Our flights back to the UK were cancelled by Emirates, so we needed to stay somewhere where there was Wi-Fi so my husband could work remotely while we got new tickets home. I chose the Quaint Cottage because it sounded lovely and I love Kalk Bay. I was very disappointed with the location, as the flatlet was not near Kalk Bay - even though June's son was adamant that we could walk over the mountain in twenty minutes from Clovelly to get to the Brass Bell. Actually walking over a mountain in Cape Town and esp in the evening ...? Really? We worked out afterwards it would be a 41 minute walk if you're fit, but hey.
We were told there would be secure parking for our hired car. This turned out to be outside, on the road. In this day and age and in Cape Town, that is not a recommendation. The flatlet is right next to the main house with access via a door through which we could hear the owners talking about us. There were other inaccuracies in the blurb, but as we got there, my husband could hardly get any signal on his phone, or his laptop, and he has to have good Wi-Fi for work. We reported this. All of these issues could have been resolved had the flatlet owner's son not been so nasty and rude to us. We could have stayed, but after our encounter with the son over the location of the bnb, the parking issue and the Wi-Fi story, we decided we couldn't stay because there was such bad feeling. We never even unpacked our car or stayed the first night.
We had to find other accommodation and we lost our £400 - all of it, as the owners refused to give us any refund whatsoever, even though we had not stayed at all. This on top of huge extra travel costs and having to find alternative accommodation has caused a lot of stress. I'm disappointed with Airbnb for not helping us in the least, and if you love Kalk Bay, this Airbnb is not near Kalk Bay as advertised. It is pretty and clean and June's husband is sweet.