The description of the place on Airbnb was totally correct and the apartment is very modern.
The location was fantastic! It was great to have the shopping centre across the street and there is a wonderful new coffee store below which served great fresh pressed juices, smoothies and coffee.
The beds were comfy and the apartment was very clean and tidy when we arrived except the floor was very dirty and needed to be mopped.
We were however incredibly disappointed with our interaction or lack of, with the host. When we arrived we wrote straight away about the air conditioning not working, in which they responded fairly quickly that someone would come and fix it - This never happened in 5 days of us being there. I contacted the host again multiple times and sometimes had to chase them up regarding this. We had a 6 month old baby who did not sleep well due to no air conditioning and the weather was very warm while we were there. Yes, they provided fans but this just pushed the hot air around. One night I did open the windows but because of all the traffic noise, couldn't keep open as she wouldn't sleep. This is something that should have been attended to immediately and I should not have had to chase or keep asking about.
The apartment is also lacking some essential items - there were no coat hangers in the closets for us to be able to hang our clothes, there were no candles or camping lanterns for when there are power outages. Which we experienced for 5 hours on our last night from around 4;30pm - 9;30pm. This was not a planned outage but I do believe Cape Town have load shedding outages and these items should be provided.
No dishwasher detergent or sponges to clean dishes.
The bathroom had no power outlets for shavers or hairdryers. You have to dry your hair in the bedroom and again there is no mirror in there to be able to see what you are doing.
There was also only one soap dispenser in one of the bathrooms.
The apartment is situated across the street from an office building who keep ALL of their fluorescent lights on at night - There are only sheer curtains in the rooms and it's incredibly bright at night. I suggest black out curtains would be much better.
The directions and information for our check in/out is very thorough and detailed and helped us get into the apartment and car garage. Please make a note that the gate to the main entrance closes at 6pm and you then have to enter through another gate on another road in the evenings.