R26 000 000 | Farm For Sale in Piketberg Rural, Piketberg

This breathtaking 317ha mountain farm, ‘on top of the world’, in a very secure location with restricted access, offers spectacular forever views, a generous income, and an incomparable lifestyle of living in, and with nature. As wild, wholesome and beautiful as any nature lover can desire!

The farm specialises in export fruit and flowers. Buchu (endemic to the area) and some Olives also grown.

The location, one of the highest on top of the rugged Piketberg mountains, is superb, and offers awe-inspiring views across the mountains and valley below, all the way to the ocean, rock formations akin to those in the Cederberg Wilderness, indigenous wildlife, birds, including raptors, and vast stretches of wildflowers and Fynbos in season! Not to speak of the front-row seats to relish in the infinite starlit skies.

This, a truly unique opportunity to work in the best ‘office’ Mother Nature can possibly provide! Work, live, and enjoy – day and night – in splendiferous surrounds!

Sold as a Going Concern with a full complement of farm vehicles, equipment and tools. I.e. will be sold with zero VAT rating and no Transfer Duty if bought in a VAT vehicle.

DETAIL:

• LAND SIZE: 317.48ha


• CULTIVATED LAND / EXPORT PRODUCE (other than Buchu sold locally): 9ha Pears, 8.4ha Apples, 4.6ha Proteas, 2.5ha Buchu. Additional 3ha arable land for crops.


• IRRIGATION: From the dam and 12 boreholes.


• DAM: Capacity 200 000m³ (covers 3ha). Catchment, fed by tributary of Boesmans River (seasonal) which runs through the farm.


• REGISTERED WATER RIGHTS: 250 020m³ per annum for irrigation, and 4 380m³ per annum for households.


• PACKING SHED FOR FLOWERS: 352m² (fruit packed in Ceres).


• SHED OFFICE AND STORAGE: 152m²


• FARMHOUSE: 400m² consists of living room, dining room, TV room, fully fitted kitchen, pantry, office, three bedrooms - all en-suite, and each with private balcony - guest cloak, and double garage with direct access to house.


• MANAGER’S HOUSE: 153m² comprising living room, kitchen, two bedrooms (main en-suite), two bathrooms, and garage.


• LABOUR ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES: 1 x three-bedroom house, 4 x two-bedroom, 1 x one-bedroom (all with kitchens and bathrooms with Solar geysers). Hostel with 4 x single rooms and 2 x en-suite rooms, also with community hall, two bathrooms (Solar geysers), communal kitchen and laundry room. Small Creche with kitchenette and bathroom.


• ELECTRICITY/SOLAR: 3-Phase Eskom Power, with Solar Power for farmhouse (only), and forone borehole.


• EQUIPMENT: List available on request.


• VERY SAFE AND SECURE - ACCESS FROM ONE SIDE ONLY. NO SECURITY ISSUES AND NO LAND CLAIMS.


• DISTANCES: Approximately 30km to Piketberg, 62km to Citrusdal (with the Baths and hot springs), 92km to Elands Bay (Mecca for surfers), 128km to Lamberts Bay, (with the world-renowned Bird Island), and 168km to Cape Town. (All along the West Coast flower route travelling up North.)