I enjoyed my stay at this Paddington Cottage. It was in a great location for everything I wanted to do, namely spend time with family up the road and have easy access to Paddington cafes, Surry Hills and the CBD. It was very quiet. The best thing was the sound of the birds in the morning.

The cottage has lovely soft furnishings but the bathroom is a bit tired which does not show in the photos. The windows have no blinds or curtains allowing lots of light which is lovely, but also you wake early in the morning. The kitchen has all the usual amenities including a coffee machine but it would have been a nice touch to have supplied a couple of pods to use whilst settling in. The bed was very comfortable but a few shin injuries were sustained as the mattress was way too small for the base.

There are some details that I think other people may be interested it:

This cottage is a studio not a one bedroom cottage. It is not really conducive to having an extra person share as there is no privacy. My son was going to stay as he was in town for a couple of days as well.
We thought I would have a bedroom and he would have the living area. He ended up finding other accommodation because he did not want to wake me when he came in at night.

Lots of rules and regulations.

I do not want to be threatened with paying extra fees if the bins don’t go out (I had a cupful of rubbish).
It's a bit tacky to be asking guests to replace supermarket brand shampoo and conditioner – running a business does incur some costs!
Expecting people to water plants is fine – but gosh – what if I forgot because I was busy having a holiday!

I do feel if people are going to charge hotel prices then they should be providing similar amenities.

Only one set of keys was made available when the hosts were aware that two separate people would supposedly be staying there.

I am sure this property would be great if you were paying the $150 per night that it is advertised at. I enjoyed it, but it annoyed me that it was advertised at $149 per night but if you look closely that is not the fee that they arrive at. They also charge a hefty $89 for cleaning. I accepted the bumped up fee for Easter but would not have considered it for my adult son and I if I had been aware that it was a very open studio.