The suburb of Maitland is named after Sir Peregrine Maitland who was governor of the Cape in the mid 1840s.
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Maitland is situated along a number of important transport networks connecting the Cape Town city bowl to the rest of the city and the suburb is in close proximity to Cape Town CBD on the outskirts of Observatory within walking distance from Voortrekker Main Road.
The area is well serviced by the My City busses, two train stations and taxis offer a short commute to the CBD, Century City, Bellville and Paarden Island.
Maitland is an established residential area with good schools, churches, shops and parks and is home to a variety of businesses from printing companies to media and transport companies.
The surrounding area comprises predominantly of commercial property, besides having previously residential properties now converted into small business premises. There are a number of business parks offering light industrial or office space, such as Maitland, Gateway, Olympic, The Bridge, Santos, Freeway as well as Oval Business Park. Warehousing is also readily available.
Some firms which have their head offices in the Maitland area are Cape Cookies, Bags Direct, St. Elmo’s Pizzaway, in addition to Smart Office Connexion. Voortrekker Road is lined with commercial businesses, mainly relating to light industrial, DIY, auto parts or repairs, builders supplies, including suppliers of other, similar services or products.
Maitland is 10 km away from Cape Town International airport and 4.6 km from Cape Towns CBD.
Finding new property below R1m is extremely rare and fills a great need for affordable housing in close to the City with an abundant tenant market.