Your well travelled hosts , have lived in cape town since 2005, when they moved from the lovely western cape country village of Greyton wear they ran a successful guest house for 14 years. Before that they lived in cobham , surrey and worked in the southern african safari business.

This Edwardian Villa was built over a hundred years ago and exudes and aura of understated English country elegance. Breakfasts are served in the open plan kitchen area.The hospitable well travelled owners have a keen interest in wine and besides an interesting collection of wines, have planted a small Shiraz vineyard beside the boule court. The guest house is ideally situated within walking distance of Newlands rugby and cricket grounds. A 10 to 15 minute drive to either the airport or the centre of Cape Town and waterfront, and just further 10 minutes to the beautiful beaches of Camps Bay and Clifton. For the keen golfer there are several golf courses with 5km of Brooklands House. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens is only ten minutes drive and both Newlands Rugby and Newlands Cricket grounds are within 20 minutes walk. Brooklands House now also has a 14 seated conference room.

Rosebank , is one of the older suburbs of cape town , and is often called the 10 minuet suburb as it is around a 10 minuet drive to the Cape Town city center CTICC, and the Cape Town International airport .A short walk from the guest house ,is a Mexican , a Thai, an Indian , a Chinese ,and a pizza restaurant, as well as a steak restaurant . Also close by is UCT, the University of Cape Town , renown as the best university in Africa ,which caters for local student and students from all over Africa and the world .