Claremont at a glance
CLAREMONT
Less than 20 minutes from Cape Town’s CBD and V&A Waterfront, the Constantia winelands and numerous golf courses, and with Newlands Cricket Ground and Rugby Stadium, as well as top schools such as Bishops, Herschel, Rondebosch, SACS and Westerford – along with the University of Cape Town – right on its doorstep, it’s not surprising that Claremont property has been a popular choice for decades.
HISTORY
From the mid 17th century until the mid 19th century, the area now known as Claremont was primarily agricultural. The modern history of Claremont begins around the 1850s, when the village began to grow as the British began building country homes on land that had formed part of some of the original Dutch farms established soon after Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape. By 1886, Claremont was declared a municipality. A power station was erected in the 1890s and an electrical tramway service introduced in 1897. A boom in property development followed during the early years of the 20th century, and in 1913 Claremont was incorporated into the City of Cape Town.
CLAREMONT TODAY
Today, though Claremont is part of Cape Town, it is virtually a city in its own right, with a busy CBD complete with busy shopping centres – most notably Cavendish Square and the adjacent Cavendish Connect – banks, restaurants, cinemas and high-rise office buildings surrounded by ‘suburbs’ of its stretching from below the railway line to the lower slopes of Table Mountain. The CBD is undergoing extensive redevelopment which includes a burst of new commercial and residential property development, the conversion of several older office buildings to residential use, the opening of a new public transport terminal as well as the transformation of Claremont’s busy Main Road. There is no doubt that this veritable renaissance of central Claremont will add to the value of properties throughout the suburb.
PROPERTY IN CLAREMONT
Claremont offers a wide range of property styles and sizes, ranging from charming cottages to luxurious executive homes, in styles running the gamut from Victorian broekie-lace to gabled thatch-roofed homes and beautifully restored art deco mansions with large gardens and every imaginable amenity to ultra-modern, lock-up and-go townhouses and flats.
But wherever you choose to live, Claremont’s central location means that you are always conveniently close to major roads, leading schools, major shopping centres, wonderful restaurants and more.
With its offices in nearby Newlands, Upton Properties knows every corner of this sprawling suburb, and is able to offer not only expert advice, but a wide range of properties of every type, size and description.
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