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Cape Town, Western Cape 7925

University Estate climbs the lower slopes of Devil’s Peak on the mountain side of Woodstock - a quiet residential pocket with the city and harbour below and the mountain directly behind. Main Road is five minutes away, the CBD seven, and the MyCiTi stop a two-minute walk from the gate.

This is a fully furnished, professionally managed co-living home with eight bedrooms: six private rooms in the main house and a self-contained garden flatlet beside the swimming pool. Arrive with a suitcase.

RATES PER MONTH

Main house, private rooms

• Bedrooms 1, 2, 3 and 5: R8,000
• Bedrooms 4 and 6: R7,500

Garden flatlet

• Bedroom 7, private (11.4 sqm): R8,000
• Bedroom 8, twin-share (18.2 sqm, two beds): R6,500 per bed

Electricity and water are metered and split at cost.

THE MAIN HOUSE

• Six private bedrooms, including the large primary bedroom (Bedroom 5)
• Spacious eat-in kitchen with stove, oven, fridge and freezer, microwave and kettle
• Two bathrooms
• Front porch, patios and a covered patio

THE GARDEN FLATLET

At the far end of the property, past the pool, with its own front door. Two bedrooms and three beds share their own kitchen, dining area, bathroom, private hall and storage room. Two friends can take the twin room between them.

FOR EVERYONE

• Swimming pool, sun deck and landscaped garden
• Secure covered off-street parking
• High-speed fibre Wi-Fi
• Washing machine access
• Fidelity ADT security service

FULLY FURNISHED

Every bed: quality mattress, wardrobe or built-in cupboards, study desk and chair, bedside table, lighting, and your own room key.

INCLUDED SERVICES

• Free laundry service every two weeks: we collect, wash and return one load per tenant
• Weekly cleaning of kitchens, bathrooms and common areas. You look after your room, we handle everything shared
• Weekly landscaping and pool service
• All maintenance and repairs. Report it and we fix it

ON-TIME RENT REWARD

For every month your rent arrives on or before the due date, Roomify pays for your Netflix, YouTube Premium and Apple Music - roughly R400 to R500 a month of subscriptions, free, simply for paying on time.

WHAT IT COSTS TO MOVE IN

Two months’ rent gets you in: first month’s rent, a refundable deposit of half a month’s rent, and once-off lease administration and move-in fees of 25% of a month’s rent each. That is R16,000 on an R8,000 room, R15,000 on an R7,500 room and R13,000 on a twin-share bed. No hidden costs.

Most Cape Town landlords ask two months’ deposit up front. We ask half.

LOCATION

• MyCiTi bus stop: 2 minute walk
• Public park with outdoor gym: 2 minute walk
• Woodstock, Old Biscuit Mill, Main Road, gyms and Checkers: 5 minute drive
• Observatory and Salt River: 5 minute drive
• CPUT District Six Campus: 6 minute drive
• UCT Medical Campus and Groote Schuur Hospital: 6 minute drive
• Cape Town CBD: 7 minute drive
• UCT Main (Upper) Campus: 10 minute drive
• V&A Waterfront: 12 minute drive

The MyCiTi stop connects to the CBD and the Civic Centre interchange, so the house works without a car.

WHO IT SUITS

Students at UCT and CPUT, postgraduates, medical interns at Groote Schuur, and young working professionals who want a private, furnished room in a well-run home.

We’re Roomify, and we manage the property ourselves – we’re the landlord on your lease, not an agent. We’re a small team who care about how a house actually feels to live in, not just whether the rent comes in.

The garden flatlet is being filled from scratch, so you won’t be walking into an established group with its own habits. Your flatmates will be two other people who’ve been through the same screening you have – referenced, lease-signed, and on the same written house constitution from day one. We’re aiming for a quiet, considerate household: postgrads, medical interns, UCT and CPUT students, and young professionals who want their own space and a calm place to come home to.

If you’re applying with a friend, the twin room is made for exactly that. And if you’d like to know who else has applied before you commit, just ask – we’re happy to tell you.