This property known as “Mid Century House” is situated in a quiet road in the suburb of Essenwood, also known as the cooler hills of the Durban CBD. The parameters of the property are fully fenced and secured and the property enjoys vehicular and pedestrian access from Avondale Road.

This building presented in a traditional building brick and plaster style is developed over 2 floors with the main entrance on the ground floor accessible from road level. Essenwood is a quiet suburb on the highest hills of Durban greater CBD, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is administered by the eThekwini (Durban Metropolitan Unicity) and its postal code is 4001.

The suburb is a transformed area of Durban located about 1.8 kilometers inland from the Indian Ocean coast, on the south bank of the Umgeni River. Its neighbouring suburbs are Overport to the west, Musgrave to the south-west, Windermere to the south and Stamford Hill to the east.

The Essenwood area contains classical examples of large Edwardian and Victorian style homes with tin roofs and wide verandas, with the State President's Durban residence in close proximity. Nearby Musgrave Road in the west, Windermere Road and the popular Florida Road in the suburb's southwest is an energetic activity consisting of shops, restaurants, pubs and bistros which are extremely complementary to a residential environment.

This property is for sale by public auction as part of a portfolio of nine blocks of flats which will be offered as individual lots and as one entire lot.

The following properties are also part of this portfolio sale:

• 278 Avondale Road, Essenwood - “Ledanova”
Description: 9 x 2 Bedroom flats

• 182 Percy Osborne Road, Morningside - “Portal Place”
Description: 6 x 2 Bedroom & 1 x 1 Bedroom flats

• 127 Botanic Gardens Road, Musgrave - ''Botanical Bliss''
Description: 14 Units comprising of bachelor & 1.5 bedroom flats

• 33 York Avenue, Glenwood - “Tropicale”
Description: 6 x 2 Bedroom & 1 x 1 Bedroom flats

• 87 Hunt Road, Glenwood - “Carmel Court”
Description: 12 x 2 Bedroom & 4 x 1 Bedroom flats

• 42 Innes Road, Morningside - “Confluence Court”
Description: 6 x 2 Bedroom flats

• 21 Henwood Road, Morningside - “Henwood House”
Description: 13 x 2 Bedroom & 3 x 1 Bedroom flats

• 8 Heswall Road, Musgrave - “Dunfor Residence”
Description: 12 x 2 Bedroom flats