Imagine taking a leisurely stroll from your front porch down to watch Johnny Clegg or Goldfish perform in your garden? Here’s your chance to live in Kirstenbosch.
You might have caught the Sunday Times article about various rental rates on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard, highlighting the fact that one property is available at R400k a month. Well, this trumps it..
It’s common knowledge that properties on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard pull in big numbers for rentals over season – some as high as R50,000 a day for a 2/3 week stint over New Year. One house, however, towers above the rest..
With an exclusive New Year’s party held for an intimate group of international celebrities, and another feature in the prestigious Financial Times Weekend, South Africa’s most expensive property to ever go on sale is expected to change hands imminently.
A local property group has said that property owners in Camps Bay often exaggerate the value of their properties due to their own assumptions and research.
There are few things worse than having a wasp or other stinging insect chase you around a room. Imagine walking into a room with over 5 000. Erm, no thanks.
Robin Williams’ extravagant and beautiful Napa Valley home is on the market again, and we finally get a look inside the late actor’s gorgeous house, as well as the surrounding gardens.
If you have the guts and know-how, real estate can be a VERY profitable investment strategy. This seems to be especially true when your neighbour is the Playboy Mansion, and you are Ellen DeGeneres…
Surrounded by some of the most beautiful views in Cape Town, Pollsmoor Prison is neighboured by some very upmarket, pricey estates. This piece of property could soon be yours…
We know all about Nettleton Road and the property prices in Clifton, but they are embarrassingly low, when it comes to global luxury property prices. Click through to see where the highest value property, per square meter, is in the world.
The lifestyle of the Great Gatsby is yours for the taking, in the famous ‘Enigma’ mansion, set in Camps Bay’s exclusive ‘Glen’ neighbourhood. Please enjoy this mindblowing footage..
So it seems it IS possible to pick up a mansion for less than a million bucks – if you’re fast…….
I mean, that’s what you’re going to be doing for a lot of your time. That, and traditional garden cricket (tip and run is the only option), and pool cricket. And drinking Pimms. Why? Because you’ll be wanting to spend time with your lawn, which is more lush than the average mink coat.
This stunning abode perched on the Atlantic Seaboard’s Hely Hutchinson Avenue is doing a fine impression of a top-level Constantia home. A very fine impression indeed. And you can get that very fine impression for just under 13 bar, with staff quarters.
In the market for an island? If you don’t mind ghosts, the occasional possession, a morbid back story and loads of corpses, this island just off of Venice, Italy, could be just the fixer-upper you’ve been looking for.
Franschhoek is known for its wine, and the rich folk who can afford to buy property in the coveted nook in the Cape. Sir Richard Branson is joining the Franschhoek club by buying Mont Rochelle Hotel and Mountain Vineyard.
Situated on the waterfront in Greenwich, Connecticut , this estate is the most expensive single-family home in the US. The 20 hectare property recently sold for R 1.2 billion. Take a look inside.
16 and a half bar is what you’ll be putting on the table for the pleasure of a place on the Atlantic Seaboard that has as many parking spaces as it does bathrooms – and it has a lot of bathrooms. That’s not all it’s rolling with. We think the stand alone gym will be your favourite…
432 Park Avenue, due to be completed in 2015, will be yet another massive skyscraper that will dot the Manhattan skyline. The building is situated at the southern end of Central Park, an area fondly known as Billionaire’s Row. Real estate firm Douglas Elliman have released concept art of what the 92nd floor penthouse will look like.
Once serving as the honeymoon spot for Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy, the famed Beverly House in LA has hit the market for R1.4 billion. Have a look at the 2.4 hectare estate and the massive 4,645 square meter mansion here.
Sure, Bishopscourt’s stodgy reputation is probably deserved. But for almost 40 bar, you’re dealing strictly with glass, light, beechwood, and more glass.
This portable home is a far stretch from any RDP house on the market. Dubbed The Tiny-Project, it is the creation of Web designer Alek Lisefski, who wanted to live a much more simpler and sustainable life. Check out his incredible portable home here.
Beleaguered president Jacob Zuma has indicated that his R246 million homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal could face listing on the real estate market in the coming months, as the president struggles to raise the millions owed to South African tax payers following the construction of a swimming pool, amphitheatre, and chicken run at his private home.
Grade-I listed Caverswall Castle, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, is on the market for R53 million, which is the equivalent price of a a double parking garage on Nettleton Road. Bloody bargain, chaps. Here’s more, from the Telegraph: The castle was bought by property tycoon Robin MacDonald eight years ago for £1.7 million, and has now been […]
Look, if you’re going to isolate yourself from the City Bowl behind one of the worst morning commutes in the world, you need to get a lot of bang for your buck. In that sense, this is a nuclear bomb. In fact, it’s so nice, you won’t even want to leave your pad. How many of you have considered a “braai room”? Start considering it.
Times are tough for Vijay Mallya. It’s almost a year since he shutdown his airline and had his name taken off the Forbes billionaires list. The Indian mogul’s estimated net worth has dwindled from $1.4 billion in 2012, to a mere $750 million in October last year. This bad spell has led Mallya to part ways with his R70 million Clifton pad.
Cape Town features some of the most expensive luxury properties in the country, but they are surprisingly affordable, compared to some of the rest of the world’s hot spots for the ultra-rich. Check this out.
Oh snap! If five garages, 20 parking spaces, six bedrooms, and servant’s quarters in a colonial style set in a tropical climate is what you’ve been looking for, please advise your personal banker to prepare R16 million for direct transfer – the staff are waiting for you in Musgrave, Durban. Here’s more, from Sotheby’s: Spacious and […]
You don’t have to move to the KZN midlands to live on a property that makes you feel like you own land and people – there’s a charming little place with high quantities of mahogany, leather and raw linen just up the road in Clifton, for a cool R35 million.
Statistics South Africa showed that the economy grew more than expected in the last financial quarter of 2013. The SA economy achieved a surprising 3.8% quarter-on-quarter growth, after the third quarter only showed 0.7% economic expansion.