HELP: what is this Cape Town building???

[chrisc]

Two flats, 12 and 17. I have never lived there though

 

[Bliksis]

Two flats, 12 and 17. I have never lived there though

Ah, I see. I wonder if there are any other damage or items lost if the wind sucks out a large window like that. Wow.

 

[xrapidx]

That’s not a flat, that’s a tall

Got any pics of the old pad?

I'll have a look, I probably do from when I was moving.

But, you can see some here and here

I actually tried to buy my flat, but couldn't agree on price. I also tried to buy the one above me, its door was the old walk in safe, so was massive. (and it was a shell inside - the old tannie that bought it never got round to finishing it)

(have a look the levies on the remax ad., one of the reasons I'm glad I actually never bought there - the building doesn't over much return for levies, there was a small gym, no roof top pool, etc)

What building is that, it looks more like offices than residential?

That looks more like a cathedral, is that a monks cell or the hunchbacks quarters??

Mutual Heights - the original Old Mutual building. It actually gets used for movies quite often

Mutual Building - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bunta]

I'll have a look, I probably do from when I was moving.

But, you can see some here and here

I actually tried to buy my flat, but couldn't agree on price. I also tried to buy the one above me, its door was the old walk in safe, so was massive. (and it was a shell inside - the old tannie that bought it never got round to finishing it)

(have a look the levies on the remax ad., one of the reasons I'm glad I actually never bought there - the building doesn't over much return for levies, there was a small gym, no roof top pool, etc)





Mutual Heights - the original Old Mutual building. It actually gets used for movies quite often

Mutual Building - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We bought a toyota 86 from a guy who lived this building, I think maybe 8 or 9 years ago, wasn't you perhaps?

 

[Supervan II]

This photo belongs here: Disa Park 1970

 

[WollieVerstege]

The wind at Disa Park is tremendous. The door-closer on the ground floor is very powerful and requires you to lean on the door to open it. If the door stays open for longer than 30 seconds, a loud buzzer sounds

For moving furniture, there is an under-cover lower level door

I have had 3 large window glass sucked out. No idea where the glass ends up. During one storm, there were 8 sheets of glass on the lawn

Glass is replaced by absailing from the roof with the glass held in suckers. Quick-setting putty is applied from a cartridge

Funny that they would not just install a revolving door. This is the exact reason those types of doors exist, preventing strong internal updrafts due to the pressure differential.

 

[xrapidx]

We bought a toyota 86 from a guy who lived this building, I think maybe 8 or 9 years ago, wasn't you perhaps?

Nah, I was there 2004-2007. Remember the tent was quite high at the time, R5000pm probably doesn't cover the levies now

(also haven't owned a 86)

 

[hellfire]

So staying in the Cape Town CBD, looking out to Table Mountain, one very weird landmark which I can’t recognise … anybody know what this building is with three towers?

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Salt, Pepper and Mustard

 

[airborne]

I'll have a look, I probably do from when I was moving.

But, you can see some here and here

I actually tried to buy my flat, but couldn't agree on price. I also tried to buy the one above me, its door was the old walk in safe, so was massive. (and it was a shell inside - the old tannie that bought it never got round to finishing it)

(have a look the levies on the remax ad., one of the reasons I'm glad I actually never bought there - the building doesn't over much return for levies, there was a small gym, no roof top pool, etc)





Mutual Heights - the original Old Mutual building. It actually gets used for movies quite often

Mutual Building - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Due to the huge ceiling heights and hence small amount of units relative to the size of the building the maintenance cost must be extreme for residence. Also due to the proximity to the train station and main taxi rank the area it’s in has become a shthole and that won't be changing if ever. That's not a building you want to access off the street.

 

[Mariner]

But golden acres is such a nice place to shop!

Was.

It was upmarket until they allowed tables inside the underground shopping areas in the wide passageways so that hawkers could sell cell phone covers and other junk. That caused shops like Swarovski to move out. Their customers don't hang around informal traders.

 

[xrapidx]

Due to the huge ceiling heights and hence small amount of units relative to the size of the building the maintenance cost must be extreme for residence. Also due to the proximity to the train station and main taxi rank the area it’s in has become a shthole and that won't be changing if ever. That's not a building you want to access off the street.

No idea what its like these days, but it was hands-down my area to live in the Cape. (I've done Southern Suburbs, Hout Bay, Seapoint, Century City and Blouberg).

My wife and I had a date night earlier this year, decided to go see how Long Street was doing, where we used to go quite often in our 20s... but, wtf, never again - couldn't walk a meter without being offered some sort of hard drug - or harassed by a prostitute.

 

[airborne]

No idea what its like these days, but it was hands-down my area to live in the Cape. (I've done Southern Suburbs, Hout Bay, Seapoint, Century City and Blouberg).

My wife and I had a date night earlier this year, decided to go see how Long Street was doing, where we used to go quite often in our 20s... but, wtf, never again - couldn't walk a meter without being offered some sort of hard drug - or harassed by a prostitute.

It must have been really nice back then, beautiful old buildings lots of nice restaurants and interesting shops in the area.
The area was going downhill and then Covid hit and then it went into free fall. Even St George's mall is ghastly now, I was in the lower half recently and it was literally a war zone, full of thieves/druggies/vultures looking for victims, I haven't feared for my safety in broad daylight like that for a long time.

 

[Bliksis]

Was.

It was upmarket until they allowed tables inside the underground shopping areas in the wide passageways so that hawkers could sell cell phone covers and other junk. That caused shops like Swarovski to move out. Their customers don't hang around informal traders.

Those are actually fkn traders approved by the City. That is the kind of hawkers and KAK we get here, compared to Asia, etc.

 

[rodga]

Early 2000s I took the train to work and stopped most days at the donut shop in the golden acre, the best ever.... Wonder if they are still around