I stayed at this house for 4 days...
The good: it was spotlessly clean on arrival, nice brand new renovated kitchen, great leather couches and comfortable beds. Dimitri was responsive and always polite. He provided us a high chair which was nice. The house was really well insulated and was always comfortable (temperature wise). The location is good, close to everything, good parking and a very quiet street.
The not so good: we arrived to see no linen on the bed. I didn’t pack linen because I thought it was provided. The ‘no linen’ information was only listed once under ‘house rules’ and you had to scroll down to see it right at the bottom. It wasn’t listed anywhere else (like ‘not included’ section). I was really disappointed and see this as extremely important for the host to make very clear. I had to buy new linen at a big cost.
The washing machine was broken (flooding the laundry). While the host was apologetic and had someone drop over towels, he didn’t offer any compensation. It was obviously out of his control, however it made it extremely difficult (we made a trip to laundromat and had to hand wash). A washing machine is an essential with 2 very young children.
There was a long checklist of things to do before leaving the house (some very reasonable) but also things like vacuuming and mopping the entire property and cleaning the outdoor furniture (which wasn’t even clean on arrival). I think if there is that expectation it should be listed in the ad.
Also Foxtel was listed on the description and there wasn’t any Foxtel.
Overall it certainly wasn’t an awful experience however it could have been made significantly better with a proper accurate description of the place and a working washing machine.