Strand property for sale

Property Price: R850,000
Flat / Apartment in Strand: Apartment situated in sought after golf estate. This estate boasts a clubhouse, 9 hole golf course, swimming pools, tennis courts, 24 hr security and with direct access to the beach. This apartment offers 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and single garage.

Greenways Background Information:

General :

Greenways, formerly the site of the Strand Golf Club, is a very sought after Golf Estate along some 1.5 km of unspoiled beachfront. It now contains some 630 homes and apartments sites with quality sea or mountain views. Safety is a top priority and an excellent 24 hour security system is in place, including perimeter CCTV, gated access control, guard patrols & an operational room.

Property :

Greenways is predominantly an own title development built alongside 9 “golf greenways”. 4 Sectional title complexes (Emerald Bay, Laguna, Golf Beach & Bermuda) are located at the two entrances.

The majority of own title properties are built without architectural or design constraints. Village Green is the only themed own title development inside Greenways – offering great value. Here you can still buy a 3-bedroom house for as low as R1,8 million. The prices of the own title houses ranges between R2,5 million and R14 million. The last remaining vacant beachfront erfs of 500sq.m just got sold for R2,4 million.
The sectional title complexes are split between a luxury apartment block, Emerald Bay, and the other 3 complexes – which are all 2-story apartment blocks.

Emerald Bay is a terraced 6-storey apartment block with beautiful landscaped gardens around a swimming pool & braai area. It also have townhouse styled units with direct access to the beach & their own private gardens. 2-Bedroom apartments are selling from about R1,3 million and 3-bedroom units for R 2,2 million. The penthouse units have been marketed up to R7 million.

Prices of the other 3 complexes vary according to proximity to the beach or Gordons Bay Road. Lowest priced 1-bedroom apartments starts at R495 000, 2-bedrooms (R675 000) & 3-bedrooms at R875 000 – up to +-R1,45 million next to the beach.

Educational facilities :

Hendrik Louw is a dual medium primary school in Strand Central. Lochnerhof (Afrikaans primary school) is about 3 kms from Strand Central on Sarel Cilliers Street (Strand north). Both Boland College (5kms) and Strand High (4kms) is in Goedehoop, whilst Hottentots-Holland High School is in the Van der Stel suburb.

Hoërskool Strand ( English - Strand High School) is an Afrikaans medium school with more than 1 000 students. Headmaster - Mr Christo Vorster. It offers grade eight to grade twelve (matric). Website : www.strandhigh.co.za . Address : 205 Sarel Cilliers, Street, Tel: 021-8531056, E-mail: admin@strandhigh.co.za .

Hottentots Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English medium school situated between Somerset West and Strand, alongside the N2 national road. It has more than 1000 students and 44 teachers. It offers grades 8 through 12 (matric). Tel : 021-8521405.

Gordon High School is situated on c/o De Beers Ave & N2. Tel:
(021) 8522540. Principal : bjsimons@hsgordon.wcape.school.za . The school community consisted out of 40 educators, 7 non-educators and 1249 learners. Website : http://www.hsgordon.wcape.school.za .

Boland College is a Further Education and Training Institution. The Strand campus courses includes Secretarial, Human Resources Management, Engineering courses & the National Senior Certificate-qualification.

Sport Facilities :
There is a nine hole mashie 3 par golf course on Greenways with club house facilities, tennis courts, a number of swimming pools and walkways inside the estate’s beach front.

Strand Central (3kms from Greenways) boasts an Olympic sized, covered, centrally heated swimming pool right on the beach next to the Pavillion which is open all year round. The Charles Morkel sports complex (rugby / tennis / squash & jukskei) is alongside Broadway Boulevard (4kms). Strand Golf Club (rated one of the best 100 golf clubs in SA) run alongside the Lourens River (5 kms).

The bowling club (3 kms) is right next to the Strand railway station & Strand Police station. Water sports on Beach Road includes surfing, sailing , power boating , paddle skiing & board sailing. The Pipe is a part of the beach close to the mouth of Lourens River which is marked of for surfers & is known for its big waves.

Commercial Facilities :

The Southend Shopping Centre is about 400 m from Greenways - on the c/o Gordons Bay Road & George Street – offering the best late night shopping option in the Strand, with a OK Bazaar, various take-away food venues (pizzas / burgers / chicken), after hours pharmacy, video shop etc. The Somerset Mall (regional shopping centre) is about 6 kms from Greenways, & the Strand CBD area 3 kms.

Strand Background Information :

General :

The Strand offers you the convenience of city-like amenities & a world-class beach area - without losing its small town characteristics. Located in the Helderberg basin on the eastern edge of False Bay, it is within 20 minutes of Cape Town International airport & 45 minutes from Cape Town's CBD.

Within a radius of 10 kilometers, you will find a Regional Shopping Centre, a variety of sports facilities including 6 golf courses, choice of secondary and primary schools, top medical facilities with all national financial & commercial institutions represented. It has a population of about 50 000.

Strand’s main attraction is its 5 kilometers long sandy white beach – with a variety of water sports such as surfing, sailing, power boating, kayak & paddle skiing, wind-surfing & board sailing being enjoyed at various points along the beach front. Strand was nominated the best family beach in South Africa in 2007.

Strand was founded in 1714 as a fishing town by Cape Malay slaves. It has evolved during the last 3 decades into vibrant part of the Helderberg basin, with a healthy mixture of retirees, families, business people & a seasonal inflow of holiday goers flocking to one of South Africa’s prime seaside destinations.

The coast between the Lourens River mouth up to Rooi Els is very popular with beach fishermen and rock anglers, whilst organised and social diving activities beckon the more adventurous.

Property Market :

Properties in the Strand varies between entry level apartments of +- R300 000 to beachfront penthouses of more than R10 million whilst own title varies between townhouses of R400 000 & sea front houses up to R14 million. The biggest property growth points as of late has been the choice of new developments on Beach Road as well as the entry level market sectional title properties starting at about R340 000.

Limitation on development ground bodes well in the long term for any property investment in the Strand. Capital growth rates achieved in the Strand during the 2004/2005 upswing in the South African property market, surpassed the national average rate of 23% by far......

Entry level units started in 2003 @ R90 000 for a 30sq.m 1-bedroom apartment - selling at present from R310000. That is a growth of 244% in 5 years or about 48,8% per year! Capital growth has since the beginning of 2008 virtually flattened out – on par with the national trend.

Beach front apartments were selling in 2003 from about R6000 per sq.m to about R9000 per sq.m. Beachfront property is at present selling from +-R7 100 per sq. to R30 000 per square meter. The existing complexes on Beach Road can be categorized in 4 different price brackets according to “age & finishes” with the average price per square meter:
1. Older than 20 years = R 7100 to R13 500 per sq/m
2. 10 – 20 years = R11 000 to R15 000 per sq/m
3. 3 – 10 years = R11 000 to R22 500 per sq/m
4. new developments = between R18 000 and R30 000 per sq.m - depending on its finishes and the units location in the apartment block. Resales are between R16 000 & R24 700 per sq/m.
The own title neighborhoods have of late seen a surge in renovations with owners adding value to their properties - fuelled by the price hikes experienced in the town. The more sought after suburbs such as Strand North, has experienced capital growth rates between 2003 & 2008 of about 150 % (30% p.a.) - with the average house price raising from R450 000 to about R1,1 million. Capital growth in the Strand has during 2008 dropped from the abovementioned high levels along to less than 10% with the rest of the country – with buyers taking control of the market.

Affordability has during the last year became a problem in the Strand market, creating a "roll-over effect" of potential buyers to less expensive areas such a Kuilsrivier, Brackenfell and even Grabouw.

The adjacent Gordons Bay has experience very similar capital growth rates than the Strand. Future growth points in the Strand property market is the so-called AECI development node across from the Somerset Mall. This will be the last land available for development - eagerly awaited by investors.
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