Naa… let’s say, we are this close of
buying a house. Nothing is written in stone yet, but we do have the verbal
confirmation. Huhuuuuu!
I
must admit, these are very exiting
times. First time house ownership feels like first job, first degree,
first
time driving a car… You know what I mean. We knew that this is our home
when we
first stepped over the door sill… Booom! Hopefully we can take and post
some photos
soon. However, the next six months are very likely to turn our lives
upside down
as this house is old and a lot of things need to be fixed and renovated
and we are lacking exactly these skills. So good times to improve them
soon...
The property is located in Melville.
To be honest, I did not really know a lot about this old urban area besides the
fact, that I simply liked its look and atmosphere. But “no knowledge” is nothing
that cannot be changed into something like “having some basic knowledge” with
doing a bit of research. So, here we go:
Melville is over 100 years old and almost as
old as Johannesburg.
The area was established on the 5th October 1896 and named after the land
surveyor Edward Harker Vincent Melville. Melville was constituted as a
working-class area. The class origins of the suburb are clearly discernible
today: houses are close to the road and facing the street with minimal parking.
This was not a suburb of grand driveways and stables. From its very first days,
Melville as always been recognized for its picturesque village feel and its
magnificent views.
The Melville Koppies Nature Reserve or just “Melville
Koppies” is a pretty green space close to Melville. It is also a World Heritage
Site and of major historical significance, given that people have lived here
since the Stone Age(!), and the ridges are estimated to be 2.9 billion years
old.
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| Map: http://www.mk.org.za |
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