José's listing unfortunately disappointed me.
Communication was very difficult as José refused to be upfront about the simplest things that affected how comfortable we felt at the listing.
There is NO free onsight parking despite that being advertised as part of the listing (VERY important in with a hired car in Cape Town so I felt misled because I would have picked a different airbnb if I'd known). He eventually offered to reimburse us for the R120/day parking at the end of the trip but that was only after i had pushed back about the false advertising and at that point we felt that if getting that offer out of him was so difficult then getting reimbursed would only be an additional nightmare.
When the unit's power cut within hours of us checking in while the rest of the building was still lit up the host wouldn't assist and claimed there was loadshedding, yet he didn't know (or refused to tell us, no matter how many times we asked) the area/block that the unit fell under so that we could check the roster ourselves to verify and plan for upcoming cuts (unacceptable in a country where loadshedding is an established reality, it was like pulling teeth to find out what was going on especially since the front desk denied loadshedding vehemently.)
The unit smelled great and the location was central and situated above a small shopping center so that was a plus but it's very difficult to compliment much else since we were so frustrated during our short stay. I'm usually quite flexible about these kinds of things if the host makes an effort to be upfront but all the omissions and obfuscations just left a bitter taste in my mouth. Nobody who rents an airbnb wants to feel like they've been deceived or taken for a ride. Really disappointed. And he had really great reviews too so I don't know what happened this time. Hopefully, future guests can get information more easily than we did.