The Little Hideaway Guesthouse

The Location, beautiful house and gardens, comfortable bed and we loved chatting to Rowland

Nothing

C est privatif, et le propriétaire accueillant.

The location was good in terms of my stay. Staff is friendly and helpful. Room that I was staying in was spacious enough but it has a few concerns.

Firstly the unsafe parking out front of the yard. I mean we live inna country where car theft is a serious concern and the fact that it does not even accommodate the maximum amount of people that the property can accommodate.Secondly the room self was not so nice. It’s a garden room so it gets a-lot of Sun( it has glass windows that similar to a greenhouse so the heat that builds up in the room which is not nice. That type of idea does not work good. One would think the air conditioner would help but it’s old and only during the night you feel a slightly difference. Other than that the room is very hot during the day even with the AC on that you can hardly feel. The one part of the room( the floor) is very unstable, when you walk on the floor the wood floor bords feels loose and uneven ( almost like you fall through which is a safety irregularity. The bathroom is also a type of greenhouse in-terms of the build so it heats up like a oven and the wall of the bathroom its a thin wood bord so you can’t even lean on it otherwise you will definitely fall through. The wall is weakly pached because if you see closely its nit completely sealed. Imagine in winter the cold breeze comes through. It’s not even stable to press your hand against. Did not see that coming. On the last two nights the wifi in our room was suddenly non existent.

Location and safety...host also excellent.

Nothing

Nothing. It was close to campus. That’s all

We arrived and couldn’t use the room or even bathroom it was so hot in the room. Half of it is glass with no screens. So no privacy and like a hothouse. The aircon does nothing to the temperature. The room would not pass any building safety requirements. There are gaps in prefab wall where light comes through. The two beds had glass unscreened ceiling above them so blazing sun. Even when we came back at 11pm hoping room was cooler we now had to sleep with security spotlight blasting into the glass room during night whenever a cat or anyone set it off. The whole property wreaks of cigarette smoke. No attention to detail in the unit. No space to self cater even though there is a fridge and microwave. No ice no teaspoons. No bowls. Just bare basics. Exposed wires. And glassed in bathroom too hot to use. Owner didn’t even bother to respond to complaints. Clearly everyone who comes here are once off and never again visitors. Writing as a warning to anyone else desperate for Stellenbosch accommodation…. Don’t! Rather stay further away!