We are coming to Cape Town (including sunset Beach) for over ten years now. We have used Air BnB on 5 different continents. We always had good times and memories, but this place was an outright exception: This was by far the worst Air BnB experience we ever had!
The house is rundown and outright filthy. Already upon arrival we knew that this is going to be bad: The bedsheets were so filthy and stinky that we had to sleep in our sleeping bags for the first night as we had to put all of the sheets in the washing mashine. The place was littered with cigarette butts, windows were stained with birds poo, dead insects and flies all over the place. The pool was a green bile - we couldn't use it during the whole stay. Floor tiles were broken and just covered with an old carept. Half of the light bulbs were burned out so the lamps weren't working either. Some electric cable were lying around blank (especially dangerous when you're travelling with two little kids!). The owner (who actually lives in Uganda and not in Cape Town!) was just trying to find a myriad of excuses rather than taking action - at the end she was even blaming us, the paying customer, which is an absolute no-go!
Another "nice" surprise: "wifi upon request" means it's not for free - you have to pay seperately for the wifi (welcome to the 21st century). Electricity is also not included: although nowhere stated in the guest rules you have to pre-pay electricity at the local vending station. There is also a small appartment attached to this house. One day our electricity meter ran empty while we were out: When we came back, the tenant approached us begging us to top up the meter as she was out of water the whole day (the borehole pump for both places is hooked to our meter - so prepare to buy electricity for both places!).
We wish we could have moved out of this place immediately: Unfortunately finding another house on short notice during peak season in Cape Town is outright impossible. So, I hope this review will help you to avoid the same mistake we did: Avoid this place as much as possible!