On 4 September at 12pm Rawson Auctions will auction a fruit farm at its head office located at the corner of Main and Klipper Roads in Rondebosch.
The fruit farm, known as Harmonie, is in the Keisie Valley in Montagu and has 69ha of land, which is mainly used to cultivate peaches, gooseberries and apricots - click here to view.
The fruit farm, known as Harmonie, is in the Keisie Valley in Montagu and has 69ha of land, which is mainly used to cultivate peaches, gooseberries and apricots.
According to Tanya Jovanovski, co-franchisee for Rawson Auctions in the Western Cape, this property has an established reputation for producing quality fruit.
In this farm 25ha is under irrigation for fruit, a further 0.5ha is used to cultivate the white French wine grape variety, Colombard, and 1ha is under lucerne.
There are two houses on the property, each with ± 250 square metres of floor area – both built in the traditional Cape style with white plastered walls, straight line gables and wooden floors.
She says the main house has four bedrooms, one bathroom, a family room, a kitchen and a stoep as well as a garage for three cars.
The garden is fully irrigated and has been intensively cultivated to be one of the most beautiful in the Montagu district.
The second house has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a family room and a kitchen plus the property also has two staff cottages.
Lovers Walk is located at the foot of Devil’s Peak, close to Rondebosch Main Road and to the University of Cape Town as well as a stone’s throw from at least four of Cape Town’s best-known schools - click here to view.
Jovanovski says that anyone contemplating becoming involved in fruit farming here would find that professional advice is available through co-ops and organisations which provide extension offices, either free or at a low cost.
“In my opinion, this farm represents an excellent buy and offers of R3.3 million will be considered at the auction.”
On the same day, a 1 050 square metre erf vacant plot in the Durbanville Industrial Park will be auctioned.
The seller is VAT registered and so no transfer duty is payable and a reserve price of R1 million has been set.
Like many more remote industrial precincts, the Durbanville Industrial Park was fairly slow to take off but is now establishing a name for itself, she explains.
Jovanovski says on 14 September, a Lovers Walk home will be auctioned on site.
The property is located at the foot of Devil’s Peak, close to Rondebosch Main Road and to the University of Cape Town as well as a stone’s throw from at least four of Cape Town’s best-known schools.
A 1 050 square metre erf vacant plot in the Durbanville Industrial Park will be auctioned on 4 September - click here to view.
Lovers Walk has always been seen as one of the most desirable and sought-after addresses, not only in Rondebosch but in the entire Cape Peninsula.
Homes in the area have come onto the market only very seldom and when they do they always create a stir, she points out.
It is one of the largest and very best in the road and is a double storey building with four bedrooms, the main being en suite, a large study, a well-equipped kitchen with a breakfast nook and built-in cupboards in all the main rooms.
“As one would expect in a home dating from the mid-20th century, the living room has a large fireplace and the garden has a spacious swimming pool and an outdoor braai facility.
“High perimeter walls ensure privacy and the garden is very well-established as well as staff quarters,” she says.
She notes that the home next door is on the market for R6 million, while bidding on this house will start at just R3.5 million.
