4 Bedroom House in Merrivale
A Business Zoned Home With the Guesthouse Groundwork Already Done.
If you''ve been looking for a guesthouse opportunity where the zoning and building approvals are already sorted, this Merrivale property removes that step for you.
The home offers four bedrooms and three bathrooms across 367m² under roof, set on a 1,978m² erf, giving you real room to plan a guest layout without squeezing it in. The main bathroom includes a full suite with a jacuzzi bath, shower and a separate toilet with its own basin, the kind of detail guests notice and mention in reviews. The kitchen is fitted with a stove, hob, eye-level oven, scullery, dishwasher connection and granite tops, built to handle catering for guests rather than just a household of four.
The lounge and dining room are both spacious and tiled, opening onto a covered patio and pool, so guests have a natural place to relax outdoors. A separate office or study, with fitted cabinets and a desk, gives you a space to run bookings and admin without using a bedroom for it. Parking is built for guest turnover: two automated garages plus space for eight vehicles under carport on a tarred driveway. A Rondavel adds extra storage, and the property already carries approved plans to build out further into a full guest house. The whole property is fully walled with two gates and security beams, security that matters to guests staying somewhere unfamiliar as much as it matters to you.
Zoning is BusinessCommercial, with the guesthouse conversion plans already approved, so the two biggest hurdles in a project like this are already cleared.
Merrivale sits about five kilometers from Howick, with N3 access putting Pietermaritzburg roughly 25 to 30 minutes away. Howick draws steady visitor traffic through Howick Falls, Midmar Dam and the Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve, and guesthouses already operate successfully in the area, so there''s an established demand pattern to build into rather than create from nothing.
Priced at R1,990,000. For more details, Contact us to arrange a viewing.
Henwood and Katz Real Estate Pty Ltd ta REMAX Midlands. A franchise of REMAX of Southern Africa.
HENWOOD AND KATZ REAL ESTATE PTY LTD trading as REMAX Midlands Howick operates in terms of a franchise agreement with REMAX of Southern Africa.
Property details
- Listing number T5068253
- Property type House
- Listing date 8 May 2025
- Land size 1 978 m²
- Rates and taxes R 2 000
Property features
- Bedrooms 4
- Bathrooms 3
- En-suite 1
- Lounges 2
- Dining areas 1
- Garage parking 2
- Open parking 8
- Flatlets
- Pet friendly
- Alarm
- Patio
- Pool
- Storage
- Study
- Entrance hall
- Garden
- Scullery
- Family TV room
- Paving
- Aircon