Property Details
A truly magnificent property with two houses, fully furnished, set in a beautiful designed and maintained botanical garden with a 270 degree views of the majestic Drakensberg Mountains located in the most impressive Blyde River Botanical Reserve.
The main house consists of the main room with ensuite bathroom,lounge ,kitchen and dining room downstairs with two bedrooms on the second floor sharing a bathroom, both with sliding doors out to stoeps with wonderful mountain and garden views. Heavy wooden cupboards and furniture crafted from sleeper wood ensure a well balanced warm rustic feel. This all covered with a harvey tiled roof ensuring minimum maintenance. This premises has its own well designed boma area, separate and private, set within the specially crafted botanical garden exhibiting a big variety of different plants and trees, some labelled with the English, Afrikaans and scientific names, reflecting the detail and thought that went into the garden design.
The second residence has an expansive wraparound veranda with built in braai and wash basin on the second floor supporting all round views of mountains, garden and African bush, also looking down over a designed fenced tea garden with a variety of orchard flowers You decide everyday which scenery you want to enjoy. Also upstairs is a large entertainment area with lounge and dining room, inviting family time and special blessed family days. This area also has enormous heavy sleeper wood furniture and impressive sturdy cupboards, in one corner a sunny open bathroom with toilet that encourages extended stay in this cosey and inviting environment. The veranda is big enough for a variety of braai equipment with enough seating to entertain plenty of family and visitors, accentuated by the peaceful garden and vistas surrounding you.A wooden sleeper wood staircase takes you down to the main bedroom ,open plan lounge and kitchen with a heavy wooden slab for early breakfast or a bar area, cupboards crafted out of sleeper wood and wooden seating,all inviting and supporting a warm relaxing environment.
A two entry paved driveway ensures easy and comfortable access to the house with plenty of parking space, two car carport, a sizable storeroom and an inviting blue pool area surrounded by a tiled deck. This property is thoughtfully designed for visits by family or friends and also suited for renting out and ensuring some income and return on investment.
All above set in a 90 hectare well managed Reserve, security manned gate, fully fenced with plains game, like Zebra, Kudu, Impala, Njala Waterbuck, Wildebeest to name a few as well as a variety of birdlife. Well maintained gravel roads and beautiful walking and cycling pathways along the Blyde River, also visited by Hippos as your odd neighbor. Also, a few hundred meters away is the well known and popular Blyde River Lodge, located below the world famous Blyde River Canyon and in close proximity to the Swadini Holiday Resort, in an up market residential development, bordering the Blyde river and nestling below Mariepskop and Oom Paul se Kop. A very special place to call home or spend your best vacations. .
The Blyde River Botanical Reserve is 25 km outside Hoedspruit, 50 km from the Orpen gate of the Kruger National Park and in close proximity of the Blyde River Canyon and Canyon Panorama route.
This property ticks all the boxes and is very well priced for the entire lifestyle that you buy into. A viewing is a must to experience this jewel and to experience the magic surrounding your new home.