Retirement Villages · Halfway House, Midrand, Midrand & Waterfall
Long-standing retirement home in Halfway House, Midrand, offering a more affordable alternative to the Waterfall estates, with Netcare Waterfall City ten minutes away.
Local knowledge
Midrand did not exist as a retirement destination twenty years ago. Today Waterfall Hills and Waterfall Valley, two mature-lifestyle estates inside Waterfall City, hold several hundred homes for over-50s with a frail care centre, 24-hour nurse, doctor's rooms and Netcare Waterfall City Hospital inside the wider estate. Retire at Midstream, on the Centurion side of the N1, adds frail and dementia care next to Mediclinic Midstream.
The appeal is simple: children in Sandton and Pretoria are each 25 minutes away, the Gautrain stops at Midrand, and OR Tambo is 30 minutes along the R21. Prices are high. Houses at Waterfall Valley sell for R3.5 million to R8 million with rentals of R23,000 to R30,000 a month, and Waterfall Hills is in the same bracket.
For families who can afford it, this is the Gauteng equivalent of the Helderberg: everything on one secure estate, with the hospital a golf cart ride away. For a cheaper option nearby, Highveld Gardens in Halfway House and the Centurion villages across the highway are worth a look.
An old age home (also called a home for the aged or residential care home) provides a room, meals and personal care in one place. Many in the Western Cape are run by churches or non-profit organisations, and some receive a subsidy from the Department of Social Development, which can make them more affordable.
Questions families ask
Yes. Waterfall Hills has a frail care facility in Waterfall Manor, a nurse on site at all times, doctor's rooms and 24-hour emergency response. Waterfall Valley residents have reciprocal access to the Waterfall Hills care centre.
The estate quotes R3.5 million to R8 million to buy, with no transfer duty, and R23,000 to R30,000 a month to rent.
Netcare Waterfall City Hospital is inside Waterfall City. Mediclinic Midstream is ten minutes north, and Netcare Sunninghill fifteen minutes south.
Yes. Some non-profit homes receive a subsidy from the Department of Social Development for residents who qualify under a means test. Places are limited, and each home will explain its own criteria.