Fantastic view through the front window, and garage to park the car right at the entrance to the room are excellent features. My wife also really appreciated being able to use the laundry which opened off the garage (but is a shared space with the host). Was asked Pauline to prepare meals for us on one night of our stay, and they were excellent value for the $15 dollars each that she charged (generous portions, and included desert which I was not expecting). Pauline is friendly, although I got the impression that she could be a bit defensive if criticised. The space itself is quite large and would be capable of being excellent if well set up. Unfortunately it is let down by the little details. We slept quite well on the bed, although it was one of the firmest I have come across (fine for us, but best avoided if you prefer a softer feel). One problem with the bed is that is located in a corner (right up against a wall on one side as well as the head), which mean that to get out I had to either climb over my wife or get out of the end. The foam in the 2 seater lounge felt like it had seen many many years of service, and offerred very little support. The pillows on the bed also felt like they had seen many years of service. The kitchen facilities were disappointing. The microwave is the smallest I have ever seen and there were no microwave containers provided (there were metal some pots and pans etc under the sink, but there is not hotplate etc to use them on). Many of the plates/cutlery/glasses etc did not match each other and were well worn which gave them a less than sparkling appearance even though they were probably clean (I felt I needed to rinse things before use). Under the sink was quite untidy, and there was a bottle there with a hand-written label saying 'oil for cooking'. The oil looked like it had been there for years, and there is no way I would have used it even if I needed oil for cooking. The provided breakfast was dissapointing. We were provided with a small loaf of home-made sour dough bread on arrival and there was butter and a jar each of home-made quince jelly and crabapple jelly in the fridge, as well as a jar of vegemite on the bench. Unfortunately I don't think either of the jellies had set properly as both had a consistency not much thicker than water. I tried to use the jelly on the first lot of toast I made, but it was not very successful so I only had vegemite the second day. My wife did not try the bread and ate cereal that we had brought with us for breakfast (which was just as well, as the bread would not have been sufficient for 2 days if we had both used it...