Is there a security deposit at Wychwood?

€500 for the week, taken by bank transfer and held by the owners. It is returned once the villa has been checked after your stay.

When do we arrive, and can we book a shorter stay?

Check-in can be any day, with a minimum of seven nights. Arrivals run from 15 to 29 December, and every stay checks out by the morning of 5 January. Tell us your dates and we will confirm with the villa.

Which airport do we fly into for Wychwood?

Cape Town International (CPT), about twenty minutes away by road. Add the Driver and you are met at arrivals and driven in.

What comes with the villa, and what can I add at Wychwood?

The whole villa, yours alone, 5 suites for 8. A concierge comes with the villa. Add a driver, a chef and a coach and we plan the week and come back with one price.

When do I pay for Wychwood, and what if we have to cancel?

A deposit of 25% of the stay secures the booking, and the balance is due 35 days before check-in.

Does Wychwood have its own padel court?

Yes. Wychwood is a villa with a private padel court in Cape Town, floodlit, laid in green turf inside glass and black steel at the bottom of the garden in Rondebosch, with the mountain standing over the far end and the court yours alone for your stay. Beside it is a pickleball court on astro, which is the family court rather than one for serious players.

Is Wychwood a good villa for a family Christmas in Cape Town?

It was made for one, and it suits two couples just as well, with or without kids. Five bedrooms and five bathrooms sleep eight: a king suite on the first floor, a second king suite in the loft, a double, and two single rooms with desks for the kids. The garden holds a pool, a padel court, a pickleball court, a basketball hoop, a golf net and a hockey goal. It is let only from 15 December to 5 January, over Christmas and New Year, and only through Padel Hideaways.

How much does a week at Wychwood cost for eight people?

From R189,000 for a week before 22 December, which is R23,625 each for eight. From 22 December to 5 January the villa is R252,000 per week, R31,500 each, and a stay that crosses the two is counted night by night. In euros that is about €9,450 and €12,600 per week, confirmed at the rate on the day.

Are there other villas with a padel court in Cape Town?

Yes, two more in the collection: Villa Intaba in Bishopscourt, which sleeps fourteen, and Villa Kilimani in Constantia, which sleeps ten. Both are let through the year, and all three have a private padel court on site.

Villa With a Padel Court in Cape Town, Sleeps 8

The Villa for a Group

Sleeping, and who goes where: Five bedrooms and five bathrooms for eight people: two king suites, both en suite, one in the loft with Table Mountain in its arched window, and a double and two single rooms on the first floor.
Kitchen & the long table: The kitchen opens straight onto the court, so whoever is cooking never misses a point. Three places to eat, by the occasion: a sunny bay window for six, the dining room for eight, and the covered patio for ten.
Flow, and where the group gathers: Three living rooms over three levels give eight people a corner each when someone wants a quiet moment.
The office: A room of its own upstairs, with a built-in desk, a sofa and fibre wifi.

The open-plan living room, the kitchen beyond it

The games lounge, its bookcase and wood burner

The sitting room, cream sofas either side of a wood burner

The main bedroom, a chandelier over the bed and the garden at the window

The main bathroom, a double vanity beside the glass shower

A woven bench and the dressing table in the main bedroom

The loft bedroom, Table Mountain in the arched window and skylights above

The loft shower room, subway tiles under a skylight

A bedroom with a grey headboard, leaded windows behind it

A black-framed shower against subway tiles

A grey-walled bedroom, a study desk at the window

A walk-in shower beside a plantation shutter

A single room, pink cushions on the bed and a desk beside it

The guest cloakroom and its hummingbird wallpaper

A single room with a study desk under timber shelves

The half-size pool table at Wychwood, Rondebosch, Cape Town.

The upstairs office at Wychwood, a built-in desk and a sofa under a leaded window, Rondebosch, Cape Town.

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The Setting

Seclusion & neighbour distance: Set well back from a quiet avenue, walled and gated, with high hedges keeping it private and Table Mountain on the horizon.
Nature, light & views: In December the light holds until after eight, so the garden stays in use long after the kids have gone to bed.
Quiet, with the city close: Kirstenbosch and its Sunday summer concerts are ten minutes away, the city fifteen and Clifton about fifteen over the mountain. The other way, on False Bay, are Muizenberg and the penguins at Boulders Beach.

The private padel court and the pool on the lawn at Wychwood, the villa to one side and the mountain behind, Rondebosch, Cape Town

The villa from the garden, its covered patio open to the lawn

The white gable and its bay windows over the lawn

The covered patio, its sofas behind walls of stacking glass

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The Padel Court

Private, and only yours: At the bottom of the garden, floodlit for matches late into the evening once the heat has gone out of the day.
The court underfoot: Green turf inside black steel, glass at both ends.
The pickleball court, and who it is for: Laid on astro, so the ball sits lower and slower than it would on a hard court. That makes it the family's court: ten-year-olds, their parents and anyone playing for the first time.
Coaching, and who comes to the court: Add coaching to the stay with Cape pros we know personally: every coach has played with us or come recommended by someone we trust.
The view from it: Look up between points and the mountain peaks sit right behind the far glass.

The pool in front of the court, the floodlights and the mountain beyond

The padel court on green turf, floodlights above it and the mountain behind

The pickleball court, the padel court beyond it and the villa behind

The pickleball court on astro, a basketball hoop at its edge

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The Kitchen

The chef, and the shopping: The kitchen is yours, and for the nights you want a chef, we source one and quote it with the week. Candice, our concierge, can have the shopping in the fridge before you arrive, Babylonstoren's farm shop included, at an extra cost.
Local food, a short drive: Newlands and Claremont are five minutes away and the Constantia wine farms twenty, La Colombe among them: South Africa's Restaurant of the Year in 2023.
The braai, and the side terrace: A gas braai on the side terrace, its own table under the big tree, a few steps from the kitchen door.

The kitchen's long timber island under three white pendants

The kitchen island from the front, its stools drawn up

The island and the dining end, the court through the doors

The breakfast table in the bay, a wine fridge under the shutters

The dining room under its chandelier, french doors onto the court

The patio table for ten under a wrought-iron chandelier

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The Relaxation

The pool: Set in the lawn within sight of the kitchen doors and the patio, so the water is always in view.
The gym, and the games: A gym with its own shower on the middle floor, and a half-size pool table indoors. In the garden, a basketball hoop, a golf net and a hockey goal.
Sleep, and room to do nothing: On a warm afternoon the panes of the covered patio fold back and it becomes part of the garden. The loft suite runs air conditioning for the warmest December nights.
A massage, and the spas in town: We can bring a masseuse to the villa, or book you into a spa for the morning. The Mount Nelson is about fifteen minutes away.

The pool set into the lawn, two loungers under a canvas umbrella

The lower lounge, its wood burner under a bay window

Bean bags in the games lounge bay window

The gym and its TV area, a blue sofa beside the bikes

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The Service on Site

Who is on site: Candice, our concierge, checks you in and out in person and is on call in Cape Town through your stay. The villa's own housekeeper looks after it Monday to Friday, except Christmas Day and New Year's Day, with linen and towels washed in the villa and personal laundry at an extra cost.
The grounds, and the gate: The pool and garden are serviced through the stay. A monitored alarm, an electric fence and cameras cover the entrance, and two cars park behind the gate.
Power, whatever the grid does: An inverter with battery back-up keeps the lights and the fibre wifi running through a power cut.

The side terrace, its table beside the gas braai

The scullery and laundry, a stable door to the garden

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The Feeling

A family home, three weeks a year: Wychwood is a real family home and feels like one: shelves full of books, and everything a group of eight needs already in place. For three weeks each summer the owners hand over the keys, and only through Padel Hideaways.

The brick hearth on the covered patio, a kudu mount above it

Wychwood