30 Hectares of prime farmland or undeveloped rural land on the corner of Lakeside Road and Kragga Kamma Road offers unbelievable picturesque green pastures and relatively flat topography as one gazes over the horizon towards the Atlantic ocean and surrounding Royalston Estate with all the associated wildlife and livestock.
The house was built by the owners in 1981 and they have lived in the house and raised their family on this farm over the past 42 years. Needless to say, this home and land is filled with love, memories and its own history and resemblance in this idyllic part of our beautiful city and surrounding natural scenery. The home offers 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms ( main-en suite ) and covers an area of 312 sqm under roof. The semi open plan, yet farmstyle kitchen flows onto an informal lounge as well as a dining area which in turn leads to a formal lounge adjacent to the entrance reception area.

Outside you will find a large enclosed swimming pool and lapa area with 2 braai facilities under thatch roof, overlooking the garden and open spaces. A double garage on remote behind an enclosed carport area with additional remote access boasts a double shadybay parking bay and 100 000 L watertank underneath the garage floor. This entire park area is paved and surrounded by wire fencing and perimeter beams.

Extras to this main dwelling includes a maids room with bathroom and laundry area. The water supply is heated up by a 300 L solar geyser whilst security includes a 3 channel Robogaurd system with movement monitoring, burglar bars on all doors and windows as well as an internal security gate whilst additional security is provided by Farm Comm ( the local farming community security monitoring and services ) along with medical and fire protection services. There is also a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom 37 sqm labours cottage with its own 100 L solar geyser on the property to assist with garden and general property upkeep and maintenance. A storage shed of 64 sqm can double up as sheep shed if need be.

Top Deck Party Venue

Adjacent to the main house you will find a second dwelling currently being used as a well known party venue with 2 ( his and her ) ablution facilities. This 112 sqm cottage consist of an indoor facility of 72 sqm with an undercover ( Shadybay ) stoep of 50 sqm, whilst offering a fully enclosed play area with a variety of kids playground favourites. The fully functional / operational party venue currently boasts an earning potential of +- R 12 000 pm net and includes a variety of tables, chairs, appliances and crockery etc

The property is currently predominantly used for cattle farming and includes implements such as a:

Cattle sprayrace
Cattle loading Ramp
2 x nightcamps close to the main house with good grazing and water troughs
All camps offer drinking troughs and are fully fenced.

The topography is diverse enough to be interesting while still being easily accessible. The property is flat to gently sloping with the change in elevation ranging from 210m to 190m above sea level. Because of the areas relatively high rainfall and fertile soils this farm displays a small microcosm of lush sub-tropical thicket, with towering coastal forest tree species in conjunction to the predominant biome being the open grassland. From the elevated spots the property has truly superb valley and sea views.

Historically the bulk of the farm would have been classed as displaying the sub-tropical thicket and coastal forest biomes, which have since largely been cleared to create the pleasing blend of open grassland and clumps of mature trees. There is a fantastic diversity of tree species including Cape Ash, Milkwoods, Wild Olive, Cabbage Trees, Boer Bean (Schotia), White Ironwood, Knobwood and Sweet Thorn to name but a few.

This region boasts amongst the highest, sweet veld carrying capacity in the province offering good grazing for horses or a small quantity of livestock. The overall carrying capacity is great, and would be estimated in the region of a sustainable 1LSU to 2ha (plausibly even 1/1 in the good rainfall years) as an average across the entire property (without supplementary feeding of course).Conservative stocking ratios and sound management have ensured that this farms cocktail of sweet grasses remains healthy. The open areas are dominated by pasture grasses with Kikuyu, Rhodes and Eragrostis being the dominant species, while around the forest areas and where the tree canopy is broken there are lush stands of Panicum. The two night camps alongside the main dwelling are exclusively established to Kikuyu pasture.

The net result where the availability of grazing far outweighs that of browse offers good agricultural value in its ability to support livestock in fairly large numbers considering its relatively compact size.
The farm falls in a transitional rainfall area with an annual average of approximately 600mm / annum.

Game species that are currently on the property include:

Bushbuck
Blue Duiker
Cape Grysbok.

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