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About ConDev Property
Development…
Some Recent And
Current Projects

text by Michael Nott
photos by Structure and Design
plans and renders courtesy of ConDev and SMA

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tructure and Design is pleased
to have already featured some
successfully completed projects
by ConDev Property Development (Pvt) Ltd.
Some time back in issue 13 we covered the
100 on Montgomery project, situated on the
corner of Arcturus Road and Montgomery
Road in Highlands. This property comprises
27 upmarket townhouses within a secure,
gated complex. In the same issue we covered
the outstanding Arkenstone development
within Borrowdale Brooke. Arkenstone
consists of 10 exquisite, individually designed
homes set into the stony hillside above the
Brooke. The steeply sloping site called for
some serious engineering and earthworks,
but the advantage is that each home has
outstanding, unobstructed views – some
northward towards Domboshawa and some
with east facing views towards Shamva.
All the houses are largely off-grid and the
complex has a sophisticated water storage
and recycling system. Both projects were
built in conjunction with Sarah Morgan
Architect, and with Cardinal Corporation as
the developers and project coordinators.

site plan floor plan

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commercial profile a quiet cul-de-sac off Crowhill Road and overlooking Borrowdale
Brooke, the Paxford project consists of 10 spacious, light filled,
Other recently completed ConDev projects include 19-on-Kingsmead modern homes, once again designed by Sarah Morgan Architect.
- 9 homes in a complex designed by architect Bruce Rowlands from Each home is set on around 1,300 square metres of private garden
Architexture Spatial Design, and 8 on Pevensey - 7 luxury villas designed (easy to maintain) with extensive communal spaces around. The
by architect Graham Cochrane from Architectural Planning Studio. houses have been carefully set out on the gently sloping site to
allow for privacy while maximizing the views and taking advantage
These developments have given ConDev a wealth of experience in of their north/north east orientation. The site includes undisturbed
the construction of upscale residential complexes in Harare and stands of indigenous Msasa-miombo forest and slopes down to
together with other commercial and private residential projects has small natural wetland recreational space. When setting out the
propelled them to become leaders in the field. It has also allowed houses on the site great care was taken to preserve as many of
them to build up a group of highly experienced personnel and the existing trees as possible, preserving the natural ecology. The
resources and to establish a well-deserved reputation for good cost project has other ‘green’ credentials too – each house has its own
management and adherence to budgets, and the capacity to finish solar panels and a 5kVA inverter, a 2,000 litre water storage tank,
projects on time without sacrificing top quality workmanship. and there’s a black water recycling system for the complex which
irrigates the common gardens.
Completed towards the end of last year 10-on-Paxford is one of
their most prestigious and sort after developments. Situated on

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The houses are designed with a very generous
master bedroom, dressing room and en
suite bathroom and there are an additional
two smaller bedrooms each with their own
bathrooms. The living room, dining room and
kitchen are open plan with views out to the
garden and the verandah. A mono-pitch ceiling
and glass gable end allow the area to be
flooded with natural light. The large verandah
adjacent to the main living space lends itself
perfectly to our Zimbabwean love of relaxed,
outdoor living.

In addition there’s a study and a large
entrance hall, and there’s a separate scullery
and service courtyard off the kitchen, as well
as an outdoor storeroom. There’s an entrance
courtyard providing privacy from the street
and a two car shaded carport with an option
to add an enclosed parking garage. The whole
complex has excellent security being fully
walled with an electric fence and a single
manned entry gate, making it ideal for those
who want to ‘lock up and go’.

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10 Paxford Road ConDev are currently involved in a progressive
by ConDev, Suppliers List ongoing development at 31-on-Edinburgh,
near to Sam Levy’s Village and the new Village
Main contactor - ConDev Walk, once again designed by Sarah Morgan
Looproad Properties in her signature style. The project was started
Scribante in September 2019 and is on schedule for
Highstrides handover in September this year. The project
Union was marketed through Marillier Properties and
Delports was completely sold out off-plan in a matter
Artisan of weeks. The houses have three bedrooms
ICC and three bathrooms, an open plan living
Halsteds Brothers room, dining room and kitchen with a separate
Halsteds Timbers scullery, pantry and storeroom. They have
PPC an entrance courtyard and entrance hallway,
Electrosales as well as central courtyard and a large
Sela verandah. There’s covered parking for two
Rent a container vehicles utilizing a unique custom-designed
Steelware House solar carport, with the option for a lockup
Classecon garage and a swimming pool. Each unit is fully
Flint Electrical walled for privacy and the whole complex is
The Water Guru very secure with wall-top electric fence and
Beta Bricks perimeter security beams. In line with Morgan’s
Lafarge Quaries environmentally friendly ethos all the houses
J & P Security are totally off grid with new-generation gas
Driptech geysers, gas hobs and ovens in the kitchen, and
Zox Trading low energy water pumps.
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Apart from just building great property
developments ConDev also has a robust
social responsibility programme. They
believe in giving newly-qualified artisans
the chance to improve their skills and get on
the job training under careful supervision in
conjunction with Harare Polytech to attain
their final trade tests. They also partner the
Flying for Wildlife Conservation Trust as well
as the TAG Rugby Trust which takes sport to
people in the high-density suburbs and rural
communities across the country.

To get in touch with ConDev:
Telephone-
+263 772 331 935 or +263 773 820 430
Website- www.condev.info

For enquiries regarding new ConDev
developments contact Marillier Properties:
Address: 50 Edinburgh Road, Vainona
Call Charmy: on 0773 495863

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PRESERVING HARARE’S
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

text by Michael Nott
photos by Structure and Design
additional photos, plans and sketch by Galleria Celso

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The magnificent Cape Dutch house
at 36 Broadlands in Emerald Hill
no doubt has an intriguing history,
some of it merely hearsay and some of it
sadly lost forever.

It was probably built in around the 1930s
but there don’t seem to be records of who
it was built for or who the architect was.
The original owners must certainly have
been a well-established and prosperous
family. Compared to most other homes of
that time the design is certainly opulent
with an imposing entrance way leading to an
elegant spiral staircase and a grand reception
room. Some architectural flourishes, like
the detailed moulding on the gables and the
stylish arched doors and windows, testify
that the home was built for a very influential
client. It would also have been in a desirable
location on the western side of Emerald Hill
with views over what is now Avondale West.

There is speculation that the architect might
have been W D’Arcy Cathcart who was
designing some important private and public
buildings at that time. Rumour has it that it
was once a diplomatic residence. Certainly
some other prominent Zimbabwean families
have made it their home over the years. A
series of owners made some changes to the
property, not all of them in sympathy with the
original design. At some point a swimming
pool was added on the south side and inside
a sauna and a Jacuzzi had been built.

It was bought by Bhika Brothers Properties in
the 1980s at a public auction for a deceased
estate. At the time it was purchased it fetched
a record breaking price for houses sold at
auction in Zimbabwe. After the acquisition the
house was rented out to a variety of tenants
and then stood empty and neglected for a
while and had begun to fall into disrepair.

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The property has remained in the Bhika
Brothers portfolio. A few years ago Bhika
Brothers made the decision to convert
the house into offices for Bhika Brothers
Properties and their sister company CV
People Africa in order to consolidate various
offices around town into one venue. Mouse
and Cathy Bhika engaged architectural and
interior designer Celso Ribeiro from Galleria
Celso to look at renovating the property and
converting it to more practical office space.
And so began what has been a two year
labour of love for the Bhikas and the Ribeiros.

Celso (together with Project Manager Ocky
Ribeiro and landscaper Julie Ribeiro) has
taken a holistic approach to the project
including not just the interior décor but
also the layout of the building, the various
outbuildings, some sympathetic extensions
and the garden hardscaping and landscaping.

While the original footprint of the house
has not been significantly altered the most
dramatic change has been the addition of a
conservatory on the south side where the
swimming pool used to be. The structure
of the pool is still there under the new floor
and is now accessed via a trapdoor and used
as storage. The conservatory is a beautiful
space with aluminium framed glass windows
and doors on three sides providing views
over the garden in front and an enclosed
courtyard at the back. The roof of the new
section echoes the existing roof in height
and pitch and is clad in dark grey Chromadek
that blends with the existing slate tiles. The
front verandah of the conservatory follows
the dimensions of the verandah running
along the older section of the house although
Celso has chosen to use metal balustrading
rather than the cement balustrades on the
older section. Inside the ceiling follows the
pitch of the roof and has exposed trusses
with skylights along the eastern side so the
structure feels light and delicate.

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The conservatory connects to the house through
a small link section and the old sauna and
Jacuzzi have been converted into cloakrooms.
A passage runs from the link through to the
reception lobby with offices or meeting rooms,
converted from the old bedrooms, leading off
– one on the east side and three on the west
side. The master bedroom and en suite has
been combined to create a boardroom with
adjacent space for teas and refreshments. The
other bedrooms are surprisingly modest in size
for such a grand house but now function well as
office and meeting spaces.

In front of the reception Celso has created a
small lounge or waiting room using aluminium
and glass panels which links the design to the
conservatory structure. The glass and aluminium
motif has been repeated in numerous places
clearly defining the old and the new parts.
Behind the reception the existing kitchen, pantry
and scullery needed to be completely gutted and
have now become a modern, practical space.
The kitchen leads into the old dining room which
now functions as a training/meeting room, and
also to the new sun lounge which works as a
break out space for staff to enjoy tea or lunch
or just to take a break from their desks. The sun
lounge has aluminium and glass walls and also
opens to a partially covered pergola overlooking
a rockery and water feature. In addition it serves
as a link to the old lounge or grand room which
is now a large open plan office. The existing
fireplace has been concealed but the plaster
moulding around the north facing picture
window has been preserved and functions as a
frame for the view.

From the original lounge or reception room
the spiral staircase sweeps elegantly down
to the lower ground floor and what was
originally the main entrance to the home
(conjuring up images of the Golden Age of
Hollywood glamour).

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To the right of the entrance foyer are the While the main façade of the house has Julie Ribeiro has transformed the garden
IT room and the server room while to the not been drastically altered Celso and Julie which had become very neglected and
left is the executive management suite. In Ribeiro have managed to enhance some of the overgrown. Apart from preserving the
the executive suite there’s a small lobby, a house’s original grandeur. The circular drive magnificent camphorwood tree a cluster of
billiard room and entertainment area, and a which once led to the main entrance has been palm trees has also been kept and serves
spacious office for Mouse and Cathy and Bhika removed and replaced by a shorter driveway to soften the front face of the conservatory.
Brothers’ Project Manager Ocky Ribeiro. and parking area with the driveway entrance The front garden was previously terraced
sheltered from the road access by a small and felt unplanned and fragmented. Now
The office, which is an extension to the new decorative wall. The old camphorwood a vast swathe of lush, park like lawn flows
original footprint, opens through glass and tree which was in the middle of the driveway from the house down to the car park only
aluminium doors to an enclosed outdoor has been pruned and fed and is once again interrupted by the formal walkway flanked by
space that has a distinctly Mediterranean flourishing. The original main entrance to mini Victorian- style lamplights. At the back
feel. An existing, and rather impractical, the house is now partially concealed. The of the house and around the east side Julie
little balcony below the framed picture new approach to the house is along a brick has created a sequence of low maintenance,
window was removed to allow for the clear pathway to a double staircase that leads water wise rockeries and water features.
polycarbonate roof which shelters part of the visitors to the upper ground floor and the main It’s a clever way to address the steep, rocky
courtyard so it can be enjoyed in all weather. reception area. Celso has mirrored the existing slope and provides a pleasing view from the
Terracotta paving stones, a tiled water outside steps to form a rather splendid windows at the back. Although they’re still
feature, a barbeque area and large potted split staircase and the pleasing symmetry quite new they’ll quickly fill out and become
plants complete the ambience. enhances the formal appeal of the façade. more profuse.

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Celso Ribeiro
Julie Ribeiro
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A BEAUTIFUL HOME

IN THE BROOKE WITH A
GARAGE CONVERSION

text by Michael Nott David and Jenny Littlewood were
photos by Structure and Design considering downsizing when they
additional photos and plans by Architexture Spatial Design found out that a friend of theirs
in Borrowdale Brooke was planning to sub-
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at the opportunity to purchase the land
and build their new home. Because of the
nature of the sub-division a small existing
building was included on their stand, which
has now become an office/storeroom.

In around 2014 David and Jenny consulted
with Bruce Rowlands from Architexture
Spatial Design to begin planning their new
home. They were familiar with Rowlands’
style and had seen a house he’d designed
which was similar to what they were
looking for, so he was a natural choice
to become their architect. Together the
Littlewoods and Rowlands devised the
final plans – a process Jenny looks back on
fondly. Sadly David passed away recently,
after spending just four years in their new
home – so Jenny’s memories are now
particularly poignant.

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The design of the house bears many of Rowlands’ signature touches. The main living area has
a high ceiling with exposed trusses that follows the line of the Chromadek roof and there’s a
row of high clerestory windows on either side for additional natural light as well as generous
glass and aluminium doors opening to a large verandah. In this home the open plan living and
dining room have been partially demarcated by a double sided hearth with a freestanding
chimney breast that rises up to the ceiling. It helps to make the large space feel more intimate
and cosy without fully breaking the area into two separate rooms. It also doesn’t overly
impede the view from the front door through the house and out, over the pool, to the garden
beyond. The property is right on the edge of the golf course with no wall or fence to mark
the boundary, so the whole golf course and waterway becomes part of the garden. A great
example of ‘borrowed scenery’!

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The open plan space has been decorated
in a very personal style with a well-chosen
mix of vintage, antique and modern pieces.
Persian rugs soften the teak floors, there’s
loads of comfortable seating from sofas to
single chairs, and a few quirky touches –
like vintage suitcases used as side tables
– add to the charm. A very modern, plain
white console supports a wide screen TV
with matching antique-style lamps and
candleholders each side. It feels as if every
piece has been carefully curated so it all
works together – and each piece has a
special meaning and history behind it.

Bi-fold doors lead out to the huge verandah
and effectively double the living space with
two lounge seating areas – one more formal
and one more relaxed with cane and wicker
furniture - and a second dining space. There’s
also a bar that opens to the verandah that’s
ideal for entertaining friends and family
around the pool.

The home has two bedrooms, both with en
suite bathrooms. The master bedroom en
suite boasts both an indoor and an outdoor
shower within a private courtyard and a
dressing room.

Although the area is prone to flooding in
the rainy season, being close to the natural
waterway, Rowlands’ design (together with
engineer John Ridgewell) has accommodated
this with a series of foundation piles so the
home is totally stable and safe from the
seasonal rising water.

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GUEST re 230
SVP Guest Loo D004
LOO gully 10536
2 m² 10536
existing rear door to be 10996
FFL 0.0 reused for guest loo
Ceramic Tiles
Timber Beam to engr spec

D003 W001

230

W002

re Verandah ROOF LINE
re
4 m²

FFL -175.0
Stone Paving

110 dia soil pipe 1:60 fall to connection to existing drainage

ROOF LINE 3734

1120 115 5670 New Gate
existing gate to be reused for new gate
166 900 4499 540 1025 D005
1545 3625
1960

230

7130

1 0 - GND FLOOR FFL - PROPOSED Option 3 Copy 1 Revision Description Date
Revisions
1 : 50

archi texture Notes : Garage Renovation Project Code : 1837 Size : A0
s p at i a l d e s i g n . p v t . l t d all work to be carried out in accordance with Stand 953 Borrowdale Brooke, Harare
registered architects . 25 shortheath lane . chisipiti . harare . 0772404303 . [email protected] municipal regulations. do not scale off Scale : 1 : 50 Date : 28/01/2019
drawings. builder check all details and Ground Floor Plan Drawn by : GM Revision :
dimensions before commencing work. design
is property of architexture spatial design. Drawing number : 101

STAND NO. REM OF 917

49.93 m drainage

connection to existing
4m BL
soil pipe 1:60 fall to BROOKE DRIVE
20.79 m
ICNHSAPMECBTEIRON 110 dia
6m BL
EXISTING
COTTAGE

4m BL POOL EXISTING STAND NO.953 PAVED GUEST
24.99 m MAIN HOUSE EXISTING PATHWAY PARKING AND
DRIVEWAY
MAIN SEWER LINE
EXISTING PATHWAY GATE

NEW 6m BL
RENOVATION
6000 North
4m BL 4000
FAIRWAY re 12.59 m

re 110 dia soil pipe 1:60 fall to connection to existing drainage re
49.92 m

STAND NO.537 (1397)

12 - SITE PLAN - PROPOSED AREAS 1477m2
491m2
1 : 200 STAND AREA
EXISTING MAIN AND COTTAGE HOUSE 99m2
PROPOSED ADDITION (INCLUDING THE VERANDAH )

1

Revision Description Date

Revisions

archi texture Notes : Garage Renovation Project Code : 1837 Size : A3
all work to be carried out in accordance with
municipal regulations. do not scale off Stand 953 Borrowdale Brooke, Scale : 1 : 200 Date : 28/01/2019
drawings. builder check all details and Harare
dimensions before commencing work. Drawn by : GM Revision :
design is property of architexture spatial Site Plan
s p at i a l de si g n. pvt. l td design. Drawing number : 100

registered architects . 25 shortheath lane . chisipiti . harare . 0772404303 . [email protected]

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In 2018 Jenny Littlewood decided
to convert the double garage into
a separate and self-contained
apartment. It works well as both a
rental apartment or as accommodation
for visiting family members as it can
be accessed from the main house or it
can be completely independent. While
the original house was built by Elevate
Construction the garage/loft conversion
was built by Kalamain Construction.
Together with her sons Mathew and
James Jenny worked on the design
and construction with Rowlands as the
architect again. Rowlands’ design has
echoed the design of the main house
so that it blends in well and forms
a single integrated edifice. A small
linking section between the main house
and the cottage houses batteries and
inverters for the solar system.

The double garage conversion now has
an open plan living room, dining room
and kitchen downstairs with a bedroom
and bathroom upstairs. The kitchen fits
neatly against the back wall while the
front of the space opens out to a new
covered verandah. The bedroom has
big east facing windows and a glassed
in gable so it feels light and sunny, and
a small pony wall separates it from
the west facing bathroom and also
acts as a backing wall for the bed. The
en suite bathroom has a dividing wall
so the toilet is partly set apart. The
freestanding bathtub below the window
feels spa-like and luxurious – a special
place to relax and unwind.

The double storey garage conversion
on one side and the existing storeroom
on the other side create a formal
entrance courtyard to the main house
lined with standard roses. The garage
has been replaced by covered parking
on the street front and access to the
main house is now through double
wrought iron gates – designed and
manufactured by Basil and Lindy
Rowlands, formerly of ArtMart at Doon
Estate. Six palm trees now preside over
the paved entrance and parking space.

Together with input from her family,
and with the design skills of Rowlands,
Jenny has created a lasting tribute
to her husband David. She’s created
a warm and comfortable home with
a distinct, if slightly eclectic flavour,
perfectly suited to her lifestyle and
ready for entertaining – once our
current lockdown is over.

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