9 ha Smallholding in Vredendal
This Sandveld farm offers the unique opportunity of self-sustained country living whilst earning additional income. It currently boasts 3x rental homes each providing a stable monthly income as well as four decent-sized greenhouse tunnels.
The 4-bedroom Main House is the central hub of the property, designed for luxury and comfort with its spacious indoor swimming pool and open-plan pub and living room space.
The farm offer 3-phase power, however, also focus on energy-efficiency with its 10x 375w Solar panels, 14kw battery bank and a 5kw inverter and in addition to the 25kva Transformer which provides Eskom electricity to all the rental properties, main warehouse and water pumps.
The current solar system provides the necessary energy, ensuring minimal municipal costs and environmental impact and main house has low energy high output air conditioning system running throughout the home.
Both rainwater harvesting systems (green tanks) and greywater recycling are in place to optimize water usage. The current water supply (1 inch pipe) measure at approximately 1,800L per hour extracted from a channel (800 metres from main house) and theres also additional access to a 60m borehole (brackish water). Additional water supply include:
2x 50,000 liter reservoir for garden use
1x 90,000 liter reservoir for residential use
3x 5,000 liter water tanks for the Main House
The farm also offer 4x greenhouse tunnnels of 30m (long) x 8.5m (width) each which currently have drought-resistant and climate-appropriate crops containing approximately seventeen different fruit trees, these include olive, orange, nuts, pomegranates, prickly pear, figs, banana trees and more. Till date the harvests have been supplying a local padstal/farm stall as well the household.
The property is VAT registered, therefore no need to apply for business rights. The spacious warehouse also has 3-phase electricity and is engineer-rigged with cables, winches and pulleys, whilst a former projector room is utilized as horse stables.
a Final bonus is that the property neighbours the Vredendal Golf Club, making it an ideal location for your avid golfer and may even provide the added income of a guesthouse for visiting golfers or flower enthusiasts visiting the annual Namaqualand flower displays.
VAT EXCLUDED
Property details
- Listing number T4671565
- Property type Small Holding
- Listing date 13 Jun 2024
- Land size 9 ha
Property features
- Bedrooms 12
- En-suite 3
- Bathrooms 7
- Dining areas 1
- Garage parking 1
- Built in cupboards
- Fenced
- Pool
- Study
- Entrance hall
- Kitchen
- Family TV room
- Fireplace
- Built In braai
- Borehole
- Water included
- Aircon