SHORT TERM RENTAL (BY ARRANGEMENT)

AVAILABLE 1ST APRIL TO NOVEMBER 2012

Large entrance hall with travertine tiles and built-in glass display cabinet.

Large carpeted living and dining room with crystal chandeliers that open on two sides to a lovely vine covered patio and the additional pool patio.  This also has a fireplace with built-in bookcases and storage cupboards.

Exquisite French shutters on all the windows.

Country-style eat-in kitchen with a checkerboard floor that has direct access to the double garage. AEG double eye-level oven, 2 x gas plates and 2 x electric plates. Prep sink with a granite prep/pastry board built into the counter surface.

Separate scullery with space for a dishwasher, washing machine, large-size fridge and double pantry cupboard.

Access to a drying yard and a wendy house/garden shed.

Carpeted guest suite with its own entrance and French doors to the vine covered patio. It has its own bathroom with a shower, toilet and basin.

Carpeted bedroom wing with a security door separating it from the remainder of the house.

3 Additional bedrooms:-

- Main bedroom with lovely large sash windows, ceiling fan and French doors opening to the pool and patio. Large amount of built-in cupboards. En-suite with a Victorian slipper bath and corner walk-in shower and single basin as well as crystal chandelier.

- 2^nd Carpeted bedroom with built-in cupboards and small crystal chandelier.

- 3^rd Carpeted bedroom with shutters and French doors to a Juliet style balcony with steps to the front garden.

Family bathroom with a Victorian ball & claw bath, single basin, toilet and a heated towel rail.

Extras: Electric fence, Irrigation, double garage and secure parking.

Double garage with shared lift and secure stairs.
Salt chlorinated swimming pool with terraced patio.
Alarmed (Mountain men) with radio link.
Entrance hall – Traditional terracotta tiles.
Large carpeted formal living room with wood burning fireplace and sliding doors to the patio and pool area and sliding doors to the rear country courtyard area.
Separate downstairs study.
Dining room with terracotta tiles and doors to interior stone-chip courtyard.
Step down separate tiled family room with additional fireplace and sliding doors to a large second patio.
Large eat-in country style kitchen with breakfast  bar and separate laundry area. Defy Gemini stove and double oven + extractor, a prep sink and granite countertops.
Sisal carpeted stairs leading to the upstairs landing with a large built-in communal study area.
Four bedrooms on the upper level – three double size bedrooms enjoying panoramic views, four bathrooms.
The master bedroom enjoys expansive views from extra large windows and aluminium French doors to  a balcony.
En-suite with terracotta floors, double basins with granite countertops and large storage cupboards – separate corner shower, toilet and bath.
Staff quarters.
Direct access to the forest possible.

“At least two recent court cases,” he said, “have shown that the seller can all too easily find himself having to pay two commissions although he had no prior warning that this might happen.”

When (as often happens today) a property has been on the market a long time, said du Plessis, the seller is often talked into granting another company or agent a sole mandate.

At this point, says du Plessis, the newly appointed agent should make it clear to the seller, if possible in writing, that he could be liable for a double commission if the person to whom the sale is eventually made was introduced to the property by the originally mandated agent.

“In these circumstances,” said du Plessis, “the seller might quote the legal maxim claiming that the second agent was the “effective cause” of the sale.  However, recent court cases have shown that being the “effective cause” can in fact be attributed to more than one agent, making both able to claim full commission.  The seller should check carefully the wording of the previous and the new mandate.  It often says in a mandate that commission is due should a buyer introduced to the property buy at a later date.  This would entitle that mandate holder to commission. But what happens if the property is mandated at the same time to an agent whose mandate says that commission is due should a sale occur within the period of the mandate? In this case, both entities would have a good claim for commission.”

“Ethically,” said du Plessis, “I would not feel justified in receiving commission where the sale originated before the start of my mandate, and would be loathe to put my seller in the unpleasant position of facing a double commission claim but other agents might react differently.

“The lesson to be learned here,” he said, “is that if you decide to award a second sole mandate on the expiry of the original, caution is needed.  Your deed of sale must stipulate that the buyer was introduced to the property only by the agent bringing the offer, and that no other party was the effective cause of the sale. If this then proves false, the seller would have a claim against the buyer.”

Spacious kitchen with an oversized eat-at island with Caesarstone countertops. Plenty of storage and cupboard space including a large pantry cupboard and Smeg freestanding gas 5-burner hob and Euromobil extractor.

Separate scullery plumbed for a dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer – opening onto an enclosed drying yard.

Open plan family room opening via foldaway doors to the patio and garden, with wood burning fireplace and built-in bookshelves.

A carpeted guest room / 5th bedroom with travertine tiled floor en-suite. (Shower and toilet.)

Fully carpeted bedroom wing consisting of the following:

• Beautiful large main bedroom at the front of the house with windows on three sides and double doors opening to the garden. A separate walk-through dressing room to a full en-suite featuring an oversized shower, double vanity, bath (separate hand shower) and separate enclosed toilet with bidet.
• Two additional bright double bedrooms with built-in cupboards, a built-in desk and fitted bookshelves
• A full family bathroom including a separate shower, bath (with hand shower) double vanity and toilet
• A 4th bedroom with built-in cupboards and its own en-suite completes this wing

Maid’s quarters with en-suite and separate entrance as well as own television point

Direct access double garaging with additional parking for 3 vehicles

24hr Manned access gate and electrified perimeter around the estate. Home includes security beams and alarm