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Flee the City A couple who left the bright lights for the small town of Riebeek Wes tell us about creating their dream home WORDS VIVIAN WARBY
I GOT UP one morning and decided I wanted to move to Riebeek Kasteel, so I resigned and rented a house there,” says Elmarie van Tonder, former MD of an international events company operating out of Cape Town. The Riebeek Valley is close to Cape Town and very central, she says. “It may sound like it was an overnight decision but I had always dreamed of living in a small town and the time just felt right. “My partner Johan Kotze and I both went to school in Paarl, and Johan is from Ceres, so it made sense to live here, close to our friends and family.” Surprisingly, neither has missed the hustle and bustle of the city where they lived on the Atlantic
The church is visible from Elmarie van Tonder and Johan Kotze’s renovated home in Riebeek Kasteel.
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