We needed a safe, central, comfortable apartment with off street parking for 10 nights.
From beginning to end, Simon made us feel very welcome and was always available to assist. His apartment is both beautiful, stylish and well laid out with good modern quality fittings and furnishings. It is equipped with everything necessary and more surprises - fresh milk, juice, water, coffee etc. to get you started for a comfortable stay. It is a short walk across to the City Centre (Clicks, Discem, Woolworths, etc) and an easy 15 minute walk the Waterfront. The Food Lovers is situated in the building is open Monday to Friday from 08h00 till 4pm. The parking does have a 2.1m clearance and out Fortuner fitted comfortably.
What I did not like: 1) This is 19 story building with retail, offices and some +- 150 apartments with permanent & short term rentals. Due to the open design of this building the acoustics is most challenging. 2) The bedroom is right at the passage way. 3) The window serves no purpose other than being a building regulation requirement, it lets light past the blinds from the passage way, due to privacy and security you therefore can’t open it. 3) Normal residents / guests moving around and the traffic was not disturbing at all. However, at night the security staff walks all the floors checking (opening and dropping the doors) the fire escape doors talking loudly to one another or on radios/mobiles while they pass your bedroom so between 11h00 pm and 3 pm I found it virtually impossible to sleep. 4) The neighbor next to us worked odd hours, their kitchen sink is right at our bedroom wall so on more than one occasion I woke up hearing them doing their dishes and laundry at midnight. 5) I did enquire with my host if the room is dark as I am light sensitive. The bedroom was not dark at all with the light coming in from the outside passage way, it felt like a soft light being left on and it was a huge disturbance for me. I did however manage to block it off by covering the entire window and slept with ear plugs to try and get some good sleep. 6) On a 10 night stay we were changed for a clean set of towels and linen, most hosts at any accommodation establishment in general offers a complimentary change on a 4 to 7 night stay. Again, the above is my personal preference and experience over a 10 night period and perhaps to someone else staying shorter or longer this might not be an issue at all. The above can however be managed to improve a client’s stay at this lovely well-kept apartment.