210HA FARM WITH 5HA TRUFFLES AND 6 DWELLINGS FOR SALE NEAR UNIONDALE WESTERN CAPE
Amazing 210ha truffle farm with sweeping mountain views down the valley and loads of potential.
Exciting Truffle project : this farm has a 5ha Truffle operation, which should bring a large financial benefit in two years - the first initial harvest is taking place currently, confirming the viability of this project.
The Truffle project can also be be expanded as a future option.
Enjoy the clean mountain air, mountain vistas and peaceful farm-life on this newly-listed farm.
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This farm boasts a lovely large comfortable main house, second house, and four beautifully renovated cottages. Together with the many outbuildings this opens up opportunities to do overnight accommodation, purchase as a family or a group of like-minded friends.
60ha of arable dry land for future farming expansion with possibilities for planting amongst other crops: Pomegranates, pecan and almond nuts, garlic, onions, lucerne, oats.
Possibilities for keeping horses, lovely mountain outrides, mountain biking track or for personal outdoor enjoyment.
Secure and safe area.
Truffle project :
5Ha planted with over 3 000 oak trees inoculated with Black Truffles. Trees were planted in 2019 and should produce their first Truffles within the next 2 – 3 years. Irrigation is gravity fed micro sprayers and is fully automated. The area is completely enclosed with electric fencing and mesh.
Housing :
Main house consists of 3 large and airy bedrooms, sunny lounge and dining areas ,rounded off with an outside deck to relax on for a nice sit-down , 2 bathrooms, laundry, office, aircon, carport
Second house has 3 bedrooms, large open plan kitchen, lounge and dining area, 2 bathrooms and laundry and carport with lovely outside views of the wooded forest area.
The four main cottages consist of 3 x 2 bedroom cottages and one bachelor pad which are neatly renovated , airy and lovely living spaces
Outbuildings include a barn, workshop, store room green house and clean and neat butchery.
Water - Farming operations :
Around 10Ha of permanent irrigation lines. Irrigation network completely revamped to run on gravity with mostly new piping totalling around 30km
Dams and water storage :
2 x earth dams – capacity around 60 million litres
1 x 1 million litre catchment dam
1 x 250 000 litre steel dam
2 x 60 000 litre steel dams
2 x 5 000 litre Jojo tanks
3 x cement dams
Boreholes :
4 x boreholes (2 developed with solar pumps and 2 are undeveloped)
1st developed borehole can yield between 10 – 15000 litres per hour
2nd developed borehole can yield 10 000 litres per hour
Pumping rights from the river
Water - household :
Drinking water is from natural sources in the mountain. All geysers are either gas or solar and all drinking water is gravity fed and cleaned through multiple filters
Water sources from the mountain currently yield around 24 000 litres per day
Fencing : Good fencing throughout the farm
Other crops :
Garlic grown for the last 2 years over approximately 2500sqm and should yield around 2 tons.
800 Aloe Ferox plants that should be ready to harvest next year and taken to a nearby factory.
Livestock :
40 Dorpers which will double this year.
Various faming implements and tools are included in the sales price, such as a 20 ton Komatsu excavator , 1 x Fiat 780DT 4x4 tractor , ploughs, rippers, bossiekapper, scraper blades, offset discs, spreader and 1 x self propelled mini rotovator
Butchery is equipped
Vehicles such as 2 x bakkies, quad bikes and trailer are included in the sale
Other items included in the sale:
Almost all furniture, appliances, kitchenware, laundry equipment, electronics and other household items.Both houses and all 4 cottages will be almost fully furnished.
WiFi network covers approximately 2Ha with 10mb uncapped internet connection
Good road network
Zoned : Agricultural with 3 phase Eskom electricity
The farm is in a VAT-registered entity and as such VAT is payable on the advertised price. If the farm is bought by a VAT-registered entity, the farm can be purchased at 0% VAT, and the transaction is nil VAT rated
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