{"id":597080,"date":"2022-06-16T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=597080"},"modified":"2022-06-15T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:43:23","slug":"this-rare-farm-in-the-middle-of-cape-town-is-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/597080\/this-rare-farm-in-the-middle-of-cape-town-is-on-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"This rare ‘farm’ in the middle of Cape Town is on the market"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sought-after property in Cape Town, the 1728, original \u2018Belle Ombre\u2019 farm and homestead is on the market in Constantia Upper for R35 million.<\/p>\n

The Victorian-styled home is set on a corner plot of 5257sqm with dual access in the prestigious and sought-after pocket of the \u201cThe Avenues\u201d, said Francois Venter, luxury property specialist with Seeff Southern Suburbs.<\/p>\n

The original farm was granted to two brothers named Beck in 1728 and included two properties, Belle Ombre and Goedgeloof. The property changed hands several times from 1744 by 1872 was bought by Johannes Rathfelder of the well-known family who owned \u201cRathfelders Inn\u201d in Diep River.<\/p>\n

According to \u201cThe Great Houses of Constantia\u201d by Philippa Dane and Sydney-Anne Wallace (1981) several changes were made to the property in the late 19th<\/sup> century and later to accommodate lifestyles of the time.<\/p>\n

These included adding a hearth (which was later moved), replacing the thatched roof with a flatter Welsh slate roof and adding two chimney stacks and changing the front fa\u00e7ade to French windows. Some early characteristics remain such as original yellowwood beams and Oregon doors, but the parquet flooring was added at a later period.<\/p>\n

Venter said the property is located in a high-demand neighbourhood which offers exceptional investment value. The home still offers authentic architectural detail with many gorgeous, traditional, and classic features.<\/p>\n

These include French doors and sash windows, verandas, wooden floors, authentic fireplaces and the original farmhouse eat-in kitchen with a pantry and laundry. There are multiple living rooms, three bedrooms and an oversized loft room in the main house as well as a separate one-bedroomed cottage with a lounge and veranda which overlooks the tennis court.<\/p>\n

Additional features of this property include a full staff suite, a double tandem garage for four cars, and extra storage. The garden is well-established with rolling lawns and two pools – including an eco-pool with an entertainment deck.<\/p>\n

Constantia Upper currently ranks as one of the most exclusive suburbs in South Africa. It is particularly desirable for its country-like lifestyle yet with immediate access to the oldest wine farms in the country, top private schools and the University of Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The suburb attracts a diverse range of buyers including semigration buyers from upcountry areas such as Gauteng and luxury foreign buyers. It has also seen a considerable volume of high value transactions with about 30 sales above R20 million since the onset of the Covid-pandemic in March 2020, the highest volume in the country equalled only by Camps Bay.<\/p>\n

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A sought-after property in Cape Town, the 1728, original \u2018Belle Ombre\u2019 farm and homestead is on the market in Constantia Upper for R35 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":597088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12755],"tags":[26,10773],"class_list":["post-597080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-headline","tag-seeff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597644,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597080\/revisions\/597644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}