Cape town, best and worst suburbs?

[Aasvoël]

Soo new to the mother city and looking for a place to rent however I have no idea what the lay of the land is. Working close to century city and would like to avoid long comutes but office has flexi hours so I can work around rush hour if need be. So which suburbs would be good choices considering the above and safety? Have around 4 to 5k to spend a month.

Thanks in advange

 

[Shake&Bake]

Why not in Century City then?

Here's one going for R5.5k.
No commute needed

http://www.privateproperty.co.za/century-boulevard-century-city-rr631813.htm

EDIT: Otherwise here's a list for Milnerton and Surrounds:

http://www.privateproperty.co.za/pr...By=3&Page=1&FilterResults=False&NoStore=False

 

[akescpt]

Yep. Stay right there. Why bother driving?

 

[Anonymous™]

Soo new to the mother city and looking for a place to rent however I have no idea what the lay of the land is. Working close to century city and would like to avoid long comutes but office has flexi hours so I can work around rush hour if need be. So which suburbs would be good choices considering the above and safety? Have around 4 to 5k to spend a month.

Thanks in advange

Consider Southern Suburbs, CBD area and Durbanville/Plattekloof (Northern 'burbs) if you are prepared to travel into work. Other decently priced places are Burgundy Estate and Royal Ascot - they're less than 10KMs from Century. The flats there are better priced.

I stayed in Century for 3 years. Best decision. Ever. The rent there is slightly expensive - you're looking at R7k-R8k for a two bedroom place so I shared my flat. I would recommend you explore this option. Nothing beats waltzing into work late & calling traffic :"D. After a while it gets lame and boring. Or I did.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Yep. Stay right there. Why bother driving?

depends maybe he needs adsl , i heard you cant get get adsl there you need use there fiber network which is expensive.

 

[_kabal_]

Edgemead, Bothasig and monte vista are all good areas and close to century city. A 2 bedroom freestanding house will cost about r6000pm

 

[akescpt]

depends maybe he needs adsl , i heard you cant get get adsl there you need use there fiber network which is expensive.

If the choice is adsl and no traffic then bye bye adsl. For me anyways

 

[Anonymous™]

depends maybe he needs adsl , i heard you cant get get adsl there you need use there fiber network which is expensive.

Absolute rubbish. The fiber was only installed last year.

Some of the complexes, had/have deals with VGS (now Smart Village) to supply connectivity solutions. VGS would lie to people about Telkom not being allowed to install cables - it's a schlep to get ADSL, but it's possible.

 

[Skywalker42]

Why not in Century City then?

Here's one going for R5.5k. <------------ Deposit R 8 250. !
No commute needed

http://www.privateproperty.co.za/century-boulevard-century-city-rr631813.htm

I have noticed this on many rental properties, deposit is usually very high. Why is that ?

 

[chrisc]

Ruyterwaght. You'll get a place for R600/month. Plus some strange neighbours

 

[Mars]

I have noticed this on many rental properties, deposit is usually very high. Why is that ?

Thats normal. It includes a months rent and w&l deposits.

 

[Anonymous™]

Ruyterwaght. You'll get a place for R600/month. Plus some strange neighbours

LOL. Next you'll be suggesting Rugby!

 

[genetic]

Why not in Century City then?

Here's one going for R5.5k.
No commute needed

http://www.privateproperty.co.za/century-boulevard-century-city-rr631813.htm

EDIT: Otherwise here's a list for Milnerton and Surrounds:

http://www.privateproperty.co.za/pr...By=3&Page=1&FilterResults=False&NoStore=False

Century City is way out of her price bracket. 42m²?? That's insanely tiny. Not worth it IMO.

Milnerton is a good choice! Clean, safe suburb and 15min from Cape Town CBD. It's also right next to Century City.

 

[genetic]

I have noticed this on many rental properties, deposit is usually very high. Why is that ?

It seems to be the norm nowadays.

 

[initroot]

Come to royal ascot. Traffic not bad to century city and its nice place to stay.