R 9 450 000 | Farm for Sale in Grahamstown Rural

Location:
Approx. 56 Km from Grahamstown, 17km from Riebeek East and 112km from Port Elizabeth

Size: 890.9411 Ha

Building Infrastructure:
The main homestead:
4 Bedrooms and 3 Bathrooms with a separate toilet. Open plan dining room and lounge with office nook. Two verandas, a garden with established trees and a swimming pool with its own entertainment area (bar, braai and bathroom). There is a clay tennis court in need of repair. Most furniture and movables in the homestead included in the asking price.

Second Historical House:
Once the home of Piet Retief, this quint historical house exudes character. 3 Bedrooms, one bathroom, lounge / dining room and kitchen. The house needs to be renovated.

Outbuildings:
• Beautifully built cut sandstone church, owned by the Anglican Church.

• The shed next to the main house has a workshop, vehicle / feed store, lean-too for a vehicle, butchery with cool room and a smoker and loft used for staff accommodation.

• Two small vegetable tunnels for personal use

• Old stone stables next to the “Piet’s” house used as entertainment area.

• Fully operational shearing shed.

• 3 staff houses.

Water:
- 5 boreholes:
• 1 on solar pumped at +- 500 L/Hr
• 1 +- 12 000 L/hr needs a minor clean out.
• 1 tested at sustainable yield of 26 200 L/hr
• 1 (not tested) yield stronger than 26 200 L/hr.
• 1 +- 13 600 L / Hr strong Borehole 13 600 L/hr

- 1 large dam in good catchment linked to an irrigation system for 7 Ha of Dragline and permaset. A further 3 Ha is available for establishment adjacent to the existing irrigation

- Rainfall +- 450 mm / annum

Topography:
75% of the farm lies on a flat plateau, with the farm rising up to its Northern border onto the top of a large hill / mountain with a second large hill on its Eastern flank. The property ranges in height from 522m above sea level at its lowest point to 709m at its highest.

Vegetation:
Typical Karoo Mosaic Thicket with scattered palatable browse, Karoo scrub and intermittent grass cover. Jacket Plum (Pappea capensis), Gwarrie (Euclea undulata) Boer Bean (Schotia afra) and Sweet Thorn (Acacia Karoo) the dominant trees.

Valleys are more densely wooded with areas of higher grass density on portions of the farm.

Approximately 7 Ha of irrigation lands irrigation, developed to dragline and permaset.

Farm Infrastructure:
• 9 Stock Camps all with water, 90 % of the internal stock fencing has been replaced or improved.
• 1 plunge dip for small stock.
• 2 small-stock handling facilities
• 1 large-stock handling facility.
• Much of the fencing is new with all having been recently repaired.
• Good internal road network, mostly in good condition, a few sections in steeper areas need annual repair after rains.
• Game Fenced on two sides.

Game and Stock:
Springbuck (Hartwater) - 300
Blessbuck - 35
Impala - 50 (including white flaked)
Gemsbok - 6
Kudu - Common - Free Roaming
Bushbuck, Warthog, Grey Duiker and Bushpig are all common.
Game Numbers subject to change.

Currently running an Angora Goat flock and a herd of Damara Sheep.
Livestock not included in the sale.

Sustainable Carrying Capacity:
Estimated at +- 9Ha per LSU

Asking Price: R9 450 000.00 + vat