A wonderful room/space and wonderful hosts in a great location.
I can't say enough about how much we enjoyed our stay in Perth/Subiaco and our wonderful stay with Greg and Gillian. The downstairs living room is spacious and comfortable and the full kitchen (in room washer!) is complete and well stocked. Full sized fridge and a real gas cook-top make it good for extended stays. The patio outside (with clothes drying rack) is private, inviting and has it's own private entrance from the not-creepy alley. Overall privacy from the main house is very good but the hosts are steps away if you need them and they are super eager to help. Communication was great from first contact to check-out and Gillian gave us a great walk-through that was more about getting us comfortable than laying out the rules and restrictions. The stairs ARE a little, what's the word? Uncomfortable? but were no problem for me at a chubby 59 years of age. It's a sign of their care that they're perfectly well described and pictured in the listing. Whatever the stairs/ladder may be, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to stay here again for much longer than our all too short 6 days. The bed upstairs was super comfy and well appointed with night stands and his and her's reading lights. Bathroom (downstairs) is small but usable. A nice touch is the shopping cart and insulated bags if you decide to walk (about 5 long blocks) to the two neighborhood markets or the weekly farmers market. There's a lot of nice touches; plenty of books, music, visitor's guides etc right at hand; whole half gallons of milk and juice in the fridge on arrival etc. I simply can't say enough about them as hosts.
Subiaco is a quiet, tree lined neighborhood and an off-street parking space is available if you have a car. Subi has its own small cafe district with a nice choice of eateries and there's a livelier scene one neighborhood away in Leederville. The train station (Fremantle line) is a half mile away, a not too onerous, slightly uphill, 10-15 minute walk. Perth's transit system works really well and whether going into downtown Perth or out to Fremantle we used transit and left our car in the driveway unless we left the city. City buses to downtown and across town are a block away. If you like to walk, King's Park is about four long blocks away and has a multitude of paved and gravel paths.
No complaints and if I could write in a 6th star, I would. Highly recommended.