t TAKES A GOOD EYE TO SPOT POTENTIAL IN A FIXER-UPPER, particularly in a city like Johannesburg. There are some real gems — almost always undervalued — but their qualities are often lost beneath the add-ons that barnacle their way onto houses over time. Christo Vermeulen and Nico Venter are serial renovators. Inevitably after a few years of living in a house, they find their eyes wandering. They most certainly do
