Amazing place! I stayed for 5 weeks and I just wish I could have stayed much longer... (It's so perfect that you almost consider writing a really shitty review, so you could keep it all to yourself.)

The house has a very laid back and artistic vibe (with Martin's own contemporary art) and the location is just perfect in the center of Gardens (the creative hub of Cape Town). You can walk pretty much anywhere and there are like a trillion bars and restaurants in the area, as well as food stores, pharmacies, etc. The Labia independent cinema is close by as well as the Maby Vinyl shop ("the man who searched for Sugarman"), the beautiful Company's Garden and – my favourite huidden gem – The Long Street Turkish Baths. Up the street you have the Bombay Bicycle Club and a bunch of more cool places.

The very small King's street has no traffic and feels very safe and fairly quiet (considering the central location – weekends it's a bit noisy from the surrounding bars, but if you can't manage that you would probably not like this place anyway).

Martin was on the other side of the globe, but still he managed everything perfect, great host.