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		<title>Green light &#124; Luxury destination Villa Verte is a go</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[villa maison noir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in the hills of Hout Bay are two serene properties that offer the ultimate escape from it all –Villa Maison Noir and its brand-new neighbour, Villa Verte. These luxurious contemporary villas, built on the mountainside, are like a home away from home for guests and offer slightly different propositions for getaways, events and extended holidays. The overarching theme, however, is recharging in one of Cape Town’s most picturesque settings. The properties are owned by design-and-entrepreneur power duo Jim Brett (of Anthropologie and West Elm fame) and Ed Gray (who previously owned a luxury home furnishings store in Philadelphia by the name of Bruges Home). The American couple first began coming to South Africa to export South African craft to the US and fell in love with the country. “We loved the people we met, the culture, the food and we were awestruck by the beauty of the landscape,” explains Brett. They put down roots and found the perfect spot in Hout Bay, where a blue gum forest on the back side of Table Mountain had been cleared and where the expansive property cluster that makes up Villa Maison Noir sits. Now expanding the brand further, they’ve created a [...]]]></description>
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