702 on Strand Cape Town - Panoramic Mountain Views

The beds are very comfortable. The sheets and towels good quality clea and fresh.

They use a cheap shower gel that gave me a skin reaction. The master bedroom is more like a studio apartment absolutely no privacy. You hear every movement and voices because it's open . Even when someone cooks or watching TV it's like you on the same room. Almost all their blinds were broken which is a huge inconvenience on the afternoon sun that comes direct to the apartment. At night you may as well be sleeping on the patio because all the lights from the streets come straight to the room even with your lights off which is annoying. For a light sleeper brace yourself every morning at 4am there is a loud speaker of someone singing or praying I think there is a Muslim church or some religion it goes on for 5 to 10minutes every morning. The other side of the window is a small community with shacks literally outside the apartment it's part of your view. I understand safety protocols but they treat the guests as prisoners. No one is allowed to come and see you and it's not even about time even during the day. They treat the place like a boarding school. Housekeeping is R500 and R600 on a holiday. We had water pipes bursting while there and entire passage was wet and obviously got dirty. Bathroom in the master bedroom u can't even stretch your arms the way its small.

The whole experience was great with the exception of checking in. Long and confusing with the only aim of pushing any and all responsibilities on client. Apparently three entities are involved, each one asking all kinds of pictures, documents, signatures. No coordination between the entities made it even less smooth. The kindness of the staff did help but it still was unfortunate to lose some of the little sun we had while taking care of this.

No visitor allowed

There was no transparency on this listing. My little brother and elderly mother were traveling in CT all the way from London, hence my visit to CT, and they were en-route from their hotel to see me, I informed the security at the reception, and only then was I informed I was not allowed any guests up to the apartment. This was not in any fine print, and I frankly ridiculous that you cannot have family over for an hour or two, and even more so that you are not told this prior to paying. The towels were dirty, plugs by the bed in the second bedroom did not work. The curtains in the second bedroom did not close fully so sunlight comes in at the crack of dawn. The 2nd card that was given to my cousin kept stopping working. The security then said only one card is supposed to work for two people and the other one was only a visitors card for one entry and exit. I paid for two guests, not having two cards was ludicrous. The Securtiy told us that we’d always have to be together to get in and out of the building. I was asked by the host about checking out the day before via WhatsApp. They asked if I’d be checking out at 10:00am or before. I literally had to send them screen shots of emails between me and them showing I had paid an extra 1600 rand to check out at 15:30.

The views are top notch spacious and beautiful apartment

There is a church and early in the am there are bells