Sacha's apartment is clean, comfortable, has most mod-cons (television with Netflix), is very convenient for Balmain's restaurants, bookstores, and bus stops for a 7-minute ride into the centre of Sydney (and about a mile or a little more from the Balmain ferry), is literally next door (in case of fire) to the fire engine station, and offers very good value. Sacha himself is helpful, obliging, at the end of the phone message system, and willing to come over to solve any problems that arise. Not many did. I enjoyed staying there and I would do so again.