About this property

This award winning executive modern family homestead combines a timeless design with off-grid living, light filled, open plan interiors, indoor heated pool and indigenous garden and indigenous dune forest that backs onto the Sardinia Bay Nature Reserve. The home is rooted within an indigenous forest of milkwood and wild olive trees and surrounded by a lush indigenous garden under irrigation. Zoned Residential 2 with secondary use that allows for Rural Activity ie. keeping of animals & small scale cultivation and offers the perfect sanctuary for bee farming. Enjoy the outdoor coastal country lifestyle just 5 minutes to Sardinia Bay Beach, Sardinia Bay Golf Estate, Grass Roof walking trails and bike park and a 10 minute drive to Mount Pleasant and Walmer for your shopping convenience. Situated in one of PE’s equestrian hotspots, with stabling and coastal beach horse trails on your doorstep. In this quiet country lane off Sardinia Bay Road, the home is North facing and with floor to ceiling windows and sliding doors on every room, the bright African sun streams in all day. This architectural masterpiece, designed by architect Ron Hicks, is graced with generous spaces throughout. Main Home This red face brick home offers 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms with a guest toilet. The main bedroom is generous in size with its own walk-in closet, air conditioner and a spa-like en-suite bathroom with his and hers basins and his and hers glass shower chamber. The stylish modern kitchen with slate blue drawers and cupboards and white Caesarstone counter tops, is at the heart of the home and makes entertaining a breeze. One wing of the kitchen is for cooking and the other wing is a laundry and scullery with pantry cupboard and space for your appliances. A four-burner gas hob keeps the family going all day. The open plan lounge and dining room are separated by a central fire place and both have sliding doors that open onto the natural indigenous garden and forest to calm the soul. There are two family rooms and a guest room and a work-from-home office nook or reading corner. The high ceilings with open exposed white beams and skylights create serene spaces and the outside wooden deck connects to the outdoor undercover patio. This leads onto the indoor pool room under an impressive skylight, creating a dramatic central focal point to the design of the home. The pool is solar heated with a solar salt chlorinator. Cottage There is also a private self-contained cottage, with one spacious bedroom with views of the garden and forest, a bathroom with shower and modern kitchenette and a work-from-home office nook. This separate space could also be used for a work-from-home office/practice. Outdoors There is a hidden gem on the back of the home with a 12sqm studio or man shed with all glass walls connecting you to the green oasis of the indigenous forest beyond. You also have the convenience of an outdoor bathroom for those post beach clean-ups. The lush indigenous garden and lawn is irrigated with your own private borehole water and an irrigation system. The borehole water is also plumbed into the house. The double garage has an automated door with an expanded storage/workshop area on one side and also houses the full solar system and petrol generator. Off-grid living is enhanced by a solar energy system comprising 24 solar PV panels, new 8kWh inverter and two new 5.5 KVA batteries. The system powers the main home and cottage (except geysers) and there is also a back-up generator in case of emergencies. All lighting in the home is LED. The home has a 2metre high electric fence on the perimeter. The home also has extensive security and an armed response service for added peace of mind. The southern boundary of the stand borders onto the Sardinia Bay Nature Reserve. Your dream coastal country home is waiting for you. Welcome home.