Blake House

Great place to stay. I've stayed here twice (once for 3 months and the second time was one year) and loved it. Walking distance from the Groote schuur hospital (where I did my internship), walking distance from nice restaurants and bars. The housemates I had were very nice, a great mix of international and local people. Facilities are good, clean rooms, cozy outdoor courtyards, very nice overall. I would go back! Recommended :)

The house is beautifully finished. It has great common areas inside and out, lounge with DSTV, braai areas. The room is furnished, neat and equipped with an on suite bathroom. There is off street parking which I love and I feel secure behind the electric fences and with so many house mates milling about.It's also great to live with such an interesting mix of different people and nationalities to interact with.We're close to town and the train station which makes getting around easy and Obz itself has so many cool bars and restaurants to enjoy close to home.I am really enjoying living here at the moment!

The rooms, kitchens, outdoor spaces are nice. Peaceful during the day. Gets rowdy at night and over weekends. Not conducive especially if you work at night or over weekends or prefer a quiet environment.

I've had a great time at Blake House and I liked my beautiful room with its en-suite bathroom.

Nice place, great people! I'm enjoying my stay here. The house is well furnished and provided with a lots of comforts, close to supermarkets, shops, public transports and town. Rooms are nice, common areas too. And definitly awesome housemates! I'm having for sure a good experience here!

Hello! I am the 'friend' Agnes speaks of in her bad review. I would like to clarify a few things. Ed kindly allowed Agnes to rent her room out to someone else while she travelled to help cover her costs. Agnes was not robbed. If you send someone into your room to collect your belongings (who doesn't know what you own) things will get lost. Ed offered another room to Agnes when she complained about the noise, but of course that wasn’t good enough either. After all that Ed returned the deposit and funds so that she could find another place to stay. I would still recommend Blake House to any of my friends. Ed really goes the extra mile and is an amazing human being.

Amazing place to live! Very clean, en-suite bathrooms, nice people, efficient management and so much more! It is my first option for an accommodation whenever I'm in Cape Town.

I used Blake House to host two international interns working for my company. Blake House was in a great spot in Obs, it was clean, friendly and had everything one needs to cook, clean and get some rest. They offer a great service and an opportunity for internationals to meet new people. Their communication was excellent and I would recommend them to anyone.

Great place with variety of people. Enjoying my stay there! You can socialize when you want to, and go to your own room when you need privacy or quiet environment for study/work. Has a huge kitchen area if you love to cook :)

A terrible place and horrendous experience :( My first time in South Africa and I got robbed in the house.. by the housemates.. I rented my room to a work colleague of my friend from LONDON for 2 weeks and then when I was away to Garden Route, all my stuff was moved from one room to another without my consent or knowledge from the booking agent, the Irish guy called Ed 0Really, who was nothing but nasty and mean to me. Lots of things got lost/stolen during the sudden move, including all my cables that were in a bag in a pocket with a zip and my 2 expensive hoodies in the wardrobe. Nobody wanted to help and nobody wanted to claim responsibility. I even contacted the owner of Blake House but with no response. Felt pretty traumatised and heart-broken as it was a friend of a friend and the trust was completely shattered. The new people were moved into my room (for which I paid all in advance, period of 2months), while all my valuables were still in the safe in the room. It was a scary, stressful and really horrible experience. I was blamed for everything and everything was turned against me when I tried to recover my things.The room I had was next to the kitchen in the first part of the house and it was horribly loud due to the noise in the living room all the time, every day till late at night. Blake House is full of young disrespectful students who make terrible mess and noise and do not care about people living around them :(It is better to stay in a hostel in CapeTown and live in a dormitory instead of staying in Blake House where it is unsafe and when unpleasant things happen, the unprofessional booking agent, Ed Oreally, tries to escape the responsibility and blames everything on the client :(If you cannot trust your friends, then who can you trust?.. Really nasty and really sad as I have never lost and I had never anything stolen in my whole life while travelling :(