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Location: Somerset West, Helderberg, Western Cape
Property Type: Estate House
Price: From ZAR 2,300,000
Contact: Erinvale Estate |
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A perfect lock-up-and-go. Featuring a small
garden with pool. Open plan living area with a fireplace and wooden floors. One side opens to the
patio and pool and the other side has a small patio with lovely mountain view. An airconditioner
is in the main bedroom. Furniture is negotiable.
Golf remains at the heart of
Erinvale, but the club house is also close to tennis courts and there are more courses and courts
in and around Somerset West, along with four lawn bowling clubs and other sports and keep-fit
facilities. There is even polo and croquet.
You can simply enjoy the
tranquility, bathe and stroll the beach, or take to colour coded and graded trails and climbs
ranging from 30 minutes to eight hours in the adjoining Helderberg Nature Reserve (it includes
the mountain). The area has a wealth of bird life - see the black eagle, as captured in logo on
Erinvale literature - and is home to a few bontebok.
On the roads, little
families of guinea fowl or francolins are common sights, scattering clumsily in front of patient
drivers. Here and there after nightfall, an owl hoots.
There are groups to
pursue a range of interests including music, theatre, art, books, bridge and chess. Then, of
course, this is wine country, with a dozen close estates to be explored for quality, variety and
price. There is South African and other cuisine to be enjoyed. The independent Erinvale Hotel and
Spa is just outside the gate and historic Vergelegen and Morgenster - which also produces olive
oil - are within walking distance.
Erinvale is a low density estate, its
maturity reflected in the trees and gardens. Along road verges and pedestrian paths, century-old
oak trees have been preserved. Home owners were allowed a fair degree of individuality within
architectural and aesthetic parameters, with happy results. Matters arising from meetings of
their association, and other happenings of interest are communicated through The Erinvale
News.
The village enjoys a cosmopolitan population, nearly half originating from overseas -
English, Germans and Irish figuring prominently. They are an asset to the wider community and
their contribution includes support of the ECHO organization, which assists underprivileged
youths to develop their full potential.
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