Unfortunately this wasn't a home but an investment property with no sign of a host, or even an agent when we grabbed the keys, and that really detracted from its appeal from the start.
It was a house that could sleep 10+ people but wasn't designed to minimise the impact on each others 'quiet time' / sleep. eg. the kitchen/dining being directly below the main bedroom meant early risers / kids woke the adults sleeping upstairs. The TV upstairs could be heard in the dining even on low volume, and music / chatter in the dining was impacting on those watching TV. It just doesn't work very well in terms of multiple 'spaces' for multiple people.
The upstairs bedroom / lounge has amazing views > probably some of the best in Australia, however with no air con upstairs (or kitchen / dining) the windows had to be permanently open leading to 'sticky' , noisy conditions (especially when we got the southerly buster or there were people in the park early / late).
For example, the council garbage truck went up the street 5 times from before 6am to early morning (around 9am) > I am pretty sure he was checking the surf (I kid you not). The bin guy waking you on holidays is something you live with, but this was a bit much. With open windows there is no escaping any noise in the late spring/summer months, and when you are trying to de-stress it just wasn't that much fun.
Unfortunately we also had close bush fires on the last 2 days which meant closing windows which made it almost unusable upstairs >in fact we slept on the downstairs lounge on the last night. Couch surfing wasn't really what we paid for.
Positives are an amazing position > this cannot be stressed enough > it's pretty special, and pretty close to everything (10 - 15 min walk max albeit very hilly > grandparents had to drive everywhere) and access to two beaches that protect you from any wind direction. Negatives were cleanliness and just a house that doesn't really suit more than one family (we had three families).
So I'd recommend to anyone who wouldn't find our issues "an issue" but we wouldn't stay there again unless it was with just our family (2 adults, 2 kids) but that makes it pretty unaffordable to be honest.