With regards to my stay I will start with the positives. The apartment is a cool looking loft just blocks away from the harbour and the parliament buildings. Also the host Andrew was quite responsive when I sent him emails.
Now the negatives. I was stunned by the noise level at night. At 2:30am I was awakened by the non stop sound of birds essentially screaming. This lasted until about 7am. This was then joined by someone loudly hauling or moving bins, perhaps garbage bins at 5 or 6am, which was then followed by a car alarm at 7am, all this occurring while the crazy birds were still doing their thing.
My stay totaled nearly $350 because my initial cost of $250 increased by $94 when I caught Covid a few days before my initial trip was supposed to occurand had to reschedule same. The additional $94 was for the rescheduling fee. So for a total of almost $350, I slept for only 3 hours uninterrupted. In the end it looks like it would have been much better sleep wise for me and maybe even cheaper to stay at a hotel.