R1 650 000 | 3 Bedroom UNIQUE HISTORIC HOMESTEAD For Sale in Piketberg, Piketberg

Historic beauty on half an acre, still featuring some original sash windows, shutters and wooden floors. Originally built in 1848 for the first Magistrate in Piketberg, it’s been renovated over the years and currently offers dual living par excellence!

A unique opportunity to acquire a versatile family home, retirement home with income producing flat, or simply a great investment opportunity – let out both sections – with the possibility of creating yet another unit(s)!

DETAIL:

• Erf size: 2040m²
• Home: Approximately 250m²


• MAIN HOMESTEAD comprising lounge, dining room, breakfast room with multi-fuel Godin stove and Reed ceiling, study/office, small library, fitted kitchen with Reed ceiling, two bedrooms – main with air-conditioning – two bathrooms (main en suite).


• SEPARATE SELF-CONTAINED FLAT which can be incorporated back into main dwelling without major construction, comprising lounge, fitted kitchen with Dover stove, bedroom and bathroom. Currently let out for R5 000 per month to excellent tenant.


• GENERAL: Roof recently re-thatched, high beamed ceilings, some original sash windows, shutters and wooden floors, ‘days of yore’ brandzolder and front stoep with gorgeous valley and mountain views. Large bricked courtyard with treed entertainment area, delightful fully fenced water-wise garden with established trees – front fence bricked with palisade railings - tarred driveway with two large garages and four carports.


• Full municipal services.


• Rates R738 per month.


• PIKETBERG ... Along the N7, it’s far from ‘just another town en route to Namibia’. Rated as the third best-run municipality in the country, it offers a nine-hole golf course, excellent medical care (including a hospital), first-class schools, restaurants and interesting shops. The famous monthly farmers market, and annual two-day mountain biking challenge (with over 90km of trails) on Piket-Bo-Berg are events not to be missed. And 10 kilometers outside Piketberg, the award-winning Wine Estate, Org de Rac - leader in producing organic and Vegan wines) - the best wine tasting and picnic experience in beautiful surrounds.


• BONUS for weekenders and tourists - Piketberg is close to top-class outdoor adventure – 26km to the best paragliding in the Western Cape (Porterville), and 37km to the Groot Wintershoek Wilderness - a World Heritage Site - with wonderful hiking trails along rugged and wild terrain, waterfalls, San paintings, game, an incredible variety of Fynbos and birdlife.


• All in all, Piketberg is surrounded by the best of the best for outdoor adventure and nature conservation for all-year-round exploration.


• Only 130km from Cape Town, this property is also a perfect getaway for those who need time out at a dinkum rural retreat, nestled in a wonderfully friendly and hospitable country community!