Experience Three Bones Villa in Constantia

Three Bones Villa settles its contemporary bones in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, on the periphery of Groot Constantia’s vineyards, where the ancient oak trees, and indigenous landscaped gardens envelope the property in their verdant hues.

An arcade of green escorts you all the way up to the front doors of Three Bones Villa. Passing the little pond, into the entrance hall, through the living spaces and back out into the garden. Chaperoning your every move like a sanguine wave of calm. Connecting you to the soil, much like the roots of the soaring old oaks and venerable vines of Constantia.

There’s a visceral reaction to the property that reaffirms its role as your chosen Cape Town destination. As if you’ve always belonged here. Settled within the Southern Suburbs, embraced by the elements of the natural surroundings, and all of the spaces in between. The evocative works of art that have been discerningly sourced and curated. The narrative that ensues of local artisans, craftsmen, and sculptors. The relationship between contemporary and antique furnishings. The literature and the light, that dances across the walls with little silhouettes from the leaves. The home’s attributes become almost ethereal.

As you meander the spaces of Three Bones Villa, you’ll discover the occasional meditation spot beneath little windows to the moon. Curved corridors that carry the tranquillity all the way to the master ensuite with its secluded sitting room and private office. An additional single bed for the little one, and enough cupboard space for the Mother City. The other four ensuite bedrooms scatter themselves around the bends and folds of the home. All opening out into gardens with their own seating areas. The giant old oak stoically standing centre stage.

An avalanche of sublime inspiration

Walkways encased in glass escort you down the west wing where a gaming room rests in the loft. For those members of the clan that love a techie moment or two. Ample living dining and entertaining spaces sitting beneath the apex ceilings. Walnut floors and timber frames, slate stone and exposed brick, and more glass. Windows that serve as paintings of the landscape, drawing your gaze out into the garden. It’s an ever-constant narrative on nature creeping back in, at every opportunity.

Once you’ve cartwheeled across the lawn and swung beneath the branches of one of the oaks, you’ll tend to some laps in the swimming pool. The perfect length and temperature. Some of you will be gathered around the long table at the pool house. Others getting the flames right for the braai. There’s enough entertainment space for those that like to keep busy, as well as those that love the languid hours. Sun loungers and sofas aplenty, planted in all the right places. Forever chaperoned by greenery.

There’s a little pergola that shades a seating area adjacent the vines of Groot Constantia. For those meditative moments overlooking the vineyards and up to the mountain behind. A step and a skip through the private gateway and you’re on the trails of the grapes. Your own access to some of the most revered vintages of the Constantia wine region. If you feel the need you can walk, hike and jog the slopes that surround the property. At times returning with a bottle of the good stuff, to accompany the feasts that come out of the kitchen.

You will of course venture to some of the other neighbouring wine estates. Visit the nearby art galleries and golf courses, perhaps. Head to the seaside, or into the city. You’ll pivot from the arcade of green with ease, always yearning to return. Back to the soil that pulls your roots with its soul. To the spaces of Three Bones Villa, that speak in your newly-discovered ethereal language, uttering the words, “We, the bones that are here, await yours.”

What we love!

• Everywhere you walk, a vision of outside filters through to the inside. Glass divides the two, acting as a canvas to little courtyards, walled gardens and poetic sculptural statements.
• Swimming in the pool, lounging on the daybeds, listening to the birds and the wind whistle through the leaves, reading and snoozing at one’s leisure.
• Resting on the ottoman beneath the skylight beside the library that’s located down the curving corridor. Watching the stars at night.
• Enjoying an outdoor shower beside the swimming pool, admiring the views of the house.
• The home is cleverly configured, allowing the whole clan to be as they choose. Some reclining in their suites in the afternoon, with the doors open to the garden. Others will be in the kitchen, or around the pool house. Playing games, table tennis, pool table, lawn bowls, and handstand competitions. There’s an abundance of space on the entire property, that either segregates or congregates, depending on what you and the clan fancy.

More amazing facts

• Three Bones Villa sits within the leafy suburb of Constantia – a 25-minute drive from Cape Town’s city centre. The beaches are only a 20-minute drive away and some lovely nature trails are on the doorstep.
  The property’s additional dwellings lend themselves as studios for artists, as an extension of the artist residency programmes that are conducted at Three Bones Villa.
• This luxury accommodation is situated next door to Groot Constantia Wine Estate – South Africa’s oldest producing wine farm. Surrounded by trees with complete privacy from every angle.
• Cape Town’s Constantia wine region – home to some of the country’s finest restaurants and wine estates – is on the doorstep. Take a short drive and explore all that the region has to offer including Buitenverwachting, Beau Constantia (spectacular views of the valley), Steenberg Vineyards – that’s home to Bistro Sixteen82 and Catharina’s – and of course Silvermist Wine Estate where La Colombe’s kitchen cooks up the most iconic and internationally acclaimed menus in South Africa.
• The Norval Foundation – a revered art museum and sculpture garden – is a 10-minute drive away.
  For those that love a round of golf, you don’t have to drive far to spend the afternoon perfecting your swing, and your putting.

Ground Floor

1 x Master bedroom (1 x extra length king and 1 x three-quarter)
En-suite bathroom with bath and separate shower
Small deck from bedroom opening directly to garden with tree swing
Living area featuring a library and a TV, opening onto a large deck with a bench
Office area with Nespresso machine and water dispenser
Smart TV
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Underfloor heating
Space for camp cot (2 x provided)

1 x bedroom (1 x king)
En-suite bathroom with bath and separate shower
Small deck facing the garden
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Underfloor heating
Space for camp cot (2 x provided)

1 x bedroom (1 x king)
En-suite bathroom with bath and separate shower
Medium-sized under-cover deck facing the garden with bench
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Underfloor heating
Space for camp cot (2 x provided)

1 x bedroom (1 x king)
En-suite bathroom with bath and separate shower
Small deck facing the garden
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Underfloor heating
Space for camp cot (2 x provided)

1 x bedroom (1 x king)
En-suite bathroom with separate shower
Small deck facing the garden
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Underfloor heating
Mezzanine floor with couch (gaming room with Smart TV & Playstation)
Space for camp cot (2 x provided)

1 x guest toilet

Living

Stove (gas)
Oven (electric)
Fridge
Freezer
Microwave
Airfryer
Smoothie maker
Toaster (4-slice)
Dishwasher
Washing machine
Tumbledryer
Miele coffee machine
Delonghi Magnifica Start coffee machine (bean to cup)
Wine rack (guests are able to buy wine from the collection through the house manager)

Relaxing

Fireplace in lounge (large supply of wood)
TV lounge with Smart TV with Netflix
2 x Art libraries
Table tennis
Bluetooth speaker
Air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Built-in BBQ (charcoal and wood)
Pool Pavillion with beverage fridge, wine rack and pool table
Lap pool with 10 x sun loungers
Outside shower
The garden has direct access to Groot Constantia vineyards and its multiple hikes.
Within 10 minutes walking distance through the vineyards, there are two good
restaurants (Simon’s and Jonkershuis) for daily breakfast. Multiple hikes and meanders through the vineyard and Cape’s fynbos mountain reserve

The Nitty Gritty

No pets permitted
Outside smoking
Driveway parking and designated outdoor parking area under tree shade

Servicing

Serviced daily