I loved it here, I ended up extending my stay twice. It is a cozy and comfortable, I particularly loved the large comfy bed. You can see the top half of Table Mountain out the window. Amenities are all modern, nice bathroom, good pressure and hot water. I assume it was recently renovated, because the place is in perfect condition. They include a lot of thoughtful extras from shower gel and shampoo to laundry detergent to extra blankets to tea and chocolate to a tourist booklet. Good laundry machine, but no dryer, but lots of hangers and clothespins provided. Basic satellite TV and WiFi included.

The building's bottom floors are commercial. This place is on the lowest residential floor, I never heard any noise from below or above. It is a secure and safe building, security person in the lobby, card swipe onto the floor and double deadbolts into the apartment.

The location is great. Just off of Greenmarket Square, the City Siteseeing bus is literally a stone's throw away. All the downtown city attractions and Bo Kaap are within a 10 minute walking distance. The waterfront is about an hour walk or 50 rand taxi. Great restaurants (Chef's Warehouse is a top TripAdvisor-rated restaurant that serves great tapas and is just a few blocks away) all around the area and all the food, drink and energy of Long and Kloof street are right there. If you don't want to take a taxi, the Muni goes up and down Long Street, can take it to the base of Table Mountain, or a 5 minute walk away can catch the bus to Sea Point and the beaches beyond.

Being on Long Street, at night there are some beggars who will persist asking for food and/or money (even the car guards have approached me a couple of times), so if you're alone, be aware of that if you're out at night. You do hear the vendors starting to set up in Greenmarket Square in the morning (starting around 5 or 6am), but it's fairly easy to tune the noise out, but late rising sensitive sleepers may want to use ear plugs. The WiFi was really fast (like 2MB ADSL fast) for me the first couple of days, but then got really slow (like average hostel/hotel slow), I'm told by other locals that internet is not great in South Africa.

This apartment is professionally managed by Brigid (and her father Alex when she's away), who keeps on top of things. She's quick to respond to booking requests/changes (I remembered my arrival date into Cape Town wrong and she kindly accepted the change at no charge just a few days prior). Both of them are very friendly and they respond quickly to any issues (I read the WiFi password wrong).