Estate Living Magazine Invest SA - Issue 45 September 2019 | Page 30

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VILLAGE LIFE
Gowrie Village in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is the quintessential country community,
integrated into the greater village of Nottingham Road. Established in 2002, Gowrie’s
sense of relaxed rural spaces and neighbourliness are key to the success of this mixed-
use estate.
Gowrie Village targets buyers who value a peaceful country lifestyle,
with stylish, manageable properties and quality design standards
maintained by an architectural code and the Gowrie Village board.
This is not, high-density living; although properties share wide verges,
boundaries and perimeters, there is no ‘on-top-of-each-other’ feeling.
Walkways, winding lanes and parks create safe areas for children to
play, and people to walk their dogs or sit in the shade of tall trees and
chat. Neighbours know each other. People say hello when they pass by.
Set within the hills and farms surrounding Nottingham Road, Gowrie
has a sense of pastoral expansiveness and tranquillity. There is no traffic
noise, no atmosphere of bustling town life. Yet the convenience of
shops, restaurants and medical practitioners is right on the doorstep.
People live here because they enjoy country living within a secure
and convenient environment. Many (about 15% to 20%) have children
enrolled at the acclaimed schools in the Midlands area. Clifton
Preparatory is just a few minutes away, as are St Annes, Michaelhouse,
Hilton College and Treverton.