R 6 600 000 | farm property for sale in piketberg rural

Rare opportunity to secure one of the few smaller properties on the beautiful Piket-Bo-Berg Mountain! Zoned Agriculture I, with approximately 5ha arable land, fully off the grid, it is ready for boutique farming, homesteading, or essentially, what you will! With plentiful accommodation and infrastructure, set in spectacular surrounds, and with prices on the mountain increasing all but ‘alarmingly’, you cannot go wrong. DETAIL: Land size: 7.7ha (seven point seven hectares). OLDE WORLD FARMHOUSE (needs work) offers dual living. One section with lounge, kitchen, three bedrooms, one bathroom (main bedroom with additional toilet and basin en suite), office, and covered veranda. The other section with two bedrooms, two bathrooms (one en suite), and small kitchen with Dover Stove. OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE: Large shed (doubles up as garage), two labourer’s cottages, ex-tearoom converted to accommodation and various other structures which can be made usable if needed. SOLAR SYSTEM runs the entire house, but more storage will help in bad weather. No Eskom. WATER – strong borehole delivering 9 000 litres per hour, with excellent quality water – storage in two reservoirs. No security issues or land claims. DISTANCES: Approximately 23km to Piketberg, 62km to Citrusdal (The Baths Natural Hot Springs), 92km to Elands Bay, 128km to Lamberts Bay, and 168km to Cape Town. ABOUT PIKET-BO-BERG: A beautiful mountain area with fertile soil, great quality water, and a delightful eclectic and cosmopolitan community of farmers and lifestyle property owners. Not to be missed, the get-together of the diverse and interesting community of locals at the monthly farmers market, frequented by patrons from far and wide, where fresh produce, baked goods, jams, delicious snacks and all manner of craftwork, plants, etc, lure all and sundry to congregate time after time after time! A much-celebrated event that becomes more and more popular as the word spreads … ABOUT PIKETBERG: Twenty minutes down the picturesque Versveld Pass, is the equally delightful village of Piketberg. Governed by the West Coast District Municipality – the best-run municipality in the country, Piketberg offers a nine-hole golf course, good medical care (including a small hospital), a Veterinarian, top-class schools, restaurants, an excellent farmers co-op, a variety of interesting shops, coffee shops, and a number of churches. Two outstanding wine estates on the outskirts of the village, and the entire area around Piketberg ‘littered’ with incredible nature and adventure opportunities, such as the nearby Groot Winterhoek Wilderness area, 22 Waterfalls Farm – both offering superb hiking trails, as does Beaverlac, and the best paragliding site in the Western Cape - Porterville! A bit further afield, the magnificent Cederberg Wilderness, Elands Bay (Mecca for surfers), and Lamberts Bay with the world-renowned Bird Island.