This is a fairly good sized apartment, well located for access to CBD, king's park, and buses. It is a no frills stay, back to basics approach. The place is showing its age including the furniture and kitchenware being tired and worn, and maintenance is needed in several areas (air con, bathroom fan, floorboard rot). The carpet in one bedroom was steam cleaned before I arrived due to a spill from the previous guest. There is one queen bed and one double bed, rather than 2 queens in the listing.
Kate seemed like a nice person and was responsive to an extent. There were issues when I arrived including both beds not having clean sheets, and the kitchen had sticky surfaces/dirty kitchenware. Kate attended the next day and changed the linen on one bed, and washed the pots and pans. I cleaned the kitchen surfaces, all crockery and cutlery. I assumed the other bed was left dirty as the cleaner would be sent around but that turned out not to be the case, and the dirty sheets were there for the entire stay.
I discovered later that week the washing machine had a strong chemical smell and clothes were coming out smelling worse than they went in - Kate attended after the weekend and put a cleaning product thru the machine however the strong smell remained. I tried to clean it further myself with vinegar drum washes which only partially helped. When I raised this, Kate denied that there was any smell but at the same time suggested I leave the laundry door open to air it out. I used a laundromat instead. Future guests can judge for themselves.
I had planned for a long stay but due to the above issues I did not feel comfortable continuing for a long period. Ultimately I decided to make do for a few weeks to avoid the disruption of moving multiple times and due to difficulty finding a long stay at such short notice.
Overall would be suitable for someone looking for a no frills place close to the city for a short period. I wish Kate good luck for the future and hope future guests have a different experience to mine