These are the affordable homes, flats, and long-term rentals in the Garden Route's most sought-after areas.
In 2017, the average sale price for property in the Garden Route was R920 000; today it’s R2.5 million.
That growth outpaces the West Coast, Overberg, and Cape Town’s seaboards.
But buyers can still get affordable property if they search within these Garden Route suburbs.
Most towns along the Garden Route don’t offer suburban homes below R1 million.
But in towns like Riversdale, Groot Brakrivier, Heidelberg, Wilderness, and Mossel Bay, buyers have affordable options.
These affordable properties will typically be flats or modest 2-bedroom townhouses.
George has the highest concentration of affordable homes. In George Central, for example, a buyer can get a 1-bedroom flat for just under R700 000.
Retirees can find homes below R1 million in Glenwood AH.
SuburbTownStarting PriceGeorge CentralGeorgeR695 000GreenhavenGroot BrakrivierR745 000HeidelbergHeidelbergR750 000HeiderandMossel BayR799 000HoekwilWildernessR895 000AlbertiniaAlbertiniaR950 000BlancoGeorgeR990 000RiversdaleRiversdaleR995 000
In Garden Route towns that don’t have homes for below R1 million, buyers can still get homes in a similar price range.
With the exclusion of Vleesbaai.
Vleesbaai is the only town along the Garden Route that doesn’t have any homes available in the R1 million range.
Instead, to get a property in that price range, buyers will have to buy land.
The most affordable parcel on the market is a R1.68 million 613-square-metre plot.
TownSuburbStarting PricePlettenberg BayPlettenberg Bay RuralR1.01 millionStillbaaiBotterkloofR1.07 millionKnysnaKnysna CentralR1.15 millionHartenbosHartenbos CentralR1.27 millionSedgefieldMyoli BeachR1.4 millionGouritsmondGouritsmond RuralR1.75 millionVleesbaaiKarmosynR6.9 million
While the Garden Route can be pricey in many respects, buyers can also buy land as an entry point into the market.
A buyer can get a 542-square-metre plot in Friemersheim for R220 000.
In seaside suburbs, like Plettenberg Bay Central, options start at R350 000.
The Garden Route also has affordable rentals.
A retiree can rent a 1-bedroom flat for R6 000 a month in Hartenbos.
In George South and Stilbaai Wes, rentals start at R6 500.
These are small 1-bedroom flats and flatlets.
Tenants can find value in the outskirts of Albertinia or Kleinkrantz in Wilderness, where two-bedroom townhomes rent for below R7 000.
To get a larger flat, the most affordable options are Outeniqua Strand and Grootbrakhoogte in Groot Brakrivier, where rent starts at R8 500.
Family homes on the Garden Route start at R9 900 in areas like Reebok, also in Groot Brakrivier.
Sea views and 3 bedrooms are available in De Bakke and Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay for R12 000 a month.
