Strand South Property

Strand South Property is the second oldest suburb of the Strand. Like Strand Central Property it also boasts a choice of beautiful older homes and is also within close proximity to the beach. Strand South is bordered by Beach Road in the south - between Main Road (western border) and Greenways (eastern border). Twin Palms lies directly to the north above Gordons Bay Road. It is close to the central business district and also includes the Voortrekker Caravan Park - adjacent to Greenways.

The section of beach running alongside Strand South's southern border, is called Mostert's Bay. It is especially popular with anglers and the "doggie beach" (the only place on Beach Road where you can legally take your dog for a walk on the beach) is right next to it alongside the Greenways beach area.

Property Market :

The area is constantly increasing in value as renovators add upmarket touches to old properties. House prices vary between R800 000 and R1,2 million - whilst beautifully renovated houses are already being marketed up to R1,8 million. Most erf's sizes are between 400 to 500 sq.m. in size and can be valued at about R1000 / sq.m. Developers close to the beach paid about R2000/sq.m. for development land. In general Strand South is still more affordable than Strand North. The appearance of Strand's Platinum Mile between Central Beach Road and Greenways and more specifically between Blakes Terrace and Ocean View Hotel, had a very positive effect on property values in the suburb. The development of three up market apartment blocks right behind the Platinum Mile in Strand South during the last three years, also had a positive influence on especially the older apartments in the suburb - increasing in value and attracting investors who are upgrading the apartments interiors.

Educational facilities :

Variety of secondary schools available: Strand High - 4 kms from South Strand & Hottentots-Holand High (7kms), whilst the primary schools, Lochnerhof Primary (3 kms) and Hendrik Louw Primary (2 kms) is also very close. Boland College is about 6 kilometres from the Suburb.

Hoerskool 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 andStrand, 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 and 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 offers courses such as Secretarial, Human Resources Management, Engineering courses & the National Senior Certificate-qualification.

Sport Facilities :

The Charles Morkel sport complex (rugby, squash, tennis & tug-of-war) is about 4 km from South Strand. The Virgin Active (7kms), Strand Golf Club (5kms). The Strand's olympic size in house swimming pool is situated on Beach Road - directly adjacent to the Pavillion. The bowls club is within walking distance from South Strand, i.e. right behind the police station and Strand's railway station.

Commercial Facilities :

Strand South Property has the following facilities: The Southend Shopping Centre is situated along its north eastern side - on the c/o Gordons Bay Road & George Street - offering the best late night shopping option in the Strand, with a OK Bazaar, various take-away food venues (pizzas / burgers / chicken), after hours pharmacy, video shop etc.). The Somerset Mall (regional shopping centre) is about 6 kms from Strand South. The Strand CBD area is directly adjacent to the suburb - the biggest part of the suburbs is within walking distance to the CBD, where all the banks / Dorpsmeent Shopping Centre etc are located.

• Residential Sale Property Ranging from R320,000 to R11,000,000