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Where the blue gums WHISPER

WHO LIVES HERE? Derick and Renette Opperman

WHERE Napier in the Overberg, Western Cape

SIZE house and stoep 185m², outside building 60m²

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‘Strangely interesting” is how Renette Opperman sums up her and hubby Derick’s first impression of the barn-shaped stone house they bought in 2017. The house might look as if it has always been here on the outskirts of Napier but, in fact, it is a fairly new building in the shade of an avenue of blue gum trees.

Renette’s story starts with a stoep discussion that took place in Middelburg, where Derick worked as an engineer and she ran her own graphic design studio. These

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