Good afternoon, good afternoon, good afternoon everyone! Welcome - this is Xavier with Luxury Homes Johannesburg
Today, once again, we are in Ebotse Golf and Country Estate
where we are about to tour this modern Mediterranean-style family home. Now, with me is
Francois from Francois Marais Architects, one of the leading architectural firms here in South Africa.
Francoise, please take us on a tour! Thank you very much, Xavier. So, we're standing in front
of a residence that has very conservative styling so but what we've done is we have done certain
features on the residents that we have tried to bring a more modern flair out in the residence
so that the residence also represents the the feel of what the owners wanted in the particular style
so as you can see with the residents we've got the more conservative styled roof with gutters
but we've got the more modern windows with the corner windows on every in the windows in the
frontier and we've just done some emphasis on blocks and colors in order just to create
a certain feel from the from the residence and from the front here you can see we've done
very masculine columns at the entrance emphasizing this 1.5x volume entrance that we've
got and the columns are clad in a riven stone and what we've done is we've recessed the entrance
door quite far back to create this feeling of space as you enter and we have a very voluminous
feel as you enter an inviting entrance with a big door and that leads you in and as we
walk into the entrance hall we are greeted with a beautiful double volume entrance which
exits onto a landing and as we enter and this landing is almost a pivot point for us where
we can go to various areas in the residence on the the left-hand side we have a formal study and a guest
bedroom and on the right-hand side we have got access to our garages access from the
garages directly into the residence and we've effectively split the residence into two sections
with your private section on the left-hand side with your kitchen and your family room and the
staircase going to the upstairs and on the right hand side we have done your your entertainment
side um with this water feature in the entrance actually separating the spaces as you enter so
as you enter we have the dining room the formal dining room on your on your right hand side and
this area is then beautifully positioned so that the kitchen can serve it directly from there but
it's still central to the area that that we are in and the entertainment area with the the dining
area can then work together and we then have your your bar plus your dining area and your lounge
area which is actually in an internalized patio that we've created here and then from this area
as I mentioned the dining room is essentially located which is in a very formal position our
dining room always looks beautiful and and it's nice to have it in a formal position
and then as i mentioned we've got the kitchen which is then closely related to that
so what we find often with large residences is that it becomes very difficult to get natural
lighting within the residence and what we've done is we've created a very dynamic staircase
with a skylight that is positioned over the central portion of the residence
and this actually allows a lot of light to come flooding in through the center of the residence
and at the end of the day it then gives light into our dining room it gives light into our
double volume we've got a staircase and a pajama lounge and it also transitions light
through into a window we've placed in the kitchen so that from the kitchen you have got light coming
through this area and it creates the effect from the kitchen that there's a lot more space than
than what it what there is and and the views from from the kitchen into this area then assist in
you know the views within the residence so the staircase we've designed as a very dynamic element
you can see the glass balustrading that we've put here so that it emphasizes the the modern feel
the finishes are still classical finishes that we've that we've put on here with with a marble
and we have rounded the edges just to create that that effect of still a classical
styled staircase although it has a very modern look and feel about it
and as we enter up the staircase obviously it feels very dynamic as one walks up the
staircase because of the tapering of the stairs the outside stairs are actually very nice and
spacious and it's very easy to transition the stairs as a result of that so as we arrive on
the landing on the on the top here we we actually have done a little coffee kitchen and a little
area where one can sit and have coffee here in the morning or in the evening or when it's convenient
and what we've done is we've integrated the spaces together with a like a pajama lounge that we've
that we've put on the on the top here but the effect of this and the positioning of where we
put the guest room allows this area with this cavity doors that we've placed here to effectively
close this area off as a separate living unit so if one has older kids or maybe a family member
or maybe parents that might live with you and they can actually separate themselves via this
this area and actually have a completely separate living unit and obviously sharing kitchen and
and your general living areas with them but they have their own private space here with
a fireplace television beautifully equipped for you know nice nice style living here
and then this space also goes out to the outside so we've got beautiful views onto the dam here and
you can see you know through the views here how beautiful this is
so this is the guest bathroom and bedroom that we've added so this area effectively
becomes a little sweet and that one can then utilize together with your
with a family room or that pajama lounge and as I mentioned the spaces all move out to the outside
so you can see there are really beautiful views to the outside and the living spaces that we've
created on the outside we've created a little patio here with a patio table so
it's actually nice to come out and sit here and it integrates all together with the main bedroom so
these are the views that we've got onto the dam you can see it's really stunning
so this is the Reinfield dam and the Ebotse Golf Coursee as you can see just
on the other side there and we've got a green belt that is just in front of the
the residents going onto the water so here you can see the little patios sit here that's all where
the set that can be utilized from all of the rooms here so you've got two rooms coming out plus this
lounge area that comes out here and let me just take you through here
and this then exits back onto our landing here towards the left we've got a gym or potentially
another bedroom as you want they have finished it as a gym and moving here towards the main bedroom
we have the the main bedroom and bathroom that we have located on this side of the residence
we have positioned it in such a way that it is separate from the other bedrooms and that it can
effectively be used as a a completely private area and the bedroom is placed so that it has
beautiful views onto the dam you can see the bed faces directly out onto the dam and window and as
i mentioned before we've got the little patio area that we've designed outside you know just
for ease of access and entertainment if need be there's beautiful sun sets here and this is our
dressing area as you we move from the bedroom towards the bathroom quite a nice spacious bath
dressing area with mirror doors you know to create a nice voluminous feel and also just to
the main bathroom nicely appointed big double shower beautiful bath
that we've positioned in the window so that one can have views out towards the
you know the water at night so it is a stunning area
so moving back downstairs let me show you how we've planned the kitchen and the family and
living areas as I mentioned to you previously effectively we split the residence into two
portions and the one portion which is more your formal entertainment and dining area and the other
side what we've done is this is more your private space so the areas that we are transitioning now
are actually the more private space um and as you can see the kitchen is located
here and it is very central to to the residents so from the kitchen you can very easily service the
dining room which is directly adjoining to us here with our formal space and then from the kitchen
it's open plan to your family room so which is a nice open plan area just from a day-to-day
living perspective and we've designed the kitchen with beautiful views out onto onto the dam and
the water and the gardens here so this area is has turned out really really beautifully
and then as i've mentioned previously just the integration of the spaces how we look at combining
the space together so the kitchen has a view into that double volume area where the staircase is um
and from the entrance you can't actually see into the kitchen because of the way it is located but
it benefits from the light that that comes from that double volume and the uh the the skylight so
from the kitchen one can then easily service the patio so the kitchen and the patio are
closely situated together and it's very easy then to service from the kitchen to remove stuff and
also to serve through this area the covered patio has effectively been integrated into the shape of
the residence so it's actually on the inside of the house but it is it still feels as separate
and the way that we at planned the the spaces is that you can then you can dine here you can
do your lounge here we've got the ball which is finished very much like a old style pub
with very rustic textures and finishes you've got the vinyl wood flooring and then you can see it's
furnished even with the seating area here which is very much pub style like a london pipe style feel
so moving uh just towards your covered patio area your entertainment we've got your braai
a prep area all of your plates and knives and forks everything located in this area here so when
one entertains everything in this area there's no cross referencing from the kitchen to here
and it's actually really nice to entertain in one area where one can almost keep your your private
area where your kitchen and family room is completely separate and entertain in in this
area only and with this very large door that we've got opening up to the outside here
it really integrates the inside and outside spaces together and we've got a swimming pool here and
we've got a beaumont on the right hand side here so this is really a stunning area
and we have put glass sheets on top of the the columns just to screen the the wind at night so
that when you're sitting in the bowmer area one can control the temperature just a bit better
so just moving to the outside of the residence just to be able to get a bit
more of a vantage point of the of the residence
here the the modern feel that we were trying to to get with the residents comes comes a bit comes
four to the four and you can see also with the color and the color combinations what we've done
just to create a slightly more modern version of a Mediterranean-style residence and the bottom of
the residence is done in facebook to minimize your your wear and tear on on the residence as the
bottom areas of the residence always get a bit more more weathered and yeah so the residents
looks out you can see the way that it's planted all the windows it's very large windows opening to
the outside a very large patio area opening up to the outside you've got the balcony area at the top
of the main bedroom and all the bedrooms facing to the outside here very much entertainers style
residents but functionally very nice and obviously utilizing the views and the scenery and trying
to make the residents work to the outside as much as possible. Francois - amazing amazing amazing like
you said modernization of a Mediterranean-style family home and I think this is quite a result!
Guys, I hope you enjoyed the tour as much as we did doing it. Any questions you have, make sure to reach
out Francois - his details are below this video and as always feel free to leave a comment or
send us a message and we'll take it from there. Thank you so much - have an awesome afternoon!