Farm for sale
Embrace productive country living on nearly 200ha of dryland fields near scenic countryside, featuring an on-site cheese factory and off-grid solar, plus one bedroom, one bathroom, double garage.
This versatile agricultural farm offers 190ha of dryland fields, currently used for maize, beans and small livestock, making it an ideal setup for productive mixed farming.
The farm includes permanent improvements such as a main house, double garage with a carport, a storage shed, a meat-processing room with a basement cooler, staff housing with ablution facilities, and a small cheese factory.
The farm offers moderate to high groundwater potential, is powered by a 15KVA off-grid solar system, and uses a reliable French drain sewerage setup.
AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL:
*Carrying capacity - 10 HA/LSU
*Perfect crop production
*Suitable for small livestock
LAND USE:
*Normal (Grazing etc) - 9.8648 Ha
*Dry Land - 90 Ha
The MAIN DWELLING offers 184m2 of living space with an additional 33m2 of verandas. It is a single-storey home built with face-brick walls and a corrugated roof on steel trusses. Parts of the exterior include corrugated cladding, while some interior walls are plastered and painted, with tiled finishes in the bathrooms. The home features a mix of steel and aluminium windows, grano floors and raised ceilings fitted with plywood panels. Inside, the layout includes an open-plan lounge and dining area, a kitchen with a scullery and pantry, a bathroom, and a bedroom with a mezzanine loft accessed by steel steps. The dwelling is in fair condition and includes an electric geyser, two AC units, and approximately 177m2 of concrete paving surrounding the house.
Meat/Cheese Processing Building – 44m2:
A double-storey structure built with face-brick walls and a corrugated roof on steel trusses. It features aluminium windows and doors fitted with mosquito mesh, grano floors and raised ceilings finished with plywood panels. The 22m2 ground floor is used for meat and cheese processing and includes a fireplace, while the 22m2 basement serves as a cool room.
Garage Building – 96m2:
Constructed with face-brick walls and a corrugated roof on steel trusses, this building includes two automated aluminium garage doors and steel doors. The grano-finished interior consists of a double garage and two storerooms.
Carport – 80m2:
A steel-framed structure attached to the garage, covered with corrugated roofing sheets. The side and rear of the carport are enclosed with a stone wall.
Open Storage Shed with Containers – 284m2:
Connected to the garage building, this steel-framed shed is covered with IBR sheeting and finished with grano floors. It houses three storage containers and a utility room. Two containers have been modified for staff accommodation. The structure is equipped with 40 solar panels for the off-grid power system.
Utility Room – 10m2:
A face-brick structure with a corrugated roof on steel trusses and a steel door, used to house the charge controllers, inverters and batteries for the off-grid solar energy system.
Staff House No. 1 – 52m2 with Veranda 29m2
A face-brick structure with corrugated roofing on steel trusses, fitted with steel doors and windows. The floors are grano finished. It comprises four rooms, with the veranda used as a kitchen.
Staff House No. 2 – 30m2 with Veranda 18m2
Constructed with face-brick walls and a corrugated roof on steel trusses, this unit also features steel doors and windows, grano floors, and consists of two rooms, with the veranda used as a kitchen.
Staff Ablution – 10m2 with Veranda 5m2
A brick-wall structure (unplastered) covered with IBR roofing on steel trusses. It is fitted with steel doors and windows, with grano flooring throughout. The ablution includes two WC units with HWBs and two showers.
Staff Cooking Shed – 13m2
A freestanding, open steel-framed structure covered with IBR roofing sheets.
Feed Storage Shed – 80m2
A steel-framed structure covered with IBR roofing sheets and enclosed with steel mesh, located in front of the staff housing.
Lean-To Storage Shed – 11m2
A steel-framed structure covered and enclosed with corrugated roofing sheets, positioned at the rear of the staff housing.
SOIL CONDITIONS:
*General Altitude range - 1 100m – 1 400 m
*Regional Slope Range - 0-2 %
*Geological Substrata - Damara dolomite, limestone, phyllite, quartzite
*Associated 20 % Calcic Vertisols dark cracking clays (> 35 % clay) with deficient drainage, calcium enrichment in the subsoil
*20 % Gleyic Solonetz sodic soils with poor drainage, evidence of periodic waterlogging
*Included 10 % Haplic Arenosols modal sandy soils, low nutrient status
FENCING: The external boundary fence is a 12- wire strand stock proof fence. The internal fences comprise 6-5 wire-strand stock proof fences. The farm has five (5) internal camps and a management corridor. The fences are in a generally good state of repair.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: The farm comprises of one waterpoint at the homestead with one functional borehole only.
BOREHOLE:
*Depth - 80m
*Fittings - 3 x Submersible Pump
*Yield - 8m3/hour
*Functional (water level at 35m)
OPERATIONAL FARMING INFRASTRUCTURES
*1 x 10,000 L PVC water tank Functional
*5 x Steel troughs Functional
*2 x PVC troughs Functional
ANIMAL HANDLING (All Functional)
*8 x Large Kraals
*2 x Small Stock (jackals’ proof) Kraals
*1 x Steel Manga with neck clamp
*1 x Animal shed 40m2 (IBR on wood)
*1 x 6-Unit Horse stable 105m2
*1 x 3-Unit Horse stable 82m2
*4 x Duck shelters 3m2 (CIS, face brick)
*1 x Duck shelters 24m2 (CIS, face brick)
*4 x Bird coop 9m2 (CIS, face brick, wire mesh)
*1 x Bird coop 30m2 (CIS, face brick, steel mesh)
OTHERS
*40 x Solar panels (Off grid solar energy) Functional
*2 x Charge controller (Off grid solar energy) Functional
*1 x Inverter (Off grid solar energy) Functional
*12 x Lithium-ion batteries (Off grid solar energy) Functional
*1 x Nursery (shade net on wood) 204m2 Functional
SUMMARY OF BUILDING SIZES
*Main dwelling 184 m2
*Main dwelling (Verandas) 33 m2
*Meat/Cheese processing building 44 m2
*Garage building 96 m2
*Carport 80 m2
*Open storage shed with containers 284 m2
*Utility room 10 m2
*Staff housing 82 m2
*Verandas (Staff housing) 47 m2
*Staff ablution 10 m2
*Veranda (staff ablution) 5 m2
*Staff cooking shed 13 m2
*Feed storage shed 80 m2
*Lean storage shed 11 m2
Exact Size - 199.8648 Hectares
Listed for sale at N$6,100,000
The Grootfontein area is a highly productive agricultural hub in Namibia, characterized by fertile soils and reliable rainfall that support intensive crop cultivation, cattle ranching, and diverse mixed-farming operations.
