The view and location

Stayed in May 2024

My husband and I spent a few days at this little Gem! We really enjoyed the sunsets and walks on the beach. The host was amazing and the venue is cozy and has all we needed.

Stayed in March 2024

Perfect place, directly at the beach. Wonderful for swimming and walking, sunsetviewing.

Stayed in March 2024

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the view

Stayed in March 2024

Guests need to be made aware that the furniture and cutlery etc is very basic and old. Also the upkeep on maintenance on the property is at minimum requirements. Design of rooms, given location, is poor - the best loation, and no windows in bedrooms.

Location was great.

Stayed in January 2024

Somewhat strange configuration of bedroom with shower room through to kitchen and toilet. A bit noisy.

The property is right on the beach and room directly faces the ocean.

Stayed in January 2024

The windows didn't close which meant we where nervous going to bed at night. The braai facility didn't have a proper grill

The house has a private beach. The hosts where exceptional. Really appreciated Santies hospitality

Stayed in December 2023

This is garden apartment with different rooms being rent out. But nevertheless felt private so no issues

Love the location. Right on beach with lovely beach path. Love that we could bring our two dogs. They had a blast

Stayed in November 2023

Unit a bit small and only one bathroom was challenging.

Close to the beach that made walks with our pets easy.

Stayed in April 2023

The Bookings.com listing showed the property to have an ocean view. We were in a unit which had no view whatsoever. This is a shortcoming of Bookings.com and not of the establishment itself.

Host was excellent and very helpful. Henry even made a restaurant booking for us. Communication was excellent throughout.

Stayed in April 2023

To invest in a more comfortable bed.

The view was excellent! Melkbosstrand town is very clean and beautiful.

Stayed in February 2023

There was nothing not to like. Its very simplistic access to your essentials is all we needed. Everything was in place to have a great experience.

My check-in was well received by a lovely lady who made every experience of my stay very comfortable. It's definitely a place to revisit again in the future. I would of gladly stayed longer, however I have enjoyed my stay with the family.

Stayed in December 2022

Property needs maintenance

Aircon

Stayed in January 2022

The main bedroom bed was only a double and not a queen.

On the beach located with very friendly host. Clean and well equiped facility close to town.

Stayed in December 2021

Good location

Stayed in December 2021

A perfect place to stay right on the beach, a beautiful welcome and to watch the sunset was just amazing

Stayed in June 2021

The accommodation was very basic and the quality of decor and facilities felt cheap. We expected much higher standards.

Stayed in April 2024

pillows were a bit hard

location was perfect. loved the garden leading onto the beach. the rooms with the view were particularly lovely

Stayed in March 2024

I liked literally everything.

I loved how santie was so welcoming 🙏 ☺️. Whenever we needed something, she was available. We loved her totally and will definitely recommend her place anytime. I loved the beach view so much!!!! Her dogs were around, and I thought my daughter would be scared, but wow, they are so beautiful and cute. Wish I could pack them in my bags and bring them home with me. Well trained and loveable pets 🙂.

Stayed in March 2024

Toilet leaked a bit of water. Bathroom door bit small. But rest was perfect.

It was on the beach. I loved the owners dogs.

Stayed in March 2024

Santie the host was amazing , very very pleasant experience. Amazing sunset. Room was comfortable. The only thing I did not like.... was that I did not book for a longer stay. This place is good for the mind and body

Stayed in February 2024

1) Saw the host only on arrival. She left us some snacks and a bit of milk to start with. When I sent WhatsApp's regarding the continuous issues with electricity (Outside of load shedding) and water supply, got very 'snappy' replies. Water and electricity went off sometime for more than 6 hours and outside of load shedding. 2)There were NO emergency lighting, so guest sit in the dark during load shedding. And when there is no electricity, there is no water. Drinking water was supplied. IN the SA context, load shedding is not a new thing and hosts should as a min at least have emergency lighting for guests! 3) Normally for longer stay there is an option for a bed linen change, not here! 4) The accommodation is in different levels of disrepair, bed base rusted, floor lifting, tiles mismatch and cracked, dirty basin, bath needs sealant around the edges and windows lose to mention a few. 5) Now in retrospect I see even on the site there are little pictures of the unit we occupied, BUT the site pictures and the reality of the garden etc is NOT the same. There needs to be date stamp on photos because all venues look good initially, the question is is the maintenance kept up to date? For 14 Penguin Place that is not the case 6) Linen was clean but bedspread was not and had stains on it 7) Even when phoning the host she did not bother to pop-in and explain or discuss. She did not like it when issues regarding the facilities were brought up, so eventually we did not and lived without lighting in the bathroom. 8) Kitchen is basic but with the gas hob there is always access to hot water. 9) There is no privacy, the kitchen is without blinds (was removed) and it faces into for office occupied by people more for more or less 24/7h per day. Towards the front other guests walk past you room all the time and that is not pleasant. To get privacy one has to close the curtains and then you miss out on the beautiful view.

If it was not for the location we would not have stayed after the first night. There is direct access to the beach. Sunsets are beautiful.

Stayed in February 2024

The location is great with beautiful views and easy access to the beach. I loved that there was milk and spoils in the kitchen.

Stayed in January 2024

Excellent location, the beach is right outside and accessible from the garden. Santie had milk for us for morning coffee and some extra spoils which made the kids super happy. The horses on the beach in the morning were a real treat!

Stayed in January 2024