We had a 2 night stay at Carmelita's apartment. Colin was great and flexible at receiving us, and very friendly. He gave us tips about the various activities and shops in the area. Even offered us to use the garage to park our rental car and store our luggage. It was very much appreciated.
The apartment is large, and have everything you'd need. The beds were comfortable. Do note that the main bedroom at the front (with access to the balcony) is right by the road, and can get a bit noisy between the traffic and the birds getting going fairly early in the morning. But if that bothers you, the 2nd bedroom in the back of the apartment is perfectly tucked away and backs onto the courtyard, and very quiet. We thoroughly enjoyed having meals on the balcony, overlooking the bustling down below, and the nice view of the sea. The only very very slight complaint we had was that the shower did not drain very well, likely from guests washing sand off their feet after a day at the beach, so we took care to try to clean as much sand off of ourselves as possible, so as not to add to the maintenance stress of such a wonderful apartment.
The inside of the apartment is simple and a bit old, but also quite charming once you adjust to it. Besides, when you come here, you are not likely to spend a lot of time inside, as it is in such a great location, you'll be out and about to visit all of the attractions outside most of the day anyway. It's right by the Seaforth Beach. Some nice local shops and restaurant right down the street. More importantly, it's only a short walk to the Boulders Beach where the penguins live. We even had the pleasure to meet a little family of penguins that were congregating in the outside parking area under our cars, it was such a special treats to see them wobbling around in such close proximity and making themselves at home! It is also a short drive to Cape of Good Hope, and an easy drive along the ocean back to town to anything else you want to do in Cape Town.
We were sad to have to leave onto the next leg of our trip after only 2 short days here, and wished we could have stayed here for much longer to be able to enjoy all that it had to offer. Will definitely try to return the next time we are in South Africa!