Unfortunately this stay did not meet overall expectations.
There were a few nice aspects. The hosts provided an inverter (battery backup) to provide power during load shedding. This was helpful as Cape Town was in Stages 4 and 6 during part of our stay. The home also has heating and A/C in both the main living area and main bedroom.
We had several issues during our one-month stay, some big and some small. Notably, there are multiple points of contact, with different responsibilities. Also, the “on the ground hosts” stopped by unannounced several times throughout our stay. If we didn’t answer the bell, they would just open the (locked) gate and come in, often interrupting our days and meetings. We found it to be intrusive.
The home itself was a bit dirty when we moved in- hairs on the sheets in the second bedroom, orange specks of something in the tub. The neighborhood is a bit far from the main sea point promenade and it’s very dark at night. Don’t recommend walking. There wasn’t a drying rack so we couldn’t do laundry when it was raining. We were out of electricity one night for about 10 hours (unrelated to load shedding) because the pre-paid meter ran out of money. We also had no hot water upon move-in as it wasn’t turned on, we did have it a few hours later. There were several issues that we experienced and we would not stay again.