Firstly the good points:
The apartment looks exactly like it does in the photos. Spacious lounge with a huge sofa and dining table for 6. Very tastefully decorated, with a beautiful and capacious shower room. All appliances were supplied, and even had Netflix on the TV, but no local channels, which was fine by us.
On booking, communication was excellent and very organised. Tamsyn was even kind enough to let us check in earlier if needed (we didn't in the end) so we could offload our luggage.
Apartment is only 10 minutes walk from the V & A harbour... but turn right off Ebenezer road, not left for a much much nicer walk. The Basin area is about 15 minutes in the other direction. It is also situated within a lovely re-purposed commercial development, which is now a mixture of apartments and offices.
All in all, a great pad from which to explore Cape Town from.
My niggly points:
Unfortunately for me (and my partner), it felt a bit exposed, being on the ground floor amongst lots of people outside with only net curtains and sheer blinds for cover. It made it a little dark in the day (as could not draw curtains) and I left lights low at night, otherwise it felt like I was easily viewed from outside.
As stated earlier, communication was great, but on arrival, there was no written info on the Apartment and the area around it. There were also no tour documents or printed recommendations to eat, drink etc. This was surprising, as most hosts give lots of local info, which is one of the great points of AirBnB, and strange, as the host is a travel writer. I did get a long text though with some recommendations, but this is never as nice as having printed literature. Sadly a few places have closed too since the text was written.
Most importantly though, was the omitted detail in how to get back into the compound at night. On the first evening, once the gate had closed, we had to wander around looking for a security guard who was sitting in the dark nearby. On the 2nd evening he wasn't there, so, whilst being hassled for money outside, we had to go to gate 1 to find a guard to let us in. This could have been avoided if we had simply been told, on an instruction sheet, that the button thing on the apartment keys was a remote for the gate, so we could have let ourselves in all along.
Being told that the walk via the canal (turn right at the round-a-bout) to the V & A was quicker and much nicer would have been nice too.
The security guards were lovely though, especially Orbrey, who would let us into the pool area, and out again when locked in because the new system needed registered fingerprints.
It is still a great apartment, and if the whole being overlooked thing isn't an issue with you, then it's definitely worth booking - as long as there is all the info you need in the apartment when you arrive.