Can I still object to the Drakenstein GV2024 roll?

The general objection period (13 February to 24 March 2025, closed) has closed. Supplementary rolls follow each year; the Municipality publishes each one on its valuation roll page. An error of fact on your entry, such as the wrong category or extent, can usually still be raised with the valuations office.

Can I see the Drakenstein GV2024 roll online?

The Drakenstein publishes its roll and notices on its valuations page. Or type the address into ErfCheck above: the record shows the erf number, township and last registered sale for free, and the R99 report adds the GV2024 value beside recent sales on the street.

Does objecting stop me paying rates?

No. Rates stay payable on the roll value while the objection is decided. If the value is reduced, the City adjusts the account.

When do the new values apply?

From 1 July 2025. Rates bills from then on use the GV2024 value.

Is GV2024 the 2025/26 valuation roll?

Yes. Its values are as at 1 July 2024, and rates bills use them from 1 July 2025 until the next general roll. Supplementary rolls revalue individual properties in between.

What value is on the roll?

The market value of the property as at 1 July 2024, set by the municipal valuer by mass appraisal. It is not today's market value and not a bank valuation.

Where do I find my erf number?

On your rates account, your title deed or the SG diagram, or type the street address into ErfCheck. See how to find an erf number.

Valuation rolls · Drakenstein

Drakenstein (Paarl, Wellington) valuation roll GV2024 (2025/26 rates)

The Drakenstein values every property in Paarl, Wellington, Mbekweni, Val de Vie, Pearl Valley, Gouda, Saron and Simondium on its general valuation roll, and your rates are worked out from that value. Here is what the current roll says, how to look a property up, and how an objection works.

Current roll

GV2024

general valuation

Values as at

1 July 2024

date of valuation

In effect from

1 July 2025

rates bills use it

General objections

Closed

13 February to 24 March 2025, closed

Look up a property in Drakenstein (Paarl, Wellington)

Free: erf number, township, last registered sale and imagery. No owner names.

ErfCheck reads the Drakenstein GV2024 roll (values as at 1 July 2024, in force from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2029), which the Municipality publishes as PDFs per area, by erf and township or street address, and sectional title units by scheme and unit. Erven valued together show the combined value on the first erf and a note on the others. You can also type an erf number with its township (for example "Erf 1234, Rondebosch") to get the street address back.

Reading a property's entry on the roll

Each property on the GV2024 roll is one line, whether you find it on the council's portal, on the published roll or on your valuation notice:

Property description: the erf (or farm portion, or sectional unit) and its township, as registered. This is how the council identifies the property, not the street address; what an erf number is.
Street address, where the council records one.
Category: residential, business, agricultural, vacant land and so on. The category sets which rate in the rand applies, so a wrong category costs money even when the value is right.
Extent: the registered land area (for a sectional unit, the section's floor area).
Market value as at 1 July 2024: the figure your rates are worked out from.

If the description, category or extent is wrong, that is an error of fact to raise with the valuations office, separate from disagreeing with the value.

How to object to your valuation

Check the window. The general-roll window (13 February to 24 March 2025, closed) has closed. Supplementary rolls follow each year; the Municipality publishes each one on its valuation roll page.
Get the form. Objections go in on the City's own form, one property per objection. Notices and instructions: Drakenstein valuations page.
Give evidence, not a feeling. An objection succeeds on market evidence as at 1 July 2024: registered sales of similar properties on your street, in your scheme or suburb close to that date, and your own purchase price if it was recent. Defects the valuer could not see (structural damage, a smaller extent than recorded) count too.
Keep paying rates on the roll value while the City decides. If you disagree with the decision you can appeal to the valuation appeal board; the City's decision letter explains how.

The R99 ErfCheck report puts that evidence on one page: the roll value, every recent registered sale on your street or in your scheme, your own transfer, and a plain verdict on whether the gap is worth contesting.

How the value turns into rates

Annual rates are the roll value, less any residential exclusion in the City's rates policy, multiplied by the rate in the rand the council sets in each year's budget (effective 1 July). A lower roll value lowers the bill in proportion. See the rates calculator.

House prices by suburb in Drakenstein (Paarl, Wellington)

What properties sold for, suburb by suburb: the median of registered transfers in the last five years, from the Deeds Office records on file. Open a suburb for sales by year, its streets and every record.

Suburb	Properties on file	Median sale, last 5 years
Mbekweni	3 673	R 200 000
Dal Josafat	1 909	R 5 241 700
Dalvale	1 735	R 245 000
Groenheuwel	1 701	R 750 000
Paarl Central East	1 582	R 1 896 250
Paarl Central	1 432	R 2 380 000
Paarl East	1 383	R 650 000
Groenvlei	1 263	R 2 350 000
Paarl North	1 243	R 2 260 000
New Orleans	855	R 1 150 000
Amstelhof	820	R 710 000
Klein Parys	702	R 799 960
Klein Nederburg	634	R 587 500
Val de Vie Estate	613	R 9 995 000
Paarl South	572	R 1 262 800
Charleston Hill	570	R 1 550 000
Langvlei	570	R 1 200 000
Esterville	564	R 1 150 000
Lane	538	R 1 700 000
Denneburg	530	R 1 900 000
Rabiesdale	491	R 995 000
Hoog En Droog	471	R 4 445 000
Paarl Central West	469	R 3 800 000
Vrykyk	468	R 3 775 000
Courtrai	394	R 4 225 000
Chicago	336	R 490 000
De Zoete Inval	329	R 2 150 000
Buitenverwagting	318	R 3 010 000
Klippiesdal	283	R 1 082 500
Paarl Rural	215	R 850 000
Bertville	164	R 4 100 000
De Oude Renbaan	139	R 3 100 000
Lemoenkloof	116	R 4 002 500
Paryskloof Estate	99	R 4 975 000
Roodeberg	89	R 3 085 000
La Vie Estate	82	R 650 000
Bergenzicht Estate	59	R 934 500
Honeydew Country Estate	42	R 2 230 000

Questions

Can I still object to the Drakenstein GV2024 roll?: The general objection period (13 February to 24 March 2025, closed) has closed. Supplementary rolls follow each year; the Municipality publishes each one on its valuation roll page. An error of fact on your entry, such as the wrong category or extent, can usually still be raised with the valuations office.
Can I see the Drakenstein GV2024 roll online?: The Drakenstein publishes its roll and notices on its valuations page. Or type the address into ErfCheck above: the record shows the erf number, township and last registered sale for free, and the R99 report adds the GV2024 value beside recent sales on the street.
Does objecting stop me paying rates?: No. Rates stay payable on the roll value while the objection is decided. If the value is reduced, the City adjusts the account.
When do the new values apply?: From 1 July 2025. Rates bills from then on use the GV2024 value.
Is GV2024 the 2025/26 valuation roll?: Yes. Its values are as at 1 July 2024, and rates bills use them from 1 July 2025 until the next general roll. Supplementary rolls revalue individual properties in between.
What value is on the roll?: The market value of the property as at 1 July 2024, set by the municipal valuer by mass appraisal. It is not today's market value and not a bank valuation.
Where do I find my erf number?: On your rates account, your title deed or the SG diagram, or type the street address into ErfCheck. See how to find an erf number.

Roll facts are taken from the Drakenstein's published notices. Check dates with the City before relying on them; ErfCheck is a record, not legal advice.