Onverwacht Property

The Die Bos suburb was originally the farm Onverwacht Property which was sold off in 1990 for residential development and renamed Die Bos. This suburb is conveniently close (2kms) to the beach and all major routes via its southern border - Broadway Boulevard. Its northern border is the future N2 toll road, its Western border the railway line and its eastern border the two new shopping centres - the Checkers Shopping Center and the Superspar Centre bordering on Broadway Boulevard.

Property :

Die Bos / Onverwacht suburb has several gated village developments, which has contributed, to the suburb growing into one of the most affordable residential areas in the Strand - an area where you can still buy a fairly large house for less than R1,2 million. This area has the biggest concentration of sectional title apartment blocks & own title gated villages. Starting prices for 1 bedroom apartments from 29 sq.m is about R290 000 & 46 sq.m 2-bedroom units is R330 000. The own title townhouses in the gated villages start at R540 000 for a 2-bedroom unit and from R590 000 for a 3-bedroom unit. This is the last vacant area for development in the Strand and has seen the tremendous growth during the last 2 years. Townhouses not within security complexes starts at R700000, whilst houses starts at R 900 000 up to R 1,2 million.

Educational facilities : 

Strand High is about 2 kms from Die Bos, whilst Lochnerhof Primary (2 kms) and Hendrik Louw Primary (4 kms) is also very close. The Soteria complex has a fulltime crèche.

Hoërskool Strand  ( English - Strand High School) is an Afrikaans medium school with more than 1 000 students. It offers grade eight to grade twelve (matric). Website : www.strandhigh.co.za. Adress : 205 Sarel Cilliers, Street, Tel: 021-8531056, E-mail: admin@strandhigh.co.za

Hottentots Holland High School is an Afrikaans and English medium school situated between Somerset West and Strand, alongside the N2 national road. It has more than 1000 students and 44 teachers. It offers grades 8 through 12 (matric). Tel : 021-8521405

Gordon High School is situated on c/o De Beers Ave & N2. Tel :

(021) 8522540. The Principal : bjsimons@hsgordon.wcape.school.za . The school community consisted out of 40 educators, 7 non-educators and 1249 learners. Website : http://www.hsgordon.wcape.school.za

Boland College is a Further Education and Training Institution. The Strand campus courses includes Secretarial, Human Resources Management, Engineering courses & the National Senior Certificate-qualification.

Sport Facilities : 

The Charles Morkel sport complex is about 1 km from Die Bos. The Virgin Active (5kms), Strand Golf Club (4kms).

Onverwacht Property Commercial Facilities : 

New Shoprite Shopping Centre & a Caltex garage with a 24 hrs shop just opened its doors on the eastern side of Die Bos, whilst a new Superspar shopping centre is opening during 2010. The Twin Palms Shopping Centre is situated along its southern side (on Broadway Boulevard) and the Somerset Mall (regional shopping centre) is about 6 kms from Die Bos suburb.

• Residential Sale Property Ranging from R270,000 to R1,750,000