Clé du Cap Village
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Clé du Cap, Potchefstroom

Clé du Cap · The village

A key to the Cape. Twenty-one homes around one garden, on the quiet edge of Potchefstroom, where the fields run out to the bird sanctuary.

Discover the village
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Lawn and garden beside a home
The paved driveway at sunset
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Sunset–
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Ripe in the orchard–
21homes in nine buildings
2,227m² of homes
480kg of fruit a year, once the orchard matures
1996the year it all began

Life here

The orchard, the water, the 3D village. Everything about the place you call home, in one place.

01The villageTwenty-one homes in nine buildings, and how it all began. 02The orchardWhat's ripe now, and half a tonne of fruit a year. 03Water, home by homeHistory, averages and your next bill.

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Since 1996

Background

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Clé du Cap is a sectional title scheme of 21 homes in nine buildings, established in 1996. Open fields surround it, with a bird sanctuary to the south and farms and the river to the north. The gardens, the orchard and the paths belong to everyone.

Twenty-one homes

21homes
2,227 m²of homes in total
89 to 128 m²per home
Flower bed and fresh lawn in front of a home Brick path through the lawn to the garden arch Green garage doors and a garden lamp
The Clé du Cap crest: two crossed gold keys joined by a ring, framed by laurel branches of 12 and 9 leaves

The name and the crest

Clé du Cap

Clé du Cap is French for “key of the Cape”, and you say it klay doo kap.

Our crest tells the rest of the story. At its heart two golden keys cross, held together by a single ring. They are the caretakers: the people who keep the keys and look after the place for everyone.

Around them the laurels adorn the centre. Twelve leaves on the left branch stand for all our double-storey homes, and nine smaller leaves on the right for the single-storey homes. Twenty-one leaves for twenty-one homes, wrapped around one village.

Our story

    Living here

    Admin

    New resident entry

    Moving in? Register your household, gate access, keys and garden service in one form. Owners who let must register their tenants.

    Register

    Levies

    Due on the 1st. Arrears: 18% a year. Statements from Potch Eiendomme.

    Parking rentals

    Extra bays at R250 a month when one is free.

    Join the waiting list

    Water

    Own meter, read on the 21st, billed around the 25th.

    Village useReport a leak

    Pets

    Ask the trustees before a new pet. Clean up after it. Guide dogs always welcome.

    Ask about a pet

    Quiet hours

    Village rules at a glance

    The short version. The full Rules of Conduct always apply.

    15 km/h15 km/h everywhere inside the village. Your own bayPark only in your own bay unless the trustees agree otherwise in writing. No caravans or boatsNo trucks, caravans, trailers or boats on common property. No car repairsNo vehicle repairs on common property. Bins out on collection dayAfriForum collects household refuse twice a week. Keep bins inside and put them out only on collection day. Outside changes: ask firstAnything that changes the outside of your home, from paint to awnings or satellite dishes, needs the trustees' written approval first. Solar needs a CoCSolar and inverter installations need an electrician's Certificate of Compliance. Give the trustees a copy so the village insurance stays valid. Gate remotes R50Gate numbers are added for R50 each and remotes programmed for R50. Removing a number is free. No business on siteTrading or running a business from the village is not allowed.

    Rules and documents

    Complaints and compliments

    Something wrong, or someone who went the extra mile? Tell the trustees in writing.

    ComplaintCompliment

    Grown here

    Orchard

    Ripe in the orchard

    Garden service

    The communal gardens and every home's garden are looked after by the village staff, included in your levy.

    Ask about the garden

    Garden refuse

    Bag it and leave it at your front door on Monday mornings. The staff take it to the storage area.

    Report a problem

    Irrigation

    About 50 pop-up sprinklers water the village, angled away from walls and windows.

    Report a sprinkler

    Picking fruit

    The orchard is for everyone. Pick what is ripe and leave plenty for your neighbours.

    The harvest year

    When each tree is ready to pick in Potchefstroom. This month is highlighted.

    In the orchard this month

      Half a tonne of fruit

      Potchefstroom

      Forecast

      Right now in Potchefstroom

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      Storm days are marked pink. For official warnings, check the South African Weather Service.

      Levies at work

      Projects

      What the levies and the reserve fund are doing around the village this year.

      One main meter

      Water

      The municipality bills the village on one main meter. The village reads every home's meter on the 21st and bills each home for what it used. Here is how the village uses its water, month by month.

      Average home, per month

      By size of home

      Average use per day over the last 12 months.

      What is normal?

      Most homes here use 1 to 2 kL a day. A sudden jump with no visitors or garden watering usually means a leak: a running toilet, a dripping geyser overflow outside, or a tap.

      Your own home

      Your monthly history, your averages, how you compare with the village, and an estimate of your next water bill.

      See a unit's water

      The 15-minute leak test

      Close every tap and note the meter. Wait 15 minutes without using water. If the reading moved, water is escaping. Put a few drops of food colouring in each toilet cistern: colour in the bowl means a leaking cistern.

      Report a leak

      From the trustees

      Village News

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      In writing

      Forms

      Everything you send here goes to the trustees, and you get a reference number. Your details are used only to run the village.

      Ask for help

      Work on common property and your garden is part of the village service. Work inside your home may be at your own cost; we'll tell you before anything is done.

      Burst pipe or no water after hours? Don't wait for this form: SMS .

      Complaint

      The rules require complaints in writing to the managing agent for the trustees. This form does that. Anonymous complaints can't be acted on; your name is shared only with the trustees and the managing agent.

      Compliment

      Someone made a difference? The trustees pass every compliment on.

      Request or approval

      For anything that needs the trustees' written approval, or a request for a rental parking bay.

      New resident registration

      Welcome to Clé du Cap. Every change of occupant registers here: it tells the trustees who lives where, sets up your gate access and books your welcome meeting. A once-off welcome fee of R500 applies per change of occupancy.

      Access to your home and garden

      List everyone who needs to open the gate: each person living in the unit, your domestic worker or gardener, carers, and regular visitors and friends. Add any limits on days or times, for example "the children may not open the gate after 22:00" or "no access for the domestic worker from 20:00 to 04:00". Each number added costs R50.

      Welcome fee and charges

      • Welcome and induction fee meeting, registration, gate set-up, brochure and rulesR 500
      • Gate numbers 0 × R50 removing a number is freeR 0
      • Remotes programmed 0 × R50R 0
      • TotalR 500

      Charged to the unit owner's levy account. Nothing is payable at the gate.

      Book a welcome meeting

      A 30-minute meeting at the village office with the chairperson: the rules, the gate, refuse and water, and any questions you have. Open times are shown below.

      Gate access and remotes

      Numbers added to the gate system cost R50 each, once off. Removing a number is free. Programming a remote is R50. Charges go on the owner's levy account.

      List everyone who needs to open the gate: each person living in the unit, your domestic worker or gardener, carers, and regular visitors and friends. Add any limits on days or times, for example "the children may not open the gate after 22:00" or "no access for the domestic worker from 20:00 to 04:00". Each number added costs R50.

      • Gate numbers 0 × R50R 0
      • Remotes programmed 0 × R50R 0
      • TotalR 0

      Register your cellphone number

      Gets you onto the village WhatsApp group and the alert list for water cuts, storms, gate problems and meetings.

      Add me to

      Your home

      Levies and water

      Choose a unit to see where its levy goes and how its water use compares with the village.