The location of this place is excellent: only 7 minutes walk from Bondi Junction train station and 20 mn by train from the city center. Also 30 mn walk to Bronte Beach.
The house is very cute but rustic, in a Victorian style. A lot of art inside: two pianos, a lot of books, etc.
The inside courtyard is also very nice and pleasant.
However, the most major drawback is the parking. The Airbnb ad mentions a free parking in the street. THE PARKING IS NOT FREE. We received a $112 fine for parking in the street over 1 hour. I tried to get help from Tam who was managing the place but she did not help out and said the the parking was still considered "free". I'm sorry, but 1 hour free is NOT A FREE PARKING.
This has been a big issue for us during our entire stay. We had to pay a great amount of money to park our car. The free parking was one of the reasons we booked this house in the first place.
A few other things went wrong, including the service. We asked Tam if we could leave our luggage in the house or front courtyard on the day of checkout, as our departure flight was very late. She said she could not accommodate as there were guests arriving on the same day. It has never happened to me before in any other Airbnb I booked. Fortunately, the neighbors were really charming and gladly accepted to store our luggage at their place.
I don't blame the owners at all, but definitely the agents they put in charge to take care of this place.
As for the equipments, a few things were broken or did not work well: the washing machine and dryer worked 1 time out of 4, there were not enough kitchen equipments (pots, pans...) to cook properly for 5 people.
The general cleanliness of the house was also a bit questionable.
We did pay nearly $4000 for 13 nights. I am aware that the Christmas holiday are a very expensive time of the year rental wise, but we are still entitled to a decent service none the less.