Durban Property for Sale: Beachfront Flats and Suburban Houses

Durban's Golden Mile promenade, warm winters and surf culture attract retirees and holiday-home buyers from Gauteng. The city also has big industrial and port employment, and a large local buyer pool. The flip side is that some inner-city and older beachfront blocks suffer from poor building management, and infrastructure issues such as water outages have affected parts of the city, so inspect the building as carefully as the flat.

The more upmarket north coast, including Umhlanga and Ballito, is covered on its own pages, and the south coast resorts near Margate and Port Shepstone are cheaper holiday markets. Inland, Pietermaritzburg is the provincial capital.

Ask the managing agent for levies, special levies and any litigation. Confirm the insurer covers corrosion and storm damage, since coastal salt air is hard on buildings. Foreign buyers pay the usual conveyancing and transfer duty on the sliding scale; verify rates with your conveyancer. See the South Africa buying guide and the financing options.