hi everyone welcome to a tour of my airbnb but also we're going to go back in time and see
where Riki and i lived in johannesburg this is the first house that we lived in in johannesburg
when Riki and i moved up here and as you can see they've changed it a little bit i can't actually
get in to go see what the place looks like at the moment but while we were here we were robbed
seven times in six months so that's probably why they got the security up now
ah it's a pity we can't go in this is actually the back end of the house we never actually lived in
that part at all it was always in the front end and this whole decking and steel work has been
added on afterwards but in the front you can see these narrow windows i don't know if you can make
them out that the guys would climb through and then steal everything that would fit through it
good times and this all used to be open land now it's a self storage with hundreds and
hundreds of containers but this used to just be a full open field all the way down there oh wow
ah and that's Sarah i meant to introduce you earlier Ian's car this all around me
used to be the tiny little center where we used to get things oh man has times changed in since 1998
hey Sarah wow
just over there there was a secondhand store where we bought all our furniture
that's where we bought it and right next to it uh where there's tons of shops now it's where
we their little corner cafe we used to buy like milk and things how it has changed i mean it has a
fresh house market i don't even know what that is might actually go check that out and a McDonald's
it actually has a McDonald's right here we live just over there and now they've
got a massive checkers which is a hyper market like Super U like but like 10 times the size
and all sorts of other things it's amazing fresh house market exit welcome i got loads of pastries
and things and pies oh i love pepper steak pies some pizza looking things and some quiches
but you first come in it's got tons of wood and stuff
and then all sorts of groceries which i find weird that a place like this can survive with
westpac and checkers how cool is this food truck let me just take you around the front uh-huh have
a look at this it's an old citroen awesome man when we lived here there was nothing like this
supermarket supermarket supermarket just all around there's just so much stuff here there must
be a lot of people who live here and shop here because it literally has almost everything you
can imagine monte castelo oh wow the second house i used to live in johannesburg with Riki haha
26 or something years ago and this with the happy puppies to see me is 16 gavin avenue our third
house in janisberg and the first house we ever bought it's really cool to see that the old tree
is still there i was always thinking of building a tree house in it and just around there was a
persimmon tree persimmon they used to make these these things that were sweet and well they didn't
last very long but this is at 16 gavin avenue the first house we ever bought well it looks like they
put in a pool where we were going to put in a pool we didn't have the pool when we were there
we used to practice band in that room that's the Johannesburg skyline oh wow how awesome is
this i was on our way to our fourth place and my body automatically brought me to
Emmerentia dam where we used to spend hours and hours fishing somewhere down there cool
boddy remembers what it wants to do let's go find Melville and this is number seven cadoza
the last house we lived in johannesburg i'll see if i can't get over the wall a little bit
uh it's a pity we can't see much of it because it's all around the back it's got such beautiful
things that we built into it we can get a little bit of a view through the the gate and those
windows are original from the 1930s actual lead glass windows uh what a wonderful place this was
i made this beautiful wooden gate i see that replaced it with steel which is unfortunate but
anyway let's go see a little bit around the area this big house that you can see up there has a
lot right at the top and when we used to come home from Melville which is well known for its nightclubs
the light would be on and was a big globe and we swear it was the moon times when we lived in
melville while at cadoza road this is where we actually used to shop there's a super spar here
and loads of fast foods and would you believe the melville library is here
they actually have a library but the one place isn't open uh fontana they used to do chicken
well so those are the places where we used to live so let's check out my airbnb
it's got a lounge actually let me just take you back a bit
kitchen first because that's the first room well microwave kettle and this because of load shedding
a must have gas yeah i'll be making some some soups and uh hot chocolates in that
under here you have an electric one and a toaster and of course
i know it's a little dark but some pans and things there is tea and sugar but no coffee so bring your
own if you're gonna stay here and of course some cups and glasses and apples they're really cheap
here but they don't taste that good and of course uh-huh washing machine and fridge here
and i first thought this was a dishwasher but it's actually uh one of those things that dry clothes
uh i can't even remember what they're called auto dry i don't know back into the lounge got a comfy
couch table to put your what nots on and a table to sit and i've been using that as a footstool but
i've just moved it back a little bit and a thing to put your juice on and of course glorious views
all the way to the mountains out there can't quite see them at the moment but great view
next to that is where i've been doing all my editing uh it's a little bit bright
with that that blind not being completely closed but i've been able to work there
that cupboard's locked i have no idea what's in it and this is the bedroom nice big bed
and it's really comfy as well also there's a heater because yeah it's winter and it's cold
and of course my suitcase yeah i didn't unpack anything oh bright and sunny there
were two towels here i put one in the bathroom so you'll see that in a minute something to look
out for they're all south african plugs but they do have some of the connectors for your
uh mobile phone there are a lot of cupboards a lot of cupboard space you have to unlock them
but it's plenty of space but i thought i'd show you this have a look at this
this is a hot water geyser it runs on electricity and it makes hot water
yeah electricity and the water is really hot so it is pretty works pretty well there's a
a locked router in there modem thing that gives you internet which is pretty good
just stopped working on the last day but i think maybe they switched it off because i was leaving
and this is the bathroom Riki wave nice thing the soap was supplied and that's the extra towel
and this towel was in here already but have a look at this a bathtub pretty awesome with
an attached shower and shower curtain so that works okay and of course the toilet
i must say this place has been completely functional and it was $15 a night i think there's
also a pool i'll show you that now Casa Blanca does have a swimming pool quite a nice big pool as well
but a little bit too cold for me at the moment
we are on the second floor so there's a bit of a walk up some stairs but it has been peaceful
up here those guys must have great views from up there hope you guys enjoyed that
walk down memory lane well anyway everyone thanks for watching see you again next time