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The suburb of Raslouw which is situated to the North West of Centurion is one of the more established areas with beautiful gardens, large stands and plenty of trees. The suburb consists of approximately 381 houses and 466 townhouses. The suburb is popular with the upper middle class as it is very centrally situated in Centurion in terms of accessibility with the Reds Mall being just around the corner. The type of properties varies and includes houses, townhouses, duets, vacant land, guesthouses, security estates and new developments. Some of the larger stands have been developed into Estates, and the three popular Estates are Raslouw Lifestyle Estate, Raslouw Glen Estate and Raslouw Manor Estate. The freehold stands range in size from 200 sm to 25,000 sm. The price of houses ranges from R1,430,000 to R18,000,000 (2010) (Average of R4,823,000) whilst the price of townhouses ranges from R790,000 to R1,800,000 (2010) (Average of R1,200,000). Vacant stands vary in price from R450,000 to R800,000 (Average of R580,000). The property owners in Raslouw are extremely stable as 73% of the owners have lived in their houses for more than 5 years.
The suburb is bordered by the Wierda Road (M10) to the North, Philirene Road (Heuwelsig Estate) to the West, Gouws Avenue (Wierda Park) to the East and Ruimte Avenue (R114) to the South.
Due to the fact that Raslouw is one of the older suburbs in Centurion, most of the properties have large well established wooded gardens. Residents prefer Raslouw for its convenient location, extra large stands, variety of dwellings, tranquil environment and the fact that there is very little building activity in the area.
Shopping Centres in the immediate vicinity include the Reds Mall, Centurion Mall, Celtis Ridge Shopping Centre, Sutherland Shopping Centre, Koedoe Arcade, Foodzone, Eldoraigne village, Eldo Three Centre and Wierda Two Centre. The surrounding suburbs also have a number of smaller shopping centres with the usual cafes and convenience stores.
Sports facilities in the surrounding suburbs include karate, dancing, badminton, wrestling, pigeon racing, athletics, ballet, wrestling, gymnastics, virgin active gym, golf, golf driving range, badminton and tennis.
Raslouw is central to a number of schools including Rooihuiskraal Primary, Uitsig High, Eldoraigne High, Zwartkop High, Bakenkop Primary, Hennopspark Primary, Springvale Primary, Cresta College, Montessori, and Wierda Park Primary. Raslouw has four Nursery Schools whilst there are another forty three Nursery Schools and crèches in Rooihuiskraal North, Wierda Park and Eldoraigne.
Being an older established suburb, Raslouw has access to many public parks in the area. The closest post office is the Wierda Park Post Office on the corner of Willem Botha Street and Ruimte Road. The nearest library is situated in Eldoraigne on Ireland Avenue. Raslouw has two popular guesthouses, namely Swan Lake and Swans Rest Boutique Hotel. Two Nurseries are situated in Ruimte Road and lloys Street.
Churches in the area include Baptist, Gereformeerde, NG, AGS, Christ is the way, New Life, Methodist, Apostolic, etc. The Bakenkop Medical Centre is located in Theuns van Niekerk Street, Wierda Park, the Wierda Park Day Clinic is situated in Kudu Street, whilst the Unitas hospital is about 7km from Raslouw in Lyttelton and Eldoraigne has two Medical Centres. The Provincial clinic is situated in Eldoraigne.
Raslouw also offers easy access to the N1 and N14, for commuters travelling by car to either Pretoria, Midrand, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Krugersdorp, OR Tambo International Airport as well as Lanseria Airport.
The closest police station is the Wierda Bridge Police Station situated in Valhalla.
