Die Gang: 1886 Greyton heritage home with dual living, a garden pavilion and a leiwater dam

ie Gang was built in 1886, just over thirty years after the first plots in Greyton were sold. A hundred and forty years later it remains one of the village’s heritage-protected homes. It stands on a 1,529m² erf of lush garden and mature trees, and it’s arranged for the way people want to live here today.

The 220m² home is divided with a door, into two self-contained sides, each with two bedrooms, its own kitchen and its own living space, with three bathrooms and a guest toilet across the house. The one side can be used by the owners, and the other side could potentially earn a rental income. This is village living as it should be, with the market, the coffee shops and the commonage all within walking distance.

That layout gives you real choice. You could live on one side and let the other. You could give parents or adult children their own space under the same roof. You could keep a fully equipped guest side for friends visiting from Cape Town. Or you could use the whole house as your own, with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a guest toilet between the two sides.

The garden is where Die Gang wins you over. Mature trees give the property privacy and the cool, deep shade every Greyton summer calls for, with four oak trees, two in the front and two at the back. A leiwater dam ties the garden to the historic furrow system that has watered the village since it was laid out.

At the heart of it all is the garden pavilion, and it may well be the single best reason to buy this house. A combined braai and fireplace makes it a space for every season. Summer brings long lunches and the braai going as the light softens, cooler evenings bring a fire in the hearth, and friends stay around the table well after dark. It works just as beautifully as a studio, a private office or a guest suite. It can be turned into guest accommodation or an airbnb.

The single garage, with its storage loft standing height through the centre, is the only part of the property outside the heritage protection. That makes it ideal for conversion into an Airbnb or guest cottage, subject to municipal approval. Each side of the house has its own conservancy tank, so the two halves run completely independently of each other.

Greyton lies about ninety minutes from Cape Town at the foot of the Riviersonderend Mountains. You have oak-lined streets, the Saturday morning market, the commonage and nature reserve for walking and cycling, and the Boesmanskloof trail over the mountains to McGregor. It’s the village that turns weekend visitors into residents.

This is a heritage-protected 1886 home with rental potential, a garden pavilion and scope to build. Die Gang is Greyton at its most complete. Contact Ruth Goodman to arrange a private viewing.