This is an absolutely delightful and character filled home. It was also very clean, tidy and well presented. We thoroughly enjoyed sitting in front of the fireplace and watching Netflix (something we don't do/have at home).
The garden was also well presented with a good display of winter flowers. The house is located in a quiet street, and was a very short drive to bottle shops and restaurants etc.
Maurice made us feel extremely welcome, and went out of his way to pick up extra firewood for us, on a trust system, with us only paying for what we used.
It was a great little getaway for our family for a weekend in Melbourne.
The only drawback was that I didn't realise that the kitchen didn't have a dishwasher, and I didn't go away on holidays to have to hand wash dishes. This was my oversight - there was no dishwasher listed in the amenties, I just assumed that it would have one. I asked if we had to wash up or if this was part of the clean up fee, and on Maurice's advice, we didn't wash up, we rinsed the dishes and soaked the pots which was fine, but I felt a bit awkward doing that. We would have been very happy to just stack a dishwasher and press 'wash" as part of our checking out process.
However apart from that, I would certainly recommend staying in this home.
Thank you Maurice for your warm hospitality.