A Simplex is a cheap house.
And yes a lot of households still employ, house maids, gardeners etc. But not always fulltime and not always "live in"staff.
Property query
Hi all, I have two quick questions hopefully...
1. What is a 'simplex' please?
2. I notice that a number of new houses have staff quarters on them. Do most households still employ house maids, cooks etc?
Many thanks.
1. What is a 'simplex' please?
2. I notice that a number of new houses have staff quarters on them. Do most households still employ house maids, cooks etc?
Many thanks.
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And yes a lot of households still employ, house maids, gardeners etc. But not always fulltime and not always "live in"staff.
ahh thank you.
I presumed a simplex was a small complex, but the properties didn't seem to bear that out!
I lived in Maritzburg many years ago and remember the 'servants' system then, but didn't think it existed in any form now.
I presumed a simplex was a small complex, but the properties didn't seem to bear that out!
I lived in Maritzburg many years ago and remember the 'servants' system then, but didn't think it existed in any form now.
Thatch is wrong, a simplex is so calleed as its a single story "Bungalow" usually as part of a semi-detached or free standing estate to portray it UK terms.A Simplex is a cheap house.
And yes a lot of households still employ, house maids, gardeners etc. But not always fulltime and not always "live in"staff.
only 13 million of SA's 48 million population earn enough to pay income tax
so maids and gardeners are a part of most people lives.
and if you have children a live-in maid/childminder is very common.
when I left the minimum wage was R1200/month and I think thats now R2500 a month.
Thatch is wrong, a simplex is so calleed as its a single story "Bungalow" usually as part of a semi-detached or free standing estate to portray it UK terms.
only 13 million of SA's 48 million population earn enough to pay income tax
so maids and gardeners are a part of most people lives.
and if you have children a live-in maid/childminder is very common.
when I left the minimum wage was R1200/month and I think thats now R2500 a month.
ahh thanks for that.
I havent been back in 30 years from when I was a teenager. I am looking at the possibility of going back out to PMB to see if emigration is a good move. We left in 76 so apartheit was still going then but I still miss the general way of life and the better standard of living.
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