Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 3 March 2015 | Page 23

RETIREMENT LIVING

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HELDERBERG RETIREMENT ESTATE
billiards room and is where villagers
can obtain information about the
countless social societies on offer –
from weekly bird, fishing and walking
clubs, specialist interest groups
focussing on back exercises and yoga
to weekly movie screenings, there is
quite simply something for everyone.
Art is a chief aspect of life at Helderberg
and villagers are able to partake in
organised crafts workshops such as
woodwork, painting, knitting, pottery
and photography, and monthly
exhibitions are held to showcase
villagers’ work, with the best 12
photographs making it into the annual
village calendar.

established itself as the perfect,
secure living environment for those
wanting to acquire a new skill, or
refine an existing one at leisure,
spend quality time with the family
and connect with nature. Stunning
views of the golf course, vineyards and
neighbouring mountains make the
restaurant and function facilities at
Helderberg Village the perfect location
to host beautiful events. Serving up
delicious plates of food made with
fresh and locally sourced produce, the
venue comfortably sits 120 people
for birthday parties, anniversaries,
corporate events, family dinners and
intimate wedding receptions.

With a well-stocked library, music
room, in-house choir and organised
day trips to theatres, wine farms
and local attractions, it easy to see
why Helderberg Village has swiftly

In order to enhance the quality of
life at the village, estate dwellers
can take advantage of the excellent
onsite laundry service that not only
wash and iron, but also collect and

deliver. Housekeeping and gardening
services are available where needed
and there is even an internal postal
service, allowing villagers to send and
receive both internal and external mail.
DSTV can be accessed in all houses in
the village and an excellent irrigation
system ensures the surrounding
terrain remains lusciously nurtured.
An in-house hair salon and standalone
bank makes ordinary services easily
accessible, whilst the daily shuttle
service to nearby Somerset West Mall
means that villagers are never short of
anything. A 70-bed onsite healthcare
facility provides professional sub-acute
and frail care as well as a designated
dementia unit, containing therapeutic
music and fish tanks and, despite being
halfway through an R6 million upgrade,
a qualified general practitioner and
full medical team is always available
on site to attend to emergencies.