Review of our 3 night booking:
Bull Creek is a lovely area in the suburbs, and the house is in close proximity to shops and amenities. The host is friendly, until you have a concern or complaint.
I feel it’s worth noting the “studio” is more of a share house than studio. This is a common 4x2 family home and the front half of the house is listed on Airbnb, with a frosted glass internal door between you and the family living in the other half. It was quite noisy at times, too noisy to have worked from.
You do have your own entrance, as the listing says. You use the front door and the family use the garage. Check in information was clear and concise with great photos of how to check in, and an easy process.
There are quite a few rules regarding parking, use of the aircon (I’d hate to stay in summer) and the cleaning fee was more than the cost of a weeknights accommodation.
Dishes are washed in the bathroom sink, and some people might find that unsanitary.
It could probably benefit from a cheap little air fryer, but there is a microwave to reheat food.
We found one of the beds so uncomfortable it was unusable and checked out early in order to get a good night sleep.
The house is located in a quiet culdesac, and it’s quite obvious the neighbours are unhappy with an Airbnb on their quiet street. It looks like the host has tried to appease neighbours by insulating the aircon compressor and keeping the aircon remote with him, but the days are probably numbered for this listing if the neighbours have their way.
I think there’s a lot of potential for this listing to be 5 star if the host writes a clearer description of the listing, updates/replaces a couple of items in the rooms, and approaches guest concerns and complaints more professionally.