South Africa

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From the huge high portico, large front door, and grand reception area with the elegant, floating marble staircase, one enters into entertainment spaces consisting of numerous lounges, plus spacious dining area, with chandeliers and fireplaces, all opening onto the well-maintained, lush garden.

The spacious TV/family room, with fitted units, opens with stacking doors onto the immaculate heated pool and jacuzzi, as well as converting to a cinema room with a projector and screen that retract into the ceiling. Study fitted with book shelves and cupboards. The lounge/gym room has a jacuzzi, adjoining bathroom, fitted TV screens and opens with stacking doors onto the pool and garden.

Upstairs is a very spacious pajama lounge with a fireplace, mantelpiece and fitted units, which opens onto a large balcony. Five bedrooms with bathrooms en-suite, protected with automated roller doors, open onto the central balcony The luxurious main suite has a bedroom with a gas fireplace and large windows on two sides for optimum light. The fitted dressing room is also a safe room and the bathroom en-suite includes a full jacuzzi and double showers. Two of the bedrooms are currently used as an additional dressing room and a study.

The kitchen has granite surfaces and paint-finished fittings, a large central island with Gaggenau gas and electric hobs, plus frying surface, warmer and extractor fan, fitted Gaggenau refrigerator, freezer and wine cooler, space for a dining suite. The adjoining scullery/laundry matches the kitchen.

The adjoining flat has its own reception area, with chandelier and staircase from the front parking. It has a spacious open-plan lounge/dining room/kitchen which opens onto a balcony. a guest cloakroom and two bedrooms with bathrooms en-suite.

The sparkling mosaic-lined pool is salt-chlorinated, heated, self cleaning and has an adjoining matching jacuzzi with built-in seating. There is a change room with 'his and hers' toilets/urinal and basins, plus an outside shower. The luxuriant garden features wild olive, lemon and magnolia trees, borders of flowering and scented shrubs such as jasmine and gardenias, with attractive winding paths and pots of roses.

The top-of-the-range Creston Home Automation system controls lighting, sound, blinds, security shutters, curtains and cameras, through touch screens throughout the house.

The staff accommodation consists of an office, a kitchen/lounge, two staff bedrooms with two bathrooms, storerooms, outside toilet, and a spacious staff garden. A 90 KVA generator comes on automatically in a power outage, and a prolific borehole keeps 4 x 5,000 litre tanks filled with water.

The security is formidable, with numerous cameras connected to touchscreens and TV's, beams, as well as security shutters, high surrounding walls with electric fencing above, plus the property is situated in exclusive, boomed 4th Rd.