Weekend Argus Saturday 2022-06-04

Michael James Organisation will be auctioning a house in Somerset West, vesting in the Insolvent Deceased Estate Hendrik Collins Gerryts on Friday, June 17, on site at 23 Jakaranda Street, Parel Vallei. Downstairs, the house has: • A double volume entrance, with a sweeping staircase • An office. • An open-plan dining room. • A formal lounge with a fireplace. • A second lounge/seating area with a fireplace. • A kitchen with custom-painted cabinetry, solid wood and Caesarstone counter tops, a Lacanche stove, a scullery and laundry areas. • A guest toilet. • A main bedroom with a fireplace, custom cabinetry, dressing room and en suite bathroom. Upstairs, there is: • An open-plan office area. • A TV lounge. • Three bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms. Additional features include: •…

Bidx1 is holding an online auction of a variety of properties across the country on June 14. A highlight is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom home on a 1 425m² stand close to the Kowie River in Port Alfred in Eastern Cape. One of only four homes on a quiet street, the property has a private jetty, a boathouse, a lock-up garage, three undercover parking areas, outside accommodation, a storeroom, security beams and an alarm system and water tanks. The house has an open-plan living area with a spacious kitchen and two lounges opening onto a deck overlooking the Kowie River. One of the bedrooms is an loft room overlooking the river. “A small town surrounded by natural beauty and at the mouth of the Kowie River, about halfway between Gqeberha…

In2assets will be selling a mixed-use property in Southfield and a warehouse or factory space in Epping Industria 2 on June 22, in a live as well as online auction. 51 Bofors Circle, on the corner of Bofors Circle and Nourse Avenue, offers 8 215m² of warehouse/ factory space. There is also a reception area and offices. The property is fenced with secured gate access. The property offers easy access to the N7 and N2 and is near public transport. “This corner unit offers great exposure to passing trade and would be ideal for a distribution or manufacturing business which requires open floor space and a low roof,” says Jacques Chowles, who is handling the sale. “Epping has a City Improvement District in place which patrols that area.” The premises…

Aucor Property’s next commercial auction will be on June 21, at 11am, at the Houghton Golf Club, Johannesburg, with 43 properties under the hammer. The line-up includes a Plettenberg Bay property set on 74 hectares, with a kilometre of private coastline. There is a 10-suite residence with two pools and a separate manager’s house and cottage. “The development potential is vast and the current offering serves as a blank canvas for the new owner, ranging from a boutique hotel and wedding venue, to a world-class wellness retreat or even a luxurious personal residence,” says William Amerseder, the business development executive for Aucor Property “The 31 hectares of development land is waiting to be transformed into an exclusive enclave featuring individual homes, an additional hotel, club house and a restaurant. Perched…

Rawson Auctions Western Cape will be selling two business properties, in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, on June 22. The game farm and restaurant is on the N2, between Swellendam and Riviersonderend. The restaurant will be sold with all the items needed to continue the running of the business. There is also a farm stall, live-in accommodation for a manager, two wendy houses with toilets, and a borehole. The power comes from a 15KWH off-grid solar system. The second property is a B&B in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban, to be sold furnished. It is on a 1 742m² erf and comprises various units, among them: • A two-bedroom family unit, which sleeps five, and has an en suite bathroom and a family bathroom. • A family unit on the first…

The first mood on Wednesday afternoon at the Fairfax County Courthouse was confusion. Johnny Depp won, right? But Amber Heard received damages, too? A group of Depp fans quietly walked out of the courtroom, talking among themselves – a judge had warned the crowd about outbursts when the verdict was read – while journalists and other curious onlookers tried to figure out what it all meant. The verdict, as painstakingly explained by lawyers and experts to a captive audience in the hallway, was mostly in Depp’s favour: the seven-person jury found that Heard, 36, defamed ex-husband Depp, 58, with a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, in which she referred to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse, and awarded him $15 million in damages. Simultaneously, the jury found…