Welcome to the Rent A Room website, as the name suggests we supply accommodation to students and interns in Cape Town, South Africa. If you are looking for a room to rent in Cape Town you don't need us to convince you that Cape Town is one of the most awesome, beautiful, exciting and diverse cities on the planet. All of our houses are in Observatory, so it makes sense to share a little bit about "Obz" and what makes it such a cool place to stay.
Observatory is one of the more alternate areas of Cape Town and is home to students (often the strangest of the lot), hippies, young families and recent arrivals to Cape Town. The suburb is a true melting pot, it's possible to hear German, English, Afrikaans, Shona, Xhosa, French and Spanish on a stroll down Lower Main Road. If you want to exerience a diverse collection of South Africa's characters then Observatory will definitely deliver.
The suburb is small so everything from the supermarket to Chippies is within easy walking distance. This is a bonus if you aren't planning on having a car while you are here. The train station, which links to the city centre, is an easy walk and so are the bars and nightclubs. There's a decent selection of venues to entertain yourself at in Observatory, there are a couple of bars, a pool hall, live theatre, a Rastafarian themed bar, and Cape Town's gothic bar, Gandalfs. Much like the suburb the bars boast a cosmopolitan crowd, guaranteed to entertain you.
All of the houses we use for student accommodation are quite different, so take a look at each house to get a feel for them. They all have a couple of things in common, which make moving in and staying here a breeze:
- Stove, fridge, washing machine and tumble dryer.
- Alarm systems linked to Chubb armed response.
- Bedding, cookware, cutlery, vacuum cleaner.
- A maid who cleans the communal areas of the house.
- DSTV (sattellite television).
- Wireless Internet Access (bandwidth sold by and run by a third party provider).
- Office in Observatory to deal with any issues timeously.
- Opportunity to join our soccer team and play games in the townships (this is touch and go in Winter).
There are plenty of other areas to stay in Cape Town, but most of them lack the soul Observatory has.