Retirement Villages · Featherbrooke, Krugersdorp, Roodepoort, Krugersdorp & the West Rand
493-unit sectional-title estate for over-50s near Krugersdorp with a 30-bed frail care facility, home-based care, dining room, salon, shop and doctor's rooms.
Local knowledge
The West Rand is where Johannesburg retirement costs the least. Featherbrooke Hills near Krugersdorp is a 493-unit sectional-title estate with its own 30-bed frail care centre and rentals that started at R4,000 a month. The City of Johannesburg's largest pensioner housing schemes, Klein Heldekruin in Wilro Park and Donovan McDonald in Florida, are here, and small frail care homes in Witpoortjie, Fairland and Northcliff fill the gaps.
Life Flora Clinic in Florida, Netcare Krugersdorp and Life Wilgeheuwel are the private hospitals, with Netcare Milpark 25 minutes east. Lanseria is 30 minutes away and OR Tambo closer to an hour.
Families choose the West Rand when the parent already lives west of the city, or when a Southern Suburbs or Sandton price is simply out of reach. Our guide to affordable retirement villages explains how sectional title, rentals and subsidised homes bring the entry price down; the principles are national.
A retirement village is a secure community of houses, cottages or apartments for independent older people. Most have a clubhouse, a dining room or coffee shop, maintained gardens and 24-hour security, and many add a frail care centre so residents can move into care later without leaving.
Questions families ask
Featherbrooke Hills Retirement Village near Krugersdorp has a 30-bed frail care facility and home-based care in the units. Witpoortjie Frail Care in Roodepoort and Elm Park in Northcliff are stand-alone care homes.
Yes. Klein Heldekruin in Wilro Park (214 units), Donovan McDonald in Florida (175 units), Tonardo Park and Avondrus are city-owned homes for pensioners. Phone the home directly about vacancies, rent and who qualifies.
You pay a once-off amount for the right to live in a unit for life. You do not own it. When the right ends, the village resells it and repays an amount set out in your agreement, which may be a fixed share of the original price or of the resale price. These schemes are regulated by the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act.
Most villages set a minimum age, commonly between 50 and 60. Check with the village, because the rules differ and some allow a younger spouse.