Clean and modern, homely and stylish. Steve and Kiri were responsive and also gave us tips on where to eat/order takeout. Their guidebook was very comprehensive and showed locations, opening hours of nearby shops, eateries, pharmacies, hospitals which we found very useful :)
There was a hiccup during our stay as on 2 nights in a row the police came knocking on the door at 11pm and 1230am. Looking for a lois/louis who was supposed to be staying there and on curfew hence they came to check if she/he were home. After multiple calls to the police, it was then verified that the police had majorly screwed up and that the address they were supposed to be at was at mayflower, a suburb 15 minutes away. After the second night that the police had come, my husband and I placed the kitchen knives and frying pan next to us as we felt unsettled and very uneasy. Needless to say, we did not sleep well at all as we were with my toddler and my elderly mum. Steve and Kiri were kind enough to offer us their other accommodations to move into whilst clarifying things with the police- however we declined as their other properties had a flight of stairs. They came with their baby Siena to check in on us the next day and kindly allowed us to amend our reservation to exclude the day we did not stay with them and also acceded to our request of $50 for the inconvenience and stress caused by the local police although it was through no fault of Steve and Kiri. They also spoke to the neighbours to try and investigate the situation and tried to trace previous bnb guest records. Thankfully this issue was cleared up with the local police soon after and Steve and Kiri messaged us to let us know that the police had been coming to the wrong address in scarborough when they should have been going to mayflower! Steve and Kiri are very sweet and responsive hosts, and our stay there was wonderful except for the stress and inconvenience caused by the local police which Steve and Kiri kindly compensated us for by agreeing to our request for $50.