Fantastic location which is close to all the shops and beach, the apartment is very modern with a Samsung TV and reverse cycle. However unfortunately this apartment was not designed for the cooler months, we were freezing (I am from Melbourne so that says a lot); even with the heating on full blast. You could see the draft flowing through the main window/door when closed and the concrete floor made it worse! We were advised that there were renovations happening on the roof; however these are actually happening on either side and are pretty noisy. One side appears to be a new-build so I would imagine this will be going on for some time. The other side means that there is plywood stuck across one side of your balcony.
I had specially booked this place because before booking I had confirmed that a late checkout (3.30pm) would be ok, considering it was the middle of winter and no-one would be likely to book for a Sunday night. However the cleaner walked in on us at 10am, without nocking!!! Considering that this is a small studio this was very invasive. She told us to get our bags out and put them on the balcony, we called the owner and were told we could put them back in after she had cleaned which was reasonable; but they should have been clearer that this was not a late checkout as I would have found somewhere else. We waited across the road for her to clean, we didn’t think it would take long because the apartment wasn’t that clean when we arrived (think scuffed painted concrete floors and mouldy bathroom), but she was in there for over 2 hours! My poor partner had to wait all this time to get his surfboard! What made it worse was that we could see the cleaner had the door to the balcony wide open the whole time, which put our valuables (including work laptops) in a pretty risky situation. There was no apology for the confusion. I love air bnb and have had some great experiences; however this one left me disappointed. They also decreased the advertised price after I had paid which seemed strange.