Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk from your back door, basket in hand, and pick fresh fruit and vegetables to use when cooking meals for your family? To gather the eggs laid by your chickens that morning? Or how about milking a cow right there in her stable? Wouldn’t you prefer living off nature's bounty above making constant trips to the grocery store? Picture a setup that says "no thanks" to external resources as much as possible. While instead, it gives nature's cycles and biodiversity a big old hug. This does not need to be just a dream; this is an attainable reality with a self-sustaining farm. This farm gives you the opportunity to swap the hustle and bustle of urban life for a calm, peaceful atmosphere in the countryside. So much space for learning and experimenting, your days will be filled with hard work but expect many rewarding experiences.

This is just but an option as this is a mixed-use property – whether it be commercial, residential, or agricultural, all or a combination of these – no doubt about it - it is an INCOME GENERATING PROPERTY. It could also be the perfect property for a couple of families looking to build a self-sustained community as it consists of all the right ingredients to do so.

Twenty years ago, the current owners settled on this piece of land 0,75km from Schweizer, and turned it into one of the most well-known businesses in the district by supplying and distributing a wide variety of fruit & vegetables by tunnel farming. The crops produced turned out to be the most sought-after by many people from the surrounding area, not to mention the locals. Currently, there are contracts to supply five different schools with fruit and veg. These could be taken over from the current owners and be included in the sale if it be the buyer’s wish to continue and reaping the farm’s first rewards.

The farms as it is now, consists of the following:

• Tunnels for growing food crops, including the already installed irrigation system, water, and fertilization reservoir with pumps.

• Three fully equipped boreholes – pumping between 4000 and 6000 litres an hour.

• A "deli / coffee shop to sell baked goods and other products – consisting of a kitchen, cafe furniture, fridges, cash till, space to wash & prepare crops for distribution, storage space or office, etc.

• A 4X7m cold room.

• A GIFTSHOP - perfect homemade gifts

• A Swop-Library

• Two houses - in pristine condition and very secure and safe. Both houses have built-in cupboards and are tiled, house #2 with some carpets. A watercooler runs throughout the houses.

o HOUSE #1
Three bedrooms
Two full bathrooms
Kitchen
Dining room
Lounge with security gate and aircon
Study
Sunroom with two sliding doors to the back yard
Store/Washroom

o HOUSE #2
Three bedrooms – Two with en-suites and aircons
Another full bathroom
Huge walk-in storage closet
Kitchen with scullery
Open-plan lounge / dining room with aircon

• A cement dam, usually found on farms, has been uniquely converted and renovated into a roofed coffee shop / restaurant. The dining area being on top of and in the middle of the water filled with koi fish. Currently, it is not in operation but has everything to start up immediately.

• An additional option for the buyer is the installed solar power system. Consisting of two 12kW, 3-phase inverters, two 10kWh batteries and twenty-four solar panels, valued at just over R500,000. Include this with the transaction by taking over the loan payments from the current owner.

This is not the complete list of included items, as the owners would like to discuss the buyer’s plans to help make it possible for them. It is a VAT registered company; it is possible to buy the business and property as a going concern. Financial statements and management accounts will be available on request for serious buyers. The sale will be adjusted to suit the buyer and therefor the price too will be negotiated by the involved parties.

The farm offers the potential for many other operations for financial returns like:

• Food preserving using methods like freezing, drying, and canning of jam, jellies, pickles, chutneys, bottled fruit or veg. The owners had a significant cut in the market with the preserved products they supplied.

• Selling a wide variety of baked goods.

• Raising livestock like sheep, goats and cows for milk, butter cheese, yogurt, meat, etc.

• Raising pigs for pork and smoked meats.

• Raising chickens for supplying and distributing eggs, meat, etc.

• Red wiggler worm farm to assist in compost making.

• A backyard nursery can be a profitable home-based business.

This is an excellent long-term investment that may even provide a source of income in retirement, whilst offering a fulfilling day to day life, especially in these times of uncertainty around food resources and creating your own income. So do not wait one minute, phone me now to book a viewing!!