I knew it was a big risk booking a place with no prior reviews, but within my first 5 minutes I knew it had paid off.

Matt and Louise were phenomenal hosts right from the very moment I walked in to a huge basket of food, flowers and wine welcoming me to Sydney. I figured the pictures in the listing oversold how nice the place was, but if anything, they undersold it. It really is that nice. Louise has done a superior job decorating and stocking the place.

The location is phenomenal as well. Super walkable neighborhood that is a 5 minutes walk to the train station, 5 minutes to Sydney park, a smaller park across the street (perfect for morning workouts), 15 minute cab ride to the airport, and 10 minutes from crazy King street. This makes it a phenomenal base of operations to explore Sydney and all of Australia for that matter.

Being the very first guests of Louise and Matt's, and for such a long period of time, occasional issues were to be expected. The most important thing was that those issues were always dealt with immediately (never more than 24 hours), and never happened again after they were fixed. As Matt and Louise host more people and work all the kinks out, this is going to be the perfect place to stay in Sydney.

The only drawback is that the train tracks are literally 20 feet from the apartment so you get a lot of noise when the trains roll by. That being said, the bedroom is the furthest point in the apartment from the tracks and they've done a nice job making it relatively soundproof. My fiancee is a very light sleeper and it never bothered her.

As the first person to stay here, I can now say that Louise and Matt's place is officially legit. Do yourself and favor and stay here the next time you're in Sydney! You won't regret it!