A five-minute walk from campus, and windows that face straight onto the street
Mostertsdrift sits between the town centre and the start of the mountain slope — tree-filled streets, character homes and a fair number of student lets, all within walking distance of the university and the hospital.
The pull of Mostertsdrift is location: campus, the Stellenbosch Hospital and the Neelsie shopping strip are all a short walk away, which makes it a genuine mix of long-settled family homes and shorter-term student rentals sitting side by side on the same tree-lined blocks.
Two different briefs on the same street
A family home here wants the same things a Die Boord or Paradyskloof property does — comfort, privacy, a treatment that suits the character of the house. A student let a few doors down wants something else: durable, quick to fit between tenancies, and priced to cover several units without a custom spec for each one. We quote both honestly rather than pushing a premium spec where a straightforward roller does the job just as well.
Windows close to the pavement
Older Mostertsdrift homes often sit close to the street, with front rooms more overlooked than a set-back mountainside property ever is. Privacy without losing daytime light is the recurring ask — a sunscreen roller or a day/night blind, rather than a heavier blockout that would leave a front room dark all day just to keep it private.
What we usually spec here
- Sunscreen roller blinds for street-facing rooms that want privacy without losing the light.
- Straightforward, durable fabric choices for landlords letting multiple units on the same street.
- Roller shutters for a ground-floor room wanting genuine blackout and a quieter street noise level.