Carol & John were great hosts - friendly, accessible, informative, and sharing. The apartment is comfortable and functional. The kitchen has everything we needed to self-cater. We stayed a week and enjoyed our stay. We used the apartment as a base and took day trips in every direction with our rental car. It worked very well for us. We liked the nearby parks and hiking trails and the easy access to the city and the banks peninsula.

The apartment may not be the best place if you're tall - I'm 6'1", and the beams in the kitchen/dining room are lower than my head. There's also more traffic noise from the street than we anticipated (we live in the country and are not accustomed to any traffic noise at all), and the bathroom really is tiny.

We enjoyed our stay and received good value. We liked having the living room / TV room which made it possible to spread out a bit and not be "on top" of each other all the time. We enjoyed meeting the cats - Iggy almost wanted to come home with us, I think.