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WHO LIVES HERE? Candace and De Waal Basson with their kids Max (5) and Beatrice (2)

WHERE Prestwick Village, Fernkloof Golf Estate, Hermanus

SIZE OF GARDEN 1 227m²

At least once a month, the Basson family exchanges the confines of their small multi-level townhouse in inner-city Cape Town for their weekend getaway in Hermanus, where there is plenty of open space for their kids to play in freely. These days, notoriously picky eater Max (5) is happy to chomp on baby carrots or bits of fresh spinach from the vegetable garden as he darts around the property. “Single-storey living has been a game changer for us,” says mom Candace.

For the Bassons, it made perfect sense to buy the property adjacent to De Waal’s parents in Prestwick Village in the

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