ESTATE REVIEWS
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On the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain
in Somerset West, the prestigious Erinvale
Country Estate and Golf Club, which will be
celebrating 25 successful years in 2020, was
one of the first residential golf estates in
South Africa.
ERINVALE
To find out what the ingredients are for this success, we chat to Kerstin Dinklage,
Erinvale HOA trustee responsible for marketing and communication.
C
omprising 419 properties in a low-density
estate, a world-class golf course, two tennis
courts, a boules court and multiple walking,
hiking and running trails, and located close to
Cape Town, Stellenbosch, the Winelands and
beaches, Erinvale offers a safe and peaceful
country lifestyle with the convenience of city amenities
and leisure activities.
THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
The HOA employs a team of four people to run the day-
to-day management of the estate, the tasks being
operations, facilities, environment, security, accounting,
administration, reception and liaison management.
When the last estate manager retired, this role was split
across the team, with the executive officer handling the
accounting and overall management, and an operations
manager attending to the day-to-day operations, the
facilities and management of the outsourced security.
The management team are all long-standing employees
with a minimum of 15 years with the association. This
good staff retention, says Dinklage, ‘is due to good
working conditions and relationships. We offer training,
promote from within, and ensure that staff are part of
trustee meetings and office management decisions. Our
staff are proud to be part of Erinvale.’
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