Solar installers in Pretoria East

Pretoria East grew out from the city centre in stages. Menlo Park was set out in 1951 with 'Burger Erf' stands of 2,552 square metres, given to returning Second World War servicemen. Lynnwood, Brooklyn and Menlo Park together make up the 'old east', and Lynnwood was Pretoria's most easterly suburb in the 1960s. Many of the large stands have since been split into two properties or built up as clusters of four units.

Waterkloof, named after the original farm, is among the most expensive parts of Pretoria. It has hilltop homesteads on Edward and Victoria Streets, many ambassadors' residences, and jacaranda trees. Pretoria Country Club has an 18-hole course there. Crown Avenue links it to Brooklyn.

Garsfontein lies further east. The Eastwood location was set up there in 1905 and its Black residents were removed after 1950 under the Group Areas Act. It now has Zita Park, two Afrikaans schools, and is close to Menlyn Park shopping centre. The N1 runs close to the old east suburbs, which makes the city centre easy to reach.

For your solar or backup power: Tshwane requires solar systems to be registered with its Electricity Department and reports from installers describe long processing times. Properties that are on Eskom supply register with Eskom instead.