The loft location is excellent, right above the Eastern Food Bazaar and in walking distance to Long Street and Green Market Square.
Alan is a wonderful host and very responsive. He leaves a bottle if wine and some basics in the fridge for the guests to enjoy.
As it is a loft be prepared to climb up into bed using a quite steep ladder. My friend has vertigo and that made for interesting evenings and mornings.
Make sure you bring a South Africa adapter when you come from the US. Not even my Swiss Army adapter that has six different plugs had it.
The internet connection was a bit slow, but we managed. If you have to check work emails though it might be challenging.
Also, there is no actual TV, as in local channels, only streaming, like YouTube and an awesome 80s channel which kept us laughing to the wee hours of the morning.
All in all we had a wonderful experience at the loft and highly recommend it.