Saturday, May 14, 2011

4 Sandy Bay Rd, Llandudno, Cape Town

Title: Luxury Refined

Summary: Enjoy one of the best sunset views over Llandudno beach, facing north towards Table Bay and Robben Island. Expertly refurbished using the highest quality of luxury finishes. A feature of the home is the second lounge ideally positioned with horizon views, glass stacking doors and fireplace.

Description: Enter this spacious 1200m2, luxurious, north-facing Llandudno villa and enter a world of its own. Ideally positioned with expansive views of ocean, forest and mountain, this Villa offers arguably some of the best views in Llandudno - the vast ocean expanse flanked by soaring mountains and the west coast line receding in the distance. Hints of a Mediterranean feel are suggested by the Spanish roof tiles and exotic double antique-themed wooden front doors, which are repeated again when entering the spacious wine cellar. This ultimate masterpiece home focuses on the joys of entertainment, with a large dining room plus wood-burning fireplace, opening up to the left of the state-of-the-art kitchen, and a spacious lounge with its own wood-burning fireplace opening up to the right of the kitchen, the lounge boasting a pitched ceiling and exposed wooden beams. The dining room also opens onto a secluded courtyard with an elegant water feature. The kitchen opens up with double doors, while the dining room and lounge open up with folding doors, onto the balau wood entertainment decks which flow to the garden and crystal blue pool, with the backdrop of the breathtaking views of the bay of Llandudno. This luxurious home offers 6 bedrooms, of which 3 are en-suite. Five bedrooms are located upstairs with double doors opening up onto an expansive balcony, with the sixth bedroom located on the ground floor as a perfect guest suite. The kitchen is fitted with all the necessary appliances, imported from Germany. It is semi-open plan with a central island, offering a separate scullery, separate laundry room and separate walk-in pantry. Exclusive handcrafted cabinetry is featured in all the bedrooms and the kitchen facilities. This ideal home is complimented by underfloor heating throughout, the latest in home security and full home automation including a home sound system. In addition, there is a large power generator, computerised irrigation system and a central vacuum system. (In respect of the various house systems, a thorough handover process will take place to the successful purchaser.) Follow the staircase to the lower level of the house, and you will find additional small storage room, guest toilet and the double wooden doors opening into the large cellar. The cellar opens into the underground 4-car garage (cars to be park in tandem). There is also additional off-street parking for two cars. There is no mistaking the breathtaking position and design of this beautiful home and a serious contender in the unique Llandudno lifestyle.

Contact Shanna Heijberg on shannaheijberg@gmail.com / shanna.heijberg@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 84 568 4984, or Matt Mercer on houtbay2010@gmail.com / matt.mercer@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 83 299 1133.

8 Steensway, Llandudno, Cape Town

Title: Charm and Grace

Summary: Cape-cod style, warm & tasteful dual-living home, landscape sea & mountain views from all rooms, rare position in quiet cul de sac with boardwalk access to beach

Description: Set one road above the beach with simply superb views, this four-level home offers dual-living virtually on the beach, at its best.

The main home, set on two levels, includes a large office with two rooms and a bathroom, two en-suite bedrooms, an open plan lounge and dining room which both open out to the deck through French doors, allowing views of the sea and Llandudno rocks. The lounge and dining room flow to a large L-shaped kitchen with scullery and laundry. There is also an au-pair or maid's quarters with its own en-suite bathroom, separate to the main house level.

Off the laundry is one of two access staircases to the second home, which offers a bedroom en-suite with its own lounge and separate guest bathroom, and the master en-suite on the other side of the open-plan kitchen, dining room and lounge, all opening to the pool deck through aluminium doors.

An external separate staircase makes it possible to let out the upper level and allow complete privacy between the two levels.

There is a single garage, undercover parking for two cars, and off-street parking for more.

Properties of this size and proportion, in this position and with these views, very rarely become available in Llandudno.

Contact Shanna Heijberg on shannaheijberg@gmail.com / shanna.heijberg@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 84 568 4984, or Matt Mercer on houtbay2010@gmail.com / matt.mercer@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 83 299 1133.

13 Bosman Ave - Nantucket, Llandudno, Cape Town

Title: Beach house living like no other in Llandudno, Cape Town

Summary: May your soul rest here… The penultimate in beach house living, your own glorious Cape Cod style home with private access directly to Llandudno Beach, panoramic uninterrupted beach views, the closest house to the beach, with incontestably the best views and privacy. Flanked by a nature reserve and stream, looking out to nature and the ocean, this home offers comfort, warmth and the most unique family lifestyle possible in Llandudno, Cape Town.

Description: May your soul rest and your dreams come true here…

Nantucket House, Llandudno, offers the penultimate in beach house living. This glorious Cape Cod style home with its humble entrance, uniquely has private access directly to Llandudno Beach via its own staircase. It leads you onto the dirt track part of the nature reserve which runs in front of the house, flowing through the Llandudno Lifesaving Club directly below, which has a boardwalk that enters onto the beach.

The property offers panoramic uninterrupted views from every angle of the beach, Llandudno Rocks, Logies Bay and of the surfers and body boarders in the water below. The sound of the waves breaking on the beach below is prominent, promising and peaceful.

Nantucket House is the closest house to the beach, with incontestably the best views and privacy, not only possible, but also available for purchase, on this highly sought-after, prestigious location in the world.

Flanked by a nature reserve and stream, Nantucket House looks out to nature and the ocean. This home offers comfort, warmth and the most unique family lifestyle possible in Llandudno, Cape Town. The stream gives home to many species of frogs and animal life. The stream has been maintained by the current owner, with many indigenous plants planted on its banks and a small dam to create a beautiful garden to work in on the border of the property.

The unique position means that there is no neighbour to the north of the property, and the property has been designed to look out to the beach, Llandudno Rocks and the nature reserve, so there is very little awareness of neighbours – absolute privacy.

The current style of the home has been inspired by the Martha Vineyard and Nantucket Islands. Whitewashed wooden beams and floor boards throughout, immaculate attention to detail with special nautical fittings and fixtures woven into the final design of the house. Sailing, beach living and nautical passion is highlighted wherever you look.

The house has been structured to offer a dual living option. In one part of the house, if sectioned off from the main house via a staircase, offers three bedrooms and one full bathroom, with open plan lounge, dining area and kitchen. There is a boardwalk style loft area which is great for a work-from-home set up or a play area for children. The living area opens up onto a sheltered deck for outside entertaining. The main house offers three bedrooms, main en-suite, two separate bathrooms (one with a bath, one with a shower), with open plan lounge, dining area and kitchen. The main house opens up onto deck, leading down to a grassed area leading to the sparkling blue pool. Decks and walkways wrap around the house from top to bottom, making access to all areas of the house easy and flexible. Underneath the house there is a pool room, which is perfect for entertaining by the pool side. You can use this space as a gym area, bar or convert it into an additional living area. There is also a storage room by the pool for your watersport items. In addition, there is an au pair pad with it’s own access, as well as access into the main house. Alternatively, it could be used as a bachelor pad or office.

From every possible angle, you are gazing out to the sparkling blue ocean in peaceful serenity. Location does not get better than this.

There is a double garage with car lifts to allow for four cars to be stored in the structure. Above that, there is still additional storage in the rafters. Out front, there are six off-street parking bays – unheard of in Llandudno within minutes walk to the beach!

The history of this house is rich. The house was originally the Llandudno School building. When undergoing renovations in the late 1990’s, the original building was utilized to form the foundation structure for the now multi-level home. The original School building has been clad with reclaimed clapboard, lending the Cape Cod style to the house. Inside the house, the internal doors have also been reclaimed from an old building in Roeland Street, Cape Town. The granite tops in the bathrooms have been stripped of their shine. The warn doors, floors, matt counter tops, wooden kitchen counters and double volume ceilings lend the interior style of this home to be warm, lived-in, full of character, history, charm - bringing you down-to-earth, perfect for it’s proximity to nature. It is not pretentiousness and definitely not ostentatious - this beach house style is how living in Llandudno should be.

The home was originally occupied by the a large family, who had 6 daughters. As each daughter was born, the house would be expanded to make provision for the new arrival. As time progressed, the house became larger and larger. The history of this home continues to be spun as each consecutive owner enjoys the benefits of living on Llandudno beach. Are you the next chapter in the book of Nantucket House, Llandudno?

Contact Shanna Heijberg on shannaheijberg@gmail.com / shanna.heijberg@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 84 568 4984, or Matt Mercer on houtbay2010@gmail.com / matt.mercer@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 83 299 1133.

14 Apostle Road, Llandudno, Cape Town

Title: Impeccable Llandudno home

Summary: Swiss-German designed & built family home with beautiful sea & mountain views, easy access with a flat driveway leading right into the double garage with direct access to the house. Plenty of storage space.

Description: Swiss-German designed & built, this impeccable Llandudno homes offers plenty of accommodation. There are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study with separate entrance, double garage with direct access to the house and a very accessible driveway that offers additional off-street parking for up to 4 cars i.e. not a steep driveway.

The views are of the sea and mountains, with a patio leading down to the large blue pool & garden. There are two large storerooms underneath the house. The living areas are a lounge with fireplace and a kitchen including a small dining area.

The bedrooms upstairs facing the sea open onto a balcony that runs the length of the house. The windows & doors are UPVC. There is underfloor heating in selected areas of the house.

Contact Shanna Heijberg on shannaheijberg@gmail.com / shanna.heijberg@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 84 568 4984, or Matt Mercer on houtbay2010@gmail.com / matt.mercer@anneporter.co.za or (+27) 83 299 1133.