Freestanding village homes
The established heart of the village. Single-storey, on their own stands, with a garden, a garage, and room to keep a pet.
- Layout Single storey, own stand
- Parking Garage
- Pets Welcome
Hartenbos · Mossel Bay · Garden Route
Grow old facing the sea.
A village on an elevated ridge inside a 54-hectare eco estate, fifteen kilometres from Mossel Bay. Homes, apartments and full nursing care, all on the same piece of ground.
You only move once.
What the village is for
Three things we promise, and keep.
Gemoedsrus
Peace of mind
Controlled access, a nursing sister on the estate every day, and help that arrives in minutes rather than in an hour. Your children stop worrying too.
Onskatbare waarde
Priceless value
Sectional title ownership with no transfer duty, and levies set transparently and kept deliberately low, so the village stays affordable for the people already in it.
Smee herinneringe
Forging memories
Grandchildren on the lawn, whales in the bay in spring, sundowners while the Outeniquas go pink. These years are meant to be the good ones.
54 ha
Eco estate, much of it held as natural fynbos and nature reserve
15 km
To Mossel Bay, just off the western side of the N2
119
Registered care beds, from assisted living through to frail care
Daily
On-site clinic, with a nursing sister and a visiting doctor
Two ways to live here
A house with a garden, or a lock-up-and-go with a view.
Both bought on sectional title. Neither attracts transfer duty.
De Caravel apartments
Ground and first floor, wheelchair-friendly throughout, with level access and grab rails fitted as standard rather than added later.
- Size 70–80 m²
- Layout 2 bed, 1 bath
- Selling now Phases 5 & 6
A day in the village
Breakfast, a haircut, bowls, and someone to have a glass of wine with.
Care
Care that moves at your pace.
Almost everyone arrives fully independent. The point of a village is that when things change, you don't have to move town, leave your friends, or start again somewhere unfamiliar. Every level of care is on this estate.
Independent living
Your own home or apartment, your own routine, your own front door. Security, maintenance and the clubhouse are simply there in the background.
The daily clinic
Open every day on the estate, for the things that would otherwise mean a morning in a waiting room.
- Injections, dressings and wound care
- Monitoring of ongoing tests and readings
- Medical advice, and referral to a doctor when needed
- Observation and reassurance
Home-based care
Carers come to you, in your own home, for as much or as little as you need — bathing, medication, meals, company. Nothing about your address changes.
Assisted living and frail care
A purpose-built centre in the middle of the village, so family and friends are a short walk away rather than a drive across town.
- Treatment room and nurses' station
- Frail care rooms with video monitoring
- Emergency ambulance services
- Qualified nursing staff on duty
The people here
You'll know them all by name inside a fortnight.
A village is its staff. These are the people who run the office, the clinic, the kitchen and the grounds.
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Where you'd be
High on the ridge, mountains behind, the whole bay in front.
Much of the estate is kept as natural fynbos, which is why the birdlife is what it is. Botlierskop is up the road. So is the coast — whales in season, Seal Island, long empty beaches. There is more golf inside half an hour than most people get through in a year.
- Mild, even climate — warm summers, gentle winters
- One of the safest parts of the country
- Mossel Bay hospital, shops and services 15 km away
- George Airport roughly 40 minutes by car
The layout
Everything within a walk.
The clubhouse and the care centre sit in the middle, with the homes and apartments arranged around them. Nothing on the estate is more than a few minutes on foot, which is the whole idea — the day you stop driving should not be the day your life narrows.
Come and see it
The village makes more sense when you're standing in it.
Phone the office or send a message and we'll set up a time that suits you. Bring the family.
Find us
Monte Christo Retirement VillageCnr Rietduiker & Cape Gannet Road
Monte Christo Eco Estate
Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, 6520
Office hours
Monday to Friday
08:00 – 17:00
Weekend viewings by arrangement.