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Beautiful Property Known As Red Mountain Ridge Including Guest Cottages

Onsite Liquidation Auction - Magnificent Farming Property Klein Karoo

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Auction 28 August 2024

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Beautiful Property Known As Red Mountain Ridge Including Guest Cottages
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Description

Magnificent Property Located Between Oudtshoorn And Calitzdorp

3 Pieces of land known as Red Mountain Ridge

Infrastructure

7 Guest cottages (beautiful, well designed, furnished, victorian style self catering units)

Manor house

Managers house

Offices, administration and workshops

Education centre

7 Labourers cottages

Two pump houses and smaller outbuildings

Three dams (one with 9kva pump)

Five boreholes

Farming

Approx 25 Hectare almond trees under drip irrigation

Approx 0.6 Hectare granadilla trees

Approx 2 Hectare white muscadel

Approx 3.5 Avocado trees under drip irrigation

Water Supply

The main water supply is gravity fed from a stream / fountain in the Kruisrivier in the Swartberg Mountain.  Water from the Kleinrivier is shared between various farms.

Water is regulated by the Breede-Olifants catchment management agency.

Annual water entitlement: 450 000 cubic meters from Kruisriver, storage in 3 earthen dams, 2 earthen and 1 cement finished dam located near the dwellings and 3 dams are pipe linked with electrical water pumps supplying the irrigation system.

Electricity supplied by Eskom.

Location

Beautiful, scenic area at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains, often referred to as the "water sponge" of the Klein Karoo.

Other

Well planned farming entity and the potential of eco-tourism.

Excellent almond varieties are planted.

The trees, soil, irrigation systems, water availability, treatment of orchards, micro climate of the portions of the farms are considered excellent in the almond industry.

The trees are approximately 3 years old and have a lifespan of approximately 20 years.

Almond farming in the Klein Karoo has a brilliant future.

Movable Assets

The movable assets in the managers house are not included in the sale

The movable assets in the guest house are included in the sale

The movable assets in the four guest cottages are included in the sale

The movable assets in the office are included in the sale

The movable assets in the labourers cottages are not included in the sale

There are no leases in place, if any potential purchaser would like to employ the staff they would be very happy and willing to stay on, the staff have been on the property for many years and have vast knoweledge on the day to day running of the farm and they would be an asset to any purchaser.



Agricultural Details

Agricultural Details

Farm Type
Almond, Avocado and Guest Farm
Size
Approx: 620 Hectares
Water Sources
Gravity fed from streams and fountains in the Kruisrivier in the Swartberg Mountain
Suburb
Calitzdorp
Property Address
Red Mountain Ridge, Kruisrivier, Calitzdorp
Erf Number
Ptn 22, Ptn 11 & Ptn 3 Of Farm Buffelskloof No 22
Title Deed
T12726/2021 & T32776/2020