Geoff was prompt to reply, easy to deal with, polite and efficient.
The apartment is walking distance from the botanic gardens and 1.5km from the CBD/opera house. It is in an small apartment block of about 10 dwellings; there is a mini supermarket to one side and a petrol station on the other.
Regarding the apartment itself, it wasn’t quite what I expected. It is close to the Woolloomooloo harbour area, but there is a 4 lane highway at the front, between the apartment and the water. On opening the windows, there was traffic noise at the front and the Tilbury pub noise at the rear.
The apartment was clean, open plan and there was plenty of space. The style was “industrial”. Geoff leaves his possessions out, for example there were clothes hanging on the open clothes rack and shoes on the floor.
Overall I felt the description of ‘waterfront penthouse apartment’ somewhat oversold the property.
It was a hot, sultry day. I arrived before my wife. The noise of trucks splashing past in the rain, the pub at the rear and lack of air con made me concerned that sleep would be hard to come by. I decided not to stay at Geoff’s and moved into a hotel instead.
Throughout this, Geoff was polite, helpful and professional. I note the majority of reviews for his place are positive (and my wife didn't get to see the apartment), so maybe it was just me?
Mike