Very poor beginning leading to a tremendous let down for the overall time I spent here. Dave must have had other things going on in his life because I didn't feel any of the warm welcome others have posted about him. I emailed him, so he knows how I felt. He did try to recover, but by then it was too late. The stars were not in alignment for my trip to this place, that's for sure.
The room was clean. The bed was comfortable. It's in a good location if you kite surf, etc. The water wasn't hot one night for my shower. Maybe I just caught it after other units had taken theirs.
By the way, be sure to rent a car if you stay here and you want to do anything in Cape Town. It's a 15 minute walk to the MyCitibus stop and another 30 minute ride into town. Dave said he was going to drive me around the neighborhood one day, but something must have come up. After I sent the email, he apologized and asked again the next day. I'd already made plans. He called the safari tour company for me and drove me to the pick up motel 15 minutes away. The companies don't pick up this far out of Cape Town.
One thing that was missing that I've had in my other stays is a "fact sheet" on local attractions, restaurants, a map of the area, suggestions, wifi password, taxi number, etc. Since he wasn't there for quite awhile after I arrived, I was basically helpless without WiFi and/or a map of his neighborhood. The TV didn't even work. He hooked up a dvd player and brought movies a couple days later.
Like I said, this just wasn't the place I expected, but I'm sure Dave has been great with other guests. Rather than learn about the area, which my whole purpose for staying in airbnb homes, this was more like the solitary experience of staying in a motel.