Hottest new museums to see this year

Den Bla Planet in Copenhagen. (Photo: Adam Mork) Curators and architects pulled out all the stops in this year's lineup of the world's biggest and best museum debuts. It's hard to decide what gives these museums more "wow factor": the edgy building designs, or the fun new ways visitors are tricked into learning. Either way, no uniformed museum security guard could begin ...

Guptas score in Joburg property valuation roll

According to the latest municipal valuation roll the large 4 207 square metre Saxonwold property's value dropped lower that the price it was sold for in May 1994 – when it was sold for R559 ...

Well maintained house offered a great room and deck

Wyckoff On the market: Two months Asking price: $489,900 The game plan: The house was well-maintained, with a newer kitchen, roof and furnace and central air conditioning. It also had a great room with sliders out to a deck, "an additional living space that most of the split-levels in the neighborhood didn't have," Riggio said. Riggio listed the property on the multiple ...

Qld property under lyssavirus microscope

BIOSECURITY officers are assessing all animals on a southwest Queensland property after a horse contracted the deadly bat-borne lyssavirus. Tests have confirmed the first case of the rare virus in a horse, which was put down at an equestrian centre last Saturday. Another horse with similar symptoms was euthanased on the same property a fortnight ago, however Biosecurity Queensland says the horse ...

Green Deal debt may have to be repaid before property sold

energy efficiency improvements in their home with no, or little, upfront cost; instead, these are funded by a loan repaid through their electricity bill.Crucially, the "golden rule" of Green Deal is that you should not pay back more in loan repayments than you are saving on your energy bill - but this can mean that, depending on the cost of the improvement, you could be making loan ...