New World Wealth (NWW) shares its top 10 lifestyle estate picks for 2021, with South Africa and the United States both securing three estates each in the list.
Andrew Amoils, Wealth Analyst for NWW states South Africa is a global pioneer in estate living and is home to many of the world's best lifestyle & golf estates. While estate living is also very popular in the USA, Spain and Portugal, Amoils confirmed that is taking off in the UAE, New Zealand and Mauritius - with estates in each of these countries making the list.
The top ten estates were selected based on their "appeal to HNWIs, maintenance, communal areas such as parks, design, location, scenery, security and facilities/activities available which includes gym, tennis, golf, equestrian and cycling for example".
NWW estimates that over 45% of SA HNWIs either live or have homes on estates.
Amoils outlines the latest lifestyle estate trends for 2021 saying, "Most new luxury developments and estates in SA focus on apartment living rather than houses. He adds that notable examples include Brookfield at Royal, Embassy Towers and Umhlanga Arch.
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"A large number of lifestyle & golf estates have started to add luxury apartments onto their offerings. Previously, most estates had focused only on houses."
Amoils also notes that most developers are now creating small neighbourhoods within their lifestyle estates, as opposed to the old model where houses were spaced evenly around the entire property. The new model allows for more parkland and open spaces between the neighbourhoods.
"There is a movement away from traditional golf estates and towards wildlife and eco-estates (with nice parks and wilderness areas). Retirement estates for over 60s have also become more popular."
New World Wealth top 10 lifestyle estate picks for 2021 include:
- Yellowstone Club in USA
- Val de Vie in South Africa
- Bighorn Golf Estate in USA
- Steyn City in South Africa
- Kukio in Hawaii, USA
- Fancourt in South Africa
- Anahita in Mauritius.
- Jumeirah Golf Estate in the UAE
- Jacks Point in New Zealand
- Toscana Castelfalfi in Italy
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Amoils adds, "The Yellowstone Club is one of the more impressive lifestyle estates globally. It is situated in Big Sky, Montana (USA) and features a top golf course and its own private ski slopes. The houses on the estate start from a base price of around US$10 million, making it only for the super-rich. The estate is set on 15,000 acres of mountain wilderness with two large rivers that flow through the property. Activates available on the estate include, fly-fishing, golf, horse riding and river rafting during the summer and snowmobiling and skiing for the winter."
Of the three SA estates included in the list is Val de Vie in the Cape Winelands recently scooped the award for the Best Leisure Development in the World at the 2021 International Property Awards. This after the estate was nominated as Best Residential Development in South Africa by the International Property Awards for 2021. Located in the Cape Winelands between Paarl and Franschhoek. Highlights of this estate include beautiful vineyards, polo fields, an equestrian centre, a highly rated golf course (Pearl Valley), natural fynbos scenery, parks, lakes and mountain backdrops. Houses and apartment prices on the estate range from R3.6 million to R50 million.
Fancourt is located in George on the Garden Route and is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s top estate for golfers. With three highly rated courses on one estate, the two original courses (the Montagu and the Outeniqua) were built in the early ‘90s, while the world-famous Fancourt Links was added in 2000. There are several different residential areas on the estate including, Colonial Lodges, Cape Dutch Homes, Oakland Residences, Links Avenue Properties, Links Ridge Properties and Montagu Ridge Properties. House prices on the estate range from R4 million to R50 million.
Steyn City is located near Broadacres in Johannesburg. It is probably the best-designed estate in South Africa, with large amounts of beautiful parkland between the various distinct residential neighbourhoods. It offers a nice mix of houses, townhouses and apartments. The vegetation, rivers, dams and parklands on the estate are particularly impressive, as is the birdlife - wild finches, owls, hornbills and bee-eaters are all common on the estate. House/apartment prices on the estate range from R2 million to R70 million.
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