Overall we enjoyed our stay in Kommetjie, the town is peaceful with lovely walkways to go on. The place is close to the beach and the shops. The place has incredible views of the bay - waking up every day to it was a real treat. The bed was comfortable and clean. The hosts were around for any questions we had.
However, one of the main reasons why I booked this apartment was for the advertised Washing Machine, upon entering the accommodation, we discovered that there is no washer. After asking the hosts, we were told that the washing machine was removed due to the water crisis that happened a few years ago, and they offered for us to either come into their apartment and do our washing there, or for them to do our washing, or to pay for the laundromat down the road. I was not impressed since the price we paid for the place did not justify this.
There were a few other problems with this place: They are renovating the apartments above and seemed quite disappointed with us that we didn't leave the house as often as other guests as they are trying to angle grind and hammer stuff above you every day. There was quite a lot of noise, and we felt like a burden on them as they tried to keep quiet whilst we were there, but they urgently needed to repair the place since other guests were arriving in 7 days, and there isn't a roof on the top apartment.
The internet, whilst mostly fine for watching YouTube and uploading the occasional photo, was not good enough to be on Zoom calls, it drops very often leaving you missing crucial parts of your meeting.
Some of the amenities in the house are old and need to be replaced, the pans in the apartment are grubby and falling apart, definitely need to be replaced. The kettle doesn't turn off automatically once boiled, some of the plugs don't work, the drain gurgles and regurgitates in the shower etc.
Overall, its expensive for a place that is under construction and things are just old or a bit broken. But the views are great 🤷‍♀️