Rented the property for one week around new year’s eve. We were 5 adults and two kids (aged 3 & 5).

Very efficient access to the property upon arrival. George had provided helpful directions. The house was clean and tidy and you could see that George&Janet had really made the effort to make the house welcoming and our stay as good as possible.

George&Janet were always available, helpful and very friendly before and during our stay. We could clearly see that they wanted us to have a good time.

Pictures and description on Airbnb are pretty accurate. It is worth noting that, at least for us Northern Europeans, the standard is perhaps a bit plain and the toilets/bathrooms, washrooms and bedrooms are quite simple (master bedroom/bathroom somewhat better). However most of what you really need is there and functioning. The pool and spacious living areas are a plus.

As to location, house is a bit remote while also quite central. I will try to explain: there are great beaches around Rye (especially towards Sorrento/Portsea and especially if you have smaller kids as the waters are shallow), but they are at least 5-8 minutes away by car (and parking can be very scarce – at least during the time when we were there). For food/groceries you need to go 8-10 minutes, but then again you will have a large supermarket (Woolworths) available. Rye village (5-8 minutes away) as a destination is not much to talk about. There are a couple of good cafes for breakfast, while the restaurants there did not quite live up to our standards and expectations from having read Tripadvisor reviews etc (we had done a lot of research both before we came and while there). However, Sorrento is 8 – 30 minutes away (depending on your preferred route and traffic/season!) which we enjoyed and visited a few times. We generally found restaurants to be better there, although also a bit more pricy. Portsea is for sure a nice and expensive area, but not much to visit we found. However the real treat for us was that the whole of Mornington Peninsula with all its good wineries, food and hiking spots - none of which were was more than 20 – 30 minutes away. Here we had some really nice winery visits and lunches (due to season dinner options were less as we did not start bookings before we arrived which we should have done). I would also mention that distance to Melbourne CBD was only 1h 15 minutes away, and the same for the Yarra Valley wineries - if you get in the car reasonably early in the morning. We took a full day visiting wineries in Yarra Valley, which was really great.

Should add that these comments are made in the context of the price that we were paying, which was likely peak season rent. Perhaps the QPR is better at other times. Would give property 3 1/2 stars and the hosts 5.