Situated in Loerie, this picturesque Macadamia nut farm has beautiful views of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve and the Loerie Dam. Located approx. 9km on the R331 from the N2 Thornhill offramp. Ideally located property accessed by tar roads to the N2 and only 55 km from Port Elizabeth and 32km to Jeffreys Bay.
A rare opportunity exists for you to own an ideal small sustainable farm for commercial farming and lifestyle living. The property includes orchards, excellent infrastructure and approved plans for an architecturally designed house, of which Phase 1 is already at foundation stage and all services are in place.
Macadamia nut orchard = 3 hectares of ± 1850 trees planted with 4 blocks of different varieties.
Electricity:
Eskom 3 phase 22KVa Facility built to handle
50KVa
LINZ (made in Italy) 25KVa PTO driven generator c/w Massey Ferguson tractor with 3ph plug/socket to mains supply inlet to complete farm with changeover switch.
Proposed new dwelling has all services (power/Data/Security/External lighting) prewired to underground distribution access pit.
Water Supply:
Rainfall ± 490mm p/a.
Water Use Licence 12, 630m³ and storing of water in an earth dam 3,830.36m³
2 x boreholes 1 x for domestic use, 1 x licenced for extraction of water
Municipal water with servitude rights to the municipal supply pipe and take-off point
Irrigation:
Fully installed with reticulation design drawings for micro spray irrigation system. 3D drawings will be supplied of irrigation manifold and fertigation system.
6 m³ Underground water tank, pipes and pump – currently receives water from greenhouse roofs and automatically discharges to the main holding tank
6 m³ above ground water tank, pipes and pump – currently receives water from chicken house roof and automatically discharges to the main holding tank
6 m³ above ground water tank, pipes and pump – currently receives water from main house roof and automatically discharges to the main holding tank
Main holding tank 175 m³ PVC Lined, brick and concrete construction, complete with underground pump and connection to irrigation system. Water from roofs is pumped to this holding tank. Overflow to main dam via underground 450mm pipe
Storm water reticulation via 450mm concrete/PVC pipes to field and dam.
Greenhouses:
380m² with engineered retaining walls for possible farm shed/factory. Concrete cover to tank 100sqm. Maximum load for driving on the tank is 50Kn (5 Tonnes)
120m² greenhouse for food.
Spacious tunnels ideal for year-round vegetable and herb production and space for propagated trees.
Container:
6m x 2.8m used as pump house with irrigation control panels
Shed/Storage:
100m² chicken shed and storage.
Existing house/Office:
120m² 3-bedroom, 1 bathroom, lounge, dining room, fitted kitchen, scullery/laundry. Storeroom/pantry. With Siemens appliances Steam Oven, Gas/Induction Domino hobs and deep fat fryer. Trelli security on all windows.
Garage:
Single garage with a triple carport
Architect designed house:
508.6 m² Designed by LYT Architects. Approved plans with foundations already built in phase 1 and inspected by the municipality and the services are in place.
Fire Security:
Fire mains installed to the side boundary of property nearest the kloof. Member of SBWFBA FMU fire team in area, member and worker are trained and certified by MTO Forestry to fight fire. Bakkie firefighting unit is held on site and a filling point is connected to the irrigation system for other FF units to fill their tanks.
Security:
Electric Fence on compound area.
Paradox Commercial Evo 192 8 partition alarm system- currently prewired for new dwelling and connected to Security company with Phone App access.
Camera system installed to main house and external gate. Kouga Municipality monitor 24/7 main gate and access to the farm as part of their security initiative. With phone App access.
Sale includes Land, Infrastructure, Massey Ferguson Tractor, 3 phase generator 25kVA POT and tipper trailer
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