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Melville, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng
R 14 000 /mo
Deposit: R 28 000
Back up water tank. This unashamedly colourful home, looking for creatives to live in and love her, takes old word and reinvents it as a funky burst of colour to entice the bohemian sprit that is so loved in Melville, a suburb that attracts colourful people and creatives that often are drawn by this energy. Unpretentious, this home offers the person well suited to this home the perfect canvas for them to make this big home with enormous rooms into a relaxed enchanted home. It offers character from yester year in abundance with wooden strip floors, metal pressed ceilings, antique inspired light switches, ornate pillars, and a vintage ball and claw bath all adding to the charm of this home. Enter the home off the recently closed front stoep with aluminium windows typical of the era into a big entrance hall big enough to utilize as several uses from an entrance hall to a home office with feature pillars and arch into the passage, reminiscent of the time the home was bult. Off the entrance hall is a massive bedroom or lounge, if you only need two bedrooms, with a double glass door back onto the front stoep. On the opposite side of the entrance hall is a second big bedroom. Off the passage one finds the third bedroom and the lounge with an old-world corner fireplace. The lounge could be a dining room or family room if one only requires two bedrooms and leads into the eat in kitchen with a pantry and separate scullery. The huge pantry with electrical points could be the ideal coffee station as well as pantry. The stove is a gas stove with one electric plat perfect for load shedding and saving on electricity costs. One passage bathroom with a vintage ball and claw bath, old standing square basin on its own stand and subway tiles. Separate passage toilet. Outside laundry. One lock up garage and secure off-street parking for two small cars. Security with cameras. Back up water tank in case of water outages. Close to good schools and a quick hop to UJ and WITS universities as well as AFTA making it perfect for creative and other staff from these institutions. Close to Milpark and other hospitals. Close to SABC and Media Park also calling these creatives and other staff. An easy walk away from famous 7th street with is café culture, pubs and lounges and small, interesting shops. Quick and easy drives to the CBD, Parktown, Cresta area and Rosebank business hubs with shopping destinations all within quick reach. The home is suitable for young and older couples or a family, as well as younger working friends to share but strictly no students are to apply. It’s the perfect home for colourful creatives that will love the edgy eclectic bohemian feel blended into this vintage home. If you love colourful bohemian magic and old-world character in an unpretentious home, then this home is ideal for you, so call now not to miss out at this low rental!
Rent as % of your income
33.3%
Manageable but tight
deposit + 1st month + admin
rent + deposit + admin
advertised price
Estimate only — landlords typically look for rent at or below 33% of gross monthly income, but affordability also depends on your other debts and credit profile.
Melville, Melville, Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Listed by
Siya Le Roux
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