I specialize in Observatory, a suburb situated 10 minutes away from the city centre and Table Mountain. It’s like living in a village in the middle of a city, where the streets are alive with a cosmopolitan mix of mostly young people, many of them associated with educational institutions - like the University of Cape Town. There are many first time homeowners, and they keep the marketplace alive.
Most of the houses are more than a 100 years old, in the Victorian style, in small and narrow streets. We have Devil’s Peak – part of the Table Mountain range – as our western border, with the Liesbeeck River and wetlands on the eastern end. On the northern side is the mostly Muslim suburb of Salt River, and on the south end, the real English suburb of Mowbray. Observatory consists of approximately 2000 houses, most of which are attached. Our city is situated between mountains and the sea, offering a Mediterranean climate of warm, dry summers and moderate, rainy winters. It is also popular with people from the northern hemisphere who prefer to exchange their winters for our summer. The population of approximately 4.5 million living in greater Cape Town is made up of diverse cultures and is affectionately referred to as the Rainbow Nation. Cape Town is one of the seven most beautiful cities on earth
