We stayed in Steve's home for a week and we feel it was a good choice. Even though we booked on Xmas Eve just hours before our flight Steve responded immediately and made everything very easy. His flat is new and has great views over Table Mountain and down to the sea. It was wonderful to wake up to them every morning. The guest room has a comfortable bed and wardrobe and a full length mirror. The bathroom is shared and has both a walk-in shower and a bathtub. The toilet is separate, like in British homes. Steve was on holiday for most of the time we were there but was very gracious in offering us full use of the kitchen and handy Nespresso machine, although we always ate out. The wifi works great and his TV doubles as a computer, if you're not travelling with a notebook.
Since it was our first time in South Africa, Steve and his girlfriend Kim wrote us some very good tips covering everything we needed/wanted to know. We really appreciated their thoughtfulness!
Taxis are inexpensive compared to Italy so we used them to get into town and back. The journey into town was the equivalent of about 10 euro, depending on the traffic. There's also a train station about 15 minutes away, which goes into town one way (15 mins) and to Simon's Town the other way (1 hour) with some spectacular views once it gets to the coast.
If you continue along the bridge over the train tracks you get to a couple of shopping centres with several food options (we enjoyed Cocoa Wah Wah for breakfast and Woolworths for the fresh fruit) and a taxi stand.
Thanks again Steve and Kim for a great stay!