Melanie's place is a compact, self contained cabin in the back yard of a suburban home in Como. It was very clean and comfortable. It has a small kitchen that has everything necessary to cook simple meals. The bathroom is quite small, but clean. There were some nice touches like a packet of chocolate biscuits, fresh milk in the fridge and so on. It was very quiet during our stay, and there's a nice cafe less than 5 minutes walk away. You could also walk to the train station in about 10-15 minutes, so it'd be easy to get into Sydney.