Property area focus: Keurboomstrand

The Keurbooms area has always been a place of dreams for its res idents and visitors alike. Property values have therefore risen stead ily over the years as more people appreciate what it has to offer Blue Flag Beaches dotted along long stretches of pristine coastline, wild high dunes, spectacular views across the bay from elevated po sitions, access to a myriad of nature walks, a dy namic river mouth, the estuary lagoon offering a plethora of activities, surf and rock angling... Traditionally, from a property sales point of view, Keurbooms is divid ed into Keurbooms River and Keurboomstrand. Prices along the Keur boomstrand beachfront have grown over the past few years. The following are some landmark ex amples: a four bedroom home in the upmarket Whales Haven beach front estate sold for R10.5 million; a stand in the same development sold for R6.5 million. Three properties in Keurbooms village have sold for R9 milliom, R9.7 million, and R8.3 million respectively. A luxury seven bedroomed home in The Waves sold for R12.5 million, and a spacious four bedroom house in Keursands fetched R12.3 million. All these sales were concluded by Sotheby's International Realty, the bulk by the author. Looking at registered sales over the past year for the entire Keurbooms area, the following is of interest. There were under 10 sales in the village rang ing from R3.5 R9.4 million; three sales in Keurview estate, with R6 million the top price; around 10 sales took place on estates on the Keurbooms River, in cluding a number of af fordable units in San Marino and The Dunes, and two sales in two of the upmarket beachfront security estates for above R5 milliom. Currently, a wide vari ety of property is avail able for sale in the Keurboomstrand area varying from vacant stands for R690,000 to luxury homes above the R15 million mark, and lots of affordable quality holi day cottages in between, all within easy walking distance to the beach. Perched above the vil lage is Keurview, which commands mesmerising views over the bay. The estate offers good value and has a vacant stand and a lovely home for sale, both offering very good value. Keurbooms River re mains popular and in demand, particularly be cause of the access it of fers to the lagoon and, at low tide from certain of the estates, it's an easy walk across the sandspit to Keurbooms Beach. Sotheby's has been the foremost seller in the Strandmeer resort for years already and still has good value properties to offer to the nature orien tated buyer. Sotheby's International Realty currently has 25 properties to offer along the Keurbooms River, some being holiday resort type properties at afford able prices around the R2 million mark, while others are in upmarket gated estates and priced from R6 R10 million. There truly is something for everyone! Elbie Pama is an es tate agent at Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty Plettenberg Bay and a Keurbooms area specialist. Contact her at elbiel@mweb.co.za or on 082 569 2588, and see the cover advert for addition al information.