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Mar 29, 2007:
A 10-room, double storey, old Napier style property, well situated in the main street of Napier, a town which has become know as the 'gateway to the Overberg', is to be auctioned on site by Pam Golding Commercial Auctions at 12 noon on Saturday 31 March, 2007. This property has the potential to be developed into shops with flats on the first floor, for use as backpackers' accommodation, boutique hotel, offices or small apartments.
"Located 15km from Bredasdorp and 40km from the coast at Struisbaai, L'Agulhas and Arniston, Napier is well positioned to capitalise on increasing tourism," says Paddy Smuts, manager of Pam Golding Commercial Auctions. "The government has identified the Bredasdorp/Agulhas area as a development node. A National Park is being developed at Agulhas, and the most southerly point of South Africa - where the two oceans meet - is to be upgraded to a world class tourist facility in the same vein as Cape Point."
Located at 68 Sarel Cilliers Street, the property to be auctioned is unique in the town - designed in the old Cape style - and centrally situated close to all amenities in the main trading area in the village and on the main access road to Bredasdorp and to Struisbaai, L'Agulhas and Arniston. Just opposite is a popular restaurant/ B&B/ 'watering hole', which is currently being extended. The street is being upgraded with brick paved pavements and low level street lighting, and many of the houses in this street are being converted for commercial use, and being restored to the old Napier style.
Currently empty and in good condition, the property comprises 766sqm with the two-storey building comprising 590sqm. There are verandas on each floor, and a double staircase leading up to the first level adds an aura of grandeur. There is a flatlet -still to be completed - on one side of the ground floor with its own separate entrance and comprising a bedroom/living area, kitchen and partially finished bathroom. A room just off the verandah would be ideal as an office, while the first floor has two large open spaces plus several smaller areas. There is parking for six cars at the rear of the building as well as street parking in front.
