In something that has people “up in arms” as some writers like to say, but I don’t, a garage in the exclusive Clifton area of Cape Town has sold for R2 million. This particular Clifton garage was found at the First Beach Terraces on Victoria Road.
Funny enough, Remax are marketing a 39 square metre studio on the first floor of the same building for R1,6 million. I did a quick search and I think it might be THIS ONE that is in the same building as the R2 million garage, but I’m not sure. I got up early this morning so do forgive my slowness.
Personally I don’t see the problem with paying R2 million for a Clifton garage as vulgar displays of wealth are sometimes entirely necessary in this world. It’s a way of telling people that you are not here to stuff around and that you will buy anything you want and that you will take over the world if you want. It’s the same when you go out and buy a bottle of whiskey for R50000. I think it’s cool and I’m letting you know that I’m OK with it.
Personally I think displays of wealth like this just make normal people work harder in the hope that one day they too can afford it. But for the very clever they will realise that you don’t necessarily need to work that hard for your money. You just need to be clever and you can work a few hours a week and spend the rest on Table Mountain, or Llandudno or wherever you want really.
It’s a brilliant way of living life. To show you what this garage costs in smaller terms, I worked out that it will cost you R111111 per square metre. Let’s call it an even R110 grand. I have conveniently measured out 1 square metre in my garden right now to show you what you can get for the bargain price of R110 grand. I have measured it in a universal currency, that of magazines, and you will notice 1 square metre is about the width of 5 magazines by the height of four magazines. It could be entirely wrong but I don’t think it is:
What a bargain!
That’s a pretty big piece of land right there and you can see why it would cost R110 grand in Clifton. To put it all in perspective, Clifton is so exclusive that you would have no problem in coming right even if you said to some belter “Why don’t you come to my Clifton garage?” I’m not joking, you would come right. If someone is willing to lend me their Clifton garage, I will try and prove my theory right. Actually I would not even need to prove it right because it’s so set in stone that everyone knows it’s true.
But still if you have a garage in Clifton then do let me know.
So as you can see there is no point making a big deal out of this whole R2 million garage because it’s not that much money. Considering the persons car is probably R2 million anyway, I don’t see anything wrong with it.
In fact it is this vulgar display of wealth that makes Cape Town so cool! It’s for this very reason that it is worthwhile buying a ticket for R2000 at the Equus Lounge at Cape Towns premier horse race, the J&B Met. R2000 is a pretty sweet deal at the Equus Lounge and and will have you laughing all the way home as people hound you and want YOU to take THEM home.
It’s pretty crazy the way people are throwing money around in Cape Town at the moment, but that only makes it easier to catch doesn’t it? Yes it does!
Now go out and get it.
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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