I enjoyed my stay at the apartment. The building is gorgeous and as described. The apartment itself is fairly small but really lovely. The space is clearly built into the old building and has some of the original metalwork etc. which I liked a lot. It is quite noisy as it is on a busy road with a taxi rank below, which did not bother me and was really central, but light sleepers might not want to stay in downtown Sydney! It is within walking distance of both circular Quay and another train station and close to many buses.
Despite the apartment’s size the fittings etc. were well chosen so it was not overly cluttered but just what you need in terms of a fridge etc., and a small dishwasher much to my surprise! The lighting was more atmospheric than practical, which made it hard to do things at night such as pack but I think this might be a restriction on where lights can be placed in a heritage building. The hosts had placed a couple of extra USB/LED lamps in the side room which were useful. In that space was a bunch of things such as irons, a clothes drying rack etc. which were extra handy. They also checked in during the stay to see if anything was needed and sent through some useful pictures of how to find things etc.
There was a small confusion at the end as with conflicting instructions over what to do with the keys so I followed the first set not realizing the other set of instructions said to do something else. Which was a shame as I was carefully ticking off the instructions to make sure I’d done everything such as take out the rubbish, but things got sorted out in the end. I do like the place and have recommended it to others and would love to stay another time I am in Sydney.