WESTGATE Walding Auctioneers is as much a part of life in Sandton as conversations about slipping standards, Pajeros, electrified perimeter fences and beef fillets. For more than 34 years, it has played a role in the lives of northern suburbs newlyweds furnishing their first homes, thirtysomethings upgrading to second homes and empty-nesters down-sizing to townhouses and clusters.