Somerset West Property For Sale! Discover the Cream of the Crop…

Somerset West is without a doubt one of the most exclusive and exciting addresses in Cape Town and the country in which to own property.

Lovely Somerset West

The Somerset West property for sale that you will find on this website has been hand picked and offers any prospective buyer exceptional value and pleasure.

Somerset West property for sale might, at first glance, appear in abundance because of the cross agency networking in town, but in fact exactly the opposite is true. The numbers are inflated due to duplication. The reality is that top Somerset West properties are scarce.

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The local RE/MAX Helderberg office pretty much has the inside track on all Somerset West property for sale. It should be the first stop for both buyers and sellers alike. Lee Sieberts and her team is a leading force in the local property market.

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Some history according to Wikipedia – The land was initially bought from local people and a cattle post was established here by Dutch soldiers in 1672.

Erinvale Golf Course

Willem Adriaan was later sent back to Holland after being charged with corruption and cruelty towards local Dutch farmers.

The farm is now owned by a subsidiary of the large mining company Anglo American, who have restored the farmhouse to its original magnificence and continue to produce some of South Africa’s best wines there. The farm is open to tourists.

The town was named Somerset after an English governor of the Cape Colony during the 1800s, Lord Charles Henry Somerset, with the suffix ‘West’ being added after 1825 to differentiate it from Somerset East, another South African town in the Eastern Cape.

In the 1830s, Sir Lowry’s Pass, named after later governor Sir Lowry Cole, was constructed to link the town with outposts further east over the Hottentots-Holland mountains.

Somerset West is an intriguing town in which to live. It boasts one of the highest per capita incomes per population in the country.

There are a number of world class golf estates in the area, such as Erinvale and De Salse. The surrounding winelands offer award winning wine and cuisine just a short drive in the country away.