I wrote a whole giant post but it got deleted :( so here's the summary:
Good:
- location: few minutes walk to main street where all the shops, restaurants, cafes and supermarkets are. Just a couple more minutes to the beach
- ensuite: hate sharing bathrooms so this is great for me
- big room: definitely does not feel cramped in there, has a walk in robe
- price
- friendly host with heaps of knowledge of the area
Could be improved:
- cleanliness: always felt dusty and sandy underfoot. There were big dust balls under our bed
- kitchen: can't use for anything other than a continental breakfast, which really just needs a toaster. No microwave either
- common areas: small and not very inviting. The deck outside looks like it hasn't been cleaned for a while. The bean bags were caked in dust. One sun lounger's fabric is torn. The cat likes to sleep on the other sun lounger
- ensuite door gets stuck when you close it. This was raised to the host but was not addressed again while we were there. Sounded like an ongoing issue
- noisy at night: this room faces the street so drunk revellers will walk past every so often between 11pm to 2am
- hot room: only a cheap fan in the room. We closed the window in the morning to help keep the room cool when we came back at night
All in all, this place has some great features and some qualities that were so-so. If you can overlook those other things it's a decent place to stay to get to know Byron.