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“Two nature-infused plots for sale in Hout Bay”
What a find! Two rare large plots for sale in Hout Bay. Even more enticing, they’re in Legogote Estate in Longkloof, Hout Bay’s sought-after precinct bordering Orange Kloof.
When you’re in Hout Bay, you understand why Cape Town earned its reputation for being laidback – and so naturally beautiful! This seaside suburb still exudes the rural charm of an old-fashioned village. Horses clip-clop along bridle paths that wind through leafy side streets and fishing boats head out from the harbour. The bright white beach sand echoes its more famous Atlantic Seaboard sisters, neighbouring Llandudno and Camps Bay. Verdant slopes leading up the back of Table Mountain beckon hikers to explore mountain trails, the Afromontane forests harking back to the origins of suburb’s name.
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Hout Bay translates to ‘Wood’ Bay – named in 1653 by Dutch settlers, who described its forests as “the finest in the world”. These days, the pristine forests of Orange Kloof in Table Mountain National Park show just how glorious this bay must have been when the settlers first came across it.
A time capsule
So it is extra-special to find two rare tracts of undeveloped Hout Bay land in Legogote, a small secluded access-controlled estate in the sought-after Longkloof precinct bordering Orange Kloof and with direct access to Table Mountain. Longkloof takes its name from the wine cellar on the original Groot Modderfontein farm that stood here in the 1800s. When you’re home at peaceful Legogote, you have the sense that the clocks stopped back in those days.
At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac, the estate is heaven on earth, says the owner. “It’s a very special enclave. Where else can you buy vacant land with its own forest and registered wetland in a world-class city? Our neighbourhood is like stepping back in time; this is the way every kid should spend their childhood. There are no through roads, no bright street lights. It’s a rural, country lifestyle. Our kids learn to ride their bikes in the roads and learn to swim in the river (where they catch tadpoles for school projects).”
“This is a very down-to-earth, magnetic part of Hout Bay,” he explains. “You can walk to what may be the most exclusive school in Africa, and stroll down the street to buy your bubbly from South Africa’s smallest wine estate, Ambeloui. Longkloof is arguably the safest ‘secret garden’ of any estate in Cape Town. High-end security and a very involved neighbourhood community make living here a treat.”
Natural sanctuary
If ever there was a magic forest that captured the imagination, it must be the one spread across the gently sloping vacant erven for sale here. Twelve species of indigenous trees have been recorded, and individual specimens have been GPS-tagged and registered in the title deeds to protect them for future generations. Giant eagle owls, jackal buzzards and eagle owls are just a few of the 43 bird species that have been recorded here. Legogote really is a special sanctuary!
A generous building footprint on each of the 1 960m2 plots invites sympathetic architecture, where you can build your own perfect hideaway and live the dream. So, if you’re looking for very special plots for sale in Cape Town, contact us to view these stands.
Written by Sally Rutherford
What are the property details?
- Erf sizes: 1 960m² each
- Portion 1: developable area 860m²
- Portion 2: developable area 613m²
- 24-hour boom access
- Infrared security cameras
- Tree types;
Silky bark (Maytenus acuminata)
Wild peach (Kiggelaria africana)
Wild olive (including a 250-year-old specimen) (Olea europaea subsp. africana)
Taaibos (Searsia pyroides)
Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis)
Rosewood (Tipuana tipu)
Liquid amber (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
