Martina's Blog
On my own in Cape Town for the first time
Since the start of construction, I have been commuting between Germany and Cape Town and I am enjoying it. It was the first time I...
Blissfully happy – we REALLY start construction
The next step was to observe incidences. If they went down in Germany for seasonal reasons, they went up again in South Africa for the...
The setback caused by the pandemic
At the end of November 2019, we were finally ready with the planning. We could submit our building application. Then we had to wait and...
The hunt for the architect
For the time being, we only had a plot of land, but doing nothing is not really who we are. So we tackled the subject...
Are we going to buy property in Africa?
More holidays followed and Klaus stood increasingly often in front of the displays of the local estate agents – “just browsing…”. Eventually, we began to...
We take a leap of faith, we dare to build a house in Cape Town
where we would like to welcome guests in the future. We are planning to open our Vyn Guest House in April 2023. As I am...