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The home’s L-shape lends itself to the ideal courtyard with spacious outdoor areas and a lovely swimming pool surrounded by greenery and gravel. Photo: Karl Rogers/Vignette

THE OWNERS Jacques and Marilouise van der Merwe
WHERE The farm Fazenda in the Hermitage Valley, Swellendam
SIZE 100m²

On the slopes of the Langeberg mountains outside Swellendam a new guesthouse welcomes visitors to the farm Fazenda.

Well, actually it’s both new and old, since the latest addition has its origins in the four walls of a dilapidated old labourer’s cottage, to which an extension has been added.

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