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‘LIVING OUR BEST LIFE in the city’

WHO LIVES

HERE? Gert and Caro van den Berg with their sons Joshua (10) and Daniel (8) and cats Jacques and Bruno

WHERE

Oranjezicht, Cape Town

SIZE 260m2

In a narrow alleyway in the picturesque neighbourhood of Oranjezicht in Cape Town’s City Bowl you’ll find Gert and Caro van den Berg’s Victorian home. When you step over the threshold of this stately three-bedroom house dating from 1897, a surprise awaits: the aesthetic is way more modern than you’d expect. However, the wonderful old character of homes from this era has been preserved in the form of the original sash

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