Book this place now, you will love it!
We’re a professional couple from London travelling in South Africa for a month with our two small children (2.5 years old and 6 months old).
We spent the first 2 weeks of our trip at Kelly’s wonderful home in Milnerton and have loved every minute. Kelly was responsive to our messages and went above and beyond with recommendations and helpful tips for places to go and things to see.
The house: A very spacious house overall with a well equipped kitchen with all you need for cooking breakfast/lunch/dinner at home. Many nice high quality brands for the kitchenware (le creuset, country road etc) that really did make it feel like home from home. Children’s crockery available with plastic plates, cups and cutlery. All bedrooms were large with lovely soft linens on the beds. The regular housekeeper (Beaner) is great and we had her for two additional cleans during our stay, in which she did our laundry and kept the house very clean and tidy. Fast WiFi and access to Netflix using the Apple TV box too which was good. Many of the SA plug sockets had European adapters on extension cables, useful to know if you’re travelling from Europe or have European to UK adapters in abundance as we do at home! It was obviously a family home (not a buy to let style Airbnb) but the homely touches were great and ample spaces were cleared for us in cupboards/drawers. There was a separate office room where we were able to store our luggage, so no need to have suitcases cluttering up bedrooms.
The garden: The garden is beautifully kept so you do feel like you’re in your own little oasis with many pretty trees and plants. Outdoor seating lovely to enjoy an evening bbq/braai or glass of wine on.
For the kids: The house is very well equipped for family living with a travel cot and high chairs available to lighten the load of things we needed to bring. Also on this point there are so many toys to entertain children! Train sets, fire trucks, cuddly toys, books, magnetic tiles, a shop with trolleys and a cash register(!), you name it, it was there to play with! This is on top of a sandpit, trampoline, treehouse and swimming pool. We could have spent the entire two weeks at home and our toddler would have had a blast 😂 It’s all pretty much contained to the play room too, so it was really lovely in the evening to feel like we had a “normal” (non kids-toy swamped) space to have dinner together.
Safety: The house has a big wall and electric fence and an alarm system that you can also have activated overnight. Once inside, the pool has a very secure metal frame cover that’s easy enough to remove and replace daily so no chance of any accidents. We felt very secure at Kelly’s place.
Location: Based in a residential suburb, there was a little traffic noise as you’re close to the road but nothing that bothered us. A short 15 minute drive into Cape Town and only 45 mins away from Stellenbosch, several big shopping centres within a 10 minute drive.
All in all we loved this Airbnb, book it now, you won’t regret it!!