Readers’ Choice Award of “Best in Pretoria”
“they were proud that the Bougainvilla won the Best of Pretoria Retirement award for the third time.”
Bougainvilla Retirement Village won the Readers’ Choice Award for “Best in Pretoria” for the third time in four years (2016, 2018, 2019).
The residents celebrated in style on Wednesday 13 November at a cocktail function held in the community hall at the Village.
Bougainvilla Retirement Village is a firm favourite among Pretorians and the perfect place to enjoy the golden years.
The function was attended by the management of the Village as well as dignitaries from Central Developments, CSi Property Management, and service providers to the Village i.e. Unique Health, Fedics Foods, D&S Maintenance (gardens and cleaning) and GuardNet Security.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Johan Coetzee, and his deputy, Jan Buter were proud that the Bougainvilla won the Best of Pretoria Retirement award for the third time.
“Bougainvilla was built between March 2012 and November 2013 by Central Developments after in-depth research about the needs of retired and older persons.”
“The village consists of 298 houses and 238 flats; 536 units in total.
Bougainvilla was structured as a House Owners Association, a non-profit company (NPC) and is managed by a Board of Directors. We have about 700 residents at present.”
“The management’s strategy is based on three pillars firstly the Able management structure and secondly Care for our people and lastly the care for the environment,” they said.
They added that it is impossible for management to manage the Village on their own, so they contracted service providers for financial administration, as well as other administrative tasks.”
“We were part of the development of their computer systems, and we are glad to say that these systems are unique and working well.”
Unique Health manages the Frail Care Unit, including home care and support care.
The Village Nurse manages clinics, supports the visiting doctor, and does regular evaluations of residents.
GuardNet manages the security portfolio, including electric fences and there is also a hair salon, a beauty salon and a laundry service.
The second pillar is care for our people is block leader system, which ensures proper communication with residents with feedback to management.
“Once a month we have an information session in the hall, and there are also informal sessions called “Coffee with the Directors”.
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They added that there is a church service on Sunday mornings as well as one in the evening and we also Bible study groups once a week
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The third Pillar is Care for the Environment, Gardens are neat and plants are suitable for South African conditions.
“Water usage is monitored daily and any leaks or wastage are addressed immediately and emergency water tanks were installed ensuring that the kitchen and frail care will always have water.”
Roland Behrens, director of Central Developments, said that Bougainvilla Retirement Village was the fourth of seven retirement villages they developed in Pretoria.
“They are now busy with their 13th development in Gauteng as a whole: The Waterkloof Marina, their flagship project.”
He said their retirement villages are very popular with the retirement market for mainly two reasons.
“We build retirement villages where retirees can lead a normal, active lifestyle while they have the peace of mind provided by immediate access to on-site frail care and support facilities,” said Behrens.
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