Me and my girlfriend stayed for 6 weeks with tom and grazia. The room is in Observatory and is situated close to most places to visit in cape town. There are gas stations and supermarkets close to their home. The place/house is safe, since it has the standard security most houses have in cape town/ Observatory. Tom and Grazia always tried their best to help us where to go and visit interesting places around cape town and south africa. They both know a lot and have experience about traveling around cape town and southern africa. The house is cleaned once a week by a cleaning woman. Its also possible to let her clean the room as well. The internet has a moderate speed (5mbit/s), which should be enough in most cases. There is enough space in the fridge and in the kitchen for personal stuff. The kitchen is big enough, so a couple of people can prepare their food. The house is also close to the Groote Schuur Hospital. Outside, it should be possible to park your own car/ rented car. Keep in mind that one still needs to be careful like most places in cape town/ south africa (two of my hubcaps from rented car got stolen during a night within one week!). We could join Tom and Grazia to go on a wonderful hike up the Devils Peak, which was great and we were very grateful to be with local people. They are also members of a local running club and participated in several running events, which you could join as well. The running events were great and its also good to get to know other people from cape town. They have a young dog and a cat. The cat is very calm. The young dog can be very energetic, but if you like dogs, you will have fun. The dog is trained to behave properly and will not enter your room. The house is very beautiful and inside it looks very interesting. The room is very high, so it doesn't get very warm during the summer, which was great! The bathroom is very clean and beautiful. We definitely recommend to stay at this place. You will have so much advantages compared to other tourists if you can stay with local people. You will also experience the lifestyle people have in cape town.