Title: Russians Arrive on South Africa's Luxury Real Estate Market
Dated: 11th -8-2014
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Nestled incongruously in the hill overlooking a sheltered cove, dusted with white sands and lined on three sides by mountain peaks, looms a 20th-century castle.
Rimmed with turrets and punctuated by a high central tower, the edifice is a replica of the Lichtenstein Castle, a historic neo-Gothic fortress built on a cliff in southern Germany in the mid-1800s.
Cape Town's version, completed in 1998 and known to locals simply as "the Castle," boasts 12 bedrooms, a swimming pool, and a banquet hall lined with stained-glass windows and suits of armour. The property, overlooking the city's Hout Bay, contains a helipad and a natural waterfall, and is accessible only by a helicopter or the private mountain road.
One of the most famous real estate landmarks in Cape Town, the Castle used to be a guest house and popular venue for wedding receptions.
Now, it is owned by a Russian.
Though the realtors that closed the deal in 2012 refused to divulge the identity of the new owners, they told West Cape News that the residence was sold to a "high-profile" Russian businessman for $2.2 million.
The Castle isn't the only piece of prime real estate to be scooped off the Cape Town market by Russians. Local real estate agents say wealthy Russian buyers have purchased numerous other multi-million-dollar homes along the city's picturesque coast in the last several years, tapping into the region's mix of sun, sea and mountains.
"They [Russians] like lifestyle properties," said Brendan Miller, head of South Africa's Atlantic seaboard at Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury global real estate agency. High-end beachfront and seaside houses ranging from 10 million to 40 million South African rand ($950,000 to $3.8 million) are in the highest demand from Russian clients, Miller said.
Rimmed with turrets and punctuated by a high central tower, the edifice is a replica of the Lichtenstein Castle, a historic neo-Gothic fortress built on a cliff in southern Germany in the mid-1800s.
Cape Town's version, completed in 1998 and known to locals simply as "the Castle," boasts 12 bedrooms, a swimming pool, and a banquet hall lined with stained-glass windows and suits of armour. The property, overlooking the city's Hout Bay, contains a helipad and a natural waterfall, and is accessible only by a helicopter or the private mountain road.
Now, it is owned by a Russian.
Though the realtors that closed the deal in 2012 refused to divulge the identity of the new owners, they told West Cape News that the residence was sold to a "high-profile" Russian businessman for $2.2 million.
The Castle isn't the only piece of prime real estate to be scooped off the Cape Town market by Russians. Local real estate agents say wealthy Russian buyers have purchased numerous other multi-million-dollar homes along the city's picturesque coast in the last several years, tapping into the region's mix of sun, sea and mountains.
"They [Russians] like lifestyle properties," said Brendan Miller, head of South Africa's Atlantic seaboard at Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury global real estate agency. High-end beachfront and seaside houses ranging from 10 million to 40 million South African rand ($950,000 to $3.8 million) are in the highest demand from Russian clients, Miller said.
Paulina says: South Africa is uber haute right now -and it appears the Russian are in the know!!! ...The above piece is only a third of the article --do read the piece in its entirety via: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russians-arrive-on-south-africa-s-luxury-real-estate-market/504907.html
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