The house is set back from the quiet residential road, surrounded by a landscaped garden with two bedrooms (one double, one twin), two bathrooms, open plan living room and kitchen with a TV area off the living room.

Only a short (3-5 minutes) walk to the multitude of restaurants, galleries and shops in Franschhoek, South Africa’s culinary capital.

Three terraces, with outdoor dining tables, loungers, outdoor sofa and chairs.

Infinity edged swimming pool (7.5m x 3.5m x 1.4m).

Front electric gates with off street parking space. Burglar alarm linked to response team. Inverter system to provide power during load shedding.

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Fully equipped kitchen with gas hob, electric oven, dishwasher fridge freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, pots, pans, glasses…..

The main bedroom has a queen sized bed, ensuite bathroom with a shower and plenty of cupboards. The second bedroom has full sized twin beds which can be combined to form a double bed with a bathroom immediately next door with a shower. Both bathrooms have ceiling fans and blackout curtains or blinds. There is no air conditioning in the house. 100% cotton bed linen and towels as well as swimming towels are provided.

The open plan living area has double height ceilings, three sets of french doors opening onto terraces, a wood burning stove, and designer and custom made furniture. The dining table comfortably seats four. The TV room has a large sofa, an HD TV with Netflix and the hi-speed wi-fi router.

If you want to watch sports, the Tuk Tuk Brewery is a 3 minute walk away with two large screens and its’ home brewed beer and lager….

The wrap around garden is largely planted with indigenous plants providing verdant views throughout the house with the Franschhoek mountains as backdrop. The terraces provide shady spots for coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

A local landscape gardener, Sue Norman, worked her magic with the planting while keeping many of the old fruit trees and bushes. The front garden boasts a magnificent coral tree and the plumbago hedge creates privacy from the quiet residential road.

The infinity pool is recently installed and is 7.6m x 3.5m x 1.4m. It is unheated and unfenced.

Some background

The owners found the house in 2019 and saw the potential to create a contemporary house within its traditional structure. They project managed the complete redesign and renovation of the house; putting on a new roof, opening up the roof space in the living room, installing the wood burning stove, putting in a new kitchen, new bathrooms and completely redecorating. Outside, they removed a second building in the garden to create space for the pool and garden room, redesigned and landscaped the gardens…. huge thanks to the many people who worked so hard on this project; Jo and the Explorers Club team, Klaus and team, Jeremy and team, James and Jo, Sue, Hein, Phil and team, Martin, Raheem, Benjamin…..

Kumbuk House is named after the Kumbuk tree, found throughout India and Sri Lanka where the owners have spent a lot of time. They lived in India and have built and run three beachfront hideaways and one modern villa in Sri Lanka. Much of the furniture and many of the paintings in the house come from the owners’ travels in Sri Lanka and India.