South African Garden and Home – September 2019

TEXT

NATALIE BORUVKA

PHOTOGRAPHS

KARL ROGERS

I

t was the setting we fell for when we

bought this house 16 years ago,” says

Lani Carstens. Hugging the upper

slopes of a kloof bordering the Cape

On top

This house underwent a

contemporary makeover

inspired by the beauty of

its mountain surrounds

OF THE

WORLD

Peninsula National Park, the property

has sweeping views of the Hout Bay

valley and the surrounding mountains.

“Although the house itself was small