We've been to Cape Town many times and we have rented many fantastic houses in this area before. Unfortunately this house was a big disappointment.
But let's start with the good things: The view is fantastic and the garden is wind free.
But there are many things that need to be improved. The house is run down and would really need some renovation and love. It really feels like a house someone is only renting out and with no personality. The house is not properly cleaned and have problems with mild and vermins, we had to kill many cockroaches during our stay. From the images you get the feeling that you are renting the entire house, which is not correct. You are not allowed to enter the 2 top floors (the most beautiful floors) as it's the owners place.
This is a quite expensive house and when you pay that much money you expect a certain standard. Unfortunately the standard is very poor and far from a luxurious experience.
The pool deck is in very bad condition, it's broken and very dangerous for the children with screws and sharp items. One of our children hurt herself. This was something another guest wrote in her review and the host promised to fix it but it was apparently not done.
We were 6 adults one child and 2 baby's. The house is not made for that many people, there were only 2 sun beds with cushions.
The kitchen is not made for cooking (works for breakfast though), there is no kitchen fan for example and kitchen equipment is very basic.
There was a drain in the shower in the bathroom that overflowed when we showered. This was fixed though.
Two bedrooms are missing AC... it's very hot at night!
The alarm didn't work properly. One night when we came home our alarm key didn't work so we had to wait for 1 one hour for the other ones in the family to let us in.. The host told us to reset next time. But it happend one more time and the reset didn't work..
We were in contact with the host regarding all the issues and she promised to refund the entire stay for 2 people. But when we checked our account that wasn't done. She only refunded a small symbolic sum and not the price for two people. When we mentioned this to her she stopped answering us. This causes even more irritation.
Overall this is a very overpriced house in Cape Town without personality and in desperate need of renovation.