howdy, we moved to CPT 8 years ago and agree, best spot in SA. we were told that capies are cliquey and difficult to make friends with, but one thing i realised about blouberg and surrounds is that its ex pat country. everyone there is from up country. apart from the more established table view, a big part of blouberg is very young and therefore not very developed, in contrast to beautiful, leafy constantia. cape town is too diverse to settle immediately on where you want to end up at. you are making the right decision to rent with a view to buy unless you have some money and want to speculate on property cause there are some bargains out there. bear in mind that you will most likely move again within the medium term so it will cost, but not 90K. there are some good moving companies here like budget movers. it cost me 50K 8 years ago to move ex joeys and i paid 5K 2 years later to move from west beach to parklands. (oi, this will raise some eyebrows on those staunch barge pole holders) everyone is japping about traffic from blouberg into town. to generalise that traffic is bad from there is rubbish. traffic is a problem all over cape town if you have to come into CBD no matter where you are except the CBD itself and depends greatly on when you drive in and how or on what. on the best of days it takes me no more than 20 minutes from parklands into town. in 8 years i have had less than 10 occasions where there was a serious problem and was stuck for more than 1 hour. hardly any taxis in that area (i speak as an ex gauteleng) is a blessing, although that seems to be increasing a little down blaauwberg and koeberg road. there are a few alternative routes to take into CBD + the BRT will i think make a big difference. then again, i only drive in at around 9 o'clock and only leave after 18h00. the N1 is always backed up in peak, especially en route from durbanville/plattekloof. there are a number of factors to consider : where do you/wife work and working hours, how many kids and how old, big property or small, budget, lifestyle, urban or suburban etc etc. schooling for kids is a major factor especially if your kids are young! are private schools within your budget, bearing in mind that at parklands college (private school in parklands and one of the best in cape town) you pay a non refundable joining fee of 16K and then bank on 3500 bucks per child per month as a rough guide. this subject is too involved to cover in a paragraph on the forum. am happy to meet up for a cup of coffee to give some advice if you need it. also know a really good estate agent who wont bullsh;! you. this subject is too involved to cover in a paragraph on the forum.
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