A friend and I stayed at Penny's place for a week and it was our first trip to Cape Town. Noordhoek is a lovely area of Cape Town for outdoor enthusiasts, not in the city center, but still not too far away to go out with friends. The Brook house itself was quite big, bigger than we thought. And it is definitely suitable for groups of 3-4 people or families with children. If you come to Cape Town in the winter you have to be aware that the housing usually don't come with heating in every room. For The Brooks House it was different: with the fireplace and kindly provided electric heaters the winter nights weren't so cold. Penny gave a lot of recommendations for what we could do during our short stay and the whole team was very helpful: Maxwell who showed us the way to a nearby restaurant the evening we arrived, and Mario who helped us out when we smashed the mirror of our rental car as we were not used to driving in left-sided traffic countries. He even drove with us to the next police station to file a needed incident report. All in all we would definitely recommend everyone to stay at Brooks House, it's a very welcoming place to stay which will give you a great Cape Town experience. A rental car is recommended, but uber works well too.