Harbouredge Apartments

On arrival at our appartment we were disappointed to say the least. It was nothing like any of the pictures on the web site extremely dirty,falling apart and in need of some TLC, frankly i dont think anyone has controlled it for a while. The floors, kitchen units microve and pans were greasy. I found food in the microwave and pans unclean and no useable knives a broken coffee pot and venetian blinds in the bedroom all at angles and tangled unable to move. One blind in the kitchen came away from the ceiling when i tried to move it. The location at one of the busiest junctions on the city meant windows have to be kept closed due to noise and car fumes and so the requested balcony for dinners was unusable noisy and covered with a grey dust. How they thought it could be used to eat on I dont know. Carpets black at the edges and with cigarette burns. On mentioning our disappointment and the apartments state to the onsite management company we were told nothing could be done there were no other apartments available there was no offer of additional cleaning to help the situation. Subsequently i asked if i could have a mop or hoover or brush to clean. I was shown a dirty brush on the terrace and given a dirty mop. I was very suprised that a company like TPF Hospitality which ran this property and has many other luxury properties on their books in Cape Town made no effort to improve the siutation. Subsequently the smart TV broke after 2 days and no new one was provided during the remainder of our stay. Luckily we can go out and experience the beauty of Capetown and surrounding area which we did to avoid being in the property. I am sure other potential clients will find my comments and pictures useful for their vacation. Suffice to this apartment does not represent value for money and if i was able we wouldnt have remained there. We had to make the most of it. I would suggest avoiding this area as it is very noisy and dirty. I sorted the blinds cleaned the floors as best able and bought a caffetiere for breakfast. Mid stay the apartment was given a basic clean but as mentioned above it needed a major clean and some TLC.