Bo-Kaap terrace house

A restored terrace house on one of the oldest streets in the city, painted a soft sea-green outside and bright white within. The front door opens straight into a sitting room with a high pressed-steel ceiling and a deep window seat. Behind it, the kitchen has been opened up to a small courtyard with a lemon tree in a pot and a stair to the flat roof, where Table Mountain and Signal Hill fill the view at sunset. Upstairs are two bedrooms with wooden floors and the bathroom, which has a claw-foot bath under a skylight. Fibre is installed, and the walls are thick enough to keep the house cool on hot afternoons. Many neighbours have lived on the street for generations, and it is a close, quiet block, so the owner is looking for a long-term tenant who wants to be part of it.