Our stay at Dorly‘s was unfortunately not what we expected/hoped for.
As we are remotely working from Cape Town for 2 months we searched a long term rent with good and stable internet. During our pre-booking conversations she confirmed that she had very good internet. That‘s why we booked Dorlys place for 1 month.
Unfortunately we had to leave after 12 days after some back and forth. The internet was not working properly, sometimes very slow as well as breaking up completely for some minutes. So we had to drive to an hotel and spend additional money on Uber etc. just to be able to work.
Besides this issue, there was a Yoga studio next to our room which was only separated by a courtain. She gave around 3 private Yoga lessons during work hours throughout the week without exactly letting us know when they were happening head of time (she informed us in the middle of our work meetings in fact) and the curtain wasn’t enough to isolate the noise. We felt bothered while we were working and didn‘t feel that our privacy was respected.
In addition to that, during our stay, her son with his girlfriend were also staying in the house, working from home, which probably also affected the internet. We didn‘t like the fact that she didn‘t communicate upfront that there were more people living in the house.
Last but not least, you need to know that she has 4 dogs (3 of them are pretty big) who bark everytime when you enter the house at night. We really like dogs but as their beds were invading the whole living and dining area, we just didn‘t feel comfortable.
We tried to communicate and resolve the issues but sometimes we were just ignored.
In general we think that Dorly is probably a nice woman who cares about her guests (she provided a fruit basket and water at the beginning as well as offered to clean our clothes) but our lifestyles and what we actually needed (stable working internet, privacy, and the capacity to work from home) was not met.
So if you search for a place to work from home and need some privacy, this is probably not the right place.
If you enjoy a nice view, a more free spirited lifestyle, aren’t bothered by big dogs and are not spending the whole time in the house it can be a nice option.