The house is lovely overall, although a tad basic in some of the rooms. Although we had a lovely time, the house was inadequate as far as services are concerned. The rolling schedule of power cuts meant that we had hours and hours( even out of schedule) of no power.
Although this is not the homeowners fault, there are many solutions which most locals seem to have and which this house does not have. Rechargeable bulbs were lacking, and are only £5 each. Furthermore the promise that a generator would be installed within a few days also did not happen. I asked for the bulbs as with an elderly mother, we often found ourselves in complete darkness, but this is something that could not be arranged at short notice. Point being as a former local, I do not know a single person in Cape Town ( over 25 households) that do not have a generator or rechargeable bulbs so for the price, there should have been more preparation for our booking.