I don’t enjoy writing reviews that are not 100% positive, particularly as the owner is a nice person, but I think we all benefit from a frank feedback and I hope it may also help Paula to improve. I could imagine the Paula‘s reply here would be a bit emotional (also reading her previous replies) but isn’t it that as an owner you always see your stuff a bit better than it really is, be it a house, or a car or whatever?
Apart of an amazing location and a breathtaking view I would like to mention the great sense of humor that you enjoy here.
First, it shows a great sense of humor to advertise this 110 AUD-per-night-place as a „lap-top-friendly working place“. There is no WiFi and even no desk!! You are welcome to work offline in your own bed! But on the other hand why not? Maybe it would be just kind of cool to make it clear in the description. I personally travel a lot and I have NEVER stayed anywhere without free WiFi. I think it is pretty daring to save costs this way.
Btw to make sure it is clear to you guys what the apartment looks like: I had my small room (btw to advertise the apartment as „Ocean views from every window„ is not only catchy but also very funny, particularly given that my room had only one window) upstairs and there is another room downstairs near the shared bathroom At the time when I stayed at Paula’s place there were also 2 other guests renting another room downstairs and all four of us shared one bathroom.
But all of this is may be fine for some of you.
What I liked even less was a strange odor in my room. I can’t describe it and I could not get rid of it. I can’t imagine why in some previous reviews people praised this place for being clean. If you switch on the light you see cockroaches in your room running away..
And bathroom is also not necessarily clean. 4 people were using it for 4 days and no one cleaned anything. I mean you could at least once change the hand towel or the dirty rug there, no?
Apart of it everything was fine - quick reaction, easy check in. Manly is a very great place to be, and you probably can forgive and forget all the problems if you step on the balcony and see the view.