The Charles

The Charles is a 178-apartment first phase set in the landscaped grounds of the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, with the Helderberg Mountains to the north and False Bay to the south. Curved facades step around a resort pool deck, a double-height lobby and a residents' clubhouse, and residents also get access to the hotel's St Andrews Pub, La Vigna Restaurant and spa. The mix runs from 26 sqm studios to 137 sqm three-bedroom apartments, garden apartments with hedged private gardens of 26 to 100 sqm, and two rooftop penthouses with private pools and terraces that buyers can reconfigure with the project architects. The current release is two and three-bedroom apartments from R4,650,000 (EUR 246,000), with one-bedrooms from R2,550,000 and studios from R2,000,000 in the wider mix, and penthouses from R25,000,000. Purchase prices are VAT inclusive with no transfer duty, Section 13sex tax allowances apply to qualifying investors, and the developer is running a R200,000 early investor discount. Units are reserved online with a R10,000 non-refundable fee, followed by a 10 percent deposit into the transferring attorney's interest-bearing account and the balance on bond approval or transfer. Estimated completion is Q3 2028. Somerset West sits 45 minutes from Cape Town, with Stellenbosch 20 minutes away and Cape Town International Airport 22 minutes away.