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Bellville: Once a small village with limited property opportunities, called 12 Mile Stone, now a city of note (named 12 Mile Stone because of the distance from Cape Town - 20km). In 1861 it was renamed Bellville after Mr Charles Davidson Bell - the surveyor general of Cape Town for the period 1848 to 1872. Most of Bellville was divided into farms and the farmers worked together , forming a supporting system. To boost their fresh produce sales, a cannon was fired from the famous Tygerberg to announce ships arriving in Table Bay. Once the further regions heard the cannon, they would fire a follow up to spread the news to even more far-reaching farms. Therefore farmers from...

Muizenberg is a Cape Town suburb in one of South Africa’s most beautiful Indian Ocean bays – False Bay. Muizenberg can be divided into 4 areas – i.e. Muizenberg Central, Lakeside, Marina da Gama and Costa da Gama. History As early as the 1600′s Khoi people used the region as a pastoral home. In 1670 The Dutch East India Company established the area as a cattle farm due its rich fertile soil. From 1743, the area became one of the first military outposts under the command of Sergeant Wynand Muys and was originally named Muysenburg (Muys’s stronghold).The Battle of Muizenberg took place in June 1795 and ended with the first British occupation of the Cape. Historical sites...

Darling is a vibrant town situated on the Cape West Coast and falls within the Swartland Municipality. Darling boasts a thriving farming community that concentrates on dairy, wheat, grapes, peas, and potatoes.Darling’s natural beauty and cultural richness offers a diversity of attractions — including its famous wildflower exhibitions (which have been drawing interested visitors in since 1917) and the impresario, Pieter Dirk Uys with his hilarious satires about his character “Evita Bezuidenhout”.Darling’s quaint charm, coupled with the beauty of its surrounding farmland, has ensured the town’s ongoing stability and growth over the past decades.Based on 2016 statistics,...

Durbanville offers a wonderful lifestyle - mixing the convenience of city-living with an authentic country setting made possible due to historical wine estates and rolling hills literally forming the edge of the suburb. Types of Durbanville Property available Durbanville offers many new developments - sectional title as well as own title. The ‘lock-up-and-go' feature was a great plus point as people tend to live on the run in this day and age. The security that the developments offered was just as important. The developers saw a gap in the market and focused on it. They made sure to offer exactly what the public required - and the market boomed! If you are lucky, you...

Gansbaai is a village of 8 665 adults within the Walker Bay area of the Cape's Whale Coast and in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. Gansbaai's close proximity to Hermanus and Cape Town makes this a wonderful lifestyle choice for permanent residents with children, retirees and even for those looking for a convenient weekend or second and summer home destination. This fishing village with two harbours has during the last decade transformed itself into an international tourism destination offering some of the best shark cage diving in the world due to the colonies of Cape Fur Seals that frequent "Shark Alley" between Dyer Island and Geyser Rock. Between July and...

Gordons Bay property offers the convenience of city amenities and a world-class beach area, without losing its small town feeling. Located in the Helderberg basin on the eastern edge of False Bay, it is within 30 minutes of Cape Town International airport, 55 minutes from Cape Town's CBD & 30 minutes from Stellenbosch University. Within a radius of 15 kilometers in and around Gordons Bay in the Helderberg area, you will find a Regional Shopping Centre with 191 stores, a variety of sports facilities including 6 golf courses, choice of secondary and primary schools, top medical facilities (Vergelen Medi-Clinic / Strand Private Clinic / MEDSAC frail care etc.) with all...

Introduction Kleinmond is a coastal town on the Whale Coast section of the Overberg region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa - about 97 km east of Cape Town International Airport (1h 14 min via N2) and between Betty's Bay (11 km) and Hermanus (37 km). Kleinmond is wedged between the Atlantic Ocean and the Kogelberg mountain range. It flanks a lagoon at the mouth of the Bot River and lies within the UNESCO-declared Kogelberg Biosphere reserve, which is home to about 1 600 species of fynbos – of which 150 is endemic.  The town's name, meaning "small mouth" in Afrikaans, refers to...

Location: De Kuilen suburb in Kuils River is located between Van Riebeeck Road (northern border with Bosonia suburb), Carinus Road (western border with Brantwood suburb), the railway line (southern border with Des Hampden suburb) and Station Street (western border). De Kuilen Property Types & Demographics: There are 463 full title erven in De Kuilen of which 295 are freehold property (houses) and 17 are freehold houses in estates. There are only 2 sectional title schemes (apartment blocks) in De Kuilen with 18 residential units (apartments). The average household income varies between R30 000 and R40 000 (LSM 9 Low) and 801 adults live in the De Kuilen suburb. De Kuilen...

Location: Sonnekuil suburb in Kuils River is located between Van Riebeeck Road (southern border with Mabille Park suburb), R300 (western border), Ainstey and Bosman Streets (northern border with Soneike suburb) and Sarepta Street (eastern border with Brantwood suburb). Within Sonnekuil suburb is also the Drosdy Park area / suburb which is located between Van Riebeeck Road, Loerie Street (from the Shell Oostenberg) and Ainstey Street. Sonnekuil Property Types & Demographics: There are 374 full title erven in Sonnekuil suburb of which 291 are freehold property (houses) - of which 106 is within Drosdy Park. There are no freehold houses in estates in Sonnekuil. There are...

Langebaan town originated on a farm called De Stompe Hoek,which was first called Geytenbergsfontein. Langebaan is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, with a history dating back more than 400 years. It has an archaeological history of a few million years. Twelve kilometres east of the farm Elandsfontein, a fossilised skeleton was found that dates back to the Stone Age. This fossil deposit is considered to be one of the richest in the world. Langebaan was once a safe haven for ships navigating the often treacherous Atlantic Ocean. Seafarers from all over the world were able to safely come to shore via the Langebaan Lagoon, and the stopover provided a chance to obtain...