6 Bedroom House for Sale in Poortview

Hear the waterfall and see the Eagles!

This property is situated a few steps away from the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens. Huge trees and rolling green lawns invite you to relax and enjoy nature. This pristine country family home comprises of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a cozy cottage with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen and lounge opening onto the garden.

A brand new 5Kw Deye solar system has been installed.

Characterful exposed timber beams in the high ceilings enhance the unique style of this home. The bedrooms all have access to the under roof patio overlooking the garden and the pool.

The cottage has its own separate entrance and patio over looking the garden. An authentic old-fashioned boma under thatch will give you much pleasure under the evening sky. Here you have a small kitchenette plus ablution facility as well. Children will enjoy the aviary, trampoline and unique dolls' house.

An equipped borehole supplies water. The garden is irrigated.

In the cosy living areas you will also find an open 2 sided fireplace plus a well equipped wine cellar.

You want the farm-feeling! You have it here!

This smallholding is situated in Poortview (or Ruimsig), an exclusive superb suburb bordered by the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden with the Witpoortjie waterfall and the Crocodile river, the Roodekrans Ridge where the Black eagles feed, the Ruimsig Entomological Reserve (home to the Ruimsig Copper butterfly), an International golf course and athletic stadium. In close proximity is the International Monash University, the Silver Star Casino with the Soultice Day Spa, this boasts a variety of restaurants and take aways. It has a Casino, 6 Cinemas and the Barnyard Theatre.

The world renowned Cradle of Humankind as twenty minutes away!

Close to Lanseria Airport.

Life style in this area is exciting and fun filled. You have the best of two worlds with the pleasures of farm life on the one hand and the luxuries of city life and the other hand. Enjoy having horses, ducks, geese, chickens laying eggs daily, sheep, a cow or two for your daily milk, a pond with fish, a large store for your small tractor and farm equipment, owl boxes with owls, an aviary with bird song all day, an orchard filled with fruit trees, a large vegetable and herb garden. Your children can enjoy their own cricket pitch, tennis or squash court, olympic pool, kiddies play area and jungle gyms. Also build and equip your own private gym, sauna and steam bath. For the cherry on the top, design and build your own family chapel on these large well treed stands. The added benefit of living in this area is that the Walter Sisulu National Botanical garden is on your doorstep for daily walks, jogs, picnics, a quiet moment, a visit to the Witpoortjie waterfall, a lunch in the park, bird watching in the bird hide, enjoying the outside gym area, meeting friends, viewing the Black Eagles in flight or on their nest at the waterfall, taking the kids to the play area and teaching them to observe and enjoy nature with all its attributes.

For the more energetic there is the International Athletic stadium and Country Club with golf course as well as the Planet Fitness gym.

Shopping Centres:

Ruimsig Boulevard, Featherbrooke Village, Cradlestone Mall and Clearwater Mall.

Medical and Hospitals:

Ruimsig Medical Centre, Life Pinehaven Hospital, Flora Hospital and Wilgeheuwel Hospital.

Schools in the area and within close proximity:

Maragon Private school, Eagle House school, Kings school, Ruimsig Nursery school, Little Star Nursery school. Trinity House, Little Eagles, Edufun for kids, Ruimsig Montessori, Muldersdrift Primary, Roodekrans Primary. Ridgevale Primary and Swim Jozi.

University:

Monash International University.