

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ZAMBEZI PROPERTY FOR SALE

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

ZAMBEZI PROPERTY FOR SALE

Near Kolonnade Shopping Centre

Ideal Property for Investors or Developers.

Property can be used for business, commercial or mixed uses.

Property can be subdivided for different business entities.

Existing buildings can be used or converted to offices.

Total area available: House & Outbuildings : ± 700m²

Environmental study application in process. (2007)

 

Buy direct from owner.

No agent’s commission applicable.

Size of Property: 17023m²

Price: R995/m² (negotiable)

 

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Eugene TerreBlanche – Malema – Kill the Boer

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

What is Malema going to say now? Kill the Boer?????????

His stupid remarks are putting every South Africans lives in danger. It is time for every South African to take responsiblity of their actions. It is time for every good South African to stand together. Malema is taking us back to a past none of us would like to revisit. Tell me what positive steps should we take to prevent this country from returning to the past .

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre’Blanche was murdered on his Ventersdorp farm in the North West on Saturday evening.

According to the AWB’s André Visagie, TerreBlanche was beaten to death with pipes and pangas on his farm Villanna (meaning ‘the home of Anna’).

His body was found at about 18:00. According to a report on Fromtheold.com, Terre’Blanche was apparently still alive when police got to him but later died.

He was asleep at the time of the attack.

Police found a panga and knobkerrie next to Terre’Blanche.

Visagie said Terre’Blanche was beaten so badly “he didn’t look like Eugene anymore”.

The AWB leader was alone on the farm at the time of the attack.

Visagie said that Terre’Blanche’s only security we! re his dogs which were “neutralised”.

A 16-year-old and 21-year-old who apparently worked for Terre’Blanche were arrested, police spokesperson Captain Adéle Myburgh said.

The two allegedly attacked the 69-year-old far-right wing leader because they were not paid for work they did.

- News24

- From EblockWatch

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Architect

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

An architect is trained and professionally licensed to plan and design buildings, and supervises the construction of a building. An architect must understand all the required building codes and standards, as well as the construction methods available to construct a client’s building. The end result must be within the actual costs and construction schedule limits.

An architect’s decisions affect public safety. An architect must undergo specialized training and advanced education combined with an internship to gain practical experience before earning a license to practice architecture. The formal study of architecture in academic institutions plays a very important role in the development of the profession as a whole.

Architecture is conducted as a business in which management, technical knowledge, and an understanding of business is as important as design. A project usually starts when an architect accepts a commission from a client which might involve preparing feasibility reports, the design of a building or several buildings, structures involved, and the spaces in and around them.

The architect’s main role is to understand and develop the requirements the client wants in the building. Throughout the project, from planning to completion, the architect co-ordinates a design team. The design team usually consists of structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers and other specialists. The architect is responsible for all coordination during the construction phase.

The architect is often required to work long hours when working towards a deadline. Architects are office-based professionals; even so, the work usually includes regular visits to job sites as well as visiting clients. Many architects elect to move into project management, construction management, interior design, property development, facilities management, or other related roles.

Architects prepare technical documents such as construction drawings and specifications, usually coordinated with various other engineers. The construction drawings and specifications are also used for pricing the work, and for construction. The architect obtains all the required permits, such as development and building permits, that require compliance with health and safety, building and relevant regulations.

Architects prepare tender documents on behalf of their clients, advise clients on the award of the project to a builder or general contractor, and control the progress of the work during construction. They typically provide construction contract administration, review subcontractor shop drawings and other technical submittals, prepare and issue site instructions and payment certificates to the contractor.

An architectural designer is an architect with good creative skills, imagination and artistic talent that is primarily involved in the design of buildings. Most students of architecture are trained as designers, but not all become designers in practice. Non-registered designers cannot legally refer to themselves as “architectural” designers and are referred to as architectural technicians, or building designers.

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Piano Tuner – How to tune a piano

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Piano Tuner for Piano tuning.

The room should be emptied of all distractions. This will help you eliminate mistakes which can cause you to break a string or cause other bodily harm.

Then open up the piano cover and blow the dust away. Make sure that there are no loose items or parts.

Then hit middle C and find the the hammer for the middle C key and ensure that the hammer is hitting one string.

Piano tuning is an art and should be done by specialists

Find the pin for the string. Do this by following the string all the way from the hammer to the pin that it is wrapped around.

Piano Tuning – Tune a Piano String
Now hit the piano key to actuate the hammer. Tune one string at a time by placing the rubber tuning wedges against the other strings while vibrating.

Loosen the string you’re tuning slightly before trying to tune it. You should use a tuning wrench to do this

Set the tuner to C and tighten the peg slowly. Over-tightening can cause strings to break, and then the piano will sound much worse than when you started. You may even want to turn the peg, now let the string rest for 60 seconds, then turn it again.

Tune to just slightly sharp. Tuning the rest of the strings will put tension on everything and put a bit of slack on those strings first tuned.

Remove one of the tuning wedges, hit the key and listen. Then tune the second string until tit matches the tone of the first string you tuned.

Repeating these steps with the rest of the middle octave. You can tune the higher and lower octaves to the middle one.

Tuning a piano is a specialized job. Contact a Piano tuner for help.

ELECTRIC FENCE

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

ELCTRIC FENCE QUALITY

ELECTRIC FENCE quality installation is the key for successful permanent electric fences, providing an active deterrent by sending a high-voltage electrical pulse via a multi-wire perimeter fence. Electric fence systems (Tandem Security) in South Africa has found there is an increasing demand for electric fences with eight wires instead of the common six because the crime is so violent.

ELECTRIC FENCE PRETORIA

South Africans pay a fortune to feel secure. Electric Fence, Burglar alarms, razor wire, guard dogs and armed response.

Electric fence security is limited in South Africa by the current to a non-lethal level; the actual pulse lasts only for a few milli-seconds.The type of energiser depends on the length of the fence, the amount of tree growth on the fence line, the fence line materials and conductors and the power source for the energiser. The source of the high-voltage electrical pulse is an electric fence energizer.

Corner posts must be solid and firmly installed at all corners. High quality insulators on the fencing must be used at all times. This is of major importance on long fences with high powered energisers, because poor quality insulators may not withstand high voltages needed to effectively supply power to a long fence.

ELECTRIC FENCE PRETORIA

The advantage of electric fence or electric fencing is that it gives the intruder a nasty shock as well as sounding a siren.If the intruder attempts to invade your property by climbing the fence or tampering with the fence, an alarm will go off. Electric fence security (Tandem Security) in South Africa successfully denies intruder entry!

All our fences are compliant with regulations at Tandem Security, which means you can rest assured that you and your family are fully protected.

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WALL TOP ELECTRIC FENCES

a Strong messages is conveyed by aworthy addition to an attractive wall, and if you are worried because you have a brick, cement or pre-cast wall, you don’t have reason to fret because wall top electric fences are the perfect way to securing your premises. Various options are available. Bracket design and height variations add to the tasteful appearance of the installation.

Nothing to compares with electric fencing when one wishes to keep intruders off your property. Intruders will be faced with a physical barrier and also be exposed to high voltage pulses that will stop the most focused criminal. Wall top electric fences, an electric fence apart from acting as a physical barrier, can also act as an early warning alarm system. Converting existing walls to wall top electric fences is a great asset to home owners and businesses.

Wall top electric fences should have at least five braided steel wire strands, which electrify the top part of the fence and gate. Brackets are placed in such a way that criminals cannot get over the fence. The wires of the electric fence carry the electrical charge.

You can’t afford to have a wall that is just a pretty face. electric fence systems can be easily fixed on an existing perimeter wall or added on to an existing boundry fence. Electric fencing has revolutionized fencing entirely as well as proprly designed wall top electric fences have increased security to many who believed an existing wall couldn’t be electrified! Too thin wires, a bad join or faulty or leaking insulator will reduce the shock the intruder receives. An electric fence should make the shock as severe as possible.

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SECURITY RISK ASSERSSMENT

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Security Risk Assessor

Any person can give advice, suggestion, recommondation on how to make your premises more secure; finding the right balance, home, business or organisation, is likely to be far more difficult.

Not Affiliated and Independent

Please note that Alwinco Security Risk Assessments is not affiliated to any dealer in security technology or equipment and we, consequently, have no financial interest in the implementation phase of your security upgrading project.

The only partnership we do have is with you, our client. We can, therefore, afford to be objective in our assessment of your current security situation and recommend the best solution to your need; and it is with pride that we deliver the final result of our professional efforts on your behalf.

Consider the Cost

This has a variety of adverse affects on your company, employees, clients and relatives right away! First the old cliché, “You get what you pay for” has never been more appropriate than when you hire security at a low rate per hour or install the wrong security.

Most Individuals, Complex committees, Communities, Property developers, Property managers and Business owners, never think about what they security need for, they just want to know how much it will cost them!

Security plan

Alwinco have a team of crime prevention advisors with many years of experience addressing crime, the fear of crime, violence and aggression, robbery, and burglary as well as finding cost effective and proactive solutions; addressing your needs.

When you take the lowest bidder to provide security for your, then you are asking for trouble, you will usually get the lowest and or wrong service.

Security is not a “one size fits all” solution, and Alwinco is focused on creating complete security solutions based on the very specific needs.

 

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