The highest ground in the city, and a golf course running through it

Welgemoed sits on the slopes of the Tygerberg Hill at around 310m — the highest suburb in Cape Town — built around the 1957 Bellville Golf Club. That elevation means most homes get genuine views over Bellville and the wider metro, and it also means the same brutal-sun exposure Baronetcy’s hillside homes deal with, particularly on west-facing rooms that catch the late-afternoon sun with nothing to break it.

Housing stock here runs to large, lavish double-storey family homes with real architectural flair, and secure or gated micro-estates such as Vergezicht sit alongside the open streets — some with their own light aesthetic control, much like Baronetcy’s. Established gardens and mature trees mean more shade at ground level than a brand-new estate, but the upper storeys and golf-facing glass still need real shading, not just landscaping.

  • Sunscreen or blockout roller blinds for golf-course-facing living rooms
  • External venetians or a folding-arm awning on hard west walls
  • Motorisation for upper-storey and stairwell windows on a double-storey home
  • Timber venetians for studies and formal rooms in more established houses

Local note

Renovations are common on Welgemoed’s larger, older stands. Where a renovation opens up new golf-facing glazing, it’s worth involving us at the design stage — a concealed ceiling-slot blind is far cleaner to plan in early than to retrofit later.

Served from just up the road

We measure and fit in Welgemoed as part of the same ridge-belt run that covers Baronetcy Estate, so there’s no premium for being “slightly further out” — a consultant comes to you with the same fabric and slat samples and the same written, itemised quote.