Muizenberg, Cape Town : I would love this house

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I would love this house

Seriously I would love to own this house, look at those walls? They simply do not build like that any more, can you imagine what it would cost to build a structure out of sand stone these days????

Cheers

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: It really does look well built and isn't wood & stone the best insulators? Great shot; July 23, 2008 at 8:40 PM
T said...: I would like this house as well. Great shot! I love it!

Greetings from Indonesia!; July 26, 2008 at 6:38 AM
Unknown said...: No parking though - Bother - lol.; July 28, 2008 at 9:08 AM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.