5 Bed House in Barrydale

Feel right at home in your very own country lodge in the charismatic town of Barrydale. This spacious, double story property includes special creature comforts while also offering an off grid and self sustainable lifestyle.

A sunny porch featuring natural stone, embedded with fossils, leads into a spacious central and open plan living area that has a lounge, dining area and kitchen. The lounge features a huge fireplace, perfect for the chilly Klein Karroo winters. The compact kitchen has granite tops and a hanging pot rack. It leads into a large pantry and scullery with built in cupboards and is plumbed for dishwasher and laundry. The scullery exits to a tiled double garage with automated doors, and additional plumbing for laundry.

The bottom floor has three large bedrooms, all en suite with large, stylish bathrooms. There is a guest bathroom on the bottom floor as well.

The bedroom on the right wing of the home leads up wooden stairs to the top floor that features a private studio, featuring a large work room and extra bedroom under a beautifully maintained thatch . The studio overlooks the central area of the house.

A cast iron spiral staircase on the left leads to another large studio under the thatch and overlooks the central living area. Perfect for office space or an additional guest room.

This home is ideally suited to hosting and entertaining. The dining area leads out to a large enclosed patio and braai area, completely sheltered from the wind.

The immaculately manicured garden features a 130 000L salt chlorinated pool with change rooms and guest bathroom nearby. Beyond the pool is a terraced garden leading to a lapa and braai area with beautiful views of the Langeberg mountains.

Features:

- Bottom floor tiled throughout

- Underfloor heating

- Wooden floors on top floor

- Wooden window frames and shutters

- Thatch recently brushed

- 2 gas geysers

- Shelves in garage

- 2 septic tanks

- Recently replaced borehole and pool pumps

- New remotes

Off grid and self sufficiency features:

- Solar system

- Borehole with very palatable water supplying 4000 - 5000 litres per hour. Recently replaced pumps.

- 2 water tanks linked to irrigation

- Duck enclosure and pond

- Enclosed vegetable garden

- Fruit trees: Apricot, Olive, Peach, Apple, Fig, Lemon, Chillis and 200 Roses

The adjoining vacant property with leiwater dam is being sold with the house.