Rawson Auctions’ liking for farms in the Breede River Valley and the Overberg continues to bring them new clients wanting an auction sale rather than the possibly long, drawn out process of selling through conventional estate agency methods.
The latest farm to come onto the market in the Overberg is the 42.8 ha Driefontein estate in Gansbaai. It is, says Tanya Jovanovski, co-franchisee for Rawson Auctions in the Western Cape, just five minutes’ drive from the coastline, two hours’ drive from Cape Town and roughly 40 km from Hermanus.
The farm has three fountains which feed dams all the year round, ensuring that it never lacks water. This enabled it to be a major supplier of vegetables and fruit to Gansbaai’s fresh produce and grocery outlets in the past, but following the introduction of national chain supermarkets to the area (all with their own suppliers) the demand for these crops was lost. However, said Jovanovski, the potential to produce good crops here remains.
The farm, which has both mixed natural grass pasturages and lush fynbos scrubland, operates mainly with cattle and pigs today.
In addition to six outbuildings, including several garages, the farm has two large modern houses — 230 m2 and 150 m2 in extent. The 230 m2 house has three double bedrooms, a study, separate dining and lounge areas and a big entertainment area with an indoor braai. The smaller house has four large double bedrooms, a spacious kitchen and a well sized separate lounge with a fireplace. The farm also has two labourer’s cottages.
Jovanovski has pointed out that the farm is surrounded by lush fynbos areas in which there are some of the Western Cape’s most attractive walking trails. Although there is no link with Gansbaai’s tourist industry as yet, the farm is ideally placed to assist and capitalise on this. Shark cage diving, fishing, snorkelling, walking and 4x4 trails, she said, are all taking off in this area.
Jovanovski expects bidding on the farm to start at ± R2,5 million.
The terms under which Rawson Auctions operate are:
· No registration fee is charged.
· A 5% deposit on the purchase price has to be paid on the fall of the hammer, as does
· A 10% commission plus VAT for the auctioneers.
The auction is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 24th July at 12 noon in the Rawson Property Group’s head office at 222 Main Road, Rondebosch.
