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April 2016
Housing
T
he City of Cape Town, theWest-
ernCapeGovernment, andGar-
den Cities, a property manage-
ment company, recently handed over
the first completed units of a new
catalytic human settlement project.
The R294 million public and pri-
vate sector partnership for the Fisan-
tekraal area, near Durbanville, com-
prises 868 fully subsidised housing
units and has been earmarked for
completion by the end of 2017.
According to the city’s Mayoral
Committee Member for Human
Settlements, Benedicta van Minnen,
“A truly integrated, sustainable hu-
man settlement is being constructed,
with all social, economic and trans-
port amenities. This project is an
example of how the city wishes to
manage its residential developments
going forward, by locating future resi-
dential areas for all income groups
in relation to economic and work
opportunities.” She explains that
there is an acute housing shortage,
coupled with the highest urbanisa-
R294 m Greenville Garden Cities
tion rate in the country, the city needs
to bring in private and civic parties to
drive large-scale human settlements
developments. “A situation where
government alone is the key driver
of subsidised housing opportunities
is simply unsustainable,” says van
Minnen. “We are moving towards a
new delivery model. The Greenville
Garden Cities development is in line
with our densification policy and our
transport-oriented development and
integrated human settlements frame-
works,” says van Minnen. The City
and the Western Cape Government
are the funders of the infrastructure
and top structures and have also
provided the planning, design and
implementation input, standards and
specifications.
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I
ntegrated Housing Development
has developed Bardale Village
and is recognised as a pioneer of
affordable, middle-income housing.
The civils for phase three, named
De Hoop village will offer 182 free-
standing houses, 196 townhouses
and apartments. Two bedroom, one
bathroomapartments cost R615 000,
while the three bedroom, two and
half bathroom units cost R830 000.
Townhouses and apartments
range in size from 50 m² to 100 m².
The exterior design for phase three
includes white plastered walls and
charcoal roof tiles. The exterior trim is
light grey and all windows and doors
are anodised aluminium. The design
of the free standing homes include a
small garden, driveway and garage.
Bardale Village, a residential
development in Cape Town,
has rolled out 939 housing
opportunities in phase one and
two and a further 459 housing
opportunities will roll out in
phase three.
Bardale Village is located close to
major highways, amenities and trans-
port nodes. With primary and high
schools adjacent to the estate and
a fully operational crèche within the
development, the village has a lot to
offer first time buyers and property
investors.
Local retail centres include the
Zevenwacht Shopping Centre and
Blue Downs Mall. There are sports fa-
cilities nearby and places of worship.
The estate is located approximately
20 minutes from the Cape Town Cen-
tral Business District (CBD). It is also in
close proximity to Bellville, Somerset
West and Stellenbosch.
IHD is primarily the developer of the
very successful Bardale Village. The
company is regarded as one of the
pioneers in the South African afford-
able middle income housing market.
IHD is committed to offering reason-
ably priced opportunities to a wide
variety of buyers – from first time
homeowners to property investors
and everyone in-between.
Established by a German con-
sortium in 2001, IHD offers buyers’
assistance to evaluate affordability
on their website by checking the re-
quired household income needed to
qualify for bonds and potential bond
repayments.
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Bardale
Village