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HERITAGE HILL REAL ESTATE

by John Jacob Zwiegelaar

House and Garden - May 2005 

The property development everyone is talking about has commissioned John Zwiegelaar of John Jacob Interiors to do a stand which echoes the lifestyle of the development on 388 hectares of prime real estate between historic town of Irene and the bustling Midrand metropolis. The development is about ‘new urbanism’: a series of village-style neighbourhoods of 2500 residential units, a private school, a church, retail centre, offices, retirement village and leisure facilities all integrated and dispersed within pedestrian-friendly communal open areas. So, what will the development look like? Historical and regional characteristics of Pretoria are interpreted and the buildings are constructed according to the letters ‘U’, ‘L’ and ‘H’ so as to create private spaces for owners. They will feature identifiable elements such as red corrugated-iron pitched roofs and wide verandas and it’s this TRANSVAAL-VERANDA VERNACULAR which John Jacob Interiors will evoke on the stand. Heritage Hill (012) 665-1878