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WHO LIVES HERE? Nandi and Karel Koster with their son Ingo-Luken (10) two dogs and a few chickens

WHERE Tierpoort, Pretoria

SIZE 105m2

Turning off the road from Pretoria, through a gate kindly left open for us, feels like leaving civilisation behind. Because the Koster family's home boasts no ordinary address.

Ahead is a steep incline with a road carved through prehistoriclooking rock formations. At intervals, cairns indicate that we are on the right track. Around a corner, we catch a glimpse of a roof through the rocks at the top of a cliff - and this is just the start of the last 600m to the Kosters' off-the-grid home.

It's a challenge, this final stretch, but 10 minutes later we arrive - and the view is spectacular! Looking back to the gate at the turn-off, it's a relief to have arrived at our destination. And although it took us a few nerve-racking minutes, the Kosters' journey to this

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