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DIE dakplate van die nuwe winkelsentrum in Suider-Paarl word hierdie week opgesit terwyl hyskrane en swaar boumasjinerie skouer skuur teen die oer-oue akkerbome aan die Hoofstraat. Op 20 November behoort die kompleks tussen Clift- en Concordiastrate langs die KWV-hoofgebou voltooi te wees en sal die ankerwinkel, die Vineyard SuperSpar, sy deure open. Ook op die perseel is Westermans Suider-Paarl (voorheen Boland Apteek), Boesmanland Biltong, Traumerai Coffee Shop, 'n tak van Vee's Videos, die Dros braairestaurant en die Hairmatics haarsalon. Daar sal onderdakparkering vir byna 100 voertuie wees, asook 'n buite-parkeerterrein vir nog 90 voertuie, buiten die straatparkering. Die oprigting van 'n verkeerslig op die hoek van Clift- en Hoofstraat is reeds goedgekeur. "Daar is ewe veel van ons kliënte wat mor dat ons van Zeederbergplein wegtrek, maar net soveel wat nie kan wag om ons in Suider-Paarl te besoek nie," het die eienaar van Vineyard Spar, Koos van Dyk gesê. "Vir ons gaan dit om ruimte. Ons sal vir die eerste keer behoorlik kan kompeteer met wyer produkreekse en ook met verlaagde pryse." Die groter SuperSpar sal ook 'n volledige kwaliteit-drankwinkel open. Dag- en nagsekuriteit sal veilige omstandighede vir besoekers verseker, sê Van Dyk. Die toekoms van die perseel waar Vineyard Spar tans bedryf word, op die hoek van Rosestraat en die Hoofstraat, is nog onseker. Spar bly die huurder van die gebou, en beoog om dalk 'n hardewarewinkel daar te open. "Daar is eers getob met die idee van 'n Kwikspar, maar marknavorsing het getoon dat daar nie genoeg besigheid in die Paarl is om nog 'n voedselwinkel te dra nie," het Van Dyk gesê. * Construction of the new Vineyard Superspar shopping centre is on schedule and due to open on 20 November. |
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FRANSCHHOEK residents are concerned about the planned construction of a cosmetic hospital on the slope of the mountain above the town. The rezoning of this particular site for a plastic surgery and convalescence facility is opposed by environmental bodies in Franschhoek and by Franschhoek Valleé Tourisme. A public meeting to discuss the draft scoping report for the L'Aubade Mountain Retreat, a 60 bed cosmetic hospital and recuperation centre aimed at the European market, will be held in the town hall tonight at 19:00. Specialist consultants Chittenden Nicks de Villiers (CNdV) have undertaken the initial impact assessment following a public open house and various bilateral meetings in Franschhoek earlier this year. They have compiled a the draft scoping report, which is now available for public comment at the Franschhoek library. It can also be downloaded from the website www.enviro-plan.com. Says the chairman of Franschhoek Valleé Tourisme, Arthur McWilliam-Smith: "No-one is opposed to a viable business which will bring tourists to Franschhoek, but this land is situated slap bang in sight of the whole valley. "The land is located above Haute Cabriere wine cellar, whose owner was forced to go underground to be less conspicuous. At present one cannot build higher than two stories in Franschhoek. This project oversteps all the environmental guidelines for the area. "If permission is given to build on this site, what will stop others getting permission to build multi-storey buildings on the mountains around Franschhoek? "The developers claim they will hide it behind the trees, but at the same time say it is imperative to have this wonderful site with a view to attract the rich tourists. I fail to see how you can hide it and at the same time have wonderful views." Comments should reach CNdV by Friday 6 September at PO Box 10211 Caledon Square 7905, fax 461 6466 or by email planning@cndv.co.za. For enquiries, contact Anton Lotz at 461-6302. |
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ALLE eiendom in landelike gebiede moet voor Junie volgende jaar gewaardeer word vir die doeleindes van munisipale belasting, weens die uitbreiding van munisipale grense. Landelike grondeienaars sal van 1 Julie volgende jaar munisipale belastings betaal gebaseer op die waarde van hul grond en die hoofwoning (ander geboue uitgesluit). Die Drakenstein Munisipale Raad het die waardeerders Marais & Medewerkers van Wellington (wat ook verantwoordelik is vir die waardasies van alle eiendomme binne die tradisionele munisipale gebiede van Paarl, Wellington, Gouda en Saron) aangestel om die taak te verrig en 'n databasis te vestig. Volgens eiendomswaardeerders vir die firma, is een van die grootste probleme wat tans ondervind word, dat daar gaan databasis van eiendomme buite die ou munisipale gebiede (afdelingsraadgebiede) is nie. Toe Afdelingsrade in 1984 omgeskep is in streekdiensterade en eiendomsheffings afgeskaf is, is waardasies gestaak. Nou moet die rekords van alle eiendomme weer op datum gebring word. Inligtingstukke word tans ingewin. Eienaars (of hul verteenwoordigers) word versoek om die nodige inligting aan die waardeerder te verskaf aangesien die ordonnansie ook 'n verpligting plaas op die eienaar om die nodige inligting te voorsien. Die inligting bly vertroulik. Sodra waardasies voltooi is, sal die eienaars daarvan in kennis gestel word en daar sal geleentheid vir besware wees by 'n Waardasieraad wat intussen uit die landelike gebied saamgestel word. Die beweegrede vir die betaling van munisipale belasting deur landelike grondeienaars is tweeledig. Eerstens word aanvaar dat die landelike gemeenskap, soos die stedelike gemeenskap, wel gebruik maak van dienste soos paaie, biblioteke en gesondheidsdienste. Tweedens het die nuwe bedeling ook meegebring dat die plaaslike munisipaliteit sekere dienste wat vroeër deur die Distriksrade gelewer is, nou oorgeneem het. Dié kostes moet van die verbruikers, die landelike gemeenskap, verhaal word. Die betaling van die belasting vir dienste aan twee owerhede, die plaaslike en distriksmunisipaliteit, plaas die plase op gelyke voet met besighede in die stedelike gebiede. Landelike belastingsbetalers word aangemoedig om deur publieke deelname inspraak te verkry in die opstel van die geïntegreerde ontwikkelingsplan (wat 'n invloed het op die munisipale begroting en prioriteite) en die prestasiebestuurstelsel wat groter deursigtigheid verleen aan munisipale dienslewering. Om deelname te bevorder, sal die boeregemeenskap hulself moet organiseer om op 'n gestruktureerde en effektiewe wyse deel te neem aan die proses, byvoorbeeld deur boereverenigings. * Valuations of rural areas must be completed by June next year with a view to levying municipal property tax. |
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This was identified during an investigation commissioned by the provincial administration and Drakenstein |
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the background to a policy for the future of the Paarl "town" farms. Although the outlook for the table grape industry seems favourable, Paarl grapes come onto the market in midseason when volumes are higher and prices lower. Barring New Zealand, South African farmers receive less state support than those in any other developed country, according to the Producer Support Estimate. "It is hardly affordable to employ any loaned capital for farming operations, and this can restrict the renewal process of vines and lead to further deterioration over time. "The smaller the unit, the weaker the financial situation. The minimum viable size of a Paarl table grape farm is 20ha and a wine grape farm is 30ha." Farmers in the municipal area also experience problems with pest control and the added expense of property tax and costly municipal water for irrigation. Permanent access to water sources remain a problem, as most sources are available at the discretion of Council. With an obligation firstly to the community, irrigation water may not be available in dry spells. Municipal water is far more expensive than any other source, and table grapes require about three times more irrigation than wine grapes. "Water shortages and costs could be reduced by replacing table grapes with wine grapes and tapping into wine tourism." Although Paarl farmers have paid significantly reduced property taxes for the past 40 years, these could increase significantly when based on market value. Market-based valuations are in the pipeline for 2003, when property tax is to be extended to all farm land. Although a number of the farms are zoned for single residential purposes, this zoning does not grant any real rights, as the right of subdivision still remains at the discretion of Council. More recently, the Extension of Security of Tenure Act of 1997 placed additional responsibilities on the farmers regarding the housing of farm workers. About 140 families are housed on town farms. In terms of the new Heritage Resources act, the "town" farms can be regarded as heritage resources protected by this act. They make a considerable contribution to the streetscape of the town with their homesteads, walls, vineyards and open spaces. "It is essential that any development permitted on the farms have strict environmental guidelines to ensure that the sensitive and irreplaceable natural and cultural elements of the landscape are not degraded or eroded over time. "Should development be acceptable, the farms with the lowest conservation values should be considered first. Farms should also be considered in groups and not individually," according to the report. "Lessons from other areas with similar issues have proven the need for a clear policy that determines a realistic market value for farms, the identification of unique characteristics of the area with a view to conserve them, and to contain urban sprawl with forward planning to ease pressure for development of agricultural land." With the need for upmarket erven in Paarl, and farmers hoping to sell their land on the more lucrative property market instead of the lower agriculture market, the parties concerned are impatiently awaiting the final outcome of the study. The next step is to analyse the findings in terms of opportunities and constraints, to formulate a vision for the future character of Paarl with specific reference to the farms, and to indentify the principles. The Status Quo report is available for viewing at the municipal planning department in Paarl (room 301) and on the website www.mcaplan.co.za. For enquiries, contact Bisschof Bosman on 807-4834 or Lize Malan of MCA Planners on 685-1150 or mcaplan@gem.co.za. |
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MAY was a record-breaking month at Boschenmeer Golf and Country Estate in which more properties were sold in a single month, than ever before. A total of 41 plots were sold over a period of three and a half weeks, and with more than 200 residential erven and homes sold, the Estate is now almost completely sold out. Within three weeks of release, more than half of the 51 erven of the last residential phase was sold. Approximately 70% of these properties were sold to new buyers, and the balance to investors who are already landowners and residents at Boschenmeer. The remaining plots measure between 400m² and 1200m², and are in the market ranging from R350 000 to R700 000. During the same period, Boschenmeer's most expensive plot was sold - a 1000m² plot adjacent to the Berg River which sold at R1 million to an investor from the UK who owns another property on the Estate. The plot forms part of an exclusive pocket of the top 30 plots of the Estate, which are almost completely sold out. Twenty-two of these plots were sold prior to release, resulting in sales in excess of R16 million for this particular phase, during the month of May only. Eight river frontage plots of approximately 600m² in size are still available between R750 000 and R850 000. Demand for re-sales has increased dramatically and another record was set recently when Boschenmeer's most expensive house (to date), was sold for R2,7 million to another Estate resident, who is also from the UK. Although only 10% of Boschenmeer's buyers are international buyers, they are interested in top of the range products and some of Boschenmeer's top properties have therefore been sold to foreigners, mostly from the UK. Re-sales of smaller properties have also been buoyant in May, and buyers of Country Homes, the Boschenmeer plot-and-plan turnkey product, have realised phenomenal returns of as much as 100%, by selling homes they bought for R950 000, three years later at R1,8 million and R1,85 million. The first lake frontage Estate Lodges have also been sold, and sales of this unique product is expected to increase dramatically once the residential product is completely sold out, and the upgrading of the club facilities have been completed. 'These will include a five star restaurant, members' bar and ladies' bar, a hotel facility and a wellness centre. Johan Pauw, the developer of Boschenmeer has paid tribute to the sales team and their success particularly during the month of May. "Now that we are concluding the last residential sales, there seems to be an urgency amongst buyers to stake their claim at Boschenmeer before the Estate is sold out. Residents enjoy the success of the development and have seen proof of the appreciation that can be realised at this development. "We therefore find that more and more of our buyers are now investing in second and even third properties, and with endorsements such as this, our residents are our best ambassadors. |
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CONSTRUCTION of the R1,3 billion golf estate Pearl Valley along the Wemmershoek Road near Paarl is on schedule and half of the 18 fairways will be ready for play in August. Construction workers and earthmovers are as busy as bees on the site, while landscaping of the course is also forging ahead at high speed to ensure completion by the end of the year. The first round of golf should be played on the back nine by August. Construction of the infrastructure for the first phase of 194 erven will be completed by September, when the first showhouse should also open for viewing. The golf estate, with a course designed by American golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, is being constructed next to the Berg River on the site of the former Safariland game park. It will be only the second Jack Nicklaus signature golf course in Africa, situated 8 km from Paarl, with direct access to the R303 via a new entrance road. The initial one-off tag for a Nicklaus signature course is $2,5 million, ensuring Nicklaus's personal design of the course and his intimate involvement in the layout and finish of the course. The developer is Novelway, backed by Malaysian Resources Corporation (RCB), one of the biggest conglomerates in Malaysia. The development over 170 hectares will comprise a residential estate of 500 units including 320 homes and 180 executive "lock-up and go" lodges, as well as an upmarket hotel and spa. The first phase of low density residential units includes 67 homes and 127 lodges. All units face either fairways, greens or water features and 34 have already been sold. Prices for the lodge erven (500 to 1000 m²) range from R600 000 to R1,2 million per erf while larger residential erven (1000 to 1900 m²) sell for between R650 000 and R1,7 million. All property prices include membership. Membership is limited to residents, their guests and paying guests of the hotel. The estate will also boast a driving range, clubhouse, business centre, restaurant, health and beauty spa, swimming pool, gymnasium and sauna, floodlit tennis courts, a lake for water sports and sports trails. The sandy soil is being landscaped into fast, soft-moving greens of cool season grasses like Kentucky Blue. Stands of pine trees line the fairways, but indigenous vegetation has been added to integrate with the residential complexes. During one of his visits Nicklaus explained that he wanted "a golf course that looks as if it should be there." "It will be hard from the back, user-friendly but challenging, with distance. "The average golfer is not getting better, so I give them what I like, fairways with bunkers cut into them, not shaggy rough." With 17 hectares of lakes, the 170 hectare estate will offer more water coverage than any other golf residential estate in the country. These lakes will contain permanent running water and will be stocked with indigenous fish species. "With over R50 million being spent on landscaping and the average plot size larger than the norm associated with other golf estates, Pearl Valley is expected to be a South African benchmark for golf estates," says Tahir Salie, executive director of the development. The estate is surrounded by an electrified fence with sensors, monitored by 24-hour security in a security centre at the gate. The project has also triggered the construction of a new water reservoir and sewage plant by the District Council, which will be partially funded by the developer. The civil contractor installing the internal services is Power Construction, with Rea as subcontractor. The greens are being developed by Golf Data.Purchasers are required to complete construction of a dwelling within two years after transfer and it must comply with the architectural and landscape design guidelines. Only preselected and accredited building contractors may be used to build homes on the estate. For more information, phone 867-0442 or visit www.pearlvalley.co.za. |
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DIE De Poort museumdorp wat in Suider-Paarl beoog word, gee vandeesweek 'n tree nader aan die werklikheid sedert die Paarl Post 'n jaar gelede vir die eerste keer daaroor berig het. Hersonering van die grond vir die ontwikkeling van dié dorpie naby Paarlstasie word vandag geadverteer en sal na verwagting binne die volgende paar maande afgehandel word. De Poort se hooftrekpleister sal die uitbeelding van die wamakersbedryf tussen 1875 tot 1895 wees. Dié bedryf het daardie tyd 'n opbloei in die Paarl beleef om fortuinsoekers na die goud- en diamantvelde te dra. La-ter is die waens ook na die oorlogsfronte toe. Dit is hierdie era van ekonomiese vooruitgang van die vallei wat deur De Poort voorgestel gaan word in 'n aktiewe lewendige museumdorpie. Die waversameling van die Drakenstein Munisipaliteit is in die bekwame hande van die De Poort-komitee geplaas en sal verskuif word sodra gepaste huisvesting in die erfenisdorpie gebou is, waar dit uitgestal word. Die versameling bly die eiendom van die Munisipaliteit. By hierdie spesiaal-ontwerpte gebou word 'n opelugarena beplan waar die vaardighede van die hanteerders van waens, perde en muile ten toon gestel gaan word aan die publiek. 'n Lid van die De Poort-komitee is reeds hard aan die werk om muile af te rig sodat besoekers ritte kan onderneem op replikas van veerwaens en ander rytuie soos wat deur Domingo, Retief en ander plaaslik gebou is.Tydens beplanning is die behoud van die dennebome op die terrein in gedagte gehou. Gevolglik word die meeste geboue op die rand van die grond geplaas.'n Skool, stadsaal, winkeltjies, tipiese huise en menige ander geskiedkundige voorstellings van die era word beplan vir die aktiewe museumdorpie. Die winkels wat op die grense beplan word, sal 'n dubble doel dien: na buite sal hulle hedendaagse goedere verkoop, maar aan De Poort se kant moet die winkels, winkelassistente en die ware wat te koop aangebied gaan word, eie wees aan die negentiende eeu. Entrepreneurs kan een of beide bedryf soos hulle dit verkies. Om die gebied ten beste te benut, sal parkering op die perseel van Spoornet verskaf word. Dit is in beginsel goedgekeur deur die betrokke owerhede. Sover moontlik is die geboue wat gebou gaan word, eie aan die era en sommiges sal herinner aan ou Paarlse geboue wat gesloop is. Onder hulle is die ingang in Tabakstraat wat herinner aan die ou Paarl Wyn- en Brandewynmaatskappy, die stadsaal grensend aan Hoofstraat het elemente van die ou stadsaal wat afgebrand het en die ou negosiewinkel van weleer in Stasiestraat is ook herkenbaar. Die projek het die ondersteuning van die Drakenstein Munisipaliteit en Raad en dit is positief ontvang deur die gemeenskap. Dit word gesien as 'n belangrike stimulus vir toerisme in die gebied. Die loodskomitee van De Poort (almal vrywilligers) het lang ure gespandeer om bande op te bou met 'n wye spektrum van organisasies en instellings sodat die hele poging so verteenwoordigend as moontlik kan wees. Raadslid Herman Bailey, die onderburgemeester, is afgevaardig om namens die Munisipaliteit op die De Poort Raad te dien, met raadslid Johann von Wielligh as secundus. 'n Lewensvatbaarheidstudie is verlede jaar uitgevoer met fondse bewillig deur die Wes-Kaapse regering. Dit het getoon dat nie net broodnodige direkte werkskepping bevorder sal word nie, maar dat die hele omliggende gebiede finansieel op verskeie maniere kan baat vind by die projek en 'n toename in toeriste. De Poort word ook beskou as 'n belangrike katalisator om verskillende toerisme-besienswaardighede in die omgewing saam te snoer om toerisme te bevorder: waaronder stoomtreine, Het Gesticht, die Slaweroete, Madiba-huis, die Taalroete en Roete 62. Die twee erwe tussen Turk en Pinestraat (een provinsiaal en die ander munisipaal) gaan saamgevoeg word en sal, na kommentaar deur die algemene publiek, hersoneer word vir spesiale besigheidsregte en toerisme. Die Raad het reeds in beginsel die huur van die grond aan De Poort goedgekeur vir 25 jaar met die opsie om te hernu. Alles dui daarop dat die projek 'n bate vir die Drakenstein-area gaan wees, veral vir die gebied om Paarlstasie waar ou geboue na verwagting opgeknap sal word om in te skakel. Besoekers aan De Poort sal teruggevoer word na 'n lewendige, aktiewe dorpie eie aan die tydperk van 1875 tot 1895 en getrakteer word op verskeie spesiale ervaringe: * Werkers in die kompleks gaan in eietydse kostuums geklee wees; * Orkeste gaan musiek maak soos in vervloë dae; * Kinders en volwassenes sal kan deelneem en leer van speletjies van ouds; * Besoekers sal afgeneem word in kostuums van die era; * Die Kaapse Berede Polisie sal marsjeer en hul passies toon met ou gewere; * Families sal pieknieks tipies van die era onder die bome kan hou; * Handvaardighede van die tydperk sal gereeld ten toon gestel word. * Vir die kooplustiges sal daar unieke eietydse artikels te koop wees. Vir navrae, skakel Frances Graves by 863-3902 of epos fegraves@mweb.co.za. Kommentaar op die planne moet die Munisipaliteit bereik voor 17 Mei. * The Municipality has advertised a site in Suider Paarl for rezoning for the purpose of building the proposed De Poort heritage village. |
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Kom kyk gerus na die historiese woonhuis, geleë in die hart van Wellington. Die woning bestaan uit 4 houtvloer- slaapkamers met hoë plafonne en 1½ badkamer. Twee leefvertrekke ('n sitkamer en eetkamer), een leef na die stoep, die ander langs die kombuis, voltooi dié skaars statigheid. Buite is 'n volledig-omheinde tuin met parkeerplek. Om karakter teen 'n redelike prys van naderby te besigtig, skakel asseblief vir Marietjie by (021) 873-3140 (w) of 082-962-4477 VERKOOPPRYS: R430 000: DUVENAGE & DE VILLIERS |
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PROPERTY AGENTS
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WHILE the Paarl farms contribute to the character of Paarl, farmers face tremendous economic constraints, which impact on the viability of these farms.