This apartment is located in a great part of Sydney, near Glebe point rd which has lots of brunch places, and near the Tramsheds which is a new complex with really good restaurants. Lots of parks nearby too and very close to the city! It was cheaper to uberpool a ride to the city (i.e. $8-10 for two people). You also really get a sense of 'sydney life' living here.
The apartment itself is very spacious and has a lot of necessities (e.g. cooking oil, herbs/spices) and some extra stuff (e.g. Smart TV that plays netflix/youtube, good working internet, dyson heaters). It was comfortable staying there.
The check in process wasn't great. This property is managed by a airbnb management company and not by an individual resident/owner. Our check in agent was quite late, and wasn't familiar with the property so we spent more time figuring out the place together. I don't blame her as she mentioned that she was very busy and had just come from another airbnb which was why she was late. It would've been more professional for the check in agent to be someone who had seen the property and who had time on their hands so they wouldn't be so late.
There was a flight of stairs that gets from the main entrance to the second floor of the property, and no lifts (that was what the agent and I figured), only lifts to the carpark. Difficult if you have a lot of luggage.
The street noise starts at about 6am and can be pretty loud as both bedrooms face the street. If street noise bothers you, then I wouldn't recommend staying here.
We also noticed a slight odour in the apartment although got used to it in the end.
We also had an issue with our remote carpark key. The call centre agents recommended that we go to the office to change the keys with them. We didn't do that as it wasn't our responsibility to replace a key that is supposed to work, and to waste our time doing that and change our schedules. One of the basic things you'd get in renting an Airbnb, I would say, is having a set of keys that work. In the end, I was stuck in the garage with my car and I had to call the call centre. The call centre agent said the same thing, and said no one could come and get us or replace the key as everyone was busy checking-in people in their airbnbs. As we were desperate, we decided to take the offer of going into their office to pick up the keys, as we would've missed our flights. In the end, the manager did come and give us a set of working keys and I made it to the airport in time. Just bad problem solving and poor customer service. Individually the people Ive met in person from the company were nice and friendly but the others (i.e. call centre agents, the agents that reply to messages) weren't helpful. Hope other people won't have the same issue.
It wouldve been a better stay if we didn't run into those issues.