Our Story
Eleven and counting residential developments across Cape Town's Southern Suburbs - from Bishopscourt to Upper Constantia. Each site chosen deliberately, each home finished to the same uncompromising standard.
Our Story
Eleven and counting residential developments across Cape Town's Southern Suburbs - from Bishopscourt to Upper Constantia. Each site chosen deliberately, each home finished to the same uncompromising standard.
Our Story
Eleven and counting residential developments across Cape Town's Southern Suburbs - from Bishopscourt to Upper Constantia. Each site chosen deliberately, each home finished to the same uncompromising standard.
ABOUT OUR COMPANY
Oakhurst was founded in 2015. The premise was straightforward: design homes for the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town at the standard we would want for ourselves. Build fewer of them. Build them well.
An Oakhurst home can be visited years after completion. Every development in the portfolio is a standing reference, not a rendering or a promise, but a completed development in a street you can walk down and that speaks for itself.
Strategy
Strategy
We work exclusively in suburbs we know well and understand, where we understand what the market wants and what the land can support. Oakhurst's principals are involved in every decision from site selection, design, delivery, and the relationship with every purchaser.
That proximity is not a limitation, It is the point. Our track record speaks for itself. Every development to date has sold at or before launch, before construction started.
We do not advertise that as a marketing strategy. It is simply what happens when the product is right and the price is fair, and the developer has a demonstrable track record of honest delivery. The Southern Suburbs remain our home base for the foreseeable future.
We work exclusively in suburbs we know well and understand, where we understand what the market wants and what the land can support. Oakhurst's principals are involved in every decision from site selection, design, delivery, and the relationship with every purchaser.
That proximity is not a limitation, It is the point. Our track record speaks for itself. Every development to date has sold at or before launch, before construction started.
We do not advertise that as a marketing strategy. It is simply what happens when the product is right and the price is fair, and the developer has a demonstrable track record of honest delivery. The Southern Suburbs remain our home base for the foreseeable future.
VISION
VISION
Oakhurst was founded on a simple conviction: that property done with integrity, at the right scale, in the right suburbs, produces outcomes that endure.
Our vision is to build a property group that reflects that conviction across everything we do, not just in the homes we develop, but in the assets we hold and the relationships we maintain over time.
Development remains the core. We identify sites in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs where considered design and honest pricing produce homes that hold their value. That focus does not waver.
Alongside development, we are building a portfolio of properties we own and intend to keep. Not to trade, but to hold. The same discipline that guides our developments guides our investment decisions: buy well, manage well, and always stay true to our guiding principles.
Oakhurst was founded on a simple conviction: that property done with integrity, at the right scale, in the right suburbs, produces outcomes that endure.
Our vision is to build a property group that reflects that conviction across everything we do, not just in the homes we develop, but in the assets we hold and the relationships we maintain over time.
Development remains the core. We identify sites in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs where considered design and honest pricing produce homes that hold their value. That focus does not waver.
Alongside development, we are building a portfolio of properties we own and intend to keep. Not to trade, but to hold. The same discipline that guides our developments guides our investment decisions: buy well, manage well, and always stay true to our guiding principles.
OUR work
What Shapes our Work
What Shapes our Work
Every decision on an Oakhurst development is traceable to one of four disciplines. They are not aspirations. They are the things that have shaped every site we have selected, every brief we have written, and every home we have handed over.
Every decision on an Oakhurst development is traceable to one of four disciplines. They are not aspirations. They are the things that have shaped every site we have selected, every brief we have written, and every home we have handed over.
The Site
Every site is walked before it is bought and assessed against a list of things we will not accept - road noise, poor orientation, a view that can be built out, a title deed that doesn't read cleanly on closer inspection, lack of privacy, compromised security. The sites in the portfolio are the ones that passed that test.
The Site
Every site is walked before it is bought and assessed against a list of things we will not accept - road noise, poor orientation, a view that can be built out, a title deed that doesn't read cleanly on closer inspection, lack of privacy, compromised security. The sites in the portfolio are the ones that passed that test.
The Brief
The brief for each development is written before the architect is appointed. It sets out what the site demands, what the market wants, and what will not be compromised. Every material decision, every layout, every room that follows is held against that brief.
The Brief
The brief for each development is written before the architect is appointed. It sets out what the site demands, what the market wants, and what will not be compromised. Every material decision, every layout, every room that follows is held against that brief.
The Standard
Engineered wood flooring. Inverter systems as standard. Bespoke joinery. Every bedroom en suite. These are not optional upgrades — they are the baseline from which each development begins.
The Standard
Engineered wood flooring. Inverter systems as standard. Bespoke joinery. Every bedroom en suite. These are not optional upgrades — they are the baseline from which each development begins.
After the Handover
Our relationship with our purchasers endures beyond the handover and even after any snags have been attended to. Oakhurst returns to completed developments for snagging and any adjustments that surface in the months that follow.
After the Handover
Our relationship with our purchasers endures beyond the handover and even after any snags have been attended to. Oakhurst returns to completed developments for snagging and any adjustments that surface in the months that follow.
Our Track Record
Built on a decade of delivery.
Each development a decision. Each delivery a commitment.
OUR TEAM
The Skill Behind Our developments
The Skill Behind Our developments
Three principals. One standard.
Three principals. One standard.
Craig, founder of Oakhurst, drives strategic investment decisions, leveraging over 20 years of experience in acquiring, redeveloping, and disposing of residential and industrial properties across South Africa. Formerly the CEO who scaled ARB Electrical Wholesalers to a JSE listing, he brings a strong corporate finance background to property development.
Craig Robertson – BCompt
Director
Craig, founder of Oakhurst, drives strategic investment decisions, leveraging over 20 years of experience in acquiring, redeveloping, and disposing of residential and industrial properties across South Africa. Formerly the CEO who scaled ARB Electrical Wholesalers to a JSE listing, he brings a strong corporate finance background to property development.
Craig Robertson – BCompt
Director
Craig, founder of Oakhurst, drives strategic investment decisions, leveraging over 20 years of experience in acquiring, redeveloping, and disposing of residential and industrial properties across South Africa. Formerly the CEO who scaled ARB Electrical Wholesalers to a JSE listing, he brings a strong corporate finance background to property development.
Craig Robertson – BCompt
Director
Byron, CEO of Oakhurst Property Group, drives strategic growth and operations, specializing in property acquisitions, leases, and multi-million rand redevelopments across South Africa. Backed by extensive corporate finance and investment banking expertise from Deloitte and Bridge Capital Group, he famously co-managed the Springbok Fund, which ranked as the top-performing commercial property fund in South Africa.
Byron Nichles – CA, CGMA
CEO
Byron, CEO of Oakhurst Property Group, drives strategic growth and operations, specializing in property acquisitions, leases, and multi-million rand redevelopments across South Africa. Backed by extensive corporate finance and investment banking expertise from Deloitte and Bridge Capital Group, he famously co-managed the Springbok Fund, which ranked as the top-performing commercial property fund in South Africa.
Byron Nichles – CA, CGMA
CEO
Byron, CEO of Oakhurst Property Group, drives strategic growth and operations, specializing in property acquisitions, leases, and multi-million rand redevelopments across South Africa. Backed by extensive corporate finance and investment banking expertise from Deloitte and Bridge Capital Group, he famously co-managed the Springbok Fund, which ranked as the top-performing commercial property fund in South Africa.
Byron Nichles – CA, CGMA
CEO
Leon, Development Director at Oakhurst Property Group, manages all onsite activities and project delivery, bringing over 16 years of construction expertise across South Africa and Canada. After founding a successful Western Cape construction company and delivering over 80 upmarket residential builds, he joined Oakhurst to spearhead premier developments in Upper Constantia, including Forty-Five on Rathfelder, 26 on Brommaert, and Wycombe Place.
Leon van Lill
Development Director
Leon, Development Director at Oakhurst Property Group, manages all onsite activities and project delivery, bringing over 16 years of construction expertise across South Africa and Canada. After founding a successful Western Cape construction company and delivering over 80 upmarket residential builds, he joined Oakhurst to spearhead premier developments in Upper Constantia, including Forty-Five on Rathfelder, 26 on Brommaert, and Wycombe Place.
Leon van Lill
Development Director
Leon, Development Director at Oakhurst Property Group, manages all onsite activities and project delivery, bringing over 16 years of construction expertise across South Africa and Canada. After founding a successful Western Cape construction company and delivering over 80 upmarket residential builds, he joined Oakhurst to spearhead premier developments in Upper Constantia, including Forty-Five on Rathfelder, 26 on Brommaert, and Wycombe Place.
Leon van Lill
Development Director
Craig, Byron and Leon are supported by a permanent office and site team. Each active development has a dedicated full-time site manager on the ground. Behind the principals is an established business with the structure, systems and capacity to carry multiple developments from brief to handover, without compromising the standard on any one of them.
Accreditations and Certifications
Built to the standard. Registered accordingly.
Built to the standard. Registered accordingly.
Western Cape Property Developers Forum
Oakhurst Property Group is also a member of the Western Cape Property Development Forum, a registered non-profit organisation representing the property development and construction industries in the Western Cape. Click here for further information on the WCPDF.
Oakhurst holds NHBRC registration, and every development is individually enrolled, which means each purchaser's home carries a statutory five-year structural warranty and a one-year roof warranty.
