Description

Villa Somerset, built in 1750, as Lord Charles Somerset’s Signal House, is an elegant, interior designed, Victorian home set in a leafy area of Kenilworth Cape Town. The house is set in the midst of a half acre plot surrounded by a manicured garden which includes a heated swimming pool and a charming outside entertainment area. The house is ideal for entertaining and offers a formal drawing room, book room / television room and elegant 12 seater dining room with double doors leading out onto a covered patio and garden. The property is surrounded by an electric fence and the house features a fully operational security system. Somerset House is centrally located for easy access to all of Cape Town's main attractions. It is within easy reach of the airport (20 minutes), the Waterfront and golf courses. It is a short drive to the beaches of the Atlantic or Indian Oceans. It is a 5 minute drive to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and the famous sundowner concerts to be enjoyed every Sunday evening throughout the summer months, 5 minutes from Cavendish Square shopping mall and 15 minutes from the city centre and a 15 minute drive to the vineyards in Constantia. There is an abundance of restaurants within close proximity. There is a delightful, hard-working, full-time housekeeper available at R250 per day 9am-5pm, 5 days per week.

Features:

Features:
Ground Floor:
Enormous double entrance hall which can be used for entertaining and drinks evenings
Drawing Room
Book Room / Library / TV Room
12 Seater Formal Dining room with double doors leading out onto the wrap-around patio and garden
Guest loo and Bootroom
Kitchen and breakfast room with double doors leading out onto the patio
Laundry room with washing machine, tumble dryer
Covered patio around the house
Afresco dining for 12 people
Afresco sitting under covered pergola
Beautiful manicured garden with huge heated pool
Ample parking for 5 cars
First Floor:
5 Double Bedrooms with queen or king size beds
2 Bathrooms - 1 large family bathroom
1 TV room